The Express. — London, England, 1866-08-24 00:00:00

,1 41 1 • .11- -6 4 THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.' (rum ova armour. cosawroximarr.) NOTTINGHAM, Tatrutv,a, The opening meeting last night was very SUOMI,- fuL The theatre, which, internally, is a beautiful and most convenient building, was crowded more than half-an-hour before the commencement of tho proceedings, and presented a very brilliant appear ance. The excitable and intelligent populace of the town evinced their interest in the meeting by as sembling in an immense crowd on the wide open space before the theatre, and it was with some diffi culty that the police made and kept a clear way for the approach and the departure of the assembly. The President's address was an eloquent and sustained argument for the great principle of con tinuity, and the general impression left upon the minds of those who heard it I find from many tes timonies to-day to have been that in the new theory of continuity, which the world will " after many days " follow the philosophers in adopting, there is a beauty, an impressiveness, and a rever ence which the old theory of convulsions, and cata clyanis, and creative interferences with the order established by God, does not possess. Certainly none who listened to the President last night could possibly feel that the theory he was so ably stating and defending was at all open to the old charges against it, but that it vastly heightened rather than diminished their wonder and reverence for creative wisdom and power. Lord Belper and the mayor of Nottingham followed in very appropriate speeches, but only a part of the audience could hear them ; and the business concluded by an announcement by the President that up to that evening 1,957 tickets had been issued, and more than 2,0001. received for the purposes of the association. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTYR. ) The regular business of the association com menced this morning, all the sections meeting in force. BIOTION A.-MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. In this section Prefoosor Wilmtvittowl presided, and a paper was read by Mr. GLAISHIR " On the luminous meteors observed by him during November lost." Mr. Birt brought up a report of the lunar committee for mappping the moon. In the course of the day Mr. Clabber made some observations on the blue mist, supposed to be connected with cholera, and stated that he thought it a physical phenomenon, although he did not desire it to be taken that it was ace- Intely connected with cholera ; in fact, the places where this mist appeared were rather healthy than otherwise. The blue mist had been observed near Nottingham that morning. Stenos C.—GEOLOGY. In this apartment the president is Professor RAMAT. Papers were reed by Dr. LEITH ADAMS "On the Maltese Caves;" by Professor lirroecocK, "On the Geological Distribution of Petroleum in North America," showing bassi* inthe supply in ten years from 24,000,000 gallons to 91,000,000, the value being 4,000.0001. Bscreox D.—BIOLOGY. This section assembled in the People's College, under the presidency of Professor HIALIJIT. The learned pro- fessor said it had not been his intention to make an address, and chiefly because he could only repeat what he said three or fouryears ago at the meeting of theassociation at Cambridge, but having found that what fell from him then had in a great measure been forgotten, and as there was a great diversity of opinion among the committee aa to the meaning of the term " bioloa," and its limits and several divisions, it seemed well that the subject should be revived. He, therefore, proposed to deliver an address to-morrow, in which he would deal with the subject from his own point of view, and which would probably give rise to an important discussion. Among the visitors to this section was the young Marquis of Lorne, the son of the Duke of Argyll. The first paper read was one by Professor Etymon, being the " Report on the Extinct Birds of the Maseareen Islands," and the committee appointed by the association at Birmingham to assist the professor in his researches. A portion of the bones discovered by Mr. George Clark of Malieburg, in Mauritius, were exhibited. It a t /peered that this gentleman bad found a large deposit of e true Dodo, and the committee dwelt upon the importance of hie discovery, especially as previously the only remains of the Dodo known to naturalists were the head and foot at Oxford, the skull at Copenhagen, the portion of an upper mandible at Prague, and the foot in the British Museum. It was now believed that almost every bone of the bird's skeleton had been discovered, with the exception—though that was an insignificant exception—of the extremity of the wing. The report wound up with some suggestions for further explorations of these islands. The PHNHIDiNT remarked that now they possessed as much knowledge about this bird as they could do of any species which was extinct. The next paper was one by Mr. JOHN SHAW, "on the Distribution of Mosses in Great Britain and Ireland, as affecting the geography and geological history of the pre sent flora." There was also a report by Mr. J. GWYN, "On dredging among the Hebrides," which gave an interesting account of animal life at the bottom of the sea at various depths, and of some new species which had been found. Mr. P. L. SCLATZR read a paper "On the systematic position of the American Prong-horn (Antilocrapa Ame ricana)." The object of the paper was to bring into notice a discovery made last year by Mr. Bartlett, thesuperin tendent of the Zoological Gardens, with regard to this animal, viz., that the horns of the " Prong-born" are na turally shed every year, • phenomenon hitherto quite un known among the ruminants with which this animal has been associated. SECTION D.-DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY. This department was presided over by Preform HCMFRT, 1.R.5., who delivered a long opening address, bearing chiefly on the operations of natural law. The only paper of popular interest read was one by Dr. Cobbold, on the peculiar parasites infesting the muscles of oxen, which had first attracted attention during the epizootic of rinderpest among cattle. These parasites, he stated, consisted of an external egg-shaped envelope sepa rated by divisions into several compartments , which were filled with cells. The nature of these cells, he remarked, was such as to render it quite probable that their origin was vraetable, although the bulk of evidence in the matter pointed to their animal origin. Dr. Cobbold stated that these bodies were in no way characteristic of rinderpest, being found in the finest beef. His observations, moreover, established the fact of their being altogether harmless. Ssertorr D.—DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY. Iu this department Mr. ALFRED R. WALLACE, the pre sident, delivered a brief address. He explained that anthropology was a science which contemplated man under all his varied aspects—as an animal, and as a moral and intellectual being—in his relations to the lower organisms, to his fellow-men, and to the universe. Anthropology sought to collect and systemise the facts and the laws which had been brought to light by all those branches of study which, directly or indirectly, had man for their object, but which had been pursued separately. They could, therefore, not afford to neglect any facts relating to man, however trivial, nomeanieg, or distasteful some of them might appear. Custom, supersti tion, or belief of savage or civilised life, might guide us towards an explanation of their origin in the common tendencies of the human mind. Each peculiarity of form. colour, or constitution might give us the clue to the affinities of an obscure race. The anthropologist must ever bear in mind that the object of his study being man, nothing pertaining to the characteristics of man could be unworthy of his attention. Mr. C. Carmen BLAKI read a long paper " On a sap jaw from the Belgian Bone Cave." Mr. Blake posedhuman was sent by the Anthropological Society of London to make an examination of this cave, which is in Namur, on the banks of the us., In conjunction with M. Dupont, who had been commissioned by the Belgian government to conduct more extensive in quiries on the same spot. This jaw, which is without chin, and bears a remarkable resemblance to the ape spe die, was exhibited in the room and excited a pod deal of interest. It was found at 3i metres from the surface, along with a human ulna and a reindeer bone, which had apparently been bored by some sharp in strument. The paper led to some discussion, in the course of which the president expressed an opinion that the jawwaa of great antiquity, and said it had many pecu liarities which approximated to some of the ape species. Becrtox E.—CIEGGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY. employed -in reckoning the altitude* were ptekaps too imperfect to justify any decided conclusion as to the accuracy of the data they supplied, and it may still be a fair subject of speculation whether the great western affluent of the Nile may not derive its sources from • point still further south than generally conjectured though perhaps not beyond I the latitude Fred the old oosmographers." This point he h would be settled by Li Having erod ed to the fatal issue that attend:d r il l:rt . enterprise of Baron von der Deokea, in his attempt to ex plore the country of the Kilimancljaro, and the efforts of M. du Chaillu, by which much information had been ob tained, sad the advantages derived from the trigonometrical survey of North Western India by Captain Montgomery, he proceeded, as illustrative of the connexion between an cient and modern geography, to refer to the labours of and the information obtained through the Palestine Ex ploration Committee. He next adverted to the valuable additions made to geographical knowledge by the explore tion of the Puns River, in South America, by Mr. William Chandleas, by the North Polar research, and by the explo rations in Australia, being made through Dr. Muller, who has been instrumental in instituting another search for the long-lost leichardt. Sir Charles Nicholson then directed attention to the subject of ethnology as one of great in terest and importance. The President was heartily cheered on the conclusion of his address. THE NILE. Sir SAIIUIL W. Beggs, who nes loudly cheered on rising, delivered an address on the Abyssinian tributaries of the Nile. He commenced by stating that from the earliest days the source of the Nile had been a mystery. The Emperor Nero sent two centurions who pene..rated to the marshes, and subsequent exploration got no farther. Such was the state of information when he com mer ctil his exploration. In the most ancient days a great desire was shown by the kings and priests of Egypt, and in later days by Julius Carr, to discover the sources of the Nile, a river which flowed through many hundreds of miles of parching deserts, and which though evaporated b b .s itie sun and gulped down by the sands, still nourished t and inundated it. But explorers were universally ; they could reach a certain point, but then they had to return, and there seemed to be son's spell which guarded the sources of the river. The wonderful inuodations were, however, now most satisfactorily accounted for, by the source of the White Nile being concentrated in the two large lakes, which, for many months in the year, received the rainfa l l from lofty mountains. Having encamped one night in order to shoot hippopotami, he saw the phenomena of the sudden rise of the nver. He had retired to sleep, when he heard a sudden noise like distant thunder. The bed of the river was then merely glaring. At the sound of the noise the Arabs (by whom he was accompanied) rushed down to the river bed to secure the heads of the hippopotami, but before they had time to secure them the men were nearly up to their waists in dap water. By the following morning the river was almost bank full, and was from 28 to 30 feet deep, and about 500 yards wde. That fact would exemplify better than any description be could give the extraordinary rainfall of Abyesmil, which poured down like a waterspout at the commencement of the rainy season. That rainfall flooded all the rivers which were tributaries to the Nile, and that sudden flood pouring down into the Nile caused the inundation of Egypt. Allm'ing to his meeting Grant and Speke at Go norkoro, be said they were men of whom England might be proud. They had earned &title which he hoped would be undying, for they had done t heir best to keep up the reputation of England, although unsupported by its go vemment. Working alone, and merely trusting to God, they had passed through that country, having left behind them a character which opened the way for him. Ha was satisfied with having done his beet ; but he was confident that he should not have succeeded so well as he had done if it had not been for the instructions and the map which were kindly given to him by Speke and Grant. He parted from them in the hope to meet again, and with a promise that he would do his best, and in two years from that time he had succeeded, and had reached that great lake which some geographers would now hardly admit could be called the source of the Nile, because they considered a lake must be a reservoir for the affluents which would naturally be considered as the legal sources of the river. Bat when they spoke of " sources," they must be comparative, be cause everything connected with the Nile was on such a gigantic scale that they must call the least point the last point from which the great river issued, a "source," as they must also will the river Victoria, from which one grand branch of the Nile Wined. He had carefully gone over Speke's ground, in order to verify his assertions, as Speke thought and said there might be some people in England who did not know much about the Thames, and only a little about the Trent, who would nevertheless sit down and contradict him about the Nile. He was happy to say that the public of England and France bad now accepted as a fact that the Nile Waned, as the entire Nile, from the Albert Lake ; that it originated in the Victoria Nyanza as one branch. He had been very much gratified since his return with the receptions, which he had never looked for, and that all the trials he had gone through bad been appreciated not only by the public but by the Queen. (Cheers.) He, however, could not but entertain a feeling of regret when he remembered that Speke, who led the way through Africa, had died without receiving any testimonial, but he felt sure that Speke's name would be proudly remembered by Englishmen when every title was forgotten. Sir Samuel resumed his seat amulet loud cheers. Sir R. MURCHISON moved a vote of thanks to Sir Samuel Baker and Lady Baker, eulogising the devotion of that lady in accompanying him in his travels. The vote was carried by acclamation. Dr. BRIER read a paper on the possibility of diverting the waters of the Nile into the Red Sea. He quoted largely , from the works of travellers in Abyssinia and atgued, on the authority of their works, there were natural facilities for diverting the Nile into the Red Sea. Sir SAVOLL BAKER said be did not know if Dr. Bake spoke from personal experience ; he certainly did. He believed in an engineering point of view anything was pos sible, but he denied that there were any natural facilities, and to divert the channel would be a gigantic undertaking. There were very clever persona in existence, no doubt ; it bad been ssid some of them could "set the Thames on fire," and he believed that would be done long before the Nile and the Red Sea were joined. (Laughter.) Dr. Begs said he did not speak from personal observa tion, but from the maps and writings of those who had tra velled in the eonntry,and who hadgone round the mountain between the Gosh, a tributary of the Nile, and the Red Sea, whereas Sir Samuel Baker travelled overthe mountain. Sir Samuel, Biess—l will only say I went to the top of the mountain, and! therefore could see farthest. I leave you to say who was right, the man at the top, or the man at the bottom. (Laughter.) ANCIENT BRITONS. Mr. Caewroen, F.R.S., contributed an interesting paper on Caesar's Account of Britain and its inhabitants, in reference to Ethnology. Haring minutely described Chesar's account, and commented on it. he summed up the whole in the followingwords: " The conclusion to which we must, I think, come from the perusal of Ciesar's account of such of theßritons es he saw, is that although they were certainly barbarians they were very f►r from being savages. They were in possession of nearly all the domestic animals known to the Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians. They possessed the art of making malleable iron, and they mixed, smelted, and exported tin. They had a Axed money, although a rude one. In war they had an infantry and cavalry and chariots. There can be no doubt but that they possessed the art of manufacturing pottery, and I think it most probable that they had she art of weaving their wool into a coarse fabric, and perhaps of dying those fabrics with woad, we may then safely pronounce our forefathers to have been a more advanced people than were the Mexicans and Peruvians when first seen by Europeans 1,600 years after the time of Gees. They encountered the first invadersof their country with far more courage and even military prowess than did the Mexicans, the Spaniards, or than did even the Hindoos, I the Greeks, and Macedonians of Alexander ; but these last results were more an affair of race than of civilisation. Such were the Britons Clew saw, and assuredly he saw no savages." Szcnos F.—ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS. This section met under the presidency of Professor J. E. T. ROGEPA, M.A. with Lord Belper, Sir J. Bowring, Dr. Farr , Mr. Rain, Mr. Heywood, and Colonel Sykes for vice presidents, and Mr. Birkin, Professor Leone Levi, and Mr. Macror for secretaries. At the sitting the PILESIDINT delivered the opening address. - - - - • • After discussing the question of the future coal supp ly, the currency and agricultural economy, he proceed ed to advert to the value of the statistics connected with human life. He said :—There is a special value in informa tion such as that given by my distinguished friend Dr. Farr ou the mortality of children, for there cannot I conceive be a better gauge of the moral. the social, and the material progress of a people than a low death-rate among children. The labour, of Mr. Walton and Mr. Hyde Clarke have thrown light, the former on the condition of France, a country which asserts • great social and intellectual place, and certainly occupies a commanding political in ' fluence ; the latter on that of Turkey, the lowest and ap parently the most irreclaimable of European communities. I cannot but feel a lively interest in such inquiries as those which have been undertaken by Mr. Jerome. The interpretation of prices, when the facts are large enough to preclndethe influence of exceptionally disturbing causes, is one of the most interesting as well as the most instruc tive among the whole range of economical investigations. Nothing, I believe, is more likely to correct those belay generalisations which have formed peculiar temptations to sonic of our most distinguished economists than the careful analysis of prices. The illustrious Coiy pima' of political economy, Adam Smith, was I as laborious in collecting facts as be was subtle in gathering inference ; and I have been constantly struck, in following out certain researches into the history of prices, by the remarkable sagacity with which Smith occa sionally anticipated or suggested the fasts of social life many centuries ago. It might be expected that there would be a close conformity between values at very remote periods of social history. The proportion inhabiting be tween the prices of labour and food are, or should be, so close and unvarying, that we may always suspect, in fully added countries at least, that any marked discrepancy be tween values at different periods is suggestive el remov able evils. For instanos, it the pries of food is considerably Sir Csanita Nfolotsos, the president of this section, delivered his opening address in the Mechanics'-hall, which was crowded by about 900 persons, this morning, of which the following is an abstract. After some general observations as to what subcts might properly be con iddered to come under the heads of ethoologgyeliimiler graphy, he proceeded to say that " cal research very important acquisitions bad been m wring the past year. The chief amongst these is the discove7 of the Albert Nyanza Lake, and the full confirmation this afforded of the theory of the two great sources of the Nile, as laid down byPtolemy, in the successful discoveries of Lake Victoria Nyanza by Speke and Grant, and lastly. of the Albert Nyanza by that intrepid traveller Sir Samuel Baker." The public being familiar with these last dia l:inverts", aad Sir Samuel Salter being about to take part in the proceedings, he did not p into the details of those Air (freesias. He proceeded to say that "the issleashests VAE in excess of the average rata of wages, some owe, which' may be eliminated or corrected, can almost always be moped for the phenomenon. I may mention here in illuo keratin of this rule, that during the lath and 14th centuries the prices of barley and oats, wheat being taken at 100, are represented by the numbers 73.14 and 42.05, and that within the last ten years the numbers have been 70 and 45.95. Close as this relation is, the slight discrepancy may I think be accounted for by the incidence of the malt tax in the first case, and the groat increase in the number of horses kept in the second. Other concurrent causes may, I make no doubt, be detected , but these I think are likely to be the most dominant. Estimates as to depreciation and exaltation in the value of the precious metals are, however, to be made with extreme caution, because they are liable to many fallacies. Some or us may remember the alarms entertained by M. Chevalier as to consequences likely to be effected on prices by the gold discoveries. It is not I think too much to say that these fears, though natural, were grossly exaggerated. For in order that such inductions should be valid, they should be taken from a very wide area, and many disturbing causes should be accounted for or eliminated. The effects of unfavour able seasons and interrupted importations—it is only twenty years since the country accepted the principles of free trade, several years lees than twenty since it has experienced the advantage of that policy—should be routi nized in interpreting the money value of the first neces saries of life ; while the effects of speculative purchases and forced sales are equally . dominant in the price current of its conveniencies. To interpret a rise and fall in the value of money (the efflux and influx of which, as a merchantable commodity, is inevitably more free than that of any other article of value) by the money mea- - sure of that which is open to a vest variety of influences, must be an operation in which infinite caution Is necessary in ceder to prevent the inference from becoming wholly untrustworthy, or delusive. On such occasions as those in which the British Association has met in considerable manufacturing towns, the section over which I have the honour to preside has generally had the benefit of local trade reports. In so considerable a town as Nottingham, one too which for a long time has been distinguished as the centre of important and special manufactures, the section may hope . to have the advantage of hearing these reports, and obta ining information as to local expenditure and iroprovemont. To nook roporta it i• oar prantine to give priority in so far as may . be consistent with the general convenience of the baroness before the section. For the rest the committee will endeavour to group the papers which are to be read so as to make the discussions each day as congruous as possible. Pro7essor Lama LEVI read a paper " On the State and Prospects of the Rate of Discount with reference to the recent Monetary Crisis." Colonel STILES read papers on "Fee Trade in Banking in the Western States of America," communicated by Sir. Wells Brown, and in Manchoria tTartary), by Mr. Mea dows, her Majesty's consul at Newchang. The tendency of the discusdon which followed was in favour of the Bank Charter Act. iarttug fxtertijititte. YORE AIIGUST 1011ITING.—TEnimur. The concluding day of this meeting on the Knave's** Wes eminently seeeessfol, the weather being line and the company nameroaa The Programme Was a very formidable osa con taining no INN than tan came, and as these included the Nursery Handicap, the Great Yorkshire Stakes,Th and - thre t cYorkm Cup, it wu a very isterestiag day's sutra e spo menced at the early hour of haltpad twelve, and was set to conclude at ten minutes past four, but this excellent provision wu not carried out, as the racing throeatteut was much behind time. The mod noteworthy event off the day was the Ivo minions defeat of Rustic by the madman Strathconen. The odds of 7 to 4 were freely laid on the Doke of Beaufort's colt, such a certainty was ft considered, while Strathoonan was backed at all a fi re co n picea, from 10 to id to 1, ehlogy by the " Tykes,' who are consistently staunch to the representatives of the northern stables. The remainder of the day's pro ceedings will be found fogy recorded in the subjoined report: TILE MikaZaH PLATE ot 60 son. for 3-pr-olds and upwards ; maiden 'Humacao ; the winner to be sold for 50 soya Three quarters of a mile. Mr. G. B. Cornish's *Waif 1 Mr. Jackson's Lightheart Count Csvoor also ran. Betting: 7 to eon Mayfair, 3to 1 eget Lightheart, and 4to 1 agst Count Cavonr. THE NORM= HANDICAP PLATE of 100 son., for t-yr-olds ; winners extra. Endures E son. T.Y.C. Marquis of Hull ' lass Mr. Saxon's Miss Mr. Mackeesie's Syces The following deo ran : Brutes, Sweet Home, latkr Edon, Easby, Gentian, Ploughboy, Lady Craven, Catherine Hayes lily, Meudicant, mad Vice Versa, Betting: 100 to 3, eget Ines, 4 to 1 each agog Nonagons Ind - Sweet Home, 7 to 1 eget lady Craven, 10 to 1 each east By cee, Min Elisabeth, and the Catherine Hayes Miy, 100 tel each *Pt Ruby and Vice Versa, and 100 to E eget Bracken. Ten Twrarrr.rounrn Yule or THE GREAT YORISIHRZ fences, of Orson. each, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Sat 101 b; fillies, Eat 51b whinges extra One mile and three quarters. Naha) Mr Watts' Strathoonan Doke of BeaMorrs Rustic 2 Mr. Bower Woolwich The follooing also ran :.—Wee, Emir ant, Leyboarne, and Jon quil. Betting : 7 to 4 on Rustle, sto 1 apt Westwick, 100 to 15 agst Leybourne, and 20 to 1 agat asp other. Immediately after start ing Emigrant took tin the running, and carried It on for a quar ter of a mile, when he gave way to War, who improved the pace the .era.ut he had eonsmaad- t went on second, fol lowed by Weinrich, Leybourne, Jonqu and Rustic, at Inter vals of about a length, while Stratheonan was at lead half-a doom I•ngthe in rear of the favourite. As they approached the Woodside, Jonquil dropped rapidly to the rear,. and was Immediately tailed off; the others maintaining the same positions, but taking Moen trder. At the three-quarters of a mile poet, War increased Ms lead and Emigrant gave won, Restietaking second place. Half a milt fronhome the favourite closed with - War, who, howevev, maintained a slight lead of him till making the bend into the straight where the latter gave way in favour of Ma stable companion Weetwick, while Streth conan on the outside he. ded Leybourne, and drew up to Rustic at the distance, A hundr - d yards from home shouts were raised in favour of Rustic, but tiring at every stride, he was wafted on by Stratheonan till opposite the stand , where "the roan" shot out, and won molly by a length. Westwiek was a bad third, Leybourne fourth, close up with the Whitewall horse, and War and itt4trant poiled up on the poet, 'anion walked In with the ao THE CONSOLATION sawing of 50 son., added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 son. each. (T.Y.C.) Mr. Pryor's Novice Lind Westmoreland's Crown Prince Marquis of Hastings' Pantaloon The following also ran :—Skylark, Miss William, Yam., Bor_parte, Venturesome, f by General Elvire, Del icstic Bliss, Lord of the Dales Cora, Amazon, Violet, and Palm& d. Bettie: 6to 2 mod Crown Prince, sto 1 apt Pantaloon, S to 1 each sgst Bonaparte and Ventnresotm, 10 to 1 apt bovine, 100 to 7 each apt Elvin and Domestic Bliss, and 20 to 1 IPS any other. Till Attte ?somas STAIL22I of 60 SM. each, h ft, for 2-yr olds colts. Mt 10lb ; Silks. Mt 71b. T.Y.C. Certain allowances. (7 subs.) Mr. Savile's Ravioli Mr. Pryor's &Bur de Cherie , Bitting 5t02 on Ravioli, who made play throng? out, and Tell won, after a good race, by • neck. (iutcnsec Besides of le soya each, with 100 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Sat 101 b ; Mee, Mt bib ; winners each One mite. (31 subs.) Mr. Chaplin's Blinkhoohe Mr. Herbert's Frost Mr. Jackson's Knight Errant The following also ran:—Dovetail, The Prelate, and lads Treasure. Betting ; sto 4 on Trod, 6 to 1 apt Knight Errant, 7 to 1 apt Little Treasure, 8 to 1 apt The Prelate, and 10 to 1 apt Blink bootie. The COLT Strum) Siding, of 50 so each , 110 ft, for 2-yr old ; colts, Mt 10%. T. Y.C. (16 sibs.) Marquisof ilastinge Prodigal Mr. Madsende's The Dean 2 Betting: 2 to 1 on Prodigal, who made all the running, and won by half a length. TAa BADMIWION BTAILTS, of 6 soya. each, with 100 added; for 2-yr-olds ; mita, Est: fillim and geldings, Sit 101 b; selling allowarees T.Y.C. (12 subs.) Mr. W. G. Bennett's Gipsy Queen Mr. Linooln's Little Berle Marquis of Hastings' Stapenbill The following also ran:—Slap Bang, Variation, Rhymer, King Charles, sad Minns. Dialog 510 4 agst O een, sto 1 apt Little Berle, sto 1 apt Varhtion, 6 to 1 apt King Charles, 10 to 1 each apt Slap Bang, and Rhymer. Tux Volk Cu,, valae 200 nova, by subscription of 10 son. each, the surplus in specie, with 100 added ; weight for age ; certain penalties and allowances ; second to receive 20 son& Two mike (15 subs.) Captain Grays Windham Lord Bateman's Moubey 2 Mr. Heatticotes Cranmore Betting : 7 to •on Windham, 6 to 1 apt Monkey, 6to 1 apt Cranmore. Won cleverly by a as* ; Orsinsore did not paw the post. Cranmore was sold to Mr. A. lhathcote in the morn ing, and ran in his colours. Hal Mutiny's PUTT, tor owes ; weight for age. Three mike. _ - — Mr: Johaston's lady Vane 1 Mr. Pryor's Miss Harriette 2 Lord Zettaad's Quiet March Batting : even on Lady Aram, •to 4 apt Quick Mara, Ato 1 a Miss Harriette. BETTING ON T'RB COURSE. BT. LEGE& Even on Lord Lyon (t f) 10 to 1 oast Stratbootan 6to 1 sgst Rustle k V 26 to 1 Weetwtek tdco) 7to 1 &avert:Lake (t) lOOO to 26 Podargns 41) IMET DIAYTON RACES. This meeting . commenced yesterday. The weather was fine. The attendance good. The t wu all that could be desired, and everything passed o auspiciously. The band of the I.lllxidge Yeomanry Cavalry attended, and played some ex cellent selections during the Intervals of racing. The members of both the metropolitan and provincial rings met in force, and as there were pleaty of backers spec u lat io n was very lwlak. De tails of the running will be found below: THE VILLAGE PLATE of 40 sovs. (Handicap) ; winners extra. Five furlongs. Mr. T. Ballard's Hop lad 1 Mr. Partner's Newnham Captain H. F. Morgan's Chicken Huard The following alao ran: Myren, Buford, sad Men Batting 2to 1 eack apt Chicken Huard and Newnham, 6to 1 apt any other. NURSERY PLATE of 50 son. (Handicap) ; for 2-yr-olds ; win ners 71b extra. Five furlongs Mr. Alwyn's Bonnie Doon Mr. 0. Cardinall's Queen Rather Mr. Partner's Little Ragamuffin Rebecca and Maid of the Mill also ran. Betting: Even on Bonnie Donn, 6 to 11 apt Queen %Aber, and 4 to 1 "bar two." THE RAILWAY PLATE of $0 eon. ; weight for age; selling allowances. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Porter's Newbbsm 1 Mr. Kellow'a Champagne Mr. Beotlefs Triumph 3 Lady Margaret and Flageolet also ran. Betting : Even on Champagne, 2 to 1 apt Newnlmak 4to 1 bar 10. Tne CoUnt HANDICAP of &soya each, wtth 80 added ; slit hers extra. One WM. Mr. Richard's Opposition Mr. G. Newton's Pinchbeck Captain A. F. Morgan's Wildair 3 Arabia and The Brigand also ran. Betting : 6to 4 on Opposition, 2to 1 egg Arabia, and S to 1 eget The Brigand. Tin HAWKS PLATE of 40 nova, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Rd 101 b ; fillies, Bat oilb ; the winner to he sold for 60 eon. Five farlongs. Mr. B. Blanton nd Nursery Old Mr. Henries Clunberiand Mr. J. Nliditindall's Mermaid colt Betting : 3 to I ea Hanery Girt A HANDICAP HUIDLI Raz et *pow Two miles over six lights of hurdles. Mr. Boteon's Vision Mr. Rickards' Pirate Mr. James's Peal The following also ran :—Ablngdon, Sportsman, and Over the Sea. Betting 6to eget Pearl. 15 to 2 eget Abingdon, 4to 1 agit Pirate, and 8 to 1 agst any other. PLYMOUTH, METONYMY, AND CORNWALL F.ACICII: TEL DITTOS AND CORKWAJ:I !SODOM STAKES of 10 lora. each, with 50 added, for !-Holds; colts, Sot 101 b; fillies, Sat Mb penalties and allowances. About ball a sale. Mr. Reed's Texans filly ' w.o. TEA SALTSAY STACKS (Hasdkip) of 10 nova sack, SO added winners extra. Two miles. Mr. T. Pan's Newell Mr. T. H. D. Bayb's Old Warden Mr. Carills's Allow Ms MD6100 . 40* ran. Betting: 6 to 4 aptEndoleigh, 544) 1 Old Warden, 3 to I ieroll, and e to I Allow Ile. THE GARRISON PLATE HAM' of 10 son. Half-a-mile. Mr. Yard's Professor Anderson Mr. Soper's longbohn Mr. Newonnbe's Rapti. Sharp also ran. Betting: 6 to 4 on I' Sherp, sad even on Professor Anderson. THE SEOOND PLTHOETH EITENTAL STARER Of 10 sem each, with 10 added, for 3-ycolds ; colts, lit 101 b : eilles and geldings, Sit 71b : penalties and allows/wee. About one mile and a half. Mc C. Alexander's Robin Hood Mr. I. Woolcott's Bopley Mr. Breyley's Bitter Sweet Betting : 4 to I on Robin Hood. THE LANTZ% PLATE of ffi son., added to a sweepstakes of I Son. each. Weight for up. Ming and other allowances Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Brayley's Preceptor Mr. Neweeenh's Rosette Mr. Gregory's Minis Betting : 3 to I ea Preemptor. TH6 Minim Swam% PLATE (Handicap,, of 5 son. each, with SO added. Whams sates. Ondlossis May. Om 100 sad a halt Mr. J. B. gay Jam 1 Mr. Brayley's Viceroy Mr. T. Pan's litstcatcher No bedtimes . I 2 $ On Wednesday evening one of the largest open air meetings ever held in ItaU*ow took place in the space frosting the Sessions-hoses, whose between 4,000 and 6,000 persons wan present to ssasider the question at reform. SECTION G.-MECHANICAL SCIENCE. In this Section Mr. THOMAS HAWEBLIT is President, and Sir W. Armstrong, Mr. J. F. Bateman, Mr. W. Fair bairn, Captain Calton, Mr. Hawlcshaw, Mr. Voles, and Mr. Whitworth are vice-precidents; and Mr. P. La Neve Foster, Mr. J. F. Idetin,Trofessor Pole, and Mr. Turbot tom, secretaries. The Pasammrr, in his opening address, applied his observations principally to the unhappy necessity which the events of the last year had establiabed for devoting much of the science and skill of the members of the asso ciation to questions of defence. War was no longer carried on by animal courage sad brute form, but by the highest branches of mechanical science and the most re fined proem's and operations of the mechanical arts. The modern soldier most no longer remain a passive machine, but must be trained as a skilled labourer. After touching in general terms upon what had been accom plished in this direction the President concluded his ad dress by pointing out the points of peculiar interest in connexion with mechanical "dance which were to be found in that town and its neighbourhood. Amongst the papers read during the day was a" Report of the Committee on the Resistance of Water to Floating and Immersed Bodies," by Professor RANKINg, and that gentleman read some remarks on the experiments of that committee. In a discussion which followed, Bir.FAIRBAIIIN stated the result of some experiments made by him some years ago on the Forth and Clyde Canal, which showed that when a boat was propelled at a slow rate there was' created a great surge on the water, while when it went at nine miles an hour the surface remained smooth. Other papers were read—by Mr. Musket, "On the Treat ment of Melted Cast-iron, and its Conversion into Iron and Steel by the Pneumatic Process ;" by Mr. John Dagliah, "On the Counter-balancing of Winding Engines for Coal Mines ;" and by Mr. W. E. Garrett, "On an Hydraulic Goal-tutting Machine." The attendance of visitors was considerable to-day. Amongst them were Lord Milton, M.P., the Speaker of the House of Commons, Lord Falkland, Mr. Barrow, M.P., Sir H. Verney, M.P.. the Duke of St. Albans, Lord Am barley, M.P., Mr. Wyld, to. PriKETI3O or MIDDLESEX MAuLTEATILE. -A general meeting of the magistrates of the county of Mid climax was held yesterday at the Sessions-house, Clerken well-green, for the transaction of the usual county busi ness. Mr. Henry Pownall, chairman of the court, pre sided. The following magistrates were present :—The Assistant Judge, Mr. Serjeant Payne, Mr. Kspp, Captain Morley, Mr. Antrobus, Mr. B. J. Armstrong, Dr. Jervis, Mr. B. H. Adams, Captain D. O'Brien. Mr. Wyatt, Mr. Simpson, Mr. J. F. Pownall, Mr. Baylis, Mr. Giles Pilcher, Mr. F. H. N. Glossop , Mr. Brice, Mr. Sharp , Mr. Kemshead, Dr. M'Cann, Mr. Turner, Mr. Warner, Mr. W. Cox, and Mr. Prance. The report of the Committee of Accounts and General Purposes was presented. It con tained a paragraph on the necess ity of an officer being per manently appointed for the identification of prisoners in the county prisons. After some discussion, Mr. Lockyer, whose memory of faces was said to be moat wonderful, was appointed as an officer of the court to see prisoners fee the purpose of identification. A special report was pre sented from the Committee of Visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, respecting the sewage of that establishment. They recommended that 28 addi tional acres of land should be purchased, and that ap pliances at the cost of 1,200/. should be provided for the purpose, if the negotiations with the pariah authorities for making a sewer should not prove successful. This led to a long desultory conversation, but ultimately the recom mendations of the committee were agreed to. A report was received from the Cattle Plague Committee, stating that 160 head of cattle and 14 calves had been slaughtered, at an expense of 1,7641. ss. They congratulated the court that the county was free from the cattle disease. Mr. Wyatt, in moving that 16,5001. be granted for the pur chase of the first portion of the Cobham-row estate, said he regretted to state that last night there were 1,750 pri soners in Coldbath-fields Prison, with about 300 prisoners in other prisons, making • total of 2,050 prisoners of this county. - - - - APPRENTICES ON THE CLTDE.—The action which for some time appears to have been going on amongst the apprentice carpenters has at length culminated in a com plete strike in one yard, and the incarceration of four apprentice carpenters for 30 days, without the alternative of a fine, for intimidation and assault. On Monday, at breakfast-time, the apprentices in the employment of Messrs. Charles Connell and Co., Overnewton, appear to bays put in force a previous threat against two journeymen carpenters, non-society men, who have bftn for many years in the employment of the firm, and never belonged to any union. These men were assaulted in a most brutal manner by some thirty or forty of the apprentice carpenters, who thought that, as the society men had not returned to work, those men should not be allowed to continue in employment. The assailants rudely seised the men while sitting quietly in the works, bustled them out, sometimes causing them to fall on the road, and striking and kicking them. Four of the lads, Alexander Hamilton, Alexander Eaglesham. James M`Garrie, and Mortis Fleming, who appeared to be the ringleaders, were apprehended and brought yester day before Bailie Raeburn, at the Western Police-court, when they received sentence as has been stated. On the apprehension of the four ringleaders, all the others, ignor ing the existence of their agreements, struck work, and did not afterwards return. A crowd f them collected in the vicinity of the police-court; and on the witnesses in the assault case leaving the buildings, they assailed them with yelling and sbontmg, and conducted themselves in a very disorderly , manner. —Nord British Nail. THE SCOTCH, IRISH, ST. IVES, AND MOUNT'S BAY PILCHARD Floosain. —The accounts from the North Sea which have reached Penzance daring the pad week have been more favourable than on former occasions. We have heard of one Mount's Bay boat, the Time, which has caught 80(.'s worth of herrings in one week. The Irish fishery draws fast to its close. Several arrivals have taken place since our last, and in manT instances the boats have not cleared the expenses attending their outfit. The catches of pilchards for the week may be estimated as follows :—W ed nesday, from a hogshead downwards. (One boat had two hogsheads, but this was en exception.) Thursday, from a hogshead down to 200, which sold at Is. Td. per 120. Friday, from a hogshead to a basket, at Is. 3d. per 120. Saturthy, fish very scarce, some boats not having a score. Tuesday, a few boats averaged a hogs head, but the majority have smaller catches. The fish grow larger and fatter. As this is the first occasion for the season that we have bad to speak of " hogsheads," we may as well say that a hogshead is supposed to consist of eight baskets, and a basket contains about four hundred ; but this number varies with the size of the fish. At St. Ives, the seines were put in pay on Monday, and the boats stemmed at different stations. Vessels and boats report at St. Ives large quantities of pilchards in the Bristol Channel, and it is hoped the fishery may be successful, as the mackerel and Irish fisheries have been failures as far as St. Ives is concerned. At Scilly some pilchards have been taken by ordinary hand-nets. — Cornish Tdegrepli. A Coutzeriox.—The Northern iflig says :—Mr. D. S. Bar, M.P., has requested us to state that there is no authority for the paragraph which lately appeared in our columns, :—We are informed that Dir. D. S. Ker, M.P. for Downpatriel, was married yesterday to Miss Perms, of Galway," and to substitute the following paragraph :—" D. S. Rer, M.P., has been confined to his room sines the close of the session, in consequence of the injuries sustained by the fall from his horse, and is still under medical treatment." THE POLICE COURTS. • MANSION-HORSE. Myles Jainism, a respeetehholcoking Jo& 00 1 / raN S old, was charged with stealing two' chequeo—cms foe 9 11 - I and the other for 10/. A. 6d.—the property of em ployers, Merin. Stokes, Coulson and Co,,xport ironmon gers, carrying on business in Clement's-lims. The prisoner was employed as clerk to the and occupied a desk in the same office with r. one of the firm. On the 3rd of August that gentleman had occasion to draw two che uclinelkuompon the London and Westminster Bank, Loth , for the Teepee tire sums above-mentioned, and t cheques were upon his desk while he went away for a short period. Upon his return he discovered that the prisons: was gone, and that he had taken both the cheques with him, and it appeared that beat once proceeded to the bank and cashed the cheques,obtained gold for them. The matter was placed in the bands of Smith, one of the City detective officers, but nothing was heard of the pet. sonar until a few days ago, when Mr. Stokes recei ved a letter from him, in which he asked forgiieneas for his offence, and stated that he bad been led away by some relative. No notice was taken of this, and and it seemed that when the money was gone the prisoner went to the warehouse of the prosecutor and said that he wished to give himself up, and an officer was sent for, who took him in charge. When the prisoner was asked what he had done with the money be told Purley, the constable who took him, that he had been to Manchester and Liverpool, and had been travelling about in company with his bro ther-in-law until all the money was gone. The prisoner, although only 17 yeare old, MY married. and his wife, a mere girl in appearance, was present during the invest!, gaticei. Sir R. W. Carden asked the prisoner how long he bad been married ? He replied he had been married thirteen months. Sir R. Carden—Then at the time you were married you were only 16 years old? The prisoner—No, sir. Sir R. Carden—How old is your wife? The prisoner--A year older than I am. Sir R. Carden—Did the parents know that you were goin tube minded ? Prisoner—Yes, air, they were aware of it. Sir It. Carden And dd they not object to such a boy ant i er o l n iz_tting married ? No, sir, they did not object to our getting married. The prosecutor begged the alderman to deal summarily with the case, and urged that the prisoner was respectably connected, sad that for a considerable period be had be haved very well, and be believed this was his first act of dishonesty. He said he considered that he ought to have seine punishment as a warning to him for the future, but if the court would inflict a short imprisonment without sending the prisoner for trial he should be perfectly satis fied with this course being taken. Sir R. Carden said that he certainly did not feel himself at all justified in seceding to the application. The num ber of cases of robbery and embezzlement by servants at the present time was quite distressing, and so far as the pri soner was concerned it appeared to him that he bad been guilty of a very abominable o ff ence. If be had made use ' of the money to provide comforts or necessaries, something might have been said in his favour, but instead of that he appeared to have abandoned his young wife, and squan dered the whole of the money in going to different parts of the country and enjoying himself, without apparently in any way miring what became of her. It was a case that he certainly should not think of dealing with summer*, but he should commit the prisoner for trial. • The prisoner, who appeared quite unconcerned, was so • oordingly com mittedi for trial, and his poor wife was car ried from the justice-room by some of her friends, crying piteously. - Another young man, named Edwin Morris, was charged with embezzling various sums of m erc hant s ng tolls emloyen, Messrs. Potterand Co., wine , TOWS?. It was the duty of the prisoner to receive money from the customers of the firm, and evidence was adduced to show that he had received one sum of 5/. 2s. OM. from a Mr. Sands, the proprietor of • refreshment house at the East end of the town, but this, it appaired, was only a very small portion of the rams he had received at various times and not accounted for. The prisoner went away for a week's holiday, and during his absence his various defal cations were discovered, and s warrant was applied for and placed in the hands of Monger, a detective officer, who looked out for the prisoner, and saw him in the Kent-road on Wednesday evening driving a horse and chaise. He followed him home, and told him that he must take him into custody for em bezzling his employer's money, and the prisoner replied, " It's too true, and it's rather a heavy amount." The officer asked him how much, and he replied, very coolly, " Oh, about 2001." The o ffi cer searched him, and found six sovereigns and some silver upon him, and • gold watch. The prisoner was remanded. GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY. The report of the directors of this company states that the total receipts of the past half-year amounted to 887,0921., and the working expenses, kc. to 496,1281., leaving • net sum of 390,9 641 . To this ;ras added the balanoe of 1901. from the preceding half-year, making 391,1541. From this was deducted 99,6661. for rents to other companies, 122,7741 . interest on mortgages and debenture stookand 29,2671. for interest for temporary loans, commission, ice., leaving 139,4581. This amoun t would pay in full the dividends on all the preference stocks created before August, 1862, being the period of amalgamation ; leaving, however, the dividends upon the preferences created at and since the amalgamation urprovided for. The enlarged amount of the last half year's receipts as compared with the corresponding 'half year of 1865, being 81,7501., was chiefly attributable to the traffic and other receipts from the Bbskwall Rail way, now first entered in the company's amounts. Those receipts, which in the corresponding half-year in 1865 were 67,602/., deducted from the gross income 887,0921., sFacred an increase of 14 , 1501. for the halt - year. The actual in crease upon the rs, panels, and goods was 25,7041. ; but the re uction of cattle receipts, consequent upon the cattle plague, was 14,644/., and there could be no doubt that the existence of thecatt ie plaguehad affected in other particulars the company's income, and Luther dimi nished the receipts of the half-year. The directors regret to find that the working expenses amount to more than 56 per cent. of the income. This they considered, upon such a system as that of the Great Eastern, very much in excess, and it would be their duty_ to reduce the amount within reasonable bounds. The second half of the year bad always upon the Great Eastern system been more productive than the first, by upwards of 100,0001. This fact sufficiently warranted the ex pectation that the second half of the year upon which the company had entered would enable them to pay the preference shareholders in full. The attention of the directors had been moat seriously engsfcl in the considera tion of the capital liabilities entailed the metropolitan extensions. Those works, which wo uld involve, if com pleted, a total outlay of nearly 3,000,0001., were entered upon without any provision berg made by first placing the capital to meet the expenditure which would he incurred. The directors find that already capital demands had been met on those and other works to the extent of 1,044,3781. beyond the monies received on capital account, which have been supplied by temporary loans and by the absorption of the revenue receipts. Beyond the actual payments there were liabilities pressing to a very large amount incurred under notices for the compul sory purchase of land, and under the contracts for the construction of the works, The directors had endeavoured to meet those difficulties by partially stopping the further progress of the works until capital could be provided, and by applying to parliament for power to raise at once the debentures authorised by their several acts, amounting to 1,084,9601, but which were originally contingent upon the previous subscriptions of capital, and in this application they were successful. They also obtained from parliament power to increase the amount of preference dividend to any extent not exceeding 7 per cent. on the unissued share %pita of 3,210,4231. These fanned the fund out of which the liabilities on capital account must be met, and the means provided for the construction of such of the metropolitan lines as it might be thought right to proceed with. The directors, however, after full consideration of the subject, deemed it expedient (without interrupting the construction of the coal depot at Whitechapel, which promised such valuable results In the increase of coal traffic) to recommend that such of the metropolitan extensions as could be postponed or aban doned without a very serious loss, should be so dealt with ; and provided those views met with the assent of the shareholders, they would seek in the next session of parliament to obtain powers for this purpose. The company had incurred so serious an outlay in respect of the extension from Biehopegate Station to Liverpool street, that it must necessarily be completed ; and it might be desirable that some other portions under similar circumstances should also be proceeded with. The actual payrent, even of the dividends which had been earned during the past half-year, must be posted until the revenue winch had bma unavoidably soi.b by the debts of the company on capital amount had here repaid. But the board would recommend that defence warrants should be issued to the shareholders, payable ma notice from the company so soon se the repayment mu made. The board felt deeply their responsibility, and would con tinue to devote themselves to economise every expense, avoid all capital expenditure beyond that to which the compeay was unavoidably committed, to facilitate by through working and friendly arrangements the inter change of traffic with other companies, and by giving effec tive and economical accommodation to every part of their district, to develops its resources and obtain the utmost profit which it was capable of yielding. Ms capital ao oount to the 30th of June lest showed that 23,801,1401. had been expended, leaving a balance spinet the company of '"4-3791. 1,044. W The directors of the South Eastern Railway have resolved to recommend the proprietors, at their keN-yearly meeting on the 30th inst., to declare a dividend at the rate of V. 17e. &L per cent. per &atom. ORTRTAL Pause. OWL BRILLLWO DAY. AVOUST 23.—Admiarions on payment, 23,306 ditto by season tickets, 5,8e7. Total Adams, 29,133. MARKETS. TALLOW.—TRUIBDAT RVILITNO.—The quiet to-ditY• itPot, sow, ddo• ; ditto, cia, 41 4 — ir bur to Deonboo, 460. 9d. ; 014 COTTON.—Lratroot, Almon 23.—n e the Bank rate has imparted more imams te Balm today 12,000 bales, %and* 4,,f411111188 and import. 4,000 American, Hid. to lit 20T". 111 ho., 1 W to 17 d• ; 100 Marenham, 1 i T h lie Mok and Bahia, 130. to 14d, • ve li ; 1 1 0 to 2M. ; 7,100 Surat, b& to 1244. • 11.6 b Biwa, Bands, he ., 7d. to 84. ; 111 WOOL AND—WOBSTBnproan. Atone 11. The reduction in the Bank rate d mamma to 8 p er had not the effect which had bees expect e d, b ri , L ot ther reduction this morning to 7 per cent. Lao met 6 suit of eausMs a more ch eer f u l eme, am gioss steadiness to the eof wool. Th e t raimii . ever, are not on • larg e scale. In some meek. who have been out of stock, have supel be d 41,=, eith wool for their immediate Th ere is an impression that, with W e - 7 stock of wool in the market pu, th ere i s nothing to cause prices to mod, gni d u g: present at least there must be pester sket, w 7 quotations are about the mane u hat week, t ia t with rather more steadiness. In worsted JJ little change from last week. The k itm ,.. quiring after pt. ioes , but 'Timers have sot he ck take any frmh o.ders to-day. The demand for true is slackening ) though spinners in that tr ee d, still well employed. The prices of last v * IN really undergone any change. The piece heal lie k qu iet. Manufacturers complain 'beat the myth. of fresh orders. Neither the Americas we Oil: houses are operating, and the German been u . doing • little more than of late, are not amiss —ll titles off the market. Stocks keep very law mi l % orders which manufacturers have in hand, Q tz i t i em ployment for some time to come. , without change. LACE AND HOSlERY.—Narrtnt tun, Amo s,. Than i s s vsT y Blight improvement in the dmiwitels goods for shipping purposes, bat tho bar tab ist Te ri quiet. Yarns aro rather less firm, but tub` of all kinds are exoeedingly limited. nes ea orders for hosiery goods, but ti t . " alas kept tolerably well employed, and Mare is mak complain of.—Nottingnans Journal. CORN.—BrennionArt Armee 23.—At 11h k e market there was a fair supply of English Ark new and old gave way in p rice Is. to Is. re I lk Foreign nominal. Barley Is. higher. Oldie/ 6 2 , 3 , 6d. to L. lower. Beans tending downwind% pm k h BRISTOL, AUGUST 23.—At our market t o 2C a limited supply of English wheat ; the 71: new simples was fair ; the quality mark tailleheit th e mks ranged at values rather under Suatowin e this day se'nnight. In foreign nothing &fag, obi; nominal. Some wimples of malting Mrier wo k the qtality very fine, but no actual beans Mew Grinding barley v ery scarce , and fully 11 - 1 41 qr. Oats quiet, at last week's prime ; new Milt tally,* 22a. per 3041 b. Indian corn 6d. to Is. per qr. gjai demand good. MANcisitarse, drGuar 23.—The attendees' d lea at this day's market was not immerge, a l ai a i m! p , mead slowly. Old wheat, both Eoglnk sad I. eliaed Is. per quarter ; whilst new raid it inrphrisi recording to quality and condition. Ths inqrsy was very restricted, at a reduction of L pr M. h and oatmeal were each in favour d sans. Ind Indian corn were offered at 6d. to L. pr per money. NRWARIC, AUGUST 22.—The show of whale im equal to the demand, and old sorts were ls. pa qt bo r new made prices according to quality. For sea Wks meat rates were barely supported. NIWBUIT, AUGUST Et —Tt ere was s good and* at our market this day ; the trade slogans): k wheat ranged from 49a. to 57a per qr.; old skit ks e es last week. Becky 'old pretty well at Ha kik is qr. Oats sad beans as before. Uunnume, Ammar 23.—The supply lgs: in Moat el the wheat is new and in bad 48e. to 545. per qr. ; winter oats, 25s to 965. pac ia l EDINBURGH, Amour 22.—As mowed elabei wheat wee Is. 3d. up on top, and 3d. in Berley was Is. 6d. up on top, end Is. 3d. ep Oats were Is. up on top, and ls. Id. apes sang. were is. down on top, and la ld. dons a Wheat, 440. to 545. 9d.; barley, 30s. to 38a. ad.; um to 34a. 6d.; beans, 48s. to 555. CATTLE.-Brainrorias, Auouar 23.-Tbes vn a moderate supply of beasts on o ff er thisday , eliis to hand in good condition ; the trade wee k& ilk's rates. Sheep and lamb. a moderate supply; Wei late prices realise& Calves a short =M. Ai moderate suppty. Beef, 7d. to bd.; mites, 744 lamb, W. to 9id.• veal, 64d. to BPI. per h.; pip, 10a. to 10s. k. ; pocket ditto, 111. to lk Thievot, Amalie 23.-At our market tendanco of fanners was very small, °wig: m et a her being engaged in harvest opetatics& lies wi few very nice Devonshire steers of modiste et offer, and they fetched tolerably high pies I beef 'realited 72a. per cwt. ; second quslidy,6k pc4 and inferior quality, 655. per cwt The isepplip if from Ireland was small, and the majority Crhad been forwarded to the nelik A eildemand for them. There was a fair MO mu .ton on offer, but the quality was rather ids: that which we have had, and the able was slew milli many of the sheep not being sold until easeire the day. The pnoes from 70. to did. bar of lambs on offer exceeded that of last will buyers were not inclined to deal except at hi Pi Lambe realised from did. to 9;d. Ts very limited, and small store pigs sold at 20s. of little business was done. Norrnron&er, Auccuirr 22.-We had husk la of show of sheep at our market to-day. nos essilo buyers present, and the demand ruled Sift being rather lower than last week for all emit k descriptions. Lambs were i n plentiful MS, demand was flat, and buyers were able to wants at rather leap money. The show ef psi and sales were made slowly at late pri ses WM!: Mutton, 7d. to 9d.; lamb, to 90. per lb.; Poo' to 7s. 9d. par stone of 141 b. EDINBURGH, AUGUR' r2.-The number d el9 w l morning was 326, being 30 more than cs this ey The demand was goo& and the prices of leel sis" maintained. Top price of the best beef , • rest, 9e. 6d. to 10e. per stone, and dowsers& frsf ply of sheep and Limbs was 4,762, Wag BSelsr_,l lest 'market. Sales were slowly effecid, sad Ti" both were down. Top price of the bist settes, l o lb.; convent, ed.; ewes and inferior, 7d. tont Lai; Top prices, 325. to 365. per head ; surint al, 9 , Fed pip brought (is. to 6t 6d. per stem 011 !; week's old ditto, 13e. to 13e. per bee& Nuntesu kit :-Fat cattle, 376 ; store ditto, 101 ; silk sit* ebuflPi 4 ,7 69 ; Pigs , 19. TRAFFIC RETURNS. ---0— PAILWArS. Week end :lune 10. °Pelfil. .enPia.g l ri thllet i • "1.1°1 : .: Great Southern of India 79 388 375 lw Week ending July 26 Northern of Canada ,310 Week ending August 17. Bedfast and N. Counties . 901 1,447 an 77 2 Londonderry* Cokesine Week ending Migust IS North Eastern 1207/ ts,eas 48,n 0 W il Weak ending August 19 ... SI Belfast snd . Count 641 rw• e Bristol and Exete r Down. 1441 21 5,522 2i72 3... i Great E as t arn Nanekaater,flouthJunetion, and AB:lndian 1 North British II BIRTHS, MARRIAGNB, AND BIRTHS. -t 0/ 11 CIAPTON.—August !I, at Lansdowne-a* Lre, t•-• of IL elegem, M.D., of dattglitr f2 4 CHAPLIN.—August 21, at ffearborough, theme , . - /12 •daughter. GOVErr.—August 21, the wife of C. A. 00 1144 dagalfter. TOAuguat 21. at St. John'epak-villat BOrd the wife of .1. L. Toole, VIA ,of a daughter3la d . 6 11 1 WYJGALL.—August 21, at lines-bill. i 31 0 14 of the Zee. E. Welgall, of a daughter JURRIAGED. LZWIS—BEW.—Anguet 21, at Holy Triahl Cbss a et square. Islington, by the Rev Theophille Lewis, to Louisa Dew, daughter et the UM 0 01 5 . .. TALLMIT-4111180N.—August 24, at Andre's...4l Somenetahlre, by the Bev' W. F. was of Cannonedroet, City, to Mary, of the WNW' ion. D.D., rector of lit. Matthew, Detbsol pari r,.ADO, WINCH—BLUITT.—Augast 22. at the " ha the Rev. A. Joseph, ci Winch son of YL . _ w Chathem, to Mary Clarke, daughter of the WO DEATHS. 0. oi 6l4`' ILTTH.—Anignst 21, at North Berwick. B. _.„ at r CerrDN. — AuguA wog 20, ii ' w or d, Now, the Lc J. r CLAYTON -UST.—Aura ON -UST. —Aura zi, at Wastbra W I. C. W. Clayton-lAA FAQ._ MP ° 1117,12161LUL —August a, at Coananghttiat.. .., of taw labs tar R. leits-Waram, WI • roos t, 0 Or SHILLIBIEJL—Aarag 21, at MPS". —* . __Wg Oh 1 10# W i 4 4 l . 31/.....................051 tl, it Maas, 1iatait L.............i idi of rem tali li 6 1 , eIMIs a t r ---);; ---- — WP abl i s a a 1 1 1 . I alt Moog✓ Loralarraerzert. In the City al Laslos, ~,,m0 Olies In Lorsbard.rdrast, la tag Tralaal di " """ IIUDAT, Avon! 2a. OIL I