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The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-19

4,1* TI AND TB E.A.TRE.—Manager, M:. T.
►.7 Payne. —Thiq Evrminv. will be per ,:ormed
DO S7TAKr, HANDq.
After which, THE DEATH OF EVA,* in which the
Howard Family will appear.
Followed by COUSIN CHERRY.
To conclude with THE BLUE JACKETS.
Commence at Seven. Stalls,'. 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ;
Gallery, 6d.

140 Y A L OLYMPIC THEATRE.
T_Aqsee, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING, (a 'new farce, called THIEVES !
THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F. Robson, 0, Vining., S:c.
The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN
WOLF'S CLOTHING.
Followed by the new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq.,
called A SPLENDID INVESTMENT.
And A BLIGHTED BEING. Mr. F. Robson, &c.
Commence at half-past Seven.
London, England, 1857-03-19

BALE OF OLD STORES AT CHATHAM.
ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET-PLACE, 17th March, 1857.
THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
iind Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
A Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 28th
_p_rn next at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, the Captain Superintendent
nil Put np to sale, in her Majesty's Dock Yard at Chatham, several
Lots Of

STORES ;
consisting of old Rope (cablelaOLki D and hawscriaid), Shakings, Canvass
fittings.,_, Lead Ashes, Ocham, Hemp Tyers and Rakings, &c., &c., all
"Flog In the said Yud.
Persons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Superintendent
Tor notes of admission for that purpose.
... Catalogues and Conditions of Sale may be had here and at the
lard.
London, England, 1857-03-19

A.STLEY'S 'ROYAL AMP HITIT EATRE.
Lessee and Manag-er, Mr. W. Cnol:o.
THIS EVENING (first week) Shaksperc's Play of KING
HENRY THE FOURTH'Part First), with novel and effec-
tive equestrian illustrations invented by Mr. Wm. Cooke.
Hotspur, Mr. James Holloway.
Alai), a number of amusing Entertainments, concluding
with a Brilliant Display of Equestrian SKILL and SCIENCE,
by first-rate artistes, in the SCENES in the CIRCLE
Commerce at soven o'clock. Dress Ilexes, 4s. ; Upper
Roxes, 35.; Private Boxes, from 1 /., no charg,o for booking ;
Pit, 2s. Gallery, U ier Galle-

• , ,• ppk
.eery,
pox office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager,
Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooko, jun.

CANTERBURY HALL. Woßttnintter-road.
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
Lug company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
Glees, Duets, e.r.c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield,
Miss Brunch], Miss Sr:mmors, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J.
Caulfield, Hen- F. Jonglanans, It. Grover, T. Farrant, S.
Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M.
lie Soils, and E. L. 'lime ; Masters Austin, Poimett, and
Corti; 'Messrs. Sam Collins, E. hackney, and C. J. Wilkins.
Pianoforte, Mr. Cccil Hicks; harmonium, .T. Caulfield, jun.;
director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Confluence at Seven o'clock pro-
etiely. Suppers, dtc., until twelve o'clock.
London, England, 1857-03-19

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, March 17. Yesterday information
reached here by telegraph from Copenhagen, to the
effect that the final treaty for the redemption of the
Sound Dues had been concluded, and Baron von
Manteuffel took occasion, in the course of the sit-
ting of the House of Deputies, the same morning,
to communicate the circumstance to the members
assembled. The Minister President made his an-
nouncement in the following words
" Gentlemen,—lt is an agreeable duty which I fulfil
in informing the house that in tho course of the night
before last a treaty for the redemption of the Sound Due 7,
was concluded and signed et Copenhagen. ("Bravo !
from all sides of the house.) As soon as it is possible
shall lay before the house the papers connected with this
treaty, and I trust that the house will derive from4them
the conviction that his Majesty's Government has been
at some pains to further the interests of the country as
far as it lay in its power."

SPAIN.
Mitiatrn, March 14.—Gen. Prim is to undergo
at Toledo the punishment to which he has been
condemned.
The report of the removal of Gen. Concha from
the chief command in Cuba is not confirmed, and
may be presumed to have had no foundation.
• We hear nothing further of a pardon for Gene-
ral Prim. The general opinion seems to be that to
grant it would be to offer a slight and almost an
affront to Narvaez, such as would indicate that his
influence was all but extinct, and scarcely leave
him any option but that of withdrawing from the
Ministry.
The Three per Cents, were done at 39.60.
London, England, 1857-03-19

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of Sporting Intelligence to the London daily papers, &c.
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SAVINGS BANKS, their History, Laws,
Investment, Management, Interest, Defalcations, Responsibility
of Olvernment. Trusteea and Officials, Past Progress, and Present
Results ; with Remedial Suggestions.
By the Rev. J. BEAUMONT HAWKINS, B.A.
London : Longman, Brown, and Co.
London, England, 1857-03-19

THE EAST.

We have received Constantinople letters and
journals to the 6th. On the previous day a coun-
cil of ministers had been held, to deliberate on the
choice of a new caimacan of Moldavia, but no de-
cision had been then come to. The diplomatic
body had been consulted on the subject, and the
result had been made known by telegraph. The
news of the conclusion of the treaty of peace be-
tween, England and Persia had reached the Turkish
capital, but had not produced .much sensation, as
the result was anticipated.
A letter from Alexandria of the ith says :
" The Viceroy has returned to Cairo from his visit
to the Soudan. In the course of it, be diminished
the taxes even below what the populations had
offered to pay, released 2,000 slaves, ordered about
100,000 feddars of land, which, from being exces-
sively taxed, had been left uncultivated ; to be dis-
tributed amongst the people, put an end to a hoot
of abuses, and nominated Orakel Bey, who is a
Christian, to the government of the Senur. All
these measures have won him the gratitude of the
populations. The project of cutting through the
Isthmus of Suez continues to attract the Viceroy's
attention. The Russian consul-general, in a visit
to his Highness, complimented him on the support
be gives to that pmject."
London, England, 1857-03-19

(N o. 20,202.)

PUBLICATIONS.

NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOB. OF " EMILIA
WYNDHAM.".
Just ready, in 3 vols.,
THE ROSE OF ASHIIRST.
By the Author of "Emilia Wyndham," " Two Old Men's
Tries," &c.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to henry Cclburn.
London, England, 1857-03-19

OYAL SURREY THEATRE,
15) Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Oreswick.
THIS EVENTING, a new drama, entitled FRAUD AND
ITS VICTI MS. Messrs. Creswick, Shepherd, &c.
After which, an original farce, entitled, THE SERIOUS
YOUTH.
To conclude with the Spanish bal:et, EL DESCUIDADO.
Sancho, Mr Buck.
•
London, England, 1857-03-19

These gentlemen have faithfully and efficiently
discharged their duty. Let us hope that " the
good seed thus sown may bring forth fruit
in due season," and that a large and comprehen-
sive measure of reform may be one of the first,

as it would be one of the most popul. r, acts of
the new Parliament. There is no royal road to
military skill, although, unfortunately, there is to
military rank. That anomaly must be forthwith
removed. "Detur digniori" should be inscribed
on every commission ; and when it is once gene-
rally known that merit will be rewarded, and
that mere money or favour will do nothing for
the candidates, we shall find men anxious to do
that which will entitle them to favourable notice
at head-quarters. In every other branch of the
public service it is a high crime and misdemea-
nour to endeavour to obtain promotion by pur-
chase. Why, then, should it be sanctioned or
tolerated where it may be productive of results
very injurious to the national interests and pre-
judicial to the national honour ?

REPRESENTATION OF BRID.PORT.
London, England, 1857-03-19

Alf-OMER BOAT ACCIDENT OFT

SHOREHAM.

It is onr painful duty to record another fatal'
accident off Shoreham, and it is somewhat singular
that it should have occurred to a boat belonging to
the same port as that which lost its crew last week/
and the number of lives lost also the same. The nano
of the vessel is the Martha of Colchester
and , the pro-
perty of Mr. T. Welham, was engaged in the
oyster trade; and the facts relating to the cannell
are given by the only survivor of the crew, a young
man named Charles Barnes, aged 22, a native,'
Brightlingsea, a few miles from Golchester. "L'
e.
states that they were on their return to Shorelua
harbour on Friday, from the dredging ground?
with oysters, and when about 25 miles Off I
at half-past three in the afternoon, there bereta
very heavy sea on, and the wind blowing a
gale from the south-east, the smack 0111
" hove to," the captain seeing a tremendeil
wave rolling towards them, and be shouted
out, ' Look out, my lads, here's something coming'
He and three others held on to the quarter-bea'''
and Barnes clutched round the stern-bench ; but thei
had scarcely done so when the wa b:•oke over the%
c irryin,,o. away the quarter-board, the bulwarks heile
sides aft, the companion, and everything me/ea"
on deck ; and stove in the small boat. The fee
who had hold of the quarter-board were washed °Let
at the same time, and drifted away, shrieking "'i.
help, which Baines was unable to give ; and he see'„'
lost sight of them. He then set about PTI
paring for his own safety, and as soon as he cou
he trimmed the oysters, which were all thrown:fp'
one side by the lurching of the smack, and 3'7
being nearly 24 hours in a rough sea, he, unassiate
brought the damaged smack into harbour. His
fortunate companions were—Wm. Death, IneserV,
aged 40, leaving a widow and seven children
deplore their loss ; F. Hiddocks, 22, of Ardley
Arthur, 20, of Little Bentley; and F. Dent, 21, °d
Ardley. The last three were all single men/ !lift
had been out of their apprenticeship but a Bleed
time. Neither of the bodies have yet been Pit' re
up, and it is anticipated that they will wash awe
to the east of Brighton. A large number of of
—between 400 and 500—yearly leave the po_rtg
Colchester, engaged in fishing, and the caseilu`'es
„g.
previous to last year have been rather nuraert:
but last year they all returned but one, ant he:e";i
~
lost off Beachy Head by falling from the hoWsPri".
Brighton Examiner.
London, England, 1857-03-19

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LAW INTELLIGENCB.—March 18.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Murphy.)
IN RE LUKE JAMES ALLEN. -SINGULAR CASE.

This insolvent, who had been captain of a trading
vessel, was opposed by Mr. Sargood for the detain
ng oreditor, William Read, a shipowner at Ipswich
Mr. Reed supported.
In 1851 the insolvent sailed as captain of the ship
Dazzler, and in 1855 Mr. Read, the owner, sent
out a Captain Cloid, who seized the ship and sold
it. Subsequently the insolvent came to England,
and when he was about to sail as captain of another
vessel he was arrested, on a judge's order, at Sun-
derland, for an alleged debt of 7701., due to Mr.
Read for freight. Ho was arrested in February,
1855, and had been in prison thirteen months.
When he was about to be heard by the county
court at Durham, he was removed by Read up to
London by a writ of habeas corpus, and he appeared
to be heard in this court. There had been an arbi-
tration about the alleged debt, but the time bad
expired.
There was a long and warm discussion, and there
was, as the learned commissioner termed it, a good
deal of " fiery zeal" by Mr. Reed, who said he felt
that his client had been oppressed.
Mr. Commissioner Murphy eventually adjourned
the case for the insolvent to file accounts respecting
the vessel. In allusion to the "fiery zeal," be said
it reminded him of an anecdote of Garrick. A child
said to her mother, "Oh, mamma, what a passion
Mr. Garrick is in."—" Be quiet, child," replied the
mamma, "he is paid for it." (A laugh.)
London, England, 1857-03-19

PERSIA.

The Earl of EGLINTON said that the noble earl
the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, the other night in-
formed the house that, by the treaty lately signed with
Persia, the Government were about to give up the right
of protection to all Persian subjects except in respect
to those employed in British consulates and missions
in this country, provided ad other nations agreed to
do the same. Ile wished to ask the noble earl whe-
ther our protection would not extend to wives and families
of those employee. It would be recollected that the
late war was c&used through the imprisonment of
the wife of a Persian emplo36. While he was on
hie legs, he begged to ask whether there was any truth
in a paragraph which he had seen in an evening paper,
taken from a Dutch journal, which stated there had been
a conflict between two English ships and a Japanese
naval force!

The Earl of CLARENDON said it was understood
by the treaty that the wives and families of our ern-
p!iiy44, as well as the ompioyGi themselves, would have
the right of protection. With respect to the other ques-
tio❑ asked by the noble earl, the Government bad re-
ceived no intimation on the subject.

NAPLES.
' The Earl of HARDWICKE called the attention of
the house to an understanding which had been come to
at the termination of the Congress lately held at
Paris, that a combined squadron should be sent
to the Bay of Naples. He wished to ask the noble
lord opposite whether he would state the reason which
had led to the sudden change of the determination of
the governments of En&land and France ?
The Earl of CLARENDON said he should confine -
himself simply to answer the question put to him by the
noble earl. After it became known that it had
been determined by the Emperor of the French and
the British Government to send two or three vessels to
the Bay of Naples, private information reached the two
Governments of such a nature as to induce them to alter
their determination. (Hear, hear.) It was stated that
an armed insurrection of Neapolitans was about to break
oqt in consequence of the expected arrival of this squad-
ron, as such a proceeding was far from being the otject
desired by the Western Powers, and as they rather
desired to modify discontent that existed rather than
increase it. They, therefore, thought it de-
sirable to desist from their original inten-
tion of sending the vessels to Naples.
Earl GREY said the subject was a very important
one, and could not be properly discussed at that ma- #
meat, but he tzuated on the re assembling of Parliament
London, England, 1857-03-19

Ambg. Nottnp,.. Bost
& Eastn. June.... •
Belfast & Ballymena
• Birmng. Wolverh. de
Stour Valley
frO Birkenhd. Lancsh. &
Cheshire Junct
all Blackburn ......... •••
all Blyth & Tyne original
£25 (iss. at £45)
'lOO Bristol & Exeter
1100 iCa1ed0nian............•
1100 Chester Si Holyhead
all 'Cork and Bandon
all
(Cork, Black. & Pass
all Cornwall
all De. A
8 Do. B
45 Dublin&BelfastJunc.
all Dun. P. &Aber.Junc.
100 East Anglian .........
all Eastern Counties.....
100 Eastern Union, A. stk.
100 Do., do. 8.............
8i Do. New A.... ...... ...
17 East Kent ..........
100 East Lancashire ....
all East Suffolk
4 , Do.
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100 'Edinburgh & Glasgow
all Edinb. and Peebles..
100 Edinb.Prth.&Dunde.,l
all Forth and ClydeJuno.l
100 Furness ... . ......
100 Glasgow &S. Western
all Great N. of Scotland
100 Great Northern
100 Do., A. Stock
100 Do., B. Stock
100 Gt. Sth. &Wes t. (Ire.)
100 Groat Western.
100 Do. Str. V. R. gua. St
all Nish South-Eastern
all Lancaster & Carlisle.
1214
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Do. Nov
Do. ,ThirdTshr
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100 Lancash, &Yorkshire
6 Do., do. F.£lo ...
I Do., Wet. Riding Un.
all Do. Southport.
all London & Blackwall
103 Lond.Bright. &S. Cst.
103 London &N. Western
all Do. Fifths .
all Do. ,101.5h.,M&8...0
2i Do. Eighths
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all Lndndrry.&Colerair,'
all Lndudrry. & Emile-
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ill North Western
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London, England, 1857-03-19

Country Markets.

EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET
MARCIII 17.
Supplies of all kinds these last six days again large.
Oat straw, from 6s Od to 10s Od per kemple of 16 Wu..
tron; wheat do., 6s Od to 8s 6d; barley do., 6s Od. to
Od. Hay from is to ls. 3d.

EDINBURGH 3IE A.L—MARos 17. scii
There were in the market to-day 13 sacks oatmeal, •
weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 37s and —O.

DALKEITH MEAL 111ARKET—MINCE 16:
oh
0
There were in the market to-dsy 13 bags of oatmeal,
barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales ready.
Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. I Second. 1 Th v-
imperial
Barleymeal, per ditto
Peasemeal, per ditto
—s Od —s Od I—o Od
Flour, new, per ditto.... .
Pot-barley, new, per —s Od Od

DUBLIN, MAnca 17.
W. had an exceedingly slow market at our corn excliong•
this morning. The supply of native wheat very limitec._l
prices without alteration. Oats dull, and lower qualities
turn cheaper. Barley firm. No change in value of oatniors
foreign wheat, or India' corn. Flour depressed, at prices
favour of the purchaser.
21
White wheat, 31s Od to 34s ; red ditto, 29s Od 3
a,
Od; ditto new, —s ; barley, malting, 16s to 25s 6d ;
ing, 15s to 20s 6d ; oats, old, lls to 13s ; ditto, new.
Od to 15s Od ; oatmeal, 13s to 14s 6d; bere, new, 16s to 15
Oil ; rapose, d, 303 Od to 32s 041 per brl ; bakers' flour. "I_2';
6d to 253 Od per cwt; Indian corn, 31s 01 to 37e Od r
480 1130.

BRISTOL SUGAR—MARCH 18.
The very high' prices demanded by importers cause the
trade in all descriptions of sugar to be restricted, and 13?
transactions of any magnitude have taken place since our le!'
report. In rums both the supply and the demand are halite')
and there is but little doing.

00AL MARKET.—MancH 18.
Prices of Ooals per ton at the close of tho market:
s, d. iVallsend, &o.
Tanfield Moor l3 0 a 0,;
Tanfield Moor Butos 13 0 Tianibton l7 ,
Walker Primrose .........13 6 gotten Lyons Main l4 i'
Bebside's Hartley 17 0 Rnasell's Iletton 16
Eden Main l6 0 3tevrart's . 17 6
Wallsend, Ste. Hartlepool Hetton l5 6
South Hetton .............. 17 3
ghips at market... 42 { 501 d........... 34

BIRTHS.

OF A SON.

On the 17th inst., at Kinston-grove, Oxon, the lion. Dirge
Caulfield Pratt.
On the 18th inst., at Woolwich, the wife of Capt. G. 11.*
Fraser, Royal Artillery.
London, England, 1857-03-19

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE,
THIS EVENING-, will bo performed
Shalcespere's trtgedy of
KING RICHARD THE SD-20ND.
King Richard 11., Mr. C. K, au ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean.
Preceded by MUSIC HATH CHARMS.
London, England, 1857-03-19

PRICES OF SHARES.

From the Official Last.
rUBLISITED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING

LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1857.
CANALS.

Names of
Companies.

g Dividend
4 per
Annum.

Price.l

Names of
Companies.

Ashtn &Ora
Birmingham
Coventry....
Derby .. •...
GrandJunctn
Do., 6 pr. Ct.
Grand Union
Kennt & Avn
Leeds &Livrp
Leicester....
Leiestr &Ntli
Loughtorogh
Macclesfield.
Neath

9 71. p. ct.
40 4l:
100 111.
100 61. 15s.
100 21. pr. ct.
10 6/. pr. ct.
100 7s. 6d
40 61.
100 251.
iOO, 51.
83 11.55.
143 701
ICO 21. 10s.
100 161.
100

Name of Company.

Berlin
East London

Do 4 per Cent. Pref.
.

_
Do. 5 per Cent. Pref.
Grand Junction ......

Do. New ••• • • •
Kent................

Lambeth ............
New River Company..
Scuthwark do Vauxhall
West Middlesex ......
Do. Do, ......
London, England, 1857-03-19

OF A DATJOATER.

On the 16th inst., at &andford, tho wife of W. CoTonti
Oak, Esq.
On the 16th inst., at 21, Ladbroko Villas, Notting-hill, 1450*
John Campbell, jun,

M A It-R I EiD.
On the 18th inst at St. Clement's Church, EasteheaP,
Henry
Zurhorst, o"f Laurence Pountney-lane, to Elizabeth
Emma, the third daughter of Mr. Charles Coles, of BlaclQ.
heath, Kent.
On the 18th inst., at St. George's Church, Hanover-square IP
Dr. George Williamson, M.D., to Sarah Armstrong, stet
(laughter of Dr. Samuel A. Piper, of Rochester.
Di' ED.I
On the 17th inst., at Brixton-rise, George Hepburn, EA
late of Carey-street, Chancery-lane, aged 53.
On the 17th inst., William Gillson, Esq., of Ullestliorpes
Leicestershire, aged 88.
On the 17th inst , at Park-lodge Streatham, Wm. Forst
Lapslie, Esq., youngest son of the ',ate Lieut.-Col. Lapslie,
the 39th Regt., aged 33.

.. - 4----- ,
LONDON : Prinked and Punished by KURD() YOUNG.'
of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Moe, 14 °.
112, Strand, in the Precinct cf the Savoy, in the co"
of 3liddlesex, Thursday, March 19, 1857.
London, England, 1857-03-19

Country Markets.

EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET.
MARCI 17.
Supplies of all kinds these last six days again large'
Oat straw, from 6s Od to 10s Od per kemple of 16 °tit:noi gs
,
tron; wheat do., 6s Od to 8s 6d; barley do., 6101 -
Od. Hay from is to'ls. 3d.

EDINBITRGFI MEAL—MAROFI 17. , ..812
There were in the market to-day 13 sacks mai:newt
weighing 2301 b imperial, which sold at 37e and

DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—MA/tot 1.6. °of
'
There were in the market to-day 13 bags of oatincia' •
barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. 'Sales ready. ,rhird.-'
Oatmeal,. per sack of 2301bs Tirst. Second.
ol" Oi.
imperial
13arleymeal, per ditto
Peasemeal, per ditto
Flour, new, per ditto.... . ._-,,
. - oi •
Pot-barley, new, per ditto —s Od s Od --

DUBLIN, MA CH 17. hal
We had an exceedingly slow market at our corn (le RAO
this morning. The supply of eati:e wheat very hitetiO;
prices without alteration. Oats dull, and lower qualltrool;
turn cheaper. Barley firm. No change in value of /*win
foreign wheat, or Indian corn. Flour depressed, at PO •
favour of the purchaser.
Od SP)
White wheat, 31s Od to 34s Od ; red ditto, 298
0d; ditto new, —a ; barley, malting, 16s to 25s 6d ;
ing, 15s to 20s 6d ; oats, old, lls to 13s ; ditto, 'Let 188
Od to 15s Od ; oatmeal, 13s to 14s 6d; bero, new, 1' IM
Od ; rapese. d, 30s Od to 32s Od per brl ; bakers' fill tit
64 to 25s Od per cwt; Indian corn, 31s Od to 378 :
480 lbs.

BRISTOL SUGAR—MARem 18.
to the
The very high' prices demanded by importers as
trade in all descriptions of sugar to be restricted, s_," 10$:
transactions of any magnitude have taken place since aultid,
report. In rums both the supply and the demand are DA"
and there is but little doing. . •

GOAL
Prices of Coals per ton at
•
Tanfield Moor l3 0 r e
Tanfield Moor Butes 13 0 Lambton
................•••j A 1
0/,
Walker Primrose 13 6 Hatton Lyons Main ;1;
Bebside's Hartley 17 0 Russell's Hett0n.......... 6
Eden Main l6 0 itowart's. ................
'Wantland, Ita. Hartlepool Hetton .......
South Hetton 17 3
ships at market... 4'

...Man CR 18.
the close of the market%

( Sold . . 34
London, England, 1857-03-19

LITERATURE.

A Pilgrimage into Dauphine. By the Rev. G,
M. Musgrave. Hurst and Black Pa.

This is a very pleasant book of travel, affording
instructive details on the pictures, marbles, cities,
monasteries, people, and countries of 20 departments
of France. The author discusses the qualities of
wines, the habits of monks, the systems of main-
facture, and the beauties of scenery with equal
ability. His pen is vividly apt at every
theme it touches, and replete with anecdote
and observation well adapted to interest the
general reader. His account of a visit to
the Grande Chartreuse yields a painful
relation of the effects of religious austerities, and
abnegations; impressing us with no earnest desire to
become alienated from the ties and influence of
social humanity. Altogether the work is well worth
reading.

CAMP OP EXRCISE AT MHIIDPORE,

IN 111ALTVA.

A force of about 5,000 men lag been brought
together at Mehidpore for the same purposes for
which the camps at Chobham and Aldershot were
formed in this country. Yet from this innocent
source have sprung all the paragraphs pregnant
with war and annexation, which have, in spite of
our protest, gone the round of the papers. We
may congratulate ourselves that Itajputana is cafe
for the present, and we would recommend the
public to be more wary in giving credence to such
canards in future.

We may as well take this opportunity of nr-
ticing very briefly the incorrect views on the
Persian question developed by the Frie?id of
India, in an article extracted iu our last number.
It is there asserted that "Nobody cares one jot
whether Persia is advancing or falling to pieces,
whether the Shah rules in Herat, or ceases to
rule in Teheran." After the appearance in the Edin-
burgh Review of that able paper on Persian affairs,
which attracted so much attention but.a few weeks
back, the English public need hardly be told that

the internal condition of Persia terself, her attitude
towards this country, her maintenance as a sub-
stantive power, and her non-extension in the direc-
tion of Afghanistan, are all questions of the most
vital importance. Our relations with Persia are
not to be viewed as a matter of secondary consi-
deration. This is the very error which has been
too long committed. It is useless to spend time in
arguing what is now generally agreed on, but from
the existence of these one-sided views of external
policy in the leading Indian papers, as proved by
the article on which we are now animadverting,
and of such mischievous mistakes as to our internal
administration, a specimen of which we have noticed
in the preceding paragraph, we are surely justified
in the inference that there is room for a careful
and impartial exponent of the. real policy of our
Government both at home aryl abroad.—Smith,
Elder, and Co.'s Homeward Mail.
London, England, 1857-03-19

Antwrp & Rotterdam

.4 Ardennes
611 Belgian East. Junct
L 6 Beziers to Graissessac
dl Carmeaux&Toulousf
Coal Mines and By.

.2 Dutch Rhenish
.11 Eastern of France

111 Do. New
!s. Euphrates Valley
.8 Gt. Central of France
[7 Great Luxembourg
4 Italian Junction
dl Lake Const. & Bale
J 1 Lierre and Turnhout
6 Lombardo-Venetian
Lll Lucca dr Pist.sp.c.p.
dl Lyons and Geneva
Lll Lyons & Mediterran.
al Maria Ante zia
01 Do. New
Lll Namur Sr, Liege
ill Do. do. 6 p. e. Pref
ill Northern of France ,
111 NorwegianTrnk. Peel
dl Paris and Lyons
al Paris and Orleans
7 Reoife dir San Fran
(Pernam.) g. 7 p. c.
Rome and Frascati
Al Royal Danish
dl Royal Swedish
al Sambre and Mouse
11 Do. 5} per cent. prof
11 Southern of France
11 West Flanders
London, England, 1857-03-19

SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW;

Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Donns.
The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the
house to suit every one :—Galleries, ed. and ls. ; Second
Circle of Boxes, is. 6d. ; Pit, 25. ; First Circle of Boxes,
2s. 6d. ; Drees Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, Ss. ; Private Boxes,
10s, 64., 17. ls., 1/. lls. 6d., and 2/. 2s.
London, England, 1857-03-19

NEW VOLUME.-CONTINUATION OF ALISON'S HISTORY

OF EUROPE.
This day is pollshed, Vol. VI. of
E HISTORY OF EUROPE,
from the Fall of Napoleon to the Accession of Louis Napoleon.
By Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON, Bart., H.C.L.
Vols. I. to V. may be had, in demy Svo., uniform with the Library
Edition of the " History of Europe from the French Revolution to the
Battle of Waterloo." Price 15s. each.
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh anti London.
London, England, 1857-03-19

CAMP OF EX RCISE AT MEHIDPORE,
IN MA LTVA.

A force of about 5,060 men has been brought
together at Mehidpore for the same purposes for
which the camps at Chobha,m and Aldershot were
formed in this country. Yet from this innocent
source have sprung all the paragraphs pregnant
with war and annexation, which have, in spite of
our protest, gone the round of the papers. We
may congratulate ourselves that Ilajpiitana is safe
for the present, and we would recommend the
public to be more, wary in giving credence to such
canards in future. _

We—may as well ,take this opportunity of nc-
ticing very briefly the incorrect views on the
Persian question developed by the Friend of
India; in an article extracted in our last number.
It is there asserted that "Nobody cares one jot
whether Persia is advancing 'or falling to pieces,
whether the Shah rules_ iu Herat, or ceases to
rule in Teheran." After the appearance in tho Edin-
burgh Review of that able paper on Persian affair?,
which attracted so much attention but a few weeks
back, the English public need hardly be told that
the internal condit ion of Persia beraelf, het attitude
towards this *Wry, her maintenance as a sub-
stantive power, and her non-extension in the direc-
tion of Afghanistan, are all questions of the most
vital importance. Our relations with Persia are
not to be viewed as a matter of secondary consi-
deration. This is the very error which has been
too long committed. It is useless to spend time in
arguing what is now generally agreed on, but from
the existence of these one-sided views of external
policy in the leading Indian papers, as proved by
the article on which we are, now animadverting,
and of such mischievous mistakes as to our internal
administration, a specimen of which We have not iced
in the preceding paragraph, we are surely justified
in the inference that there is room for a careful
and impartial eiponent of the real policy of our
Government both at home 4na abroad,--Smith,
Elder, and Co.'s Homeward Mail.
London, England, 1857-03-19

A SHAREHOLDER.

LAMBETH ELECTION.—W. ROUPELL,
Esq., the Resident Candidate, will meet the
Electors of the Borough of Lambeth at PUBLIC MEETINGS,
to be held as follows :
The Literary Institution, Walworth, This Evening, the 19th
March instant ;
The Rosemary Branch, Peckham, on Friday, tho 20th
March, instant ; and
Camberwell Hall, Grove-lane, en Saturday, the 21st March
instant.
The chair will bo taken each evening at half-past seven
o'clock. Public Meetings in other parts of the Borough will
be duly announced.
Central Committee Room, Horns Tavern, Kennington,
16th March, 1857.

HE LONDON, HARWICH, and CONTI-
rfI
NENTAL STEAM PACKET COMPANY.
(Limited.)
Capital 100,COOL, in 10,000 Shares of 10/. each, with power
to increase. 2/. per share payable on allotment.
Incorporated under the Act 19 and 20 Vic., chap. 47, by
which the liability of the Proprietors is limited to the
amount of their shares.
Offices, 44, Moorgate-street, City, E.C.
As the Allotment of Shares in the above Company will take
place on the 2tith inst., NO APPLICATION can be received
after WEDNESDAY, the 25th inst.
Prospectuses and forms of application may be obtained of
Messrs. Hugh Tassie and Sons, 135, Buchanan-street, Glas-
gow ; H. C. Beloe, Esq., 18, Brunswick-street, Liverpool ;
O. J. Williams, Esq., Lloyd's agent and Vice Consul of the
Netherlands, Harwich, Essex; and at the offices of the
Company.
London, England, 1857-03-19

LITERATURE.

A Pilgrimage into Dauphine. By the Rev. G

M. Musgrave. Hurst and Illackett.
This is a very pleasant book of travel, affording
instructive details on the Pictures, marbles, cities,
monasteries, people, and countries of 20 departments
.
of France. The author discusses the qualities of
wines, the habits of monks, the systems of manu-
facture, and the beauties of scenery with equal
ability. His pen is vividly apt at every
theme it touches, and replete with anecdote
and observat'on well adapted to interest the
general reader. His account of a visit to
the Grande , Chartreuse yields a painful
relation of the effects of religious austerities, and
abnegations; impressing us with no earnest desire to
become alienated/ from the ties and influence of
social humanity. Altogether the work is well-worth
reading.
London, England, 1857-03-19

IN BE DOSE.

This bankrupt was described as of Singsland, baker,
and to-day came up for his certificate.. He was brought
up in custody, being under sentence of 18 months'
imprisonment for embezzlement.
The solicitor for the assignees did not oppose, and his
honour granted a certificate of the second class.
London, England, 1857-03-19

THE NEW NOVEL,
THE SECOND WIFE,
Is now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.
" The plot is well worked out, and there are in the book passages
of great power."--Herald.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13,
Great Marlborough-street.
London, England, 1857-03-19

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SIIAREg.

To the Directors of the London, Harwich, and Continental
Steam Packet Company (Limited), 44, Moorgate-street,
City.
Gentlemen,—l enclose you a receipt for £ paid to
the London and Eastern Banking Corporation, and I hereby
request you will allot me shares in the London,
Harwich, and Continental Steam Packet Company (Limited);
and I hereby agree to accept such shares or any smaller
number that may be allotted to me, and to pay tho calls
thereon, and to execute the necessary deeds of the Company.
I remain, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Name in full
Address in full
Occupation
Date
BANEBRS' RECEIPT.

ReeeNed the day 1857, the sum of
on account of the London, Harwich, and Continental Steam
Packet Company (Limited), London.
l3y Order,
HUME GREENFIELD, Secretary,

.TZ AIL TVA Y TI?.A ?FIG RETIII?ArS.

AND NORTII-WESTERN RAILWAY. —Traffi c
LONDON
return for the week ending March 15, 1537 £56,618 0 0
Corresponding week last year .................. 54,933 0 0
GREAT NOR RAILWAY:—'.... BAlLWAY.—Traffic reLurn for the
week ending March 8, 1857 ..................... £21,394 9 1
Corresponding wok }set year ................... 12 7
CHESTER AND 1:101,11113AD RAILWAY.—TrAtiIe return for
-,,110 week ending March 1;i, 1857 ............... i 5,0133 0 0
s'°iTespondiug week last yea ..................... 4,831 0 0

Increase in 1857 ...................... £232 0 0
Lkisre
turn "Hi"
AND YOBICSIIIBIL I.IAILTIAT:—Trrs, ffie re(
Corr();
for the week ending, March 15, 1857 -.121,402 17 *)
Correspondingcoß week last year .................... 20,655 3 4
ending BANDON RAlLWAT.—Traffic return for week
0 arch 111857_ ..................... 12 11
LONDON GENERAL
week last year ...... ................. 218 15 9
turns for GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.—Traffie, Te-
e week ending M eh it 1557 glO 025 0 0
ar_ ,
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Second Fdition, 78. 6d.,

KAT E COV EN T RY, an Autobiography.
By G. J. WHYTE MELVILLE.
By the same anthor,
DIGBY GRAND. Two Vol:. 18s.
GENERAL BOUSCE. Two Vols. 155.
London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand.

Now ready, price iicpence,
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lJ COALITION.
By RICHARD WILDMAN, Esq., Recorder of Nottingham, and
Author of "Institutes of Internationnl Law."
James Ridgway, Piccadilly, and all booksellers.
London, England, 1857-03-19

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

ABINgDON. —Mr. Burr has relinquished his in-
telition of contesting the election with Mr. Norris.
The new candidates spoken of are, Leicester Ver-
non, Esq., of Ardington, near Wantage, in the
county of Berke ; and Theobald Theobald, Esq., of
Sutton Condon ay, near Abingdon.
AYLESBURY.--Mr. Layard and Sir R. Bethell ad-
dressed the electors of Aylesbury yesterday at the
County-hall. • The Attorney-Oeueral attacked his
liberal colleague with as much vehemence as if be
had been a Tory. In the end the meeting passed a
vote of coufidence in both the hon. members.

BATH.-Mr. Arthur Way, of Ashton Lodge, has
issued au allre;.s to the electors. He is a Conser-
vative, and prepared to support Lord Palmerston,
who, he feels assurel, is the man best qualified at
present to carry on the affairs of the nation.

BRA.DFORD.—The friends of General Thompson
are sanguine of success at the general election, rs
no third candidate is yet spoken of to occupy the
place of Mr. Titus Salt, the Whig candidate, whose
withdrawal we have already announced. Mr.
Wickham's committee and friends, are unremitting
in their labours to secure his return.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. —Mr. Disraeli has issued the
following address to his constituents :
London, England, 1857-03-19

OIITHIVARK ELECTION. Mr. LOCKE
will MEET the ELECTORS at the under-
mentioned places

THIS EVENING, At the Equestrian Coffee-house, St.
George's-circus, at S o'clock precisely.
Mrs. Lunn's, Lilliput Hall, Prospect-row, Bermondsey, on
Friday, the 20th inst., at 7 o'clock precisely.
At the George Inn, Borough, on Saturday, the 21st inst.,
at 1 o'clock p.m.
At the Southwark Literary Institution, 'on Monday, the
23d inst., at 8 o'clock p.m. precisely.
London, England, 1857-03-19

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon.
THIS EVENING, THE CAGOT. Mr. Charles Dillon
Mr Barrett, Mr. Stuart.
After which, a new farce, entitled MY FRIEND FROM
LEATHEItIIEAD. Mr. Toole, Miss Wilton, and Mrs. B.
White.
Followed by the gorgeous burlesque of CONRAD AND
lIEDORA. Miss Woolgar, Mr. J. L. Toole, 3c.
The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super-
lotcndence of Mr. Cliatterton, inn.
Carriages conveying parties 1..) the Private Boxes to set
down at the State entrance iu Burleigh-street.
London, England, 1857-03-19

ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.
THE EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION
Funds will give a GRAND CLASSICAL CONCERT, in aid of its
, at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens, THURSDAY Even-
.B, the 19th inst., at 8 o'clock. (Doors open at 6.30.) M. Jullien's
entire splendid Orchestra, with the following distinguished artistes :
;'alas Dolby Miss Arabella Goddard, and Miss LOUIS' Dinning.
Tickets, 15., , 2s., and 31. each, to be had at M.Jullien's, 214, Re-
Um-street ; the Offices of the Association, 35, Ludgate-hill, &c., &c.
41111nber
JOHN LILWALL, Hon. Sec.

TO BE SOLD, for 221., cost 50 guineas, a GETt-
„,„ TLEMAN'iI GOLD POCKET CHRONOMETER, by Ar-
nl, of the finest possible construction and finish, modern in style
'4;l. guaranteed perfect in condition. It has eight jewels. enema
May be seen at Wales and Wen loch's, 32, Ludgate-
ILreet, near St. Paul's.

SECURE IN VES TMENT S. —lVlessrs. R.
ROBLEY and Co., 48, Threadneedle-street, Sworn Stock, Share,
and Mining Brokers, will be happy to forward a list of carefully selected
Securities, paying good di vid ends, to those who may favour them with
tacir business, and to advise them on the safest mode of invegting
their capital. Business transacted in the English Funds at 1-16th
Per cent.. and in all Stocks, Railway and Mining Shares, on the most
reasonable terms. A selected list of dividend-paying (from 12 to 20
per cent.) and progressive mines to be had personally or per letter.

BANK OF DEPOSIT,
No. 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON.
Established A.D. 1844.
Parties desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to
examine the plan of the Bank of Deposit.
Prospectuses and Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on appli-
cation.
PETER MORRISON, Managing Director.

INSTITUTED IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE, A.D. 1714.
TT NI ON ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES.

OFFICES—
", eOrnhill, and 70, Baker-street, London; College-greet', Dublin;
Gronengen-street, Hamburg ;
Bristol, Liverpool, and Manchester.
The Premises in Cornhill being now rebuilt, the business will in
/Inure be carried on therein.
The Receipts for Fire Policies falling due at Ladyday, are now
‘eitY at the Head Offices in London, and at the respective Agencies
in the country.

WM. B. LEWIX, Secretary.

THE BADDINGTON PEERAGE : being his
Lerdship's Life; a story of the Best and the Worst Society. by
GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA, author of " A Journey Due North,"
in Dickens's "Household Words," will be commenced in the" ILLUS-
TRATED TIMES" on Saturday next, and will he continued weekly
until completed. The "Baddington Peerage" will b 3 Illustrated by
London, England, 1857-03-19

LONDON, TEET_TIZSDAY, mAncrt 19, 18t7.

Lord PALMERSTON is 10-ing his opportunity.
Not a syllable from the Noble Viscount yet either
as to his Policy or as to his Principles. Not a syl-
lable—although his position has manifestly been,
from the first, so very anomalous.
I‘..tean w bile, it
has not been by any means thus with the Right
Hon. Gentleman the Leader of the Opposition.
He, at least, has spoken out already—candidlh
we must admit, and very much to the purpose.
He has issued his Political Minifesto betimes
upon the very eve of the Dissolution. Ho has
done so, moreover, according to approved form,
in the shape of an Address to his Constituents.
Conspicuously placed as Mr. DISRA.ELI is, how.
ever, it is rather to the People of England gene-
rally that he speaks, as it were, by necessity, at
such a moment, than simply and exclusively to
the Electors of
_Buckinghamshire. And in the
London, England, 1857-03-19

These gentlemen have faithfully and efficiently
discharged their duty. Let us hope that " the
good seed thus sown may bring forth fruit
in due season," and that a large and comprehen-
sive measure of reform may be one of the first,
as it would be ono of the most popular, acts of
the new Parliament. There is no royal road to
military skill, although, unfortunately, there is to
military rank. That anomaly must be forthwith
removed. "Detur digniori" should be inscribed
on every commission ; and when it is once gene-
rally known that merit will be rewarded, and
that mere money or favour will do nothing for
the candidates, we shall find men anxious to do
that which will entitle them to favourable notice
at head-quarters. In every other branch of the
public service it is a high crime and misdemea-
nour to endeavour to obtain promotion by pur-
chase. Why, then, should it be sanctioned or
tolerated where it may be productive of results
very injurious to the national interests and pre-
judicial to the national honour ?

REPRESENTATION OP BRIDPORT.
London, England, 1857-03-19

A SHAREHOLDER.

-1-4AMBETH ELECTION.—W. ROUPELL,
Esq., the Resident Candidate, will meet the
Electors of the Borough of Lambeth at PUBLIC MEETINGS,
to be held as follows :
The Literary Institution, Walworth, This Evening, the 19th
March instant;
The Rosemary Branch, Peckham, on Friday, the 20th
March, instant ; and
Camberwell Hall, Grove-lane, en Saturday, the 21st March
instant.
The chair will be taken each evening at half-past seven
o'clock. Public Meetings in other parts of the Borough will
be duly announced.
Central Committee Room, Horns Tavern, Kennington,
16th March, 1557,

THE LONDON, HARWICH, and CONTI-
NENTAL STEAM PACKET COMPANY.
• (Limited.) _ _

Capital 100,000 i., in 10,000 Shares of 101. each, with power
to increase. 2/. per share payable on allotment.
Incorporated under the Act 19 and 20 Vic., chap. 47, by
which the liability of the Proprietors is limited to the
amount of their shares.
Offices, 44, Moorgate-street, City, E.C.
As the Allotment of Shares in the above Company will take
place on the 26th iust., NO APPLICATION can be received
after WEDNESDAY, the 25th inst.
ProspectuFes and forms of application may be obtained of
Messrs. Hugh Tassie and Sons, 135, Buchanan-street, Glas-
gow ; H. C. Beloe, Esq., 18, Brunswick-street, Liverpool ;
0. J. Williams Esq., Lloyd's agent and Vice Consul of the
Netherlands,Harwich, Essex; and at the offices of the
Company,
London, England, 1857-03-19

SARDINIA.

The d:seivion on the fortifica ions of Al essand rift,
in the Chamber of Deputies of Turin, has lost much
of its interest since the result Las been announced
by telegraph. Somo of the most striking passages
of the debate on the 15th, however, deserve to be
mentioned :

Farini, alluding to Count Solaro's defence of
Austria, reminded Lim that he himself had written that
Austria was celebrated for her wisdom of ingratitude
towards those whom she owed benefits.' In 1815 Aus-
tria conceived vast projects in Italy, and constituted her-
self the protectress of the peninsula. The first operation
she understook was the destruction of the fortifications
of Alessandria. The r.igning prince of the House of
Savoy at that time wept at the outrage, and in the
bitterness of his heart said, `J'attends mon astre.' Aus-
tria likewise attempted to deprive Piedmont of Novara,
but was prevented by the other powers, The present
eo:lscitutional system of Piedmont was not palatable to
Austria, and there was, therefore, both from historical
facts and present circumstances, every reason to put the
country in a state of proper defence.
Count Solaro delta Margherita in a second speech
denied Count Cavour's assertion that Austria infringed
any treaty in fortifying Piacenza, she being entrusted
with its defence, and therefore authorised to fortify it.
(This declaration was received with loud murmurs of
disapprobation.)

"Count Revel, one of the leading members of the
Right, declared he saw no provocation in fortifyfog
Alessandria, which he considered a measure of legi-
timate defence ; but that there was great provocation
offered to Austria in the speeches of the orators of the
Chambers arid in the pudic press.

fl 00113 i Kamiani ooncluCled an animated speech in
favour of the measure with the following words :
After a silence of six centuries, the traditions of the
Lombard League are reviving, not under thirty banners,
but under a single one, which shows that the Italian
nation has but one opinion, one will, and one hope.
(Loud cheers from the tribunes.) Tho grandeur and
holiness of the enterprise command us to suppress every
discussion and to vote the bill. I move that we pro-
ceed to the consideration of the articles."
The motion was supported by many other mem-
bers, and after General La Marmora had given ex-
planations on his conduct in the matter, the dis-
cussion was adjourned to the 16th, whoa the vote
was taken, as already stated.