The Sun. — London, England, 1866-11-09 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, MADRAS. 'The half-yearly general meeting of this company 'as held yesterday, at the London Tavern ; Mr. J. Walker in the chair. Mr. J. Byrne, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, an ab stract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the ' report, said they had endeavoured to make it as full and clear as they could, and had given a map of the railways, showing the course of the lines and their connection with other railways. They had referred in their report to the sad visitation of dearth, drought, and famine which had been afflicting cer tain districts of India—in the Madras Province, and to the north of their line, in the Bengal Presidency. Those places had been relieved as far as possible by the exertions of Lord Napier and the Government of Madras, which had given great satisfaction to the people there ; but nothing could effectually re lieve that distress until they had a good harvest. ' Considering those disasters, the company had every reason to be satisfied with the receipts on their rail ways. Taking the two lines together, they had completed and opened a further distance of 40 miles as compared with the corresponding half of 1865, making an increase of 7 per cent. in the mileage. The gross receipts in the past half-year amounted to £213,676, against £179,893 in the corresponding I half of last year, showing an increase of £33,783, equal to 19 per cent. The net receipts in the past I half-year amounted to £117,873, against £87,952 I in the corresponding half 1865, showing an in crease of £29,921, or 34 per cent. over the same half of last year. The increased mileage of 7 per cent. had arisen on a part of the line that ' was comparatively unproductive, so that the ' progress of the receipts were still more satisfactory. It showed also that the revised tariff in respect to the classification of the goods traffic had been judiciously carried out. The working of the south west line and Bangalore branch showed the advan tage of iron sleepers. The way and works had been maintained at an average cost of £176 per mile per annum, including charges for renewals by iron in stead of wooden sleepers. The Bangalore branch, which had from the first been laid with iron sleepers, had cost only at the rate of £65 per mile per an num for maintenance, which made a very remark able difference in the cost of working. There was in the passenger traffic a very moderate increase, which was principally derived from third-class pas sengers. In the goods traffic there was a slight falling off-112,000 tons against 114,000 tons—as might have been expected ; but that falling off was made up by the revised tariff to £99,436 in the re ceipts, as against £83,657 in the corresponding half of last year. The increase in the gross receipts of the South-West line was £20,893, or 12/ per cent., and in the net receipts £19,573, or 24i per cent. This was owing to the working expenses having been only slightly increased during the six months. The gross receipts per train mile amounted to 6s. 9kd. against ss. 7id., and the expenses to 3s. lid., against 2s. 11d. per train mile. The working ex penses for the past half-year were 46.6 per cent. of the receipts, against 51.7 per cent. in the corres- I ponding half-year. When it was considered they had to get their coal and coke from England, the working expenses were very modelite. With re gard to the North-West line the permanent way was in good order, and had been maintained at a cost equal to £69 per mile per annum. It was an iron road. As compared with the correspond ing period, the mileage showed an increase of 501 per cent., the gross receipts an increase of . 861 per cent., and the net receipts an increase of 125 -zer cent. On the Ist of August a section of the line, 34 miles in length, beyond Cuddapa to Moodapoor, was opened for traffic. This ad vance into the cotton district would be advantage ous to the company. The works from Moodanoor towards Gooty were progressing. They had now 195 miles of the North-West line completed from Madras to Moodanoor, including 42 miles of the trunk line up to the Arconutn Junction, where the North-West line branched off, and from that point to Moodanoor was 153 miles. There now remained of this line to be completed 209 miles, which were partly under construction and survey, including the branch to Bellary. the total length of the North- West line from the Arconum Junction to Raichoor, where it would join the Great Indian Peninsular line ; would be 362 miles, the whole of which would he completed in two or three years. They would then have 860 miles altogether as the extent of their undertaking. The result of the traffic for the past half year on the South-West line from Madras to Beypoor and branch to Bangalore was equal to 4 per cent. per annum on the capital expended, and considering the progress and steady increase of the traffic it would increase to 5 per cent. and more in a few years. The effect of the railways would be to develope the traffic and resources of the districts through which they passed. When the railway sys tem was completed in India there would not, he thought, be a recurrence of those disasters from fa mine which would, he trusted, be things of the past, because the abundance of one place could soon be made available to supply the deficiencies of an other by means of railway communication. They had Mr. Elwin, their agent and manager, present. He had been in their service for nearly five years, and had earned not only the confidence of the board but the goodwill of the people in Madras. He had also rendered them considerable service in com munication with the local government. They had secured the services of Mr. Elwin for a further period of three years, when he hoped the whole of their lines would be completed and in active opera.. tion. By that time he trusted the South-West line would be paying 5 per cent. or more on the capital expended, and that the North-West line would be rap idly following in its wake. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ARBUTIINOT, deputy chairman, seconded the motion for the adoption of . the report. In reply to questions it was stated that the direc tors were turning their attention to obtaining a good supply- of wood fuel, and for that purpose to have plantations at convenient distances along the companies' lines. They had no coal in their districts, and they could obtain English coal 30 per cent. cheaper than they could get it from any other place. There was no harbour at Beypoor, but there were roadsteads and good anchorage at places near it ou the coast to which branch lines might be made and piers constructed. Wages had risen very much owing to the scarcity of provisions, but it was hoped that would not continue. The report was then unanimously adopted. Mr. ELwiN, in reply to questions, said the Go vernment had commenced a jetty at Beypoor. There was a boat harbour at a short distance, and an open roadstead about two miles from the shore. The company had - now 645 miles to be completed. They would be nearer the cotton districts by 110 miles than the Great Indian Peninsular, and he thought the cotton would find its way over their line to Madras in the months of June, July, and August, during Which time the monsoon did not affect the east coast, but was always much later in the year. Th e company's o ffi cers were we ll qua lifi e d to fill their positions, and every one of them endeavoured to curtail expenditure and to increase the receipts. (Hear, hear.) The proceedings concluded with votes of thanks to the chairman and directors, and to Mr. Elwin for his explanation. NORTHERN OF BUENOSAYItEtSo consider . _ A special general meeti ng of this held yesterday at the London Tavern company was trpose the of and decide upon what terms and conditions necessary funds should be raised for the purpose discharging pressing and urgent claims upon the company ; Mr. Hayne in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said, at the last annual meeting it was suggested that some of the shareholders should meet together for the purpose of devising a plan for meeting the liabilities of the company, and in consequence of that suggestion 40 of the share holders were summoned to a meeting. They had to consider the means of preventing the company from being wound up, which would be inevitable if certain debts were not paid. The proposition agreed upon was that the shareholders should advance £7,500, or 10s. per share, which would enable the directors to pay off the most pressing claims, the large creditors of the company being willing to wait for better times. Mr. MURRAY said they had been invited that day to subscribe 10s. per share to meet a pressing debt, but nothing was said of the debt of £65,000 and two years' interest due to the contractors. Mr. NEWBURY moved that, for the purpose of enabling the directors to discharge the pressing claims on the company, the shareholders be solicited to advance the company 10s. per share on loan, bearing interest at the rate of 15 per cent. Mr. MORRIS said; that the company would come to a dead stop without money, many of the judg ment creditors having only been put off through personal interest. The creditor who bad supplied rails and locomotives to the company had no inte rest in it except to have his debt paid. By the pay ment of the £7,500 the shareholders would save the company. The last accounts showed that the traffic receipts were increasing, and that there was hope in the future. As to the contractor's claim, this meeting was not the proper place to discuss it. A reference had been appointed to consider it. They bad a concern which might be made a good property, but the dissensions among the shareholders were most disheartening, and did a great deal of harm to the company. The motion was then carried. Mr. ELBOROUGH, the late secretary, proposed that the last balance-sheet should be submitted to public accountants for investigation. He believed that the accounts would show the company in a more favour able position. He knew that items had been most improperly charged to revenue. Mr. BROWNE said they had the statement of the traffic manager that the traffic had increased 36 per cent. He would ask what possible object could the directors have except to do the best for the company. The CHAIRMAN, acting under the advice of the solicitor, declined to put the motion., Mr. H. D. BROWNE moved a resolution that the directors be empowered to issue to the subscribers certificates of indebtedness, to bear interest at the rate of 15 per cent., but not to be claimable against the net income of the company until after due pro vision be made for the payment of interest on all loans secured by mortgage and debenture. The motion was carried. The CHAIRMAN said if the amount subscribed was larger than the £7,500, the proportion of each share holder would be reduced ; upon which Several shareholders stated, in case the whole amount was not subscribed, they would increase their proportion, such was their confidence in the stability of the undertaking. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. NORTH BRITISH. A meeting of shareholders of this company was held yesterday at Liverpool ; Mr. Stitt in the chair. Mr. Beaumont, a director, attended, and in the course of his address made some severe remarks on the conduct of Mr. Hodgson, the chairman of the company. It was ultimately resolved that Mr. Stitt should be empowered to represent the Liverpool shareholders at the forthcoming meeting in Edin burgh, and a wish was expressed that he should be placed on the board. The feeling of the meeting was decidedly against Mr. Hodgson, and unmistakably so against the committee of investigation, on the ground thatthe latter had made the very worst of the matter, and thereby damaged the property. PARSONSTOWN AND PORTUMNA. • The eleventh half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Portumna on Monday, the Marquis of Clanricarde in the chair. The Secretary having read the notice convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said that nothing had been done to the line since the last meeting. There had been a delay in passing the bill through both Houses last session ; there was also some difficulty in procuring a contractor, and all the difficulties of the company were complicated by the action taken by the county surveyor for Tipperary with regard to the tem porary roads. The difficulty, however, bad been overcome, and they now saw their way clear to the completion of their line. 'The Public Loan Com missioners had promised their aid, the Great Southern and Western Railway Company had consented to advance £13,000 towards the construction of the line, and he hoped this meeting would place the directors in a position to avail themselves of their assistance. He expressed his confidence in the ulti- mate success of the undertaking. On the motion of Mr. T. B. STONEY, seconded by the Rev. R. B. TYRE, the adoption of the report was carried unanimously. The meeting was made special, for the purpose of authorising the directors to issue preference shares. It was proposed by Sir Thomas Burke, seconded by Mr. A. F. Nugent, and carried unanimously, that in pursuance of the provisions of the Parsonstown and Fortumna-bridge Railway Act, 1866, the direc tors be authorised to create and issue 2,000 shares of £lO each, having a preferential dividend attached thereto, not exceeding £5 per cent. per annum. It was understood that the directors would, as soon as possible, make the necessary arrangements with a contractor for the completion of the line. CARMARTHEN AND CARDIGAN. The directors of the company having found it im possible to adjust the claims of the various creditors of the concern, having determined to make applica tion in the next session for a bill to regulate the capital account. The existing liabilities of the com pany are :—Amount due for land, about £5,000 ; i amount of statutory debentures, £60,355 ; arrears of interest on debentures, £6,000 ; Lloyd's bonds, exclusive of interest, £735,243 ; preference shares, £158,780 ; ordinary shares, £28,000 ; outstanding accounts, about £B,OOO ; total, £1,001,878. The line is only 20 miles long, and the authorised capi tal amounts to £393,000 ; so that excessive issues were made of above £600,000. It is proposed to arrange the various claims upon the basis of the ex isting Parlia mentary capital o f £393 , 4 00, so t h at t h e liabilities of the compat may be liquidated by an equitable pro portion of su c h cap i tal being distributed among the various c l asses of holders, GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The traffic receipts of thhi company's lines for the week ending the 20th of October amounted for local passengers to £8,399 ; for foreign passen gers to £3,844 ; for emigrants to £382 ; for mails, &c., to £l,OlB ; for local frei g ht an d live stock to £14,051 ; for foreign freight and live stock to £3,427 ; total £31,151, against £30,227 for the corresponding week last year, showing an increase of £924. The total receipts from the Ist of July to the above date amounted to £447,534, and for the same period last year to £444,955, showing an in crease of £2,579. ACCIDENT ON THE RIVEI—EFIy on Wednesday the alarm of a man overboard was given on board the Iphi genia, lying in the Lower Pool, and while a seaman named Cope was handing a rope to the man in the water, two of the crew jumped on a fender at the vessel's side, one of the ropes of which, being rotten, gav e way, and they fell into the water, upon the object of their solicitude. Cope leaped into a boat, and succeeded in saving the whole of the three men. TuE EX-CHAMPION OF ENGLAND IN Tuesday, the LE. At the Nottingham County Court, n .1. pe r e nr person endate named ig Tomlinsono , the wel 1 f - o k r n ;w o n aesx damages- p ugl in i s t , f w or as sued by a t O in n g t h h z e tra, lot a h nd of a M ov a e y ra l l a o st i h p i l s ai f n ei t l i o ff w , a_linzarkchm.e:4-fiwtter in Not e tingham, struck one of the plaintiff's party, named t an Dog and Bear, Bridlesmith-gate. Directly they entered enant t assault. e n e t s o . o d th n e and immediately afterwards seized plaintiff by the waistd bit him through the cheek. At the same time he twisted his leg round plaintiff's righ t leg, fracturing it. Plaintiff fell upon the floor and the defendant on the top of him. When told what he had done, defendant said he was sorry ; and plaintiff told him it was fine talking of being sorry, what was his wife and family to do ? Plaintiff was removed by his companions to the General Hospital, where he remained until June 9, and continued an out-patient until about a month ago. Atter leaving the hospital he saw defendant, but could make nothing out of him, as he was walking about with a drawn sword over his shoulder. In answer to his Honour, it was stated that defendant had been living with out work for years, but it was not known what property he had, if any. Judgment was given for the amount claimed, with costs of plaintiff's 'witnesses, The New Medical Club. A meeting was held at the Hanover-square Rooms yesterday with the object of establishing a club in London for the social intercourse of members of the medical profession, British and foreign ; to promote and maintain a mutual interest and fellowship be tween them, and to cultivate friendly relations with men of arts, science, and letters—Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, having referred to the advan tages to be obtained by the formation of sucji a club, called upon the hon. secretary, Dr. L. Marsh, to read the report, of which the following is a copy : " The establishment of a club in London for the social intercourse of members of the medical profession of this and other countries has at different times engaged a consider able amount of attention. Almost all agree that such a club would be a great convenience, and as it is proposed to include as members gentlemen connected with oher scien tific societies, a further advantage will accrue by the culti vation of friendly relations with men of arts, science, and letters. At present the number of members enrolled is up wards of 300, and doubtless many are waiting to see the local habitation of the club settled before joining. In this as in other clubs the amount of entrance and subscription will be increased so soon as the opening of the club is de cided upon. When opened, the club will be worked upon the proprietary principle, so that members shall not incur any personal pecuniary liability beyond the amount of their entrance and subscription. All existing clubs are de signed more or less with a view to the special convenience of some particular class of members ; none of them, how ever, would afford those conveniences which it is confi dently anticipated a club of the nature we now propose to establish will possess. The club would require to be moderately economical. Members should in all cases be allowed to introduce their friends as visitors. Many of the members would reside out of London, and it is desirable they should, if possible, be provided with sleeping accommodation, so that they might find at the club a genial and comfortable home. As the mem bers would frequently require to meet for the purposes of professional consultation, rooms would be set apart during a portion of the day for that purpose, and separate lockers would be provided for members using the consulting-rooms, in which instruments and apparatus &c., might be safely secured, so as to afford all the advantages an independent house could supply at a comparatively trifling cost. Of course the club would supply the ordinary conveniences of such a place of resort. It would possess a reading-room, refreshment-room, and library, &c. These are some of the advantages the promoters propose to accomplish by the establishment of the new club. The movement has been carried on thus far without incurring any establishment expenses beyond those necessary for printing, postage, and advertising. A favourable opportunity now offers itself for opening the club in the neighbourhood of Cavendish square ; and to enable the committee to carry out the ne cessary arrangements, it is important that gentlemen de sirous of joining should send an early intimation of their intention of so doing either to a member of committee or to the honorary secretary." The following resolutions were afterwards put to the meeting and adopted : "1. That, in the opinion of this meeting, it is desirable to establish a club in London for the social intercourse of members of the medical profession, British and foreign— to promote and maintain a mutual interest and fellowship between them, and to cultivate friendly relations withmen of arts, science, and letters. "2. That the club be called ' The Medical Club,' but that it be competent to elect as members gentlemen con nected with literature, science, and art, as well as members of other scientific societies. The election in all cases to be by ballot. "3. That a committee be formed, consisting of the fol lowing gentlemen, with power to add to their number : SirW. Fergusson, Bart., London ; Dr.:Farquharson, Cold stream Guards ; Mr. Clement, M.P., Shrewbury ; Mr. Property London ; Dr. Bell Fletcher, Birmingham ; Mr. Grigg, R.N., Greenwich Hospital; Sir Charles M'Grigor, Bart., to settle the rules, to determine the amount of the future entrance and subscription, and to take the necessary steps for opening the club as soon as practicable, it being distinctly understood that, previous to their adoption, the rules shall be revised by counsel, so that members shallnot, under any circumstances, be liable to pay more than the amount of their entrance and subscription. "4. That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the members of the club, with a request that they will circu late them among their friends." The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. COTTON SPECULATION IN INDIA. --- -. 4 .... - In the slightly renewed firmness observable in the Liver pool market there is a crumb of comfort for creditors and the holders of document bills ; but we trust there is no danger of any European merchants being thereby deceived in regard to any prospective business in cotton. As to the native dealers they must be left to feel the smart from the rod they are hying iu pickle for themselves. We notice, in our weekly contemporary's report on the export trade the remark : —"Our market here has continued very strong during the past week. Prices have gradually hardened, and to-day close abJut 40rs. per candy higher than last Saturday." In accordance with this remark, Dhollera, is quoted 290 rs. per candy (9f 1.) iu Bombay) awl sawginned Dharwar 305 rs. (9i1.) Now, wo think it must be evident to any one in a fair position for estimating the prospects of the cotton market at home, that the prices in Bombay are just about twice the figure which is safe for shipments round the Cape. It is, of course, possible that cotton may again go to 12d., but we take it that advance is in the last degree unlikely. The chances in favour of 6d. (equal, say to 175 rs. per candy here) as compared with 12d. are about 20 to 1. Gambling speculators may go in for such odds, but no man worthy the name of merchant would dream of doing so, or of sharing the risk with any one so blind or'reckless. On noticing that the market had " hardened"—an indica tion that some business had been done—we were curious to know what class of persons had been venturing their ru pees in such a leaky craft. Oa turning to the same report we find it stated that " considerable parcels continue to go forward on native account ;" and from other sources we learn that European merchants are r as yet, steadily refus ing to meddle with cotton at the present dangerous prices. The little trade there is ciinuot well go on without some facilities being afforded by bankers; but we understand that £6 to £8 per bale is the utmost rate that is now being advanced on document bills—a rate which, so far as we can judge, is a very liberal one to set against the chances of the cotton market at the possible time of realisation four months hence. The banks having ceased from their race to see which of them could in the shortest period spread abroad their capital and deposits, are now desirous of leaving them selves an ample margin on document cotton bills for the coetingoncy of low prices. This being the attitude of the commission houses and the banks, the native dealers in Bombay must be left to ship on their own account, if they have confidence in the absurd prices they are now asking. No one can object to this ; and oven if some of the up country dealers were to betake themselves to exporton cot ton on their own account, it would probably be the com mencement of a more healthy state of things.. The extra vagant prices that have been current in Bombay have been due in a great measure to the reckless competition between commission houses themselves, and the high scale of ad vance on document bills by some of the exchange banks ; though this policy has been backed up in many instances by seriously mistaken advice from home. All European houses and bankers are, however, now so thoroughly con vinced of the serious risk involved in committing them selves to engagements based on the high prices ruling in Bombay, that they are not likely to be enticed from their resolution by the few tempting telegrams that may coin; so long as there is anyuncertaintyrespecting the American crop. Bombay commerce can never right itself until the merchants here determinedly refuse to bo influenced in any way by the imaginative views in which up-country dealers may choose to indulge respecting the prospects of the cot ton market. Nothing will bring the dealers to common sense so soon or so effectually as for merchants to stand aside—as just for the present they are doing—and let the Bhattias and Bunnies themselves take the risks of the Liverpool market. Hitherto the chief profits of the recent magnificent cotton trade have gone to the dealers and the ryots, and it would only be fair for these classes to have their share of loss. Although we think that the prices just now asked for cotton on Bombay Green are purely speculative, and all but certain to bring " grief" t o th ose who buy, we should not by any means be understood to support the notion that the cotton trade of Western India is in itself unsound. It is merely that the shares in its profit and loss have been unequally distributed. If Bombay cotton fetches 6d per lb. in Liverpool, that price will leave a good margin of profit to the cultivator over a very large part of the presidency and the central provinces ; but the ryot must be content to take such a price as will leave the necessary margin for the risks of exportation. No doubt the ryot himself Would be content with a price equal to 120 rs. to 150 rs. in Bombay ; but it is the intermediate dealers who me not content with the reasonable profits of middlemen. These are the men wit) strive to get a larger share than any one else through whose hands the cotton passes. It is this class h • t who, just now when the season of business should open again, are rendering sound trade impossible. European merchants are very little nearer to the cultivator now than when the American war began ; but, seeing that speculative profits have gone, they must contrive to open up more direct com munication with the producer. The middlemen dealers have all the shrewdness and cunning which consorts with keen avarice, but none of the judgment by which good business men forestall the worst losses incident to a falling market. If ih will a present ,l probability cottonstock b e for for curedtwoo r three they months they e t em t w a time; but the merchants here should in future take every ky e means be to b holdh to dispense with these dealers, whose profession it is to squeeze the ryo t and fleece the l r e el ycane leftn longer,at o Bombay merchants. The circumstances of the cotton trade in Western India are likely to be such as must call for the exercise of much more economy and care than ever has been THE SUN, LONDON, FRIOAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1866. needed before. We do not by any means share the opinion that the cotton trade between India and Europe must be an unprofitable one because prices will be much lower than during the last three years. But the question now is be tween Bombay and the Mofussil, and as to how the legiti mate profits shall be apportioned. It is possible that next year the ryots in many districts may find oilseeds pay them better than cotton ; but there is already a great breadth sown this year, and before it is gathered or brought to market it would be an advantage for Bombay merchants to signify that they do not intend to give a speculative price for it. By dint of improved communications, greater care in cultivation, andincreased means for pressing up-country, the production of cotton in Western India may yet be ex tended with advantage to every one concerned. We do not deem it needful to go into any elaborate argument to sup port the proposition that cotton is far more likely to go down than it is to remain at the present high prices that are asked in Bombay. Dr. Forbes's low estimate of the Ameri can crop is already discredited on every hand, the Egyptian crop is likely to be larger than ever it was before, and the Brazilian and Turkey crops will also be considerable. The stock in Liverpool does not materially decrease ; Surats alone form more than half its bulk, and nearly 300,000 bales more from Bombay are yet on the sea. From these and obvious other considerations it seems evident that the prices now asked in Bombay are far above what any pru dent firm would commit itself to, or countenance in any way. The advance in fair Dhollera reported 'in our tele gram to-day has evidently been caused by the comparative lowness of that particular stock in the market at the time ; the great fleet of Bombay ships that are nearing Liverpool will soon alter that. —Times of India, Oct. 2. Sale of the Duke of Hamilton's Stock. All who have been in the habit of attending agri cultural exhibitions, whether local or national, are aware that his grace the Duke of Hamilton gene rally carried off first honours, both in the classes of Ayrshire cows and Clydesdale horses. Wherever a good animal in the two descriptions of stocks named was to be had for love or money, it was sure to find its way to the home farm of Hamilton Palace ; and the late duke, under the judicious advice of his manager, Mr. Drew, did much to impreve Ayr shires and Clydesdales in his own immediate neigh bourhood. It might be mentioned, however, that the known excellence of the duke's stock sometimes interfered with the prosperity of certain district shows ; as farmers were afraid to compete with animals of their own rearing against those pur chased from first-class breeders by his grace in all parts of the country. It was not to be wondered at, therefore, that the announcement that all those splendid animals were to be brought to the hammer on Tuesday should call together a larger number of people interested in agriculture than ever attended before at any public sale of the same kind in Scotland. There were certainly not less than from 2,500 to 3,000 people present, and this notwithstanding that the morning was wet and boisterous in the extreme, and that (with pleasant intervals of sunshine) it con tinued showery throughout the day. Besides Ayr shires and Clydesdales, the duke had also a fancy for Leicester sheep and for pigs—of the latter of which he had upwards of 200, bred from the stocks of some of the most famous breeders in England and Scotland. Merrytown is about two and a half miles from Hamilton, and is situated on a beautiful eminence overlooking the river Clyde, with its fine haughs and richly-wooded heights ; and the eye catches, half-hidden amid the trees, castellated mansions, and plain but " bien"-looking farm-houses. Merry town, along with Riccarton Park (both together be ing about 600 imperial acres), have now been leased by Mr. Drew, and Merrytown is one of the neatest farm-steadings that we have seen for a considerable time. The hedges round about are neatly trimmed; and the stacks are built and thatched in a manner which indicates unmistakably that the manager combines taste with his practical knowledge and "skill. Indeed for elegance in building and thatching there is nothing comparable to them in the east country. The stables are almost palatial in outward appearance ; and inside the only fault that can be found with them is that they seem unnecessarily spacious, which in stables is certainly a failing lean ing to virtue's side. The byre, in which cows are arranged in four rows—two having their beads to the side walls, and the other two rows facing each other, but separated by a broad flagged roadway— is well ventilated ; and the dairy-house is clean and commodious. Among the many present at the sale, and taking an active interest in it, were--The Earl of Southesk, Sir A. Gibson-Maitland, Bart., Sir Win. Stirling- Maxwell, Sir George and Lady Campbell, Lady Hamilton, Mrs. Watts Rus- Dalzell, M a j or Fi n l ay , & c . B L e o l k A lr a r j t o , r°a Emily of The sale commenced at 9 o'clock with the pigs. The young lots of the large breed were from six weeks to ten weeks old, and were sold at prices ranging from £1 to £3 Bs. per pair; and some of the six weeks' old ones made as high as £2los. per pair. Young pigs of the middle and small breed also made prices beyond the estimate of most pur chasers, and in the aged classes as high as £l5 was realised for one. Altogether the pigs may be said to have sold remarkably well. Mr. Drew was the purchaser of all the Leicester ewes at prices varying from £3 to £8 a head, there being in all 77. The average price of each was nearly £5 ss. There were four shearling rams ex posed. The first was bought at the Edinburgh Ram show on the 13th Sept. last, at £44--it being the Leicester, to which the principal prize was awarded—and it was knocked down at £l3; another fell for £9 ; and the third, which was the winner of the first prize at the Alnwick competition this sea son, and bred by the Rev. Bosanquet, was dis posed of at £23. The fourth, bred by the same well known Border breeder, changed hands at £l2. 100 cross-bred lambs were bought from £1 to £1 4s. each. For the Ayrshire cows there was a keen competi tion. Mr. Drew bought the first one brought into the ring— ,, Dandy," an animal eight years old, which has been decorated at several competitions— for £l5 ; and for a like sum " Fender," of similar age, which was first favourite at Glasgow, as a three-yr-old in 1862, passed into the hands of Mr. Rait, Draffin. Mr. Fleming, Kilkerran, gave £l7 for the second prize winner at Hamilton four years ago—a very good animal ; and Mr. Salmond, John ston, claimed the fourth lot, a third prize winner at the Highland and Agricultural Society's shoW at Stirling in 1864, for £l6. Mr. Drew bought two three-yr olds for £l3 and £22 respectively ; and Lord Southesk was the purchaser of " Dreghorn," a three-yr-old for £3O. For " Dandy," a three-yr old, whose beauties have never yet been disclosed to the critical eyes of judges, but which beauties pro mise to " come out well" when the crucial test is applied, Mr. Drew gave £35; and the noted five-yr old black cow, which stood first as a two-yr-old in milk at Hamilton in 1863, first at Kilbride in 1865, and which was also the silver medallist at the same place, was bought by Mr. Fleming, Kilkerran, at £5O. A similar sum was given by the agent of the Duke of Buccleuch for a three-yr-old, which had certainly points about her that could not be sur passed, although, perhaps, the general contour par took a little too much of the shorthorn. If she prove in calf, however, the duke will have without doubt made a good bargain. Among the principal buyers were the Duchess of Athole, Lord Southesk, Sir A. Gibson-Maitland, Sir E. Colebrooke, M.P., Major H. Dalzell, Mr. Tennant of the Glen, Peebles shire; Mr. Ainslie, Costerton ; Sir G. Montgomery, Mr. Fleming, Kilkerran ; Mr. Salmond, Mr. Drew, and others. The whole of the stock in this section may be described as very good, and for the best ex hibited prices were considered high. The two-yr-old heifers were a superior lot, and for the best as much as £3O was realised, the buyer of the highest priced ones being the Duke of Buc clench. Their like has seldom before been seen in Scotland. The Clydesdale horses sold were vary fine animals. There were altogether 39 animals, and they were nearly all prize takers, or the descen dants of prize takers, in many well contested fields. Here, as in the other classes, Mr. Drew was the principal purchaser. The highest price obtained for one animal, and we believe it has rarely been ex ceeded—" luckpennies" being left out of the ques tion—was £220 for a four-yr• old bay mare, which has been first in all the classes in which she has com peted at the Highland and Agricultural Society's shows, as well as at district ones, and it is certainly one of the best specimens of the Clydesdale to be found in the country. Mr. Drew became the owner, but not until after a keen contest with Sir W. Stir- ling-Maxwell, who offered as high as £215 for the animal. Sir William was, next to Mr. Drew, also the last bidder for a fine one-yr-old bay filly, out of Maggie, by Sir Walter. Among the other buyers were the Duke of Buccieuch, Mr. Ainslie of Costar ton, Mr. Hunter, Auldhouse Barn ; Major Staple ton, Mr. Wilson, Wolfstar; Mr. Waugh, Gartness; Mr. Riddell, Kilbowie; Lieut.-Col. Lind, Mr. Kerr, Kilmarnock, &c. The amount realised for horses alone would be about £1,500, and altogether the proceeds of the day's sale would come to about £5,000. To day (Wednesday) the whole of the implements and crop of the home farm are to be sold.--Scotsman. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. --T TIMES.—A somewhat different complexion has been given to the extradition of Lamirande by our last intelligence from Canada. As this case will probably engage the attention of Parliament, and as a grave error of judgment has been publicly im puted to the Governor-General, it is desirable that our readers should be placed in possession of all the facts, so far as they are known to us. It will be remembered that Lamirande, being cashier of the Poitiers branch of the Bank of France, was charged with defrauding that bank, by means of false entries, to the extent of 700,000 f. He fled, in the first in stance, to the United States, and was arrested at New York, upon an application under the Extradi tion Treaty between France and America. Before a warrant could be issued, he managed to escape from custody, and took refuge in Canada, where he was again apprehended under a warrant procured by the French Consul from a magistrate at Montreal. After due investigation, he was finally committed to gaol for extradition on the 22d of August last. In the meantime a petition was presented to Lord Monck, then at Ottawa, representing the probability of an attempt being made to convey Lamirande out of the country, without leaving time for a writ of habeas corpus to be granted. Lord Monck, in re ply, appears to have given a verbal assurance that sufficient time should be allowed for that purpose. On the 24th a warrant of extradition, dated the 23d, was submitted to Lord Monck for his signature at Quebec, having actually been sealed at Ottawa on the 23d, in the proper office, and forwarded on to Quebec. Having received a written opinion from the Solicitor-General of Lower Canada, to the effect that Lamirande's case fell within the provi sions of the Extradition Treaty, and considering that ample time would have elapsed before the arrival of his warrant to obtain a writ of habeas corpus, Lord Monck signed the document, which was despatched on the same day to Montreal, and exe cuted forthwith, no writ of habeas corpus having then been issued. The fact was that, instead of moving for the writ on the 23d—the day after the committal—the prisoner's counsel had given the pro secutor's counsel 24 hours' notice, and delayed the application until the 24th, when the warrant had already been signed by the Governor-General. There would still, however, have been time enough to an ticipate the receipt of the warrant had the writ been issued at once. Unfortunately, Judge Drummond, after expressing himself satisfied that the prisoner was entitled to his discharge, consented to adjourn the application until the next day, to give the coun sel for the Bank of France an opportunity of being heard. That very evening the warrant reached Montreal, and not a moment was lost by the French police agents in acting upon its authority. They demanded the surrender of Lamirande from the go vernor of the gaol, and carried him off by the night train to Quebe c , w h ence he sailed the next morning in the steamer for Europe. Such we believe to be a true account of the circumstances which have ex cited so much interest both in the colony and in this country. That a most unfair advantage was taken of the adjournment to hurry away Lamirande while the application fora writ of habeas corpus was pend ing admits of no doubt whatever. Whether his ex tradition could properly have been refused upon the grounds alleged by Mr. Justice Drummond is another question. It is said that he ought not, to have been given up under the treaty, because the demand was made by the French Consul-General, instead of by an "Ambassador or other accredited diplomatic agent" of the French Government. If this objection, however, were allowed to prevail, it would follow that in Canada and all other British colonies the treaty must practically remain a dead letter, since there is no official representative of France beyond the United Kingdom except the Consuls-General. Again, it has been urged that Lamirande could not be lawfully apprehended without the production of a " warrant of arrest, or other equivalent judicial docu ment, issued by a judge or competent niagistrate in France, authenticated in such manner as would justify the arrest of the supposed offender in France upon the same charge ;" whereas here the original French aaret de renvoi was not produced, and the English warrant was granted upon the evi dence of a certified copy. The statute (6th and 7th Victoria, cap. 75) certainly requires it no be proved before the magistrate, by oath or affidavit, that the party applying for the arrest of a prisoner " is the bearer of " such a document as is thus de scribed, but it does nut provide for the contingency of its being stolen or destroyed. In this case it was sworn that Lainirande's counsel at New York, who also defended him at Montreal, had got possession of the warrant and refused to restore it. It is for lawyers to say whether secondary evidence of its contents could legally be admitted on the proof of this fact, but no one can feel much sympathy with a prisoner who failed to profit by such a contrivance. A far more serious doubt rests upon the nature of the charge itself. The falsification of accounts is not among the crimes specified either in the Eng lish version of the Treaty or in the Act of Parlia ment which purports to give effect to it. If we refer to this Act, we find that the only offences mentioned in it are murder, attempts to commit murder, forgery, and fraudulent bankruptcy. But, then, we are told that in the French version of the Treaty the crime of falsification, in French "faux," is specifically designated. The argument founded on this cannot be sustained for a moment. English magistrates have nothing to do with Treaties, ex cept so far as they may be embodied in the common or statute law, and to supplement the language of an Act of Parliament by words found in the French, thought not in the English, version of an Interna tional Convention is a perversion of the first prin ciples of judical interpretation. There is the less excuse for it in the present instance because the Act expressly extends the definition of " murder" to certain offences of the same class described under different names in the French penal code. The presumption is, therefore, that our Legislature deliberately framed the list of crimes in respect of which extradition was to be granted. Of course, any omissions in the list might be the subject of complaints from the French Government, but they are assuredly not to be supplied at the discretion of an English or Canadian justice of the peace. We are unable, then, to indulge the consolatory belief that nothing more than a technical injustice has been committed. It may well be that Lamirande richly deserves whatever punishment may await him, nor is any man to be pitied when he fails to escape from justice, and is taken back to be tried by the laws of his,own country. At the same time, it is absolutely inconsistent with the supremacy of the law that warrants of extradition should be granted on illegal grounds, and it is a flagrant insult to the law that a prisoner, whose application for a writ of habeas corpus is actually before the Court, should be seized by night under authority from the Execu tive, and carried away beyond its jurisdiction. Upon the first point Lord Monck had, perhaps, no option but to adopt the advice of the law officer whom he was bound to consult. That advice seems to us to have been highly questionable from a legal point of view, and we are not am are that considerations of policy are within the province of a Solicitor-Gene ral. Assuming, however, that Lord Monck could not do otherwise than grant the warrant, yet it was surely his duty t o f o ll ow hi s own j u dgment as to the time of doing so. He cannot, indeed, be held re sponsible for the contretemps which delayed the is suing of the writ, but, having received notice that application would be made for it, he would have acted more wisely in awaiting the result of the motion. If the habeas corpus should have been re fused, there was no reason f or hurry ; if it should have been granted, there was every reason for not placing the Governor-General's warrant in apparent conflict with it. It makes little or no difference whether the prisoner's counsel was vigilant enough, or whether Judge Drummond was right in adjourn ing the hearing. Had they known the unscrupulous persons with whom they had to deal, we may be sure that both would have been more on theirguard, and no similar mistake is likely to occur in future. Some time ago the Moniteur formally announced that Lamirande's extradition was managed in strict accordance with the provisions of the Extradition Treaty. IVe can only reply that a repetition of the proceedings which the Monaco,- thus sanctions would make it impossible to maintain that treaty, for the sake of enforcing which we have so lately modified our own rules of criminal procedure. HERALD, —The marriage of the Princess Dagmar, now Maria Feodorowna, a neophyte of the Greek Church, is au event which has attracted to St. Petersburg the attention of Europe. Many Royal personages have gathered, brilliantly surrounded, to honour the auspicious ceremony. Politicians on the Continent, of course, see in these nuptials a political meaning. We leave them to their speculations, and turn for a moment only to the destinies, present and probable, of that young bride, just entering, with the most fortunate omens in her favour, upon a career gilded for her feet by a thousand joyous an ticipations. The Czar, who became heir apparent when he was seven years old, and inherited the Im perial Crown thirty years' later, is a man who has won the love of his subjects and the respect of Europe. From the throne, the first time he sat upon it, he declared his resolve to maintain the policy of Peter, of Catherine, of Alexander, and of Nicholas. This, in his own sense, he has done, but he has done more; he has economised the finances of the empire ; he has liberated twenty-three mil lions of peasants from serfdom. To his power will succeed, in the course of nature, Alexander, third , of the name, now twenty-one years old, the heir apparent having died at Nice in the month of April, 1865. The young girl, whose wedding now re joices all Russia, is the daughter of a King, whose other daughter is destined to be an English Queen Consort. She is in the spring-time of life, a beauty of nineteen, and millions of good wishes will accom pany her to the altar. But, while rejecting the sinister theories of Brussels concerning the objects to be promoted by this alliance, we may neverthe less perceive in it a policy. The rite itself will dazzle the second China of the earth with its mag nificence. The " purple Testament" is to be opened; the Imperial city is to be draped with velvet and embossed with gold ; the people are to gaze upon processions until their eyes are dim with de light ; in the capital of chrysolith the Danish maiden will ride, amid a forest of red-shafted spears and rainbow pennons, in a Cinderella carriage, escorted by blue-vested Gouriels, each a prince—by the crested casques of the Guard, by troops of nobles in golden coats, by the green and yellow Guard of the Emperor, and upon her head will be a trembling brilliance of diamonds, significant of the crown she is one day to wear. For a few hours St. Peters burgh will wear the robes of Babylon, and will pay a million sterling to paint, from dawn till sunset, the Imperial city. Yet there is in all this more than the meaning of a theatrical pageant. It is the custom of the Russian monarchs to amaze their sub jects by their magnificence, to impress the Bashkir and the Circassian with an admiring awe, and to show the proud-hearted Karrapappaks that however they may sport gold coins in their hair, or stud their sheep-skins with jewellery, the splendour of their plains and mountains is mere barbarism at St. Petersburgh or Moscow. In fact, all such spectacles amount practically, in Russia to a deification of the Imperial family in the sight of the populace, and naturally so, The Czar is father in the eyes of all his nations ; his sons and daughters are of a Divine kindred ; for them, this week, myriads of men, women, and children will kneel ; for them not only Kurd and Bashkir, but tens of thousands of citizens, French-polished in the West, will pray ; for them ring the bells of a hundred cathedrals ; for them, at the palace doors, and in the sacred porch, all bright with crimson-plumed eagles, the multitude will congregate, as rejoiced to catch one glimpse of the Danish girl as a poet might be to have seen Diana, with her phalanx of lovely virgins. Nor is it tinsel that will be displayed, but pure, solid malleable gold. It is not a vision, not a drama, it is the sweet child of Denivark, made au Im perial lady by her marriage, who, we are duly informed, is to wear a diadem of brilliants, to shine through a cloud of gauze, to sit in a red and gilt carriage, with a crown on the top, and eight cream-coloured horses harnessed with gold, palfrenniers leading them, and little auburn curled pages perched up aloft, perhaps to screen the un courtly coachman's back a galaxy of fairy-like chariots following, and chivalry, Amazon and other, all around, as though the bride of Charlemagne were coining along, with a cavalcade of damsels in violet cloaks, pranciag upon snow-white palfreys. This is the Princess Dagmar's entry into life as a woman. Thus does Imperialism turn forth its purple lining to the day. The marriage feast is held amid an Assyria of pomp and brilliance—the Czar, as usual, being the simplest figure in the show, withl a todiac of blazonry around him. It is the same all over the world—at Teheran, at Shoa, at Peki n . They whD govern barbarous or semi-barbarous races must from time to time make an exhibition of the traditional barbaric pearl and gold. The ministers who consecrate their nuptials must wear burnished brocade; the diadem, the globe, and the sceptre must be seen by the people, the bells of 400 steeples heard pealing, and these things, too, talked of by the in habitants of the outer provinces. The ceremony in which the Princess Dagmar has the principal interest will be witnessed by tributary chiefs from the val leys of Caucasus and from the Asiatic steppes. and by representatives from the White, Black, and Baltic Seas; the flush of that day is intended to dazzle, by a hunted-tinted masquerade, the strangers who will throng, from far and wide, where not a newspaper can be spelled, to behold the procession of glory, from the palace to the cathedral, and be fascinated by the splendour amid which, henceforth, the adopted child of Russia will move. The rustle of purple and the gleam of jewellery have more effect upon the simple imagination of mankind than any ukase, and the second Alexander, whose coronation was a picture of unexampled radiance, casting all manner of special correspondents into dangerous raptures, understands perfectly well the policy of display. Amid all this a young girl ascends and seats herself upon the highest step of a throve which she is probably destined herself to occupy—the lof tiest. summit of an empire wider than the realm of Tamerlane, mingling the civilisation of the West with the barbarism of the ast, great as the dominion of Constantine, greater than that of Justinian, containing a hundred peoples, speaking as many different idioms, and expanding daily. It is a wonderful position to occupy. Tee Princess Dagmar is of a dynasty which has not been fortu nate of late in politics or in war, but which, never theless, has contracted splendid alliances. Her sister, as the Princess of Wales, stands near a throne which has a history of a thousand years un broken from the days of Egbert, and is now the cherished child of England. She herself is in sight of a coronal not less splendid than the diadem of that other Alexander who regretted that the world was too narrow for his conquests. At the same time her fortune is peculiar. She is not, like the Princess Alexandra, taken from the simplicity of the Danish Court into the heart of a richer, a more polished, and a more vital civilisation—she is transplanted amidst a state of manners and society, whether we regard it from the•aristocratic or a popular point of view, totally dissimilar from that prevailing in the rest of Europe. Her world, for the future, will be in fact half European, half Asiatic. Still the modern Russ is an improvable and improving being—he works, and saves, and travels—he is no longer looked upon as among " the miasma of Europe ;" in a word, he is acquiring both knowledge and experience, and profiting by them. And the young daughter of Denmark is now welcomed as the mistress, at a time to come, of him and his stupendous country— her name is to be saluted from Kalisch to the re motest frontiers of Kamschatka, from the Lapland to the Persian borders. She is to be hailed as the hereditary " mother" of all those millions—for everything in Russia is maternal—from " Mother Church" to " Mother Volga ;" and, as we have said, her accession to this rank, the second in the empire, is to be signalised by a blaze of Imperial magni ficence. The army, of course, will appear in its most gorgeous colours; the Church will glitter like stars ; the pomp of the palace will be as that of a coronation ; and the nation, 400 years old, and young in comparison with the blood of 14 centuries that beats in the West, will, amid this sparkle and dazzle of material pride, accept her warmly as a true lady of the land. It is the Russian system, in every respect, to appear to give the effect of magic. The Czar gilds the domes of his capital and the masts of his ships ; not personally, but by tradition, his taste for splendour is Oriental ; his son, pro bably, will inherit, in this as in other respects, his policy ; but through all this may shine a gentler light—the grace and the goodness of the young girl who, daughter of a King, and destined wife of an Emperor, may, in her day and generation, bring • a blessing of her own to the multitudinous peoples of Russia. WRESTLING.—The Cumberland and Westmore land Wrestling Society, which combines sport with charity in its public distribution of prizes, has now a private act of charity on hand. John Smith, at one time the cham pion, and who for years by his skill conduced so much to the enjoyment of admirers of wrestling, is, we regret to say, hopelessly paralysed, and unable to do anything to support himself and wife. A subscription is now being got up for his benefit, and a meeting for that object will be held this (Friday) evening, at the " Salutation," Newgate-street. We wish the good cause every success. VIVIPAROUS FISH.—Soon after arriving at Van couver Island I commenced investigating the habits and periods of migration of the different species of fish which periodically visit the north-west coast. The sole means then at my disposal to obtain specimens of fish for exami nation was to employ Indians, or to catch'them myself. So it happened some of these fish were first brought to me by Indians. Cutting down the side (tho plan I usually adopt to skin a fish), to my intense surprise out tumbled a lot of little fish! My wildest dreams had never led me to sup pose a fish I then thought a bream, or ono of the perch family could be viviparous. lat once—perhaps hastily arrived at the conclusion that the greedy gourmand had eaten them. Dropping my knife, I sat in a most bewildered state, looking at the fish ; I soon observed that each little fish was a facsimile of the larger, and in shape, size, and colour were exactly alike. From the position, too, they occupied in the abdomen of the larger fish, I was led at once to see the error of my first assumption that they had been swallowed. Carefully dissecting back the wall of the abdomen, I discovered a delicate membraneous bag or sac, having an attachment to the upper or. dorsal region, and doubled upon itself into numerous folds or plaits, and be tween each of these folds was neatly packed away a little •fish. The bag was of a bluish white colour, and contained 14 fish. I had no longer any doubt that the flab was TM parous.—Hardwicke's Science Gossip. Gale in the North. FIRTH OF FORTH.—On Monday and Tuesday the weather was so boisterous as to prevent the regular arrival and de parture of the coasting and foreign-going steamers, and to preclude sailing vessels from leaving port or coming into harbour. Indeed no sailing vessels were able to make the Firth since Monday. Three or four large shipslay in Leith Roads for three days waiting the moderation of the weather to enable them to come into dock. None of the Newhaven fishing boats were able to get out to the oyster or mussel fishing for two days, and deep-sea fishing was suspended. The consequence is that all descriptions of fish were scarce in the market. On Wednesday afternoon the wind, which was blowing from the S.W., fell considerably. DUNBAR.—A gale which had raged with much violence on Monday returned on Wednesday with increased save' rity, and from an early hour in the morning till far on in the afternoon the wind blew a perfect hurricane. A large number of vessels have been lying below the Bass for three days unable to get up the Forth, and as the sea had risen to au alarming height, their situation was one of consi derable danger. Several of them were observed drag ging their anchors, and a schooner ran a very narrow chance of being drifted on the rocks to the west of the Castle. It was ultimately, however, got into the new harbour in safety. The critical state of a large bark attracted the at tention of the townsfolks fur a long time. The bark was in tow of a steam-tug, which was vainly endeavouring to take it up the Forth in the face of the gale. All the efforts of the tug, however, were quite unavailing, and both tug and barque were gradually drifting seawards. After a long and effectual struggle, the two vessels parted com pany—the barque drifted out to sea, and was soon lost to sight, carrying with it the tow of the tug, and the steamer made for the harbour of _Dunbar, where it found shelter. On Wednesday night the gale seemed to have spent itself. SHIELDS.—EarIy on Tuesday morning the wind that bad been blowing from the west during the night freshened to a gale, which continued for a time to sweep over the district with considerable violence. In many parts of North Shields considerable damage has been sustained by the roofs of houses, tiles and bricks lying in the streets. The sea re mained smooth, but there was a heavy swell in the Tyne; and vessels entering the port had considerable difficulty in making their way up the harbour in the teeth of the gale. In South Shields the effect of the gale was not so strongly marked as on the north side of the Tyne. COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM—THURSDAY. This day's market was fairly supplied with wheat, and_, old, also dry, was cleared off at former prices. Damp an foreign neglected. Fine barley still wanted ; secondary difficult to quit. Oats, beans, and peas firm. BRISTOL—THURSDAY. On eur market to-day there was a moderate supply ° f English wheat ; fine dry samples supported last week s prices, while damp and secondary sorts were obtainable on rather easier terms. Foreign was held for fully former prices. Finest barleys quite as dear. The demand for 00 has considerably fallen off. BURY ST. EDMUNDS WEDNESDAY. A fair supply of wheat at market to-day, which was principally taken off at a decline of is per qr. The sheyr of barley was good—a large quantity of second quality being ou offer. Oats, beans, and peas without alteration in value. MANCHEST ER—TIiuRsDAY. The trade. during the week has remained in a langu id , st te, and in the few transactions which occurred in fleui b yers had the turn of prices in their favour. Our mark e t s as morning was fairly attended. Good dry samples ° t new andold English wheat brought last week's prices, bu damp sorts were difficult of sale, and is to 2s per qr lower. Foreign was firmly held. For flour there was a yell limited demand, and a reduction of 6d to i s per sack Dio s , be noted. In oats no change was o b serva bl e , b u t o atmeal was rather cheaper. Beans and p e as ruled 'firm. Indian corn was is per qr. higher. EDINBURGH-WEDNESDAY. Wheat on the top, is Od down average, Os Bd;down• Barley on the top, 8s Od up average, Os 8d down• Oats on the top, Is Od up average, Os 8d up• Beans on the top, Os 6d up average, is 4d down' Total supply and sales. Wheat 1.061 qrs sold 404 Barley 2091 qrs sold 1650 Oats 1984 qrs sold 1941 Beans l2 qrs sold 10 Town-made flour sells as follows:—White, 50s Od; elt ril superfine, 48s 6d ; superfine, 47s Od ; fine, 45s 6d. Average prices. Wheat, 60s 8d I Oats, 30s Od Barley, 3Bs 8d Beans 51s 10d GLASGOW—WEDNESDAY. To-day's market was well attended. Wheat and &Il l ' were slow ; prices nominally unaltered. Barley, on the spot, 6d to 9d dearer per 3201 b ; foreign floating, i s to is 6d per qr. cheaper ; beans steady ; peas scarce, and i ll sellers' favour; oats, 3d per 2641 b ; oatmeal, 6d to is Pe r 2801 b; and Indian corn 6d per 2801 b higher. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southamptoa.....N o V. I . C1 ; Ditto, via Marseilles . .... ...Nov. l' Brazil and Capa Verde. by British packet..........N0 v. 5 . Ditto, by French packet Cape ut Good Hope, Ascension, and at. lieleua N Qv. - 8 China, Penang, and Sing tp,,re. via Sou hampton Nov 3. Ditto, via Aarsalles Nov. 13 Falki.And islands Gibraltar, via southampton Nov. 3 . Innis. (C.ileutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Nov. 3 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton Nov. 13 . Ditto, via Ilarseilles .. Nov. 7 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Nov. 3 . Ditto, via Marseilles Nov 7 . qauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via MarseiLe 3. Nov. '3 Niewtoundland .• . .. . .5 7' Portugal . ~..Nov Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United (states and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States paoket, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork oy Canadian packet, via Londonderry ..Nov. 9 feat G'oast oi Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife Nov. th West Indies and Pacific (except Batia uaa and - „ iiondural) No , . Cuba snd AL:xico Nov. 28 Bermuda, via Halifax Nov. 21 Bahamas, via New York. NOV* • GREAT PUBLIC TRIAL OF SPORTING DOGS.'" Arrangements are in progress for the second trial of 5p.:n .613 ... 6 dogs in the fields, and prizes are to be awarded on th e, ' merits and performance on game. The locality selected i° near Stafford, and the trials and prize contests will be Hof pointers and setters on grouse and partridges. The Earl °a Shrewsbury has . offered his manors for partridge trials. 8/3 the Marquis of Anglesey will permit the grouse trials o'r er his moors: and in addition to several prizes the Earl of V field cffers £2O to the owner of the bust pointer on ge ars. Keen scent, stanch on birds, to back and drop, are the governing elements of a highly-educated pointer or setter in the field. THE LATE JEM MASON AND HIS COMPEEBS.--- Poor Jem Mason has not long survived Captaill Beecher, who fought so many hard fights with him in th days of the purple and the blue. Nearly all the actors r e those midland revels have died out or retired. "Th Marquis," when his 11-10 had swelled to 15, broke neck ever a little fence on to a road out hunting ; Lo Macdonald, once as blooming as young Apollo, also sel l : in his prime ; Tom Heycock no longer sits under his ostrich egg, and tells of Flacrow, and points to the Leareing t° shield; Tom Oliver's renowned whiskers are becomill grey, and he walks 12st, looking out for another "WY Westminster Abbey ;" and Bob Barker and True Blue '— forgotten ; and we believe that Bob drives a cab. All Macdonogh stands by the side of the rails, and thing ° old times, at Liverpool ; and Billy Bean (who is popar_All supposed to be only a trifle short of 100) has even P Ol 7 with his hack Bean Stalk, and cannot throw his legs la a horse in consequence of rheumatics. Jem Maso n cell a hold his own with them all, and his long easy seat eu light hand made him a marked man in the hunting field 61 long as he could sit on a horse.— The Omnibus. Births. A • LAMBERT -- On the Bth inst., at Croydon, the wife of .."-• Lambert, of a son. SIMMONS—On the 7th inst., at Belsize-square, Hsi*st ead ' the wife of George R. Simmons, Esq., of a son. TAYLOR—On the Bth inst., at Charles-street, Ber ke. " square, the Lady Jane Taylor, of a daughter. o f WATSON- On the 7th inst., at Somerset House, the iv'J" C. K. Watson, secretary, of a son, stillborn. Marriages. got: BROOKMAN — BARER—On the 7th inst., at St. John-,„,.seb ting-bill, Arthur, son o f J as . Brookman, Esq., of .v. ii si e r, Villa, Notting-hill, to Am e li a , daughter of Henry -v $ hu rc o Esq., of New nd-street. il HOG —HEPBURN— Bo On the 7th inst. at at Sarisbury o+ l Capt. Hog, Royal A r till er y, to Louisa, eldest dauguu— John B. Hepburn, Esq., of Cluny, Fifeshire. • Deaths. CoIrELL—On the 7th inst., M. H. Cowell, Esq., of 106, 51116 Grove, Camberwell, aged 58. EASTWOOD—On the 6th inst., at Hammersmith,Eastwoo 2 d, s, a St ged Peter s"sque~' Jum us —On the 6th inst., at Mazolall House, St.LePLle'rd'S" on-Sea, G. C. Julius, Esq., M.D., aged 92. LAZARUS—On the sth inst., Emanuel, Miriam, and .- , -. lsu f. children of Jacob Lazarus, 44, Hampstead-road, by fucation from the late fire, aged 10, 8, and 6. stare, PEYTON—On the 6th inst., at Swift House, 070e°r-nart.7 Georgiana Elizabeth, widow of Sir Henry Peyton, aged 67. kneY7 STOKES—On the 6th inst., at Rectory-road, West xiac Mr. John Stokes, aged 67. g yi London : Printed and Published by WIL LIA3I AN 'd 111 b , of No. 112, Strand, Punter at Tru.• SUN olf CC ,°; yCI Strand, in the Precinct of the Serv e in the Middleeea,—Ftiday, November 9, I BCB.