The Express. — London, England, 1861-08-12 00:00:00

UZXAT WIDirRALV RAILWAY. TL rairiucial rtateineut this L.iinic.nr Wu' just b Meal. The capital amount to the 3011 a 1 Jon hot oI." that 113 .2!tLOtli. hail bees reeiral ou shame awl ancsslidatril stuck, iaeludiagl,947,olitd. ua redeemable mid inwikeemble I per mat t per rest., and T. per ~ 1 11. pea image Meas. The cap ita-nixed as tetwateres sad loses mem& to 10.72.9,965/., asakieg, together with tho 'hare miltal, a total of 2 , 1,11.12,241 V. The espy:Awn. .e espied ueeount up to .(*snare 1, IW.O, animataii to 10,t100.1i.M., i.Olti.:011. for me I Kara, earria t es. &ad mama.. The enentut expended freak Ow latter date to the :Itah .4 .luue last amounted to 10.441,e11/ . making together 1:1.370,461/. l a wadi, s this outlay the company is sobariptoe to other lime sasomits 10 i 19.7*.1/. satiating to the South Wales. Moto'. t.• tise Neagh Devoe. 1a1.906/. to the ttloisceMee sad Dam Forest, :sl: N oisi. to the Willa, /tomer. ▪ „ a d 151.74 m/. to the istiesti, Worcester. sad 111.110 W. to the Comma. 114.145/. uu acomat ei Ih. shrowsburr ;Me; 10.0 MM. to the War ..eke. to the mouth toast Western Sleek, 161,741,11. Mete opuliten Extension, :mil 77.,001.11. to lb- West L00..!,u I:streams ; making the total outlay as secoolt :-1.".1.),243/., said leariug a halation of !AM.!: 17/. _ . The revent.e wcoutit d the Great Western lines fur the Iser . year radio.; the dOth'sd June shows that teiii,A.W. hod here receive:, itieludieg 11.17 N. for use of plant by other oesoresies„ reale, aad d,leif. for interest on east Inlase• .4 revenue emotive. The exisendittire unroented to 141.9::i1., includiug 16,1%2/. for (overarmed date. It. MI. for rates and Wm, 2,nuut. towards parlia. Rowley expellee. 1.300 f. referee for doubtful debts, and • foi lure and purchase of leavieg a halance of 47.:,;.ev. T.. the sum is 1:1,111)21.. the lalance from th.. Mc" •lior AO , AIMS, Isilaive of revenue .f the Keenet ant Avon Canal, and 12,4t1 1 1. received for divi deeds on diane in the South Devoe sad South Wales can. DIM 4to together 5•N.,4Urd. From this is deducted fo.:• , ,.autay.i anamities to the Wilt., Somerset, sal Weymouth, :mil KwM and Ayes Canal ; Sod. fee rest charges el the Glunceeter and I*.. Forest, sad Cloneeder, Braatfurd Railway and Deck, Wycombe, Stratlonies-Amu, kleidport, and Abingdon Bisitheys, sad of the Pauktiogton ...tat e; 2.10,1KK f or Inter. eat amps ; asthma rea Melts and Hants shame ; VW la respect of Healey Railway subeeiption ; 110,44 M lii esteem( on Greet Western Preference Stocks; and 13,1121 detcwiery is mimed of gummier on Sl.rewsbury Sam, et iking Modem • total .4 407.1:0•4 , and leering • sb ak e..l.l. h o Luiee of !NW. I of the. ciin the direc ts". riemomend a sheaf/red on the ordinary stock at the me of per cent. per annum, which %di a bs or b 92,61141, and a labium of 2,41.0 f. The totem' ....suit of the Shrewsbury railways shows • :t, b,Low.v. has! bees impended on thou.hoes. trattic receipts en the Shrewsbury railways for the balf veer eed.ng the 30th of June la.t Animated to 136,6311. afteideducting WV. for promote.° r.quired to cover the emp , mliture in respect of traffic at Birkenhead, and over the Su keular...i railways. The eapeuditure animated to , Including 5,5 ii for renewed of pertinent way, leaving A balaoce of 52,4371. towanla paps( the guaranteed iitherest and dividends as those lines. leaving a &hammy of 117,142 1 , which has hoes charged as above against the Greet Western revenue account. Tim ix the smallest deficie•cy the Great Western have bed to meet is the first half of any year 0 repeet to three lines sires they were acquired. At ths -.it...mediae period of IWO the tleticiericy amounted 14,2755.. showing an improvement in this respect of SIIIII As compd.-4 with the correeposiling half of int the 40041 .irisoint of the Greet Women) Company shows an Isserrime 4 :ier.;.xrd. is lb. receipts, and of larJ,T72/. in the anamat expended. Notwithstanding the Merriam of 141,91 V in the anemia of prefereoce mock, am! at 133,4314/. fo the asessent of Want. together •-e.l.:Kft, the charge far Interest is the past half-veer shows a decreer. of 2,40 1 1 f., forge souls Lorne; been oblabsed at a lower rat* of interest The additamal rapttal is required for laying dare the marrow gnaw from Reading t., Paddington, and from /football to Westford. also for providing additionsl rolling deck a.. 1 anima acenueodation to meet the requiem:mats ail • large Indic from the West Midland district, the veshir potties of which sow passes over other lime. The have already essetiosed the raising of 300,000 f. f rom = lion l espi for thole purposes. Tim mix ready esag is Leedom and Brost/mil will be fe a r sorrow gamy noise before the sad of the present month, wed it is isepseled that is the course of the preetht week a Renew moths will be able to run over the line from area( to and back. With regard to 41. ends receipts on the Great Western pm fee the pot half.year, they show a decrease of 7,1711. as empires' with the currespooding half of MO, while SS working exposer show an increue of ;0,2271., elikVtogether as drum difference is the net receipt.. ,tiesi. as compared with the correspon.liug pence, id BM. Ths decrease in the traffic receipta, instead ad the newel iarreme. ought be attributed to the severe weather is Ike early part of the year, to the subsequent dr gores' .1 Inds, and to the competitios of the South sateen fee the Exeter indite ; while the iscreses is the working expenses had so doubt arises as on other railways, boa thereat severity of the winter nauothe,and consequent injury to the permanent way and rolling stock , and from inwreired soilage. The balance brought into the account hen the preceding half-year muounkal to 13,01r2/., agaisst *7191. at the corresponding period of IWO, being lees in this reepact by 12.747 k This disadvantage is somewhat esuMerlalasoed by them Wag no item in the general lemmas account respecting the estimated loss on the South Wales lease, which item amounted in the oorreepooding period et lltiO to 9.94 W. Tbo sum available for divideut as Ware stated, .mouth to 115,107 W., while for the cor idilring half of IMO it was 1,0141., de iwin4 a difference 9n . The dividend recommeoded for the test half m,. a . :at the rate of ti per cast. per mono, leaving a of 2,4001., while that for the correspoodiag half of IRMO was at the rate of 3 per oast. per annum, leaving a Ilalawnt of 5,4rf71. LONDON AND SOUTH It - ESTI:RN RAILWAY. The n•riort of the directoni has been published : The halt-reedy caveats to the 30th Jura, 1861, 'how the met revenue foe the six months, after deducting Mimed es loses, wail all other preferential charges, to be 142,V701. 15e. fed. ; add surplus at Dee. 81, 1860, 1,7911. 17.. 9d. ; balance amilsble for divideod, 144,702/. 13e. 2d. From the above seat the division resemensed that a dividend be decimal at the sate of 4/. per eves. per annum, savable ea the :nth day of August, aresealiga ea 7,200,2561. of raid s, =wind to 144.01111‘. te. 4d. ; hackie to be earned over to nail hulf-year 787/. 10a 1011. The 'amass in the pew revenue for the ball-year, seer the eerrespoeding period is 18110, is 51,1421. earned ever WI additional stiles Niece that time. The gram receipts exceed those nil fernier year by the sum of 51,142/. The amount mike 50} additional miles open is below the average receipt per mile sit the number of miles open in 1880. This manes the mashie espouses to be oat of proportion the increased weseirea ; to which the company are at this time pay buielegest as. 1 preferential charges oe an iscressed capital • were of b 49,000/. &hove that of the correspoeding parted. The traffic haa been affected by exceptional rircion. shame during the last half-year. Porn portion of the time, ea assessed the seventy of the weather, the Exeter line ane pertly closed. The state of the trade of the country Dee eke tended to reduce the receipts on this, as well an on ether railways. The traffic, however, is now steadily on the gene. The locomotive superinteodent's report shows rat 313.024 mare mike have been run than during the cor ' peeled lest year. The rate per mile, however, the need , compere favourably with thy railway of extent eied working. Although no new engines haw bees eseetroded out of revenue during the lest hen. year, 32 have been entirely maw tithed, the expense of which aisumate wady to the can of coestructingthree new enema. The mintersa of the permanent way hie been an ropes- Mee eharp during the past winter, owlag to ae extremely wet memos aid the lose continuums el the severe frost. The laid however has been etelatideed in good working order. LONDON AND BL4CKWALL RAILWAY. The repast of the directors, to be presented at the Math half-yearly meeting temorrow has been issued : /ha total menus atuounts to 47,9091. 7a. 101., and the total eapmeditar• to 21,029/. Ss., leaving a net profit of '9i,779/. lb. 104. After providing far in tenet oa debentures amount ing Mb 7.305. t. IR Ild., there is a balance available for dirt rind et 19.474/. lac I ld.. which enables the directors tore. sommised the payment of a dividend for the hAlf-year, at liss rain of 2' Via. per cont. par annum. Compared with sernwpaeda q ma months of 1160, there is en increase in the nestip o ts of 1,042/. 17.. 3d., and in the expenses et 2,13 V. i s 9d., she rank being a slight de armee m thy net profits of the past hallye.w. The thief tenth's of thy increased expenditure is for loco. usatles charge. and mainoanos of way. In explanation of time items the direztors state that there have been neon Isemmotive 'Millen in steam, and heavier ebirgen for repair.;end that the increased mileage of the permanent way, mast boos the widening of the bee, which hitherto has not amid much repair, is now brought into charge, and seamions additional expenditure. In reference to the por.izraph in the last report respecting the wow share capital, the directors intimate that under the existan4 ein-nmetancee of the money market they .!. not think it advumble at present to take any steps for the issue of the additional shares. Interest ..t the rate ef It per rent. per annum will be paid for the past half year ea the new .hers that have bon taken up. S?RATIORD•ON-AVON RAILWAY. • rueetioit of the directors and shareholders of Ode railway wee held lest week ; P. H. Morn, Esq., i s es Asir. The folderisig is de noes material part of the =pa d IMAdam : Mae fees Se pod lialtydr has been in respect of Polligna bare" ea sad dogs, ,4/. Id 2d. risk 15 . 4 ; sadrise and cattle, si7t. 7d. a total tif 2.642/. 4e. 5d., beast at the rate al 1118 U. per week, or 111. ss. 10d per mile per week. Isedessiste to the steamiest of soconsta it will be dead • bdiese d 590/. lee. d. Meade to the credits( Ike warcate eseneet bat. nailer the preeest circumstances of 1 - aumituay, the du-store reemumesd to the proprietors Ida diesichl he &Oared. The meeting errs bow made epertel for the purpose if authorising the issue of my err pe(wewcs shax s, a a meet the liabilAies all Ks company is respect of the cosetrection of She lice ; and the directors will propose a resolution, authorising the 1 , 11 , 111 of 17,51.11 M. m preference shame. The whole of this MU will he ultimately required, when the time arrives, for the soustructiew of ill., loop-line at Flattop, under the Wino ef the omnipotent with the Great Western Com ny ; end are for any additional coat which may be ipcaned by resew of She Muctios line in, recently made at Stratford-on-Avon." 1w act utdance with the proposition in the report of the 'arrstori. It was resolved that 1,750 shares of IW. each albeield be orealed, to beer interest at the rate of W. per cent. per atinum, to be allotted among the present shareholders in iiroportion to the number of shares they hold. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1861. lab) inulittonct. M ICTROYOLITA N COUNTY COURTS.. Mina - - peesse w ry - se — k. W111211111‘174. ' 1 1.1• 1 1A-12011day, Aug. 12; Tuesday, 13; Wednesday, 14. 'Mundy, 16; Friday, ELOOILSBCRY, Purtland.road.—Wednesday, Aug. 14 ; Thursday, lb ; Friday, lb day MARILILDung, Marylebonedbad.—Tuesday, Aug. 13: Weans*. 1 Ranu 4. rnm, li - hltehead'sgrove.-11onday, Aug. 12; Friday. 16. Bucerroan.—Thursday, Aug 15 . Fridsy 16. WHLTICILAPIL, Great Preacutteireet.—Tuesday, Aug. 13 : Wednesday, It I.4,mherivell New-road.—Monday, Aug. 12 ; Tues day, II . Friday, 16. 0111:01WICIL—Wehseaday, Aug. 14. WuoLulen.—Thursday, August IS. CITY ur LOnissn, Guildhall-buildings. Tuesday, Aug 12; Weditssday, 14; Thursday. lb ; Friday, to. Py' sTOCKTON .4 \'D DARLINGTON RAILWAY. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of this corn ! paoir was held at Darlington on Friday; Mr. THOIIAti MltYllitl.f. (chairman) pi...oiling. Them was a numerous attendance of shareholders. The report, an abstract of which has appeared our columns, was taken as read. The AIRMAN Kiel that since they last met, a small addi tive bad been made to the Maltburn branch • anal that they had applied to wit:resat for a bill to amalgamate with the Mouth Durhun, and Eden Valley Railway, and to raise an additional amount of capital for works connected with their railway. That aliment of 2 ,1 7,0001. it was proposed to awns is share.. at. n , og the original shareholders, and the amount of ' the ordinary stock of the company would then be raised to an equal ',Am of 2,00n,t100/. The sugge.tion for uniting B and I! shame was imieweticable, on ac aunt of the act re. quinng that eel shareholder should sign an application for that purpo.e. Parliament had thought fit to strike nut the clause empowering them to amalgamate with the Eden Val. ley, the ausalipmiatie.o haring been opposed by the Hartle pool and London add North Western Companies entirely through the jealousy which existed from the friendly feeling between the Stocktouand Darlingtoa Company and the North Eastern ; but as the interests of the two lines sought to he amalgamated were now united, the Ims of the bill was of a. ,erious i °mermen They had likewise bad to contend thin sese , on with a comps y which was formed for carrying out a railway parallel to their own for many miles, called the Newe....tle. Dement, and Weardale Railway, which had been suppoited by the North British and London sad North Western Companies. It succeeded in the House of Cannons by a narrow majority, but in the House of Lords it was rejected, and thus the Lon ' don anal North Western Compeuy were prevented from in. whim the trade the Stockton sod Darlington Company bad on their oe a line. (Cheers.) Having noticed a projected alteration for the convenience of passengers to Sunoysklm the chairman coockded by saying that the South Durham line from Barnard Coatis to Tebay bad been opened for pe.arreger traffic on Wednesday last. In reply to question., The CHAIIVIAN denied that there was a common purse between the Stockton and Darlington and North Eastern compeaies„ and asserted that the division of receipts was only on through trarle. With respect to Mr. Coleman be could *tate most positively that neither directly nor indi rectly had this company ever paid one farthing to Mr. Cole man in support of his (Cheery.) The report was adopted. PNEUMATIC DESPATCH COMPANY. The report of the directors of this company state. that extended experiments have established to the satistactioo of the engineers of the company the efficiency of the system proposed for adoption by the company. The last expormeate have been carried ea with a portion of the tube, and a set of apparatus prepared for the line from the Unmoral Post-office to Bloomsbury and have resulted in proving the complete sulkiest-ye( {he disc arrangements for produciou the power, as well es is showing that the power may be conveniently and economically applied. The dim tom, therefore, now that the trial of the fall-sized tube has shown the of cieocy of the plan. have at once placed them selves in communication with the Post-office, the railway companies nod other parties, with a view to arrangements for the immediate constriction of the first section of their work.. The directors hope that the original plan of com mencing the works from the Post-office to Bloomsbury, and thence to the London and North Western Railway, will be carried out, hut they ere anxious, before committing the company to any serious oitlay, and to the precise line of their lint operations, to obtain 'guarantee, or such arrange ments for traffic, as will secure even this first section being remunerative. The extension of the works, to comprise the entire parcel delivery of London, must !speedily follow, but the 'shareholders will appreciate the object the directors have in view of obtaining practical experience upon a limited scale, before the extended expenditure of capital shall be in curred. Messrs. RammeU andelark, the company's engineers, state in their report that the trial experiments which have been carried wit both in public and private have fully con firmed the anticipation% exmemed in their report upon the prelimicere trials on a smaller scale at the Soho works, Dear Wmingham. Mingle ca ' , and trains of carriages, of weight varying from one to three tone, have been success fully pawed through the tube, or portions of the tube, at speed 4 retying from 15 to 40 miles an hour, under pressroom mngiog between lox. sod Gnz. per square inch only; and t hes e experiments have been repeated from day to day with oviform result.. They find the transmission of the power from end to end of the tube to be apparently instantaneous, the buffing end delivery of the trains to he under perfect control, and, generally the combination to as elasticity in its working which is all that could Disdained. As regards economy of power, they have modest* it will be found that a fair per restage of useful effeet is cab fined, while in respect to the much more imposing ameldmation—convenient application of power—the advantages of the medium employed are too obvious to need nuns& Ore the whole, they are folly satisfied with the resells sislabsed, and are convinced that the company powers, In the new system a means of trans mission which, from the great facilities it affords, must soon come into extended practical use. SALDIBUItY AND `ISOM RAILWAY.—The report of the directors states that the railway has been doubled between &airborne and Bradford Abbe Junotion, and the doubling between Salisbury and Wilton hes nearly bees completed. Increand accommodation for passengers has bees given at Wiltoo, Seinley, and Gillingham. The joint station at Yeovil was opened for indlic on the lit of June. The loan of 40,0001. to the bank has been repaid, sad the acknowledgments to the contractor reduced by 15,00 W. The accounts with the contractor are not yet adjusted, but a sum of 10,0001. has been paid him on engineer's cer tificate. The tralsc for January, February, and March, avenged only 151. per mile per week. The defi ciency is attributable to the state of the weather during the early part of the year, which by damaging the works below Yeovil interrupted the regular work ing of the trains, and caused a serious diminution of the receipts. The earnings for April, May, and June have in. creased to 21 1 . per mile per week. The traffic accounts for the half-year, after deduction of working expenses and interest, show a balance of 6,7571., to which is added the balance of revenue, after payment of last dividend, 5,5611., making together 10,31 W. 'IU dividend cie the preference capital will require 1,3 W., sad en the milinary capital, at the rate of 44 per cent., 6,1421., leaving a Wanes of 2.1311. The expenditure on capital account to the 30th of June amounts to 596,5;7/. Me revenue account for the half-year ending the 30th of June shows that 19,5 1. had been received and 8,6861.. expended in working thetraffic, leaving • balance of 10,839/. for interest and dividend. Bie se -Ps en To AND !NON FRANl:Z.—Before the prorogation there was laid before parliament a convention which has been entered into with France, extending the privilege of the book-poet between the two countries to patterns of nu istrinaic value, photographs, commercial and documents, printed or engraved or lithographed works bearing correctioes or manual notes, and "all other papers in manuscript." hut there must be nothing in the nature of a letter or which could serve as such, and prepayment is to be eseentiel. The day for carrying the convention into execution was left to the respective Post-offices. Haitaeci2 Pitoerzers IN MILD FRUITS. —Letters from Greece and the lonian Islands, under date of 27th and 30th ult., report the crop of currents to be pro gnosis( satisfactorily. At Patna the cutting is to cam mean about the middle of this month ; great heat by day, with heavy dews at night, tending to ripen the fruit. At &ate the crops have been in • measure effected by the In tense heat, which, whilst censingsome quantity of the berry to burst, has compensated for the loin thus caused by filling out the crop generally. The first cargo of currants is not expected to arrive at London till some days later than last years; the first arrival then being August 30. In Spain the raisin harvest is rather short. Balding was to com mence oast week. and as the vines have sot suffered much from blight .uperior quality is anticipated. THY IMPt.NTANCE or A GIXID ticavEmr.--The cut of the imports of grain of all kinds, as well as flour for the last seveuyean, were, in the year 1854, 21.700.28314 185 A, 17,508,a/01. ; 1836, 23,010,42 W. ; 1857, 19,3i:10,567f ; 1838, *152.6411.; 1459, 18,042,0631., making a total in six yeses of 119,633,6767, and an annual average of 19,1130.613/. paid for foreign grain and flour, while in the year 1880 the coat amounted to the enormous sum of 31,671,918. mainly owing to the bad harvest in England but these figure's do not be any means represent the full extent to which we are still subjected by the harvest of 1860. They only *bow what • large sum of money we have paid ; but the payments in that year were not near so heavy as they have been since. The official information brought down to the and of April makes the value of the grain and floor imported in the first four months of 1859 4,384,045 k ; 1 4 00, 3,913,0011. ; and 1861, 12,435,441. ; by which it will be seen that we have been paying for the first four mouths of the current year at the rate of 37,306,3031. per lINWAIN, or 8.3?2,434/. more for breadatuffs than in the came period of 1860. APOTZICARIBIe Hum..--The following gentle men pamed their examination in the science and prac tice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday last :- Arthur Hover Brown, Coananghtsquare ; Baaasl lawtne, Sheffield ; Charles Brook, Lincoln ; John Hawthorn, Newcastle; Edward Green, Brigham; Charles Bullard, Maidstone; Hied% Bennett, Llanidloes, North Wales ; Henry Arthur Martin, St. Austell, Cornwall ; Charles Huey Greens, Lymingtoa, Hants; Thomas Wil. ham Popplewell, Gainaborough. The following gentlemen ales oft the sans* day passed their first examination :—John Anderson. Manchester ; Webster Adams, Ipswich ; Jona ' than Balgliesh, Newesatle.uponTyne ; Peter Prnetor, Leeds. SALMON Fiantsoc. —The river Nero bac ricen con siders* daring the week, ad the set &hien have been ellsimald- AMIGA however, are enjoying better sport Mashes member yam. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—GLuvurxrEK, AuovsT 10. (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) EXTRAORDINART CANIE OP ANSON. _ _ William Willey, beerhouse keeper, was indicted for setting fire to the house in which be resided, at Clifton, hie wife and others being therein. There were also indictments charging him with setting fire to the premises with intent to defraud the Sun Bantam. Company and his landlord. Mr. Cooke prosecuted; and Mr. Cupp and Mr. Sawyer defended the prisoner. This was one of the most determined and clear cases of attempting to defraud an insurance company that perhaps was ever brought before • court of justice. The prisoner occupied the Hope and Anchor beerhouse in the Hotwells.road, Clifton, and also rented two other ad joining houses, which he sublet. In the month of November kg he insured his furniture for 1001., and his stock for another 100/., with the Sun Fire Insurance Company. He also endeavoured to effect an insurance for 3001. with the Royal Insurance Company; but the agent, on going to inspect the premises, declined the insurance, on the ground that he had not 5/. worth of furniture in the house. In the spring of the present year the prisoner got into difllcul ties and was incarcerated for debt for • month. He was liberated in April, and on the 15th of that month a policeman named Goulding, who was on duty near the premises, saw the back part of the prisoner s house on fire. He gave an alarm and other policemen arrived, but the prisoner refused to admit them, observ ing to one that " It's not half • fire yet." The police had to use force to get the prisoner (who stood at the front door) away from the door before they could gain admission. They then found the house on fire in fourteen different places. Combustibles had been placed io every room, from the ground-door to the roof. Bundles of sticks and shavings smeared with tar were placed about, and some portion of the floor had been taken up and sticks and shavings placed underneath. Police Superintendent Hancock found in the cellar • quantity of straw, wood, and shavings, which bad been lighted and burnt a hole in the floor above. The room above the cellar was also full of wood, shavings, and straw. In dependently of the pieces that bad been partially burnt, he found 2,700 sticks of various lengths in different parts of the house. One of the prisonet's daughters deposed that her father mine home on the Wednesday before the fire. There were five children in the house when the fire broke out. The were awoke by her father, and got out of the house and Counsel for the defence did not attempt to deny that the prisoner had fired the house, but urged that there was no intent to destroy the inmates. That portion of the indict ment was abandoned, and the prisoner, being found guilty of the intent to defraud, was sentenced to 20 yearn' petal servitude. On the sentence being passed, the prisoner's daughter swooned away, and a terrible sceLe of distress with the other smothers of the family ensued. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—BRIncoL, Alwyn 9. The commission under which is held the annual sum mer assize of nisi prius in this city was opened to-day. Mr. Justice Bytes, who is to he the presiding judge, having been detained at Wells, the proceedings were conducted by the Right Worshipful the Mayor, O. C. Lane, Feu., who to joined in the commission. The trials will commence on Monday. Up to to-night only 10 atom had been entered, but the returns to the sheriff give premise of 20 common and 6 special jury castle. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LivsapooL, Auo. 10. Mr. Baron Martin arrived in Liverpool this morning. He was met at the railway station by Sir Humphrey de Trafford and the deputy mayor, Samuel Holme, Esq. His lordship ed to Si. George's-hall, where the commission having proceeded in the Crown and Niel Priam Courts, the former was adjourned to 12 o'clock, and the latter until 11 o'clock on Monday. THE POLICE COURTS. WORSHIP STREET. Margaret Henley, 22, single, and Prances Ifmnterion, 28, were charged, the former with being . disorderly in the Public road a n d the other with attempt ing to rescue her from n o'Barker N, said that be saw the two women after 12 doc k on the night previous in the New North-road, disputing with some men. Henley refused to go away when be desired her, and became so noisy that he was compelled to take her into custody, upon seeing which Emmeraon in. terfered and strove to get her companion away. She also was the store locked up. Cross-examined by Mr. Vann—Did not call defendants prostitutes. They were ultimately bailed out. There were several persons standing by at the time, but he bad no witnesses. . _ Mr. Vann—This is a most unjust interference with the liberty of the subject. I will show the undoubted respecta bility dthese permits so subjected to insult and • cell. They had bees toe party of friends, as I am instructed, at and living in opposite directions were bid d ing each other a "Good night when pounced upon by this policeman. He took care to lock both up, so that I am prevented from calling one of them as a witness. A widow lady was here called, who said—My name is Eminenoe. That lady is mv daughter. She also is a widow, and resides with me in the Fulford-road, Kinpland. I know Yin Henley. She is of most respectable family and 'midden with her parents in the pariah of St. Luke. had been out for the evening to some friends of mine. were in dreadful alarm at my daughter's absence, and abashed at bearing that she was locked up. We bailed her and Miss Henley out at two o'clock in the morning. Mr. Leigh said this was not a question of character. If they refused to move away when creating a disturbance in the Anita at such an hour they must take the conse quences. Mr. Vann contended that character had all to do with it. Tba ladies were incapable electing as alleged, and the con stable's statemens was quite unsupported. He had made gross remarks to them, and was the actual offender. Finally the defendant., whose appearance and demeanour were certainly in keeping with their asserted respectability, were discharged. EXTRAORDINARY OUTRAGE. The Norfolk News of Saturday gives the follow ing version of an extraordinary ass of assault recently com mitted at Norwich. Mr. English, superintendent of the police force at Leeds, and lately chief constable of Norwich, visited the latter city on Friday, the 2nd indent, with the double object of attending the Freemasons' banquet and of having an interview with • lady for whom he had long pro fass&an attachment. Mies S. the lady referred to, is • member of one of the first families in the city, and during Mr. English's sojourn here be made repeated advances to wards her. Rumour also says that since his residence in Leeds be has occesionally favoured her with • note, to which she has not taken the trouble to reply ; and that she recently received an urgent request to afford him the gratification of an interview near the family residence on the evening of the first instant, or if he did not reach Norwich in time for that, to meet him on the Earlham•road at eleven o'clock 05 the following morning. She handed the epistle to her brother, that he might respond to the appeal as he thought wisest under the circumstances. Mr. English, fortunately per hape, did not arrive in time for the evening interview. Had he done so it is said that he would have been allured by • gentleman in lady's attire to • spot when two or three friends, furnished with suitable twigs, were saxionsly awaiting his approach. do far, therefore, the plot to punish him for the offence of bestowing his affections in the wrong direction was a failure. He did not, however, wholly escape, for Mr. S., the lady's brother, undertook to per form by himself, in the morning, the work which had been assigned to two or three over night. Accordingly, at the proper time on Friday morn ing Mr. 8. reached the appointed spot in • cab. Rear the Mitre cottage, on the Earlham-read, Mr. 8. met Mr. Eng lish coming towards the city, be having been sauntering up and down for some little time as the look out for the lady. The driver pulled up as quickly as possible, having then reached • distance of about forty yards from the point at which Mr. English was passed. 'Mr. 8. at once alighted and turned back. The moment he approached Mr. English be spoke, ands English tweed round be struck hint • vio- lent blow with a stick on the top of the hat, following it up in quick succession with three or four blows on the shoulders, in the administration of which the stick was broken. A heavy blow with the fist on Mr. English's face or forehead brought him to the ground, and Mr. 8. next proceeded to drag him across the road, and was pulling or pushing him through • gap in the fame, when be fell upon him, and the two were quickly locked in each other's arms. Mr. F., who tube near, and to witness the encounter, hastened i t i o a Ti l l d pot, and with the aid of some other persons who Came up at the moment, pulled them off the fence. M r . 8. sumieded after this in strikiog another blow, but eventually be was induced to think that be bad had revenge enough, ' end drove off in the cab. English, who had not struck adagio blow in return, then repaired to the Mitre cottage, eels to his (the surgeon's) own house : and th ere h e re am, surgeon was sent for, who directed his remova l i n • maned till Saturday evening, whoa he took his departure leosseward. From all we can learn he presoated a every b figure about the face, and at the ties of his leaving was also end verbose essartieg maiden ai front wounds ea the head, wee, legs, parts la ody. FATAL COAL PIT ACCIDZXT AT saurroL. On 'A r any evening a melancholy acei.lent, which resulted in the death of ono workman and the injury of another, occurred at the Pennywell Road Colliery, at Briptol, belonging to theme. Longs, Keeling, and Chick. The affair, which has thus placed the fricuds of one unfor tunate MAUI so unexpectedly into mourning, and placed the life of another poor f ellow In jeopardy, has created no little sessation in the neighbourhood, the inhabitant. of which are more or less intimately concerned in the colliery, and those working in it. From the particulars which have transpired it seems that on Friday evening,at about half-peat six o'clock, the works were proceeding as usual, when sud denly the pit rope broke, and the cart which was being used in bringing up coals from the pit consequently dropped down the shaft, descending et a rapid rate, and falling with terrific force. At the bottom, two unfortunate Librium% brothers, named Henry and George Thompson, who had been residing at Fishponds, were engaged in the work. The cart must, in some manner, have fallen upon Henry Thompson, for he was killed upon the spot ; George Thompson wee injured. As speedily as possible assistance wan rendered by the other hands, who had the melancholy duty of removing their deceased comrade from the pit, and placing him in a Louse hard lir, while the injured worker was conveyed to the infirmary. It is "nneceseary to say that at that excellent institution his hurts were promptly and skil fully treated be the medical men. It is expected that this morning, Mr. Wssborough, the deputy coroner, will commence an investigation r ela tive to the death of the ill fated Henry Thompson.—Westera Daily Preen. NARROW ESCAPE PROM DROWNING. GALLANT RESCUE. About half-past hix o'clock on Friday morning, while the Forth Swimming Club ware 'aped in their usual exercises. an alarm was given by a lad swi,uming some 200 yards east from the Chain Pier, that a oompaoiou was in danger. The strong reflection of sun-light from the surface of the water prevented either of the lads from being seen. But a small boat moored to the pier was got ready with great speed, though it was neeeseary to send to the shore for ours. delay, however, Mr. Nairn, the president of the' club, leaped in, and swam in the direction of the cries. He was quickly followed by Mr. David Tur ner, who took with him a life buoy. They found the lad nearly exhausted at a distance of between 250 and 300 yards from the pier. Mr. Nairn neared him fuel, cheering kin se be proceeded. He seised him under the arms from behind, and told him that a boat was coming up, and that all he had to do was to lie quietly in his arms till it reached them. Mr. Turner shortly after came up with the buoy. The current was setting in strong against their return, and a chopping wave dashed ever ►od anon in their fame. In these circumstances it would have been difficult, read perhaps impossible, to reach the pier with the exhausted and almost insensible swimmer. They therefore contented themselves with sustaining him till the arrival of the boat. He was hoisted in, and had to be supported till they reached the pier. The boat was too small to receive the rescuers, but they gallantly made head against the current, and arrived at the steps as soon an tlie boat. On being landed the lad seemed to revive, but was almoat immediately seized with cramps in the limbs and faintiogs, which ren dered it necessary to carry him in an insensible state to the Trinity Baths, where the kind and prompt attentions of Dr. teßaia were so successful that in the course of an hour the lad was able to walk to Edinburgh supported by a fneod. The incident should be a warning to 'wiz:truer' of little strength and experience--.Sco/ssiae. THE MILDER.' STRIKE.-011 Tues4ay last, as the result of two lengthened interviews with a deputation from the masons' committee, Mr. 'Waller, the large contrac tor of the King's-road, Chelsea, gave in his unconditional adhesion to the terms of the compromise offered by the men, requiring only the return, as far as possible, of his old workmen ; sod on Wednesday morning about 30 men resu med work, and continued on up to Saturday, at 12 o'clock, when, on the men going to receive their wages, they were informed by the foreman that Mr. Waller bad counter mended his orders, and that if they came to work on Monday morning it mast be under the hour system. The men de clared they would not work except on the terms of the com promise, and this having been refused, the whole of them packed up their tools and left the yard. On reporting the above to the committee on Saturday evening, it was decided that no man should again return to work for Mr. Waller until he had given a written guarantee to abide by the terms. The contributions are coming in liberally. The committee were enabled on Saturday again to raise the dividend payable to the men, which amounted to 15e. each. The bricklayers' committee have from the commencement paid thei; men 15e. each, independent of L. per day picket money, from their own resources and trade contributions. Every mason in work pays 3e. per week levy and the bricklayers le. each. THE BUILDERS' STILIKE IN LIVESPOOL.-011 Friday evening, after the despatch of our parcel, a meeting of the operative stonemasons was held in Circuestreet, Liverpool, for the purposes of exprmsing sympathy with and affording relief to the operative builders on strike. Themseting though exceedingly orderly was very energetic. An operative stonemason who addressed the meeting in troduced the following figures of the expenditure of the Operative Mums' General Union within a period of eight years., which will be found interesting at the mead time. The Union expended in sick allowances, 11,9951. 7s. 4d. ; funeral &Rowena., 5.5061. 9e. 115 d. ; to support members in search of employment, 14,979 f. 7s. sd. ; gifts to 26 die lasted members, 2,600/. ; gifts to the friends of IS members killed, 8501. ; gifts to orphan children, WU. 19s. Std. ; subscriptions to the hospitals, 315'. 16s. ; making • total expenditure of 36,4:6H. Os. 6d. for humane purposes. The expenditure to support strikes, Sc., during the same period WAS 14,7191. 15s. tlid., showing • preponderance for the benevolent and humane purposes of 21,7191. 4s. 90. This statement was received with applause by the meeting. DEATH FROM EXUNISIVE DEINKINO. —On Satur day Mr. Humphreys held an inquest at the London Hospital on Thomas Smith, aged 27, who had died from drinking an excessive quantity of brandy. Deceased, who was • labourer at the London Docks, during the absence of the officers performed the operation of what is termed "sucking the monkey," namely, boring a hole and inserting a show or small tube into one of the Wendy casks, through which he duck so large • quantity of over-proof spirit that he was found in • state of insensibility. He was conveyed to the hospital, where, although the stomach pump and other re medics were resorted to, he died from congestion of the brain, produced from the exeseive drinking of brandy. A verdict to that effect was recorded. Sr.moua ErrsersOp Four. Art.—On Saturday afteraosia a as. amid John Parish, 28 years of age, was =twith others to clean out a sewer in the Southwark oad. Parish was the first to deemed, bat from the noise they coaduded that there was an escape of foal air, Borne other. descended, and ending Parish lying at the bottom they with difsculty raised him and brought him to the surface. H. WY conveyed in an insensible date to Guy's Hospital , when he remains without hope of re 'every. SUICIDE Ifial POETYAN-RQUARE—On Saturday evening Mr. Brent held an inquest at the town residence of Mrs. Trevor, 27, Oloucaiteratreet, Portman-square, on the bodyof Thomas Fisher. aged 45, butler. On Thursday morn ing the servants were aroused about five o'clock by a violent ringing of the bell connected with deceased's sleeping apartment, and on one of them going to ascertain the cause of the unusual sound, be was discovered lying on his bed in his shirt and drawers, apparently in great agony, and groaning very much. Before medical aid was procured he expired. A poet mortem examination disclosed that he had taken a large quantity of oxalic acid, but how he had ob tained it could not be discovered. There were indications of a softening of the brain. Verdict—" The deceased com mitted the act himself in an unsound state of mind." THE MYSTERIOUS DISCOVERY AT CROYDON.- The coroner's inquest has unravelled the mystery attending the discovery of • human body at Croydon under the circum stances mentioned a few day. since. The evidence at the inquest went clearly to establish the fact that the deceased was killed by lightning whilst taking shelter under a high tree, immediately under which he was discovered. This tree, upon examination, proved to have been also struck by lightning, the bark being stripped off in a Ime from the top downwards to about such a distnnoe from the earth as the man's bead would have reached to. The electric fluid must have entered the poor fellow through the bead, no doubt killing him instantaneously, the body falling over into the ditch. This supposition satisfactorily accounts for the blackened appearance of the body, the position in whi c h it was discovered, and the rents in the clothes. His cap was found close by the spot. The man's name was Ntsom , sad his age 36. He was, as o ri ginally supposed, a navvy," and • steady, respectable man, having a wife and one child A CLIZOTMAN FOUND DROWNZD.—We (Leeds Mersey) regret to announce the death, by drowning, of the Rev. Sutcliffe Bowden, incumbent of Myth°lm, near Hali fax. Hie body was found on Friday morning , shortly be fore six o'clock, on the bank of the Mytholm Canal, at the viaduct near Whitley!, Mill, Hebden-bridge, his head only being in the water. The rev. gentleman had been on a visit to Mr. Siena, manufacturer. at Mutterhole. lie left that place to return horned half-past ten o'clock on Thursday night, and nothing more was seen of him until discovered by As workman on the bank of the canal as already described. It is supposed that he had a fit and fell into the water. He was subject to such attacks, and we are informed had been unwell for a few days before his melancholy death. Ti.. PIT ACCIDENT AT GLASGOW.—As we have already mentiooech the pit mouth was closed on Thursday &Serrano, sad will remain so till to-day, when the pit bot tom will be again inspected. The government inspector, Mr. Williams, visited the place on Thursday afternoon, but of course he ma do nothing by way of inspection till access is attained to the pit. Several of the dead were buried yes terday. Four of the adhere are still in a ray precarious condition. Hopes are entertained that three of them will recover, but the fourth is not expected to survive. The attention and efforts of Dr. W of Lerida, will not soon be forgotten. Mrs. Hosier, of visited the mese of the catastrophe and administered relief to the sidresera The Rev. Mews. Sherar. Findlay, and °Fichte., of Usk ball, have also visited them dolly, and attended both to their spiritual and temporal necessities. —North British Mail. A number of whales were seen off the Caithness sesst lest lludey. MARKETS. TALLOW.—SATIMDAT AMZINCION.—The market WAX quiet • to-day. Prices closed es follows :-Bpot, 455. to 455. ; Svt., 465. 3d.; Oct. to Dec., 465. 6d. ; separate months, 465. 9d. ; Jan. to March, 475. Deliveries to lest evening, 2,635 casks ; arrivals, 1,481 casks. COlTON.—Lmaroot, Ammer 10.—The market re mains very steady. The miss are 8,000 bales—including 8,320 AMOTICIII3. 130. to 90. ; 1,500 Surat, 50. to 7. ; 150 Egyptian, 90. to 10d. ; 90 Maranham, 9d.—of which 2,000 are for speculation and export. To-day's import is 10 bales. COTTON 000DS.—Nemnsertn, Avoca 10.—The present state of the market is generally dull and unsatis factory. Some sellers of yarn report rather more business towards the end of the week, for Germany, the home trade, and India, at an advance of id per lb. nominally estab lished on Tuesday ; but this increased sale appears to be ex ceptional. Operations have been checked all the week by the extreme quotations. Buyers had purchased rather freely before, and are now able to postpone orders.,The prices asked by spinners aremaintained very stiffly, the contractaon hand being considerable, so that there is no anxiety to sell. There have been a few sales of yarn for Russia. In 32'e twist cops for the Blackburn market, and common aorta of 16's to 24's water twist, the tendency is a little against the producer, though no decline of price has taken place. No 40's doubled yarns and other low counts are fiat. From 60's upwards they are firm, and mostly under contract. The market for piece goods has be come more and more inanimate during the week, there being no demand worth speaking of, and tellers being gene rally stiff in their terms. In 36-inch shirting, there has been a slight improvement in demand and value ; 40-inches are quiet and steady. Printing cloth is in limited sale at previous prices. Domestics generally are inactive, and there is especially an absence of business in long cloths for the Levant. lIARDWARE—BrawrioIIAM, Aocicsr 10. The trade of this town is still as dull as possible ; the orders from all parts of the country are small, and from the tone of recent advice' it may be inferred that there is not much probability of any improvement until the harvest is got in. For the de scription of goods usually in demand for the autumn trade there is at present very little inquiry, and manufacturers who expect to be busy at this season are working short time. The fancy trades are as bad as they can be, especially in the Jewellery department, and as to most of the other staple trades the reports are much to the same effect. In the foreign trade there is more animation, and some of the ma nufacturers who are most intimately connected with it are doing an average trade. In the adjoining district of South Staffordshire trade generally is quiet, the iron trade espe cially so. In the Wolverhampton and Bilaton district there are 130 furnaces, of which no lest than 63 are out of blast. In the Dudley district the number of furnaces is 62, of which 30 are out of blast. In the Shropshire district there are 32 furnaces, nine out of blast. In this town pauperism is increasing, the number of inmates in the workhouse being 431 in excess of last year. As to out-door paupers, the number last week was 6,966 ; in the corresponding week of last year it was 5,242 CORN.-C.urnamok, Auotar 10.-Our market was not very fully attended to-day, farmers being busy wheat cutting. There were scrotal samples of new wheat sold at 60s. per qr. Other grain unaltered in price. CARLISLI, AUGUST 10. -We bad a good supply of wheat and oats this morning, and moderate of barley. Wheat was slow of sale, and towards the close of the market could be bought at 6d. per bushel below Last week's rates. Oats were also slow of sale at about 3d. per bushel less money. Barley fair salt at lest week's rates A sample of new wheat sold for 15s. Wheat, white ,. new, 21s. Od. to 255. 6d. ; red, new, 19a. Oil. to 21s. 6d. Barley, new, 15s. Od. ; old, 13s. to 14s. 6d. Oats, potato, 9s. 9d. to 10s. 9d. ; common, Bs. 6d. to 9s. 6d. Rye, 14s. Od. to 15s. Coccur.errat, Ammar 10.-A moderate supply of old wheat, and some few amples of new were on sale, the qpality &mind condition good. New 2s. lower than lastday; old unaltered. The supply of other grain almost nominal, and the name remark will apply to the prices. GUILDFORD, Auntie? 10.-There was today an abun dant supply of wheat, but trade was quite at a stand and scarcely any sales effected. A parcel of new Talavera, of fifty qrs, realised quality good. Wheat, Ws. to 645. Beans, 40e. to 445. Oats, 245. to 30e. New peas, 365. to Be. 6d. HERTFORD, Ammer 10.-Scarcely any grain at market, farmers being busy in their harvest fields. The wheat trade exceedingly dull and ls. per load lower for runs. A sample or two of new wheat offering, condit i on sad qua lity both good. Spring corn quite nominal, nett to nothing being offered ; red wheat, 38s. ; white, 40s. per load. Grinding barley, 36e. ; oats, We. per qr. LEICESTEE, AUGUST 10.—The supply of wheat was rather better than last week, both with respect to condition and quality. There wee a slow demand at last week's rates. Old white samples realised 65e. to 70s. ; old red, 555. to 60s. new red, 425. to 555. ; new white, 525. to 635. per 36 stone. Barley came to band sparingly ; the "apply, however, was quite equal to meet the demand, and prices consequently underwent no important change; malting selling at 355. to 40e. per quarter ; grinding, 29'. to 325. per 24 stone. There were not many oats offering (including a few samples of the new crop), but the demand was fair, and late currencies were well maintained ; old, 30s. to 345. ; new, 265. to 28s. per 24 stone. Of beans the show was middling, and with a steady consumptive inquiry recent rates were generally made, simples making 365. to 46e. per 38 stone. Fine flour, 445. ; seconds, 38s. to 40s. ; thirds, wol. per sack. Newc•irrtmuron-Tres. Auousr 10.—At our market this morning we bad • moderate show of wheat from the growers, but having a good quantity offering from the stands, this combined with the favourable state of the weather, occasioned a slow sale, and business MY only prac ticable at a reduction of ls. pe qr. For 621bs. Norfolk red 575. in retail was procured per flo4lbs. with difficulty, whilst in foreign vary few transactions transpired. Gran:tried lots were not pressed, some holders preferring to wait the course of events before giving way further. Flour sold slowly, and prices may be written much about the same se on Tuesday. In grinding barley nothing stirring. Malt, unless fine, difficult to quit. Beaus and peas much as be fore. In oats rather more doing at but week's prices. The arrivals this week are : Wheat, coastwise, 6,677 qrs. ; foreign, 1,102. Barley, coastwise, 45. Malt, coastwise, 60. Oats, coastwise, 120. Peas, coastwise, 20. Beans, coastwise, 300. Flour, coastwise, 1,678 sacks; foreign, 100 barrels; Indian corn lour, 425 sacks. Noltwicn, Aoooer 10.—At to-day's market the supply of wheat was fair, and the millers were not disposed to purchase, except at a reduction in price; the sales made were effected at • decline of Is. to 2s. per] quarter. In other grain there was little or nothing doing. Flour was rather easier to buy. White wheat, Us. to 56e. ; red ditto, 48s. to 50s. ; damp and inferior ditto, 435. to 455. per quarter. Flour, 375. to 375. 6d. per sack from the miller. NOTTINORAM, AUGUST 10.-At our earn market to. day there was a tolerably good show of wheat, samples of which came to hand in fair condition. Trade ruled quiet, and the prices of the preview week were ocareily sustained. Old white sorts were disposed of at 675. to 775. ; old red, 604. to 65e. ; new white, 475. to 66a. • new red, 38a. to 61s. per 36 stone. There was an excee ding) meagre show of barley, the demand for which was languid, and prices underwent no material variation. Grinding, 295. to 31s. per 30 stone; malting nominal. Of oats the show was scanty, and the tone of the trade was firm at the currencies of the week previous. Old, 32e. to 365. • new, 265. to Us. ; foreign, 275. to 31a. per 24 stone. &nen" samples of the new crop of cats were offered, the quality of which was fair, and 28a. to 30s. per quarter was made. Beans came to h and sparingly, and may be quoted at recent rates, which ranged from 40e. to 50s. per 38 stone. Super flour, 46a. to 52a. ; fine, 355. to 41s. per 20 stone. OXFORD, AUGUST 10.-Our market to-day was well at tended, considering that so many farmers were busily en gaged in the harvest field. Samples of wheat were rather numerou., but not one of this year's growth from the neighbourhood was to be seen ; but from the county of Soma two samples were showing. Whits wheat ruled from 525. to 60s. per qr.; red from 365. to 50a; trade was very dull. Barley was represented by two samples of new ; one was very superior, the other was quite the reverse, AL, of very inferior quality. Oste commanded from 20s. to 345.; one lot of new sold for 285.; the weight (441 M. per bushel) being well tip to the mark. Beans realised from 40‘. to 48e. per qr., and flour (seconds) was worth 40s. per sack. PETZABOSOUGII, AVGVRT 10.—At our market to-day we had a very large supply of wheat, which met a slow sale at 2s. to 3a. per qr. un de r the prices of this day week. Barley none offering. Oats as last quoted. Beans Is. per qr. lower. Best red wheat, 50s. ti 545. per qr. of 304th.. ; common do., 36a. per 4801 be.; oats, Is. 2d. to Is. 3d. per stogie; beans 43. to Ma. per qr. 19 nett. READLYO, Ammer 10.—Owtag to most of the farmers being engaged in harvest operations, there was a very thin attendance at our market this morning. The supply of wheat was large and business languid, prices remaining the same as last week. A good deal of wheat has been carried, and generally in fine condition ; that the quality will be good is admitted oy all, though the yield will not be a large one. We have beard of a few instances of blight. In other articles there was no alteration. There was one good sample of new peen. - - - - - all =lAuortiv 10.—The weather this week has been dbe desired for the ripening of the mops. At today's market we had • good supply of wheat, which met a slow sale at a decline of ls. to 2s. per qr. on the prices of last week. Spring corn very little offering, and without alteration. A few samples of new oata here to-day, and the quality fine. WoacisTEa, AVGCST 10. —At this day's market there was again a large supply of wheat, and all qualities gave way la. to 2s. per qr. Bexley unaltered. More inquiry for oats. Beans quite as dear. Peas difficult to sell • • •• • KIIIICALDY, Acucar 10.—At our country markets this week we bad fair aunties of wheat ; good qualities met a ready sale at last week's prior ; inferior lower. Only ocea. aional samples of barley and cats shown ; they bring full prices Hem to-day, we had good supplies of wheat and oats ; very small of barley ; good qualities sold readily at about the same prices as last week ; inferior cheaper. Wheat, 33.. to 57a. 6d. per qr. ; barley., 30s. to 360. ; oats, 250. to Xi. WATWoRD, AUGUST 10.—A good deal of rain has fallen this weak, but at intervals the weather has boon dry and Ina whir& has smabled fanners to woke sonsidendge pro- level : each 10 of an Inch dim EXPLANATION. corrected ard rectum! to Yt deg. at mean !e feet, of vertical else, causing about .3m-hundredth -.ton ; and each 10 deg., above 32 deg., causing nearly threehundredths Increase. F. Exposed tieiMonietei In shade. M.—Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew point,. D.—Direction of wind (true—two points lit of mag netic). I.—force (1 to IS—estimated'. C.—Cloud tl to 9 . I. lolttals b, blue sky c. clouds (detached) ,1, fog h, ball I, lie=m, misty (hazy) : cr. overcast .r, rain . B,IIIOW ; . 8, 808 distarbanoe (I to 9). WN1111111:1 lITTICTID TILL TO-MORROW OR NE)CT DAT. North Britain—North-Westerly wind—Moderate—cloud). Zest Coed.-Similar - Settled—dry. South Coast—Stmtlar—Cloudy and Sue—settled. Ireland—North-West to Motherly—Cloudy, flne. green in reaping. As yet it is too early to 'peak with any. thing like certainty of the yield of either wheat, oats, or barley, but the produce of the ;ormer is expected to prove very deficient in this district. Potato disease begin. to affect the tubers very generally in the early aorta, and is a few instances we have heard of the late oissebeingattacked. We have liberal imports of maize, but are without any ar rivals of wheat worth naming. Our market has continued very firm for all articles of the trade, and we note foreign wheat 6d. to le. per brl. higher. Barley and oats unaltered in value, and very little paining in either. Indian corn has been taken to a fair extent at an advance of tid. to lid. per barrel, but the low price of potatoes begin. to interfere with the demand. Flour the turn dearer. Imports this week :—Wheat, 140 qr.. ,• Indian corn, 8, 9 30 ; (lour, 56 sacks. Exports this week :—Wheat, 36 barrels ; oats, 1,917 ; flour, 1,894 sacks ; Indian corn, 300 barrels. You, Acucar 10.—There war oaly a moderate attend ance of farmers and factors, but the show of wheat was quite an average for the time of the year. The demand was slow at last week's currencies ,• white descriptions were taken off at 545. to 60e. ; red ditto 4.5 e. to 54e. per 36 stone. The supply of barley was (as has been the Dermot late) very small, and the tone of the trade ruled inactive at prices equal to those of the week previous ; grinding, 3:N. to 34a. Nothing doing in malting. There was a moderate demand for oats, which, being in abort supply, were disposed of at their full value, top .qualities making 28a., other kinds 265. per 24 stone. The inquiry for beans, although slow, was firm, and previous rates were well suppated, 445. to 50e. per 138 stone being the ruling terms. Malt, 70s. to 725. ; rye, 36e. per quarter. Flour, 41s. to 43a. per 20 stone. WEATHER REPORT. 9ATUIDAT, AUGC9T 10, 870 9 B. .L 51. D. IF. C. I. 8. Nuas 29.88 60 68 W.S.W. 3 c 2 A 312361111 19.67 62 66 B.W. S c 1 Lunt 29.95 64 59 W. I b 1 Brum& 29.89 61 59 W. 6 b 1 Au 502669 129.99 69 67 &W. 8 o 3 P 0966089 29.96 62 61 S. 2 b 2 &Emu !KU 61 57 W. 8 b 2 GALWAY 30.02 66 64 8.8. W. 2 o 1 Scusosouoa 30.01 63 68 N.N.W. 1 b 1 LITWOOL Falmilu QUILKIITOWN 30.02 42 62 N.W. 1 1 I Y 3390929 30.07 MI 61 N.W. 3 o 8 Lowoom 19.09 U 60 W. I 0 Duvu 30.06 70 66 Z.N.Z. 2 b 1 Foussons 90.12 U 62 8. S o 1 PORILLWD 6613 62 61 W.S.W. 1 0 2 PL2IIOOIII PsilUzal 10.16 62 61 W.N.W. 1 m 2 COPIORIAGIOL. 19.48 69 W. 9 6 8 MILDER 29.99 22 W.N.W. 6 o 6 BIM 30.1 63 &W. 1 t 2 Unarm Loom 3O. 30 74. 1 c 2 VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Friendship (barons), of Liverpool, June 26, lat. 45, long. 34, with captain dead. Olencalru. from Clyde for Montreal, 25 days, let 46 N, long. 40 W. Olpsy Queen. front Yarmouth for Quebec. August 6, lat. 51 N, low 10 W, Thos. Brocklehank. from Live 6 24, long 26 W. rpool for Calcutta, lune Fr, let. The annual "Finance Accounts" which hare been issued show that last year the duty on spirits produced 11,849,1521. ; the duty on wine, 1,144,7944 ; on malt and hops, 6,838,948/. ; on tobacco and snu ff , 5,606,4881.—a1l this without reckoning licenses ; on sugar, 6,057,3894 ; on confectionary and preserved fruhs, 361,5481. ; on game certificates., 129,906/. ; on cards and dice, 14,532/. ; on dogs, 197,5101. ; on armorial bearings, 57,1184 ; on hair-powder, 1,157/. ; on racehorses, 6,2441. ; on horses for riding, 242,4381. ; on carriages (other than hackney or stage carriages), 330,1921. ; on servants, 2041054 The following particulars relative to the Portu own fisheries are published in the Annelle* du Commerce A'rtlrieur : —"Sardines, codfish, tunny, mackerel, sole, turbot, eels, and skate, form the principal productions of the Portuguese fishery. These fish are still abundant on the coast, but is so than formerly, either from the spawn being destroyed by the too general use of dredges, or from the more frequent invasions of porpoises. Salmon is very scarce. Oysters of good quality, but very limited in quo ta'', are taken in the Tagus near Lisbon. The fishery in 1860 employed 3,406 boats of di ff erent sizes, carrying 28,046 men. The total produce of the sale of fish amount ed to 4,822,0671 r., being 192,4911 r. is than in 1859. Out of the above amount the sardines alone fetched 2,161,337 fr. The duty of 6 per cent. charged on all fish caught on the coast produced in 1860 327,783 fr., less 53,3541 r. for the ex. penes of collecting." LOCoMOTIVE STEAM ENGINES ON COMMON ROADS. —On Friday last some experiments were made with an engine for the above purpose (patented by Mr. Thomu Aveling, of Rochester), by Mr. Charles B. King, engineer, of London. The engine proceeded tinder steam from the Surrey side of London-bridge to Westminster at 1 p.m., rid Cheapeide, St. Paul's-churthyard, Fleet-street, Strand, and Parliament-street, and back the same route through Bishopsgate-street, Hinpland-road, on its way to Bury St. Edmunds. The average speed maintained was five miles an hour, and working pressure 301 be. Several scientific gentle men accompanied the engine, and expressed their approval of the result. The engine was remarkable for its simple but efficient construction. [Advertisement.] Hot.LowaT's Pmts.—Excur sions Unattainable.—There are multitudes in this metropolis who cannot conveniently absent themselves from their occupa tion to enjoy that change of air Ind scene so necessary to good health. Such persons will find that, next to country air, the best partners of the blood are Holloway's Pills. They improve the action of every human organ by expelling Impurities and all other noxious matters which have gained admission either into the solid or fluid materials of which the body is compowd. These Pills initially act as mild apetients. Holloway's Pills base long been regarded as the safest antidotes for disease both In cold and warm climates, and the surest opponent to all com plaints incidental to men, women, and children. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. BEDFORD.—August 7. at Bussed-place, Fitzroyoquare, the a lie of J. B. Bedford, Req.. of • son. COLLlE. — August 11. at Sydenhara, Kent, the wife of Thomas Conk. L' a., of • daughter. HABBISON.—August 7, at Harley-street, the wife of the Rev. T. Hardball, of a daughter. HOLLOWAY: August 8, at Amersham.villas, Lewisham-road. New rows, the wile of W. G. Holloway, Esq., of • son and heir. HULL.—Attgust 9, the wife of Captain A. H. Hull, of Poa ls Lodge. Brighton, of a daughter. LAWRENCE.—August 8, at Southgate, the wife of Sir J. Law. fence, of a son. SAYBRY.—August 'B, at Ifaniwick Lodge, Chepstow, the wife of A. B. Savery. Esq., of • son. SCOTT.—August 8, Mrs. 8. Moat, of Cambridge-street, South Belgravia, of • son. SHRUB' ILL.—August 7, at Perth, Scotland, the wife of Major W. S. Sherwin, Bengal Army. of a son. SMKR.—August 9, at Theydon-place. Epping, the wife of J. H. Smee. of Chlswell.street. Finsbury-square, of a son. SPlCF.R.—August 8. at Bygect Rectory, Surrey, the wife of the Rev. N. Spicer, of a Non. VENN.—August 8, at Tottenham, the wife of W. W. Venn, jun., Zip.. of • son. 11ULHHIAGEH. BENNETT—WILKIE—August 8, at Spring.hank, lionnington. near F.dinbs4 l ll , ll .. the Rev. W. Smith, Y. 0. Bennett, him., of Moslem, to Jane. daughter of the late Major .1. Wilkie, H.E.I. .8.; of Faster Bush, Rodin. FORBES-00RDON.—Augost 7, at Eariston House, irkend• brightshire, by the Rev. W. B. Coghlan, M.A., S. Forhc, Fae i of Barnard's-peen. Worcestershire. to J. Anne, daughter of the late Sir J. Gordon, Mi., of Earlston. HARRIS—RAIIOIB.—August 8, at the parish church, Lewisham. by the Rev. J. W. North, M.A., P. Harris. Pau., of Cave:Ash. square, son of the late J. Harris, Esq., M.P. for Bouthu ark, to Marianna. daughter of the late C. Hartle, Esq., of Futlord grange, Yorkshire. MOORE— FLETCHER.—Aognat 4. at the parbh church of Ring. swinford, by the Rev. W. Pletcher, D.D., 0. W. Moore. Rm.. of Abbeylande, Weston.upori•Trent, son of W. Moore, Esq.. of Wychdou Lodge, near Stafford, to Elba Jane, daughter of T. W. neteliar, Esq., of lawneswood House. Kinserinford, Staffordshire. SHAW—POWLSON.—August 6, at the parish church, Eccles, by the Rev. J. P. rite/urn. M.A., Mr. T. Shaw, of Wigan, to Caro line, daughter of Mr. T. Powbon, of Peedley.growl, Pendleton. DRATH& FORBFA —August 8, at Champion-terrace, Old Charlton, Major- General J. Forbes. GRAVER.BROWNIC—Augest 7. at Morley Hall. Wymondham. Norfolk, J. T. Graver-Browne, Lsq., J.P. for Norfolk, aged HART.—August 7, Mr. Z. Hart, of Broadway, Stratford. Flier. and M. HlLLS.—August 8, at Claremont Bank, Shrewsbury, Mrs. Ms, leto of Harleyford. Kennington, aged M. EMITEVEN.—A 8, Amy. daughter of T. T. Kesteven. Eeq., of the Bambini*, Wolverhampton. ROBERTSON.—Augud 8, at Weetbourne.parkVflW, Paddlne• ton, Elizabeth Caesium. Anne, daughter of J. S. Robert - ST e alr l aD.—Augtud 8. at langfield, Surrey, William Stinford, Esq., of the firm of Marra Cumming, Wood, and Co., bankers. Naples, aged M. TOWNLEY.—Aapst B. at Highbury•place, Islington. the Rev. H. Townley, aged 77. PeitiVeaandPablieb7d Na 1 . Londiard-atrest. in the City of London, Printer, at the Oa* ha Lombard street, In the Precinct cie Wbitetriare.-- MGIMAT. AVIIIMI2.ItI6I. M p