The Sun. — London, England, 1865-09-02 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN. The following is the report of the directors of this company for the past half-year : " The usual statement of the receipts and expenditure on account both of capital and revenue is transmitted with this report. In comparing the receipts and expenses on re venue account during the half-year ending the 31st of July last with those for the corresponding period of 1864 the following results appear : REVENUE 1864. 1865. Ince. Dece. Frompaseengers, mails, ecc £808,294 £836,007 £27,713 From merchandise, coal, &c From parcels, ware house rent, &c. 54,841 54,383 £1,643,656 1,691,088 £47,890 458 EXPENDITURE. Maintenance of way £153,172 £154,866 £1,694 Locomotive expendi ture Traffic expenditure 341,167 373,760 32,593 Other expenses £763,742 816,130 52,704 316 After providing for all fixed and preferable charges, and making a reserve to meet any probable loss under the ar rangement with the Vale of Neath Company, the balance available for distribution will admit of the payment of the following dividends : Per Ct. p. An. OnGreatWesternConsolidated Stock at the rate of .£2 0 0 On West Midland (Oxford) Stock 77 77 12 6 On West Midland (Newport) Stock - 017 6 ) -- 1 71 On West Midland aiereford) Stock „ 5 0 0 On South Wales Consolidated Stock „ 35 0 leaving a balance to be carried forward of £12,675 19s. 6d. Acting upon the suggestion which was made at the last half-yearly meeting, and in conformity with the assurance which the directors then gave, they have carefully consi dered the course which ought to be pursued in dealing with the expenditure incurred in the purchase of new wag gon stock, in the renewal and reconstruction of timber structures with stone or iron, and in the replacement of Barlow rails by a permanent way of a more durable but more expensive character. Desirous as the directors are to prevent an unnecessary increase of capital expenditure, they are of opinion that, having regard to all the interests involved, it is inexpedient io continue the charge to reve nue of the whole of the expenditure thus incurred. It is therefore proposed to charge capital with the cost of new and additional rolling stock, and with so much of the cost of the renewal and replacements of timber viaducts and bridges and of Barlow rails as represents the increased cost and greater durability of the new structure as com pared with the old one. On the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford section ,the substitution of a cross-sleeper road for the Barlow rails, over a length of 32 miles, has been completed during the past half-year, the outlay on which, together with the cost incurred in the purchase of n ew waggon stock, has been dealt with in the ac counts now submitted in the manner recommended. It will be observed that a sum of £15,000, being £12,500 in excess of the ordinary sum, has been charged in respect of the accident fund. The directors have made this addi tional charge against the half-year's revenue towards the exceptional claims arising from the lamentable accident at Rednal in June last. The increase under the other heads of revenue expenditure arises principally from the working of lines which were not opened in the corres ponding half-year of 1864. The arrangement under which the Farringdon line is worked took effect from the Ist of June last, but the Llangollen and Corwen is the only new line opened for traffic during the last half-year. There has, however, been an increase of 46 miles in the lines which have been worked during the last half-year as com pared with the corresponding period of 1864. The expen diture on capital account, amounting during the half-year to £341,027, has been incurred chiefly in the purchase of new rolling stock, in the enlargement and improvement of stations, sidings, and permanent way, and in the construction of branch lines and subscriptions to other undertakings. The importance of a concentration of the carriage and waggon shops of the company has been urgently felt, and the inter ference with the workshops at Paddington, rendered neces sary for the widening and improvement of the line, has also pressed the subject upon the attention of the directors. Several places were suggested as suitable for the purposes re quired ; but. after much deliberation, and weighing well all the arguments adduced in favour of and against the different localities, the directors came to the conclusion that Oxford presents, upon the whole, the greatest advantages. Nego tiations for the purchase of the necessary land were accord ingly commenced with the mayor and corporation of that city, by whom the directors have been met in a fair and liberal spirit. After arrangements had been entered into, representations were made on the part of some influential members of the University in opposition to the course which had been determined upon. The directors have endeavoured, they hope not without success, to allay the apprehensions which have been expressed; and it is their intention so to arrange the works and to regulate the est,Ablishment as shall conduce to the benefit of the city without injury to the Uni versity, whose;wishes and interests they would on all occa sions desire to meet. In pursuance of the notice which has been given, a resolution will be submitted to the pro prietors to sanction under the provision of the acts of 1863 an alteration in the periods for holding the half-yearly ordi nary meetings of the company. It is proposed that instead of the meetings being held in the present periods of March and September, they should be held between the 15th of February and the 15th of March, and between the 15th of August and the 15th of September. The Parliamentary proceedings of the last seesion have been so recently under the consideration of the proprietors, at the Wharncliffe meetings held in the months of May and June, and it is un necessary to refer to them here at any length. The bill for additional powers promoted by this company has become law. In the course of its progress through Parliament the branch lines at Stroud and Bristol were struck out, but in other respects the act contains substantially the same pro visions as were comprised in the bill approved by the pro prietors. The bills for the construction of the Acton and Brentford, and the Newport, Caerleon, and Pontypool lines, promoted in the interest of this company, and a bjll for the construction of a short line in connexion with the Weexham and Minera Railway, promoted in the interests of the Ton don and North-Western and Great Western Companie4 have also received the sanction of Parliament. An act has been passed authorising the construction of the South Wales and Great Western Direct Railway from Wootton Basset to Chepstow. It contains a clause empowering the Great Western Company to require the construction of the line on the mixed gauge, with a corresponding obligation on the part of this company (in the event of that power being exercised) to lay the narrow gauge on the Great Western Railway between Didcot and Wooton Basset, and between Chepstow and Cardiff. The act also contains pro visions enabling the two companies to agree as to working and traffic arrangaments. In order to give effect to the ar rangement for an amalgamation of the Vale of Neath Com pany with this company, which was approved by the pro prietors in March last, a bill was introduced into Parliament with the concu r r ence o f th e di rec t ors o f th e t wo compa nies. During the progress of the bill it became doubtful whether time would permit of its passing into law before the close of the session, and the committee to whom it was referred having expressed an intention of inserting clauses of a most inconvenient and objectionable character the bill was, with the consent of the directors of both com panies, withdrawn. The London, Bucks, and East Glou cester and the East Gloucester and Wiltshire bills were re jected by the committees to which they were referred—the one in the House of Lords, and the other in the House of I Commons." The capital account shows that £27,244,655 had been received on shares and Great Western joint account, and £13,184938 on debentures, making to gether £40,426,593. The expenditure on Great Western account was .£.27,994,196; on Oxford ac count, £4,350,805; on2Vewport account, £1,356,581; on Hereford account, £7t.19,970 ; on West Midland account, £567,631; on South Wales account, £4,585,135; and on joint capital account, £1,033,046 —total £40,697,3'64. sOUTII YORKSIIIRE. The half -yearly meetingl,v was - held on Thursday at Doncaster ; the Hon. The report, an abstract. of t G. Wen in the chair. whic t h has appeared in The Sun, was taken a s read. The CHAIRMAN moved, and Affi , —. ion of the re . deputy chairman, seconded th e LISTER, the ad port, which was agreed to, and the v-t re dividends the 4 per cent. and 5 per cent. guaranteed of stock: -.8.2 shares were declared, and also at the cent. per annum on the ordinary stock. i t w Per aa agreed that 375 ordinary shares be converted i n t o ordinary stock, and the proceedings concluded with thanks to the chairman. WHITERAVEN AND FURNESS JUNTMON. The half-yearly meeting was held at Wititehaven on Wednesday ; the Earl of Lonsdale in the chair. Mr. H. Cook, the secretary, having read the notice convetting the meeting, The CHAICMAN moved the adoption of the report (an abstract has appeared in The Sun). He said that in the last Session of Parliament this company had done battle with the Furness Company about a line across Du%ldon Estuary ; but this company had got the best of it. A coalition had, however, re sulted, and the Furness Company had made an offer which he thougl. It would be beneficial to this com pany and the wh tole country in general. Comparing this line with wh at it was seven or eight years ago it was now in a s tate of high prosperity. Mr. FURNESS seconded the motion, which was agreed to. Mr. J. DEES I novt T 1 the payment of a dividend at the rate of 13s. per si hare, less income-tax, on ori- ginal shares, payable on the 7th September, which was carried. The retiring directors, Capt. Pew, Mr. Buckham, Mr. Wilson, Dr. Fidler, Mr. Halton, and Mr. Stan ley, and the retiring auditor, Mr. E. C. Bourne, were re-elected. The meeting was then made special for the pur pose of considering the proposed agreement with the Furness Company. The Solicitor (Mr. Musgrave) read the heads of the agreement, which provided that the Furness Company were to take the line into their hands on the Ist of July next, and thenceforward pay this company 8 per cent. per annum. The CHAIRMAN moved the confirmation of the agreement, and that the seal of the company be affixed thereto. Mr. W. FURNESS seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to ; and the proceedings ter minated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. COCKERMOUTH AND WORKINGTON. The adjourned special meeting of this company was held at Cockermouth on Tuesday to consider the proposed agreement with the London and North Western Company. Mr. Waugh presided. The CHAIRMAN said that after Parliament refused to sanction the agreement of this company with the Whitehaven Junction Company, a provisional agree ment had been entered into with the London and North-Western Company, by which the latter com pany were to pay the Cockermouth Company a divi dend from July 1, 1865, to Dec. 31, 1866, at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum ; from that date till Dec., 1867, at the rate of 8 per cent. ; from that date till Dec., 1868, at 9 per cent., and thereafter at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. The capital on which those dividends were to be paid was not to exceed £lOO,OOO ordinary share capital ; the prefer ence capital was £29,000 ; and the debenture debt, £43,000. He then moved a formal resolution ac cepting the offer, which was seconded by Mr. W. Fletcher, and agreed to unanimously. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. BRECON AND LLANDOVERY JUNCTION. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Thursday, at the offices in Ethelburga house, Bishopsgate ; Mr. E. Parker in the chair. The report states that the act for authorising the deviations in the line had received the Royal assent, deviations rendered necessary by an agreement come to with the Central Wales Railway Company for securing additional station accommodation without abandoning the existing junction. Arrangements were now in progress which the directors believed would lead to the speedy commencement of the works. The report was adopted, and the proceedings ter minated. TRENT AND ANCHOLDIE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Thursday at Doncaster. The Hon. W. G. Eden presided. The report stated that up to June 30 last £349,360 had been received, and £232,815 expended, leaving a balance of £16,545. Mr. W. HUTTON seconded the adoption of the re port, which was agreed to. Mr. SACRE, the engineer, said that the line was completed with the exception of a canal bridge, which would be finished in a week or ten days. DUBLIN TRUNK CONNECTING. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Thursday at the London Tavern ; Mr. F. W. Russell, M.P., in the chair. The report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that he had recen dy passed over the course of the line they were about to undertake, and he believed the tunnel, which was the source of so much unnecessary alarm to the people of Dublin, would be constructed in a most satisfactory man ner. The strata through which it had to pass were of a perfectly solid character, and presented as little difficulty as if the tunnel were being made on dry land. A thorough inspection of the railway showed the necessity for the line, and he had no doubt it would prove highly useful in the export traffic which would be derived from the railways with which their line would be connected. Mr. BURGESS seconded the adoption of the report, which was agreed to. The sum of £2,000 was voted to the promoters of the undertaking for their services as directors from October, 1863, to May last. The proceedings con tinued with a vote of thanks to the chairman. NEWRY, WARRENPOINT, AND ROSTREVOR, The 39th ordinary general meeting of this com pany was held at Liverpool on Thursday ; Mr. F. Shand in the chair. The report showed a slight increase in both re ceipts and expenditure over the corresponding half of last year. The receipts were £2,416, and the expenditure £1,191. Those results in no respect accomplished the anticipations of the directors. The committee managing the joint line were gradually bringing matters into a satisfactory shape, which re vived the hope of perfect harmony between the two companies, and that the through traffic might eventually, and at no distant period, reward the Jong-exercised patience of the shareholders. Alter a few remarks by the CHAIRMAN, the re port `vas unanimously adopted, and the proceedings conclucl,?4. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Mlles Opened. Receipts. Railways. 4 „._.....,...—...„,,..-____" , ___ 1865. 1884. 1865 1864 .€ .8 Belfast and N. Counties On 991 2,353 2.008 Belfast and Couuty Down 49 49 972 759 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 Bristol and Exet,er l2O 1215 7,80.3 7,669 Caledonian, Scottish Central 90 84 408 28,490 27,692 Cambrian Cock ermouth K. Penrlth .. 315 —, 497 Cockermouth and Workin Cork and Bandon 2O 20 38i 403 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 65 ei 283 k 37 Cork and Youghal Cornwall Deeside l7 17 5 .58 491 Dublin & 14011 ast Junction Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 2,096 1. 784 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 915 4,024 3,1c9 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, &c 5O 5 ) 3,775 3. 333 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eas tern,Nrfk.,&E. Union Great Northern 4Ol 365 38,189 34,668 Great North of Scotland 99 99 46)5 3.056 Lit. Northn. & Wes tn. (Irel.) 7lt 711 737 51 8 rit.Soutim. & Westn.(lrind.) 3871 8871 32.067 9 533 Great Western l2BO 1236 76,169 75,20 5 Hull & Hornsea . _ .., Highland ... 246 246 5,031 4,883 Irish North-Western 145 145 2,002 1,818 Lancashire& Yorkshire 403 403 47.305 45.217 Limerick and Ennis.. 241 241 206 191 Limerick and Foynes 26} 26 149 128 Llanelly 461 461 746 811 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l 5 2,206 2,029 London & South-Western Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 272 2674 24,458 23.732 London, Chatham, & Dover; ( 134 121 14,091 12.761 all Metropolitan Extension 112 11} $ 2,750 2,540 Do. Kent Coast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend 42} 421 2,437 2,663 Man.,Sheffield, & Linoolnsh 2461 2,6 20,49 18,636 blanch. S.Jun.dz A Itrincham 91 91 1,698 1,473 Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6721 611 51,926 60.444 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 2601 2601 5,307 4,702 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal l4 44 2,929 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee . 6931 856 ti 27,992 26.456 ti-Eastern and Stock. St Darl. 1191 i not 7f,55t 71.904 North London 3,412 3;494 North Staffordshire 258 258 8,300 8.29 t Pembroke and Tenby ll4 114 206 1;0 Rhymney l9l 191 1,042 1,084 Scottish North-Eastern l3B 138 6,640 6,360 Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1,127 935 South Devon ..... 98 791 5.189 1,712 South -Eastern tasitaalteeterttelrfarooleerdrdiwzYudd. Clwyd,_ 308 306 30,033 28,376 ,ciieui Limerick 6l 61 6,048 5,781 1051 1051 2,605 2.448 W'haveu I rmnt l O 30 10 W w h h i i t t e e h h a . v v e e ti n it uncti onru 7173 1370371 1' 6.289418365998:: 1'9743 :6 05092393 7 31 FOREIGN AND COL e o ga Lk jun i: •• 35 35 Austrian .. . ... . ... . 14 --- . Bahia and San ........... .:: .. c,? 828 39,132 36,676 Belgian Eastern Junction ; id 78 1 430 410 Bombay, Baroda, St Cen. India aoa" . ill Detroit and 5111waukie ....... 1 1 : 8 00 9 581 L i ii i 2 5 73 : . 4 71 ° 0 5 . 1 4 24 3 5 3 7 518 1 3 4 39 Dutch Rhenish 1176 1428 _ 7 .151 7,173 .. 110 no 6 ,;: 3 4 1 8 5 0 5,831 E E g a a a s s s t t t e e i n n n d ß: l e n n F g raalnce Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1335 23 045 2 2,3i3 Great Central of Belgium 28. 550 2615534 36,5927452 20 :' : 8 0, 1 7 1 Great Indian Peninsula G r eat Luxembourg 134 134 5,790 1.82 1 Great Southern of India ... • Great Western of Canada 5 3 7 7 4 1 95 43418 79 5 13 7:7 2 0 03 6 1 6 0 , ,g 7 7:3: Madras. 650 18,434 18 296 Madrid, Saragossa drAlicant ( 80 94 1,636 18 '2296 Northern of Canada .......• • • 94 728 728 67,721 69 . 134 Northern of France 44 44 1,306 1,335 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman . 4Bl 481 442 409 Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn 1067 1784 14',t93 137,22 0 Paris and Orleans 1616 1611 78,505 71.229 Recife and San Francisco, &c. 77/ 774 878 569 Seinde lO5 105 1 778 1,548 Do. Punjab, &c 253 32 788 854 South Austrian, dze ...... Southern of France e23 770 '32,927 31.5 0 8 Victoria Welland 25 25 1,080 898 West & N-Wn. of France £458 £316 TIIE SUN, LONDOIv, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1865. Naval and Military Intelligence. A circular memorandum relative to the spread of cholera among her Majesty's troops has been issued for general information by command of his Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commander-in-Chief, and other officers commanding at stations at home and abroad. The following are extracts from the official circular which has been received at Chatham garrison : " His Royal Highne s ss the Field Marshal Commanding in-Chief desires to draw the attention of general officers in command of districts, and commanding officers of corps in general, to the necessity of examining into the sanitary state of all barracks and cantonments occupied by troops. A permanent sanitary committee should be appointed at all camps and garrisons, consisting of a field officer, or captain when no field officer is present, an officer of the Royal Engineer department, if available, or an officer, of the bar rack department, and a medical officer,whose duty it should be to visit periodically all barracks or cantonments at the station, and satisfy themselves than the barracks aro not occupied to a greater extent than authorised ; that the bar racks are clean, and that all the ordars on the subject of ventilation are carried out; that the drains, cesspools, &c., are in good order, and that no accumulation of filth is allowed in the barracks or cantonments, and place them selves in communication with the civil authorities and local boards of Health,in order that any nuisance that may exist tending in any manner to prejudice the health of the troops may be removed. His Royal Highness trusts that the cordial co-operation of the civil and military authorities in this im portant matter may benefit the population of the towns where troops are quartered. The sanitary committees will make reports to the general officers commanding the dis tricts in which they may be serving upon any subject that may require their immediate attention. A journal of the proceedings of each committee will also be kept, which is to be forwarded monthly for the perusal of the general officers in command, who will in like manner report to the Quartermaster-General, for the information of the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, any circumstances requir ing his Royal Highness's immediate attention, and make a monthly report of the general proceeding of the various committees under their orders." The order is signed by Lieut.-General Sir R. Airey, K.C.8., Quartermaster-General. The Ist battalion Coldstream Guards, consisting of 14 officers, 582 non-commissioned officers and men, 62 women, 77 children, and four horses, com manded by Lieut.-Col. Conolly, left the Foot Bar racks, Sheet-street, Windsor, shortly befor nine o'clock yesterday morning, en route for the metro polis. The troops marched to the Windsor station of the London and South-Western Railway, where a special train of upwards of 20 carriages had been prepared for their conveyance to London. The spe cial, in charge of Mr. Hill, the divisional superin tendent of the line, left Windsor at 9.18 a.m., and arrived at the Victoria Station, Pimlico, at 10.40, whence the battalion marched to the new Chelsea barracks. The battalion was relieved at Windsor by the 2d battalion Grenadier Guards, which, under the command of Col. Cure, left Aldershot camp at an early hour yesterday morning, and marched by way of Bagshot to Windsor, where they took up the quarters vacated by the Ist battalion Coldstream Guards. The chartered troopship Beaumaris Castle, which has been taken up by the Honourable Council of India for the conveyance of reinforcements of cavalry and infantry troops to India, embarked the following detachments from Government-quay, Gravesend, yesterday, for conveyance to Kurrachee —viz., 34 non-commissioned officers and men, 5 women, and 9 children of the 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers, from Walmer ; 1 man and 1 woman of the 21st Hussars, from the cavalry depot, Can terbury ; 153 non-commissioned officers and men, 10 women, and 11 children of the 90th (Light In fantry) Regiment, from Preston ; 2 men, 2 women, and 6 children of the 3d battalion Rifle Brigade, and 1 man of the 51st King's Own Light Infantry, from Winchester ; 80 non-commissioned officers and . men, 2 women, and 3 children, of the 42d Royal Highlanders, and 51 men of all ranks, 8 women, and 12 children of the 79th and 2 children of the 93d Highlanders, from Stirling Castle ; and 26 men, 10 women, and 13 children of the 95th Regiment from Fermoy. The embarkation of the troops was effected under the superintendence of the officials of the staff from Chatham garrison, and the Beaumaris Castle will take her departure from the Thames to-day. Advices have been received from St. Vincent, Cape de Verde, of the arrival, on the 9th of Aug., of the screw steamer Melbourne, Hugh Wauld, commander, to coal on her way to Bombay. This steamer left Dublin with the left wing of the 49th Regiment, under command of Major Fitzgerald. The vessel had made a good passage of 12 days, and all were well on board. There was every pro spect of the steamer making a fine run out. On the 28th inst. a return rifle match came off at Barton, Moss, near Manchester, between three officers and nine sergeants, G4th Foot, and one officer and 11 sergeants of the permanent staff sth West York Militia ; distances, 200, 400, and 500 yards, 5 shots at each ; Hythe position and targets. The Militia won by seven points, the sth West York having scored a total of 418, and the 64th Regiment a total of 411. On the following day a cricket match between the same corps, which was agreed to be decided in one innings, should time not admit of two, was played on the Broughton ground, kindly lent for the purpose by the members of that club to the officers of the 64th Regiment. The line were again unfortunate, " the old con stitutional force" (the Militia) making a score of 103, making their opponents' 74, thus winning by 29. Nothing could exceed the kindly reception of the sth West York by the 64th, and the hospit able manner in which they entertained them during their stay at Manchester. The screw steam-sloop Icarus, 11, 580 tons, 150- horse power, attached to the third-class steam reserve in the Medway, is being brought forward for com mission in the steam basin at Sheerness. This vessel has been in the shipwrights' hands for several months past, during which she has been almost rebuilt. She has had a topgallant forecastle constructed, in ad dition to which her upper deck will be strengthened by means of additional knees and standards, in order to enable her to carry the heavy 6-ton guns she is intended to mount. It was yesterday stated at Woolwich that instruc tions have been received in the garrison from the War Department, announcing the intention of the Government to limit the term of office of the various officers superintending the manufacturing branches of the arsenal to a period of five years, and not to have it indefinite, as formerly. These regulations will be put into effect, commencing on the Ist of July next. Col. Clerk, R.A., superintendent of the carriage department, will then be superseded by Col. Shaw, the present assistant and acting super intendent, by whose energy and zeal the system of wooden carriages has been abolished in favour of wrought-iron for battery guns. Col. Shaw likewise introduced the method, now under consideration, of removing the trunnions so as to enable the gunners to carry out the defences of a garrison from the battlements without the necessity of having exposed portholes. Col. Boxer, now superintendent of the Laboratory, will retain his post for a renewed term of five years. The superintendents of the Royal Gun Factories and the other branches have been recently appointed, and will not be affected by the new regulations for the present. A large number of Capt. Rodgers's patent in dented small palmed anchors, intended for the ships of the squadron, have been receivedat Woolwich within the past few days from the manufacturers at the North Field Ironworks at Rotherham, in York shire. The average weight of the anchors is 70cwt. each. Thirteen of the number have been proved under hydraulic pressure, according, to Captain Rodgers' desire, at 50 per cent. above the Admiralty test—namely, up to a tensile strain of 80 tons. After undergoing the severe trial, to which no other manufacturer or inventor has hitherto consented, it was announced, upon a close examination and as mea surement of the parts, that the greatest variation W triumphantmerely five c - e eighths th of e an inch and no perma nent This was deflection.gallantp r o pronouncedt eain, w a h om hasos t for so many years made the study of anchors the chief object of his rife. The manufacturers have likewise their share of credit, as in each of the va rious tests not the slightest flaw has been disco vered. Four of these anchors are to be supplied to the Pallas, two as bower anchors and two as sheet anchors, andthe remainder to the Bellerophon, the Lord Warden, and the Lord Clyde. The deaths of the following officers have been. officially reported at the War-office since the Ist of August :—Generals : The Right Hon. Sir George Brown, G.C.8., K.H., Colonel-in-Chief of the Rifle Brigade, and Colonel of the 32nd Light In fantry ; and Sir F. Stovin, G.C.8., K.C.M.G., Colonel of the 83rd Regt. ; Major-Gen. T. O'Brien. Majors: C. A. G. Browne, 4th Queen's Own Hus sars; and F. H. De Vere, Royal Engineers (from the effects of a gunshot wound, received *hile on parade at Brompton barracks, Chatham). Cap tains : B. C. Hitchins, Royal Artillery ; 0. Davies, Ist Battalion 11th Regiment; C. A. Shoat, 66th Regiment ; C. Wilkinson, Paymaster, 3d West India Regiment ; and J. Haviland, Quartermaster, 2d Dragoon Guards. Lieuts.—G. L. Harvey, Ist battalion 7th Royal Fusiliers ; C. M. Tubbs, 33d Regiment; R. L. Gwatkin, 94th Regiment ; and G. W. Reveley, 30th Regiment. Ensign J. C. Leckie, 95th Regiment. Quartermaster W. Clarke, Royal Staff Corps. Dep.-Assist.-Commissary.-Gen. Stanton. Surg.-Major J. W. Mostyn, M.D., 76th Regiment. Surg. A. G. Montgomery, 4Gth Regi ment. Assist.-Surgs. R. C. Crean and J. S. Joyner, Royal Artillery ; and H. P. Gregory, Staff. Dep.- Assist-Superintendent of Stores, J. E. Cheetham (accidentally drowned). German Report upon the Cattle Murrain. BREMEN, Aug. 30. The following report, drawn up by two German veterinary surgeons, of a recent visit to London to examine into the cattle murrain, has been furnished by the agent of the North German Lloyd at Norden hamm " On Wednesday, the 9th inst., we, the under signed,were requested to be atNordenhamm, if pos sible, the following morning. Upon our arrival we were asked by the agent of the North German Lloyd, who had consulted with several of the chief cattle exporters, to undertake a voyage to London at once in the steamer Schwan, in the interest of the cattle export from the Weser. The object of our mission was, first, to examine as closely as possible into the epidemic cattle disease raging in and around London for some time past ; then carefully to observe the • treatment of cattle upon the vessel during the voyage, upon arrival, and at the time of disembarkation ; lastly, to use every means in our power to prevent obstacles being:opposed to the continued export of cattle from these ports to England. Furnished by the agent of the North German Lloyd with letters of intro duction to cattle dealers in London and with the necessary funds, we left Nordenhamn in the steamer Schwan, Capt. Christensen, at 4 p.m. on the 10th inst. The vessel carried 347 head of large cattle, 2 calves, and 260 sheep. Favoured by very fine weather, we arrived in the Thames at 2 p.m. on the 12th. At the beginning of the voyage the animals were rather uneasy, trampled a good deal, and caused considerable motion in the ship; after a time, how ever, they became quiet. A sharp, penetrating smell was easily perceptible in the 'tween decks of the ship, which was quickly removed, upon a light breeze springing up, by means of the excellent ventilation and numerous air-pipes and wind-shafts. The animals were several times watered, and it was easy to see how greatly they were refreshed. The hay in the racks, on the other hand, was hardly touched. Upon arriving' in the port we were introduced by the captain to the veterinary surgeons stationed here to inspect the cattle, and witnessed the rapid disem barcation of the cargo, all of which were thoroughly healthy, not one being condemned. The cattle when landed were immediately brought to carts standing in readiness and transported to London, where they are cleansed, and then driven into the adjacent fields. Our next object was to study the murrain prevalent in London as carefully as possible, and to make ourselves acquainted with all its branches and details. By the kindness and indefatigable activity of a firm to whom we were recommended, we were enabled on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday to inspect several animals in various stages of the disease, and to be present at the dissection of slaughtered and diseased beasts, and a few which had died a natural death. We were so fortunate as to make the acquaintance of Professor Symonds, who was engaged, with a veterinary surgeon and two medical men sent over by the French Go vernment, in a close examination of diseased beasts upon the spot of their seizure, and in dissecting those most violently attacked. After we had been intro duced to this gentleman and had: explained the ob ject of our mission, he received us with the utmost readiness, and called our attention to everything of special importance. The technical explanation of the various phases of the disease, and the data of each dissection would be too lengthy. The under signed, therefore, content themselves with making a brief report of the appearance of beasts attacked by the disease, and of the chief abnormal appearances visible upon the dissection of such animals. The diseased cattle inspected by us were English milch cows and heifers. They appeared either excited with staring gaze, protruding eyeballs and watery eyes, or depressed and relaxed, with a dull, dim look, and a flow of mucus from the eyes, the eyeballs having rather receded. In all, cold shivering, coldness of the horns, ears, and extremities were apparent, with staring coat, trembling of the muscles, and increased respiration. Foam and viscous mucus membranes were now pale, now typhoid scarlet, and small sores were to be seen upon the internal surface of the lips and on the gums. In more advanced stages of the disease the dung, at first hardish, betittnes thin and mixed with gelatine mucus, and partly with blood ; in some cases large emphysema occurred under neath the skin. The duration of the disease is short, death usually following within 24 hours. In all the dissections we undertook, we constantly found the principal appearances of disease in the internal organs to coincide---i. e., thin, tar-like, slightly coagulable blood ; typhoid redness and infil trations of blood into the third and fourth stomachs, the thin viscera, and partially the rectum, as well as the air tubes and larynx ; looseness and increased size of the intestinal glands, emphysema in the lungs and ecchymosis in the left ventricle of the heart. In some cases food was adhering firmly to the sides of the third stomach, as if incorporated with them. From all these symptoms in living diseased beasts, and from the data arrived at by dissection of animals slaughtered on account of being infected, it is ap parent that the murrain raging in and around Lon don is a typhoid disease, having very great resem blance to the cattle plague (rinderpest) prevalent in Russia. Attempt to cure the disease is but rarely possible, on account of its rapid progress. Of two diseased cows brought to Professor Symonds at the Veterinary College, one only was alive next day. The treatment adopted had produced some improve ment, and we were promised a report of the issue of the case. The opinion of the public *ld practical men is at variance, whether the murrain was intro duced from abroad, or has first developed itself in England. It is, however, generally agreed that the introduction is more probably from Russia than from Germany, the former country being already ravaged by a similar disease in the shape of the rinderpest. The inspectors of cattle and Professor Symonds do not say it was impossible that the disease might have been introduced from Russia, but they are also of opinion that it may well have arisen in the London dairies, in some of which great want of cleanli ness prevails. Professor Gamgee, on the other hand, firmly maintains that the disease was im ported from abroad. He says in one of the Eng lish newspapers--' This disease could no more have spontaneously developed itself in England than the mud in London streets can turn into living creatures.' Although we ourselves did not venture to express any decided opinion upon the question, we did state frankly and confidently that this epidemic disease never could have been introduced from Germany, and most especially not from Oldenburg and Bremen, as no malady of the kind has, thank God, occurred here for many years ; and the Company of the North German Lloyd has appointed veterinary sur geons to be present upon every occasion of em barking cattle from this district for England, whose duty it is to exercise the strictest care that none but thoroughly healthy cattle are sent on board. It has very greatly astonished us that the English go so carelessly to work with this disease, as it is reported to have already acquired a considerable extent. We could not at all approve the practice of taking diseased beasts into the slaughter.houses, to be there exzw449d and killed, particularly in the neighbour hood of the Cattle-market, whence many persons go direct into the slaughter-houses, and vice versa. Also the flaying-ground, to which much diseased or fallen cattle is brought, lies far too close to the town, especially to the Cattle-market. Measures, however, are very soon to be taken to remove these evils. It would be highly desirable, as has already been proposed by some of the cattle-dealers, if a separate market were provided for foreign cattle. Imported beasts then would not come at all in con tact with English milch kine, and there would be some sort of guarantee that imported cattle not sold at market would remain free from the plague. After doing all in our power to obtain the object of our journey, we went back to the port to wait for the Schwan, having first thoroughly cleansed the clothes we had worn during our inspection of the diseased cattle. The Schwan came in shortly after our arrival and disembarked 256 head of large cattle, 12 calves, and 400 sheep, all in good condition. Mr. Phillips, the London agent of the North German Lloyd, was on the spot, together with several re porters from newspapers, who wished to see by per sonal investigation how and in what condition cattle are brought from the Weser. We re-embarked on the Schwan up the 19th. The crew were engaged during the voyage in carefully cleansing the ship. The weather was fine, and we arrived safely at Nor denhamm upon the 21st. " G. T. RIPPEN, Veterinary Surgeon at Seefeld. H. FASTING, Veterinary Surgeon at Schwey." State of Trade. MANCHESTER, Sept. I—Themarket has been quiet to-day, but business has not been inactive on the whole, and prices have been steadily maintained. In shipping yarns the market has been very firm to day, but the amount of business doing has not been large, spinners being mostly deeply under contract, and stocks cleared out. Spinners are now conside rably more independent than they were, and the full prices they now ask have had something to do with the quietness which has prevailed in the market to day. In home trade yarns we have had a quiet, steady market, and the business done has been at the full prices of Tuesday. As regards cloth, the excitement and, to some extent, improvement mani fested on Tuesday have rather subsided, and we have a quieter, though still a steady market, at prices well maintained. The inquiry to-day has been pretty general. The business has not been large, and though we may describe prices as almost un changed since Tuesday, the tendency to advance has to a great extent disappeared. Such demand as we have experienced has been of a rather general cha racter. There are large orders in the market for execution, and if people could agree about prices a good deal of business would be done ; but the limits of buyers are somewhat below the average rates de manded by sellers, and the former find a difficulty in the execution of their orders. LEEDS, Ist.—The following is the trade report of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce for the month of August :—" In the woollen trade there has been a brisk demand for winter goods, and a large business has been done in the warehouses. The manufacturers have been and still continue to be busy. There has been a good business done for shipping. The cap trade is good. The current sales of colonial wool in London, which began on Aug. 17, comprise about 123,000 bales from all the colonies. The striking feature about them is the comparatively large quantity of New Zealand, and the smaller proportion of Port Phillip wools. The attendance of home and foreign buyers is very large, and the competition generally good. Prices range on the average, as nearly as may be, at the highest point of the May-June sales. The unsettled state of the weather has so far tended to discourage any speculative purchases. The foreign buyers are taking a fair proportion. Trade in the country continues very steady, without any remark able briskness. In English long wools a good busi ness has been done at hardening prices. The stocks of the better sorts of flax are low, and a tolerably brisk demand has caused prices to harden, and in some cases to advance. In commoner sorts little has been done, and prices remain without change. The better classes of tows are also scarcer and dearer. There has been little inquiry for hemps. The spinners are all very well employed, and con siderable orders have been received for line yarns at about the same rates as before. Tows, especially low sorts, are not easy of sale, and prices for them rather unsteady. Threads are in fair demand. The makers of iron are generally very busy. The ma chine makers continue in full work. The engineer tool trade is very brisk. The makers of locomotive and railway plant generally are well supplied with orders. The cut nail trade is very brisk. There has been a short supply of rapeseed ; the demand has been very active, and prices have consequently advanced considerably. The continental crops are reported to be short. Oil is dearer, and the in quiry good. The value of linseed remains the same as last month. The demand for linseed oil is good for the time of the year. Cakes have not been much wanted, the pastures being now very good. Olive oil is in fair demand, and prices are firm. There has been a good demand for all de scriptions of leather, and prices are without mate rial alteration. Heavy sole leather has continued dull of sale, but prices are very fairly maintained. The shoe trade has improved considerably, and a brisk business has been doing. There has been a steadier demand for paper, and the makers are fully employed. The market is well supplied with mate rial. There has been a fair supply of beasts, but a great falling off in sheep, which have consequently fetched very high prices. Number shown (five mar kets)-beasts, 2,591; sheep, 12,400. Although nearly half the beasts are imported, no trace of the cattle disease has been detected. The unsettled wea ther has caused a rise of ss. per qr. in wheat, at which rate a moderate business has been done. For barley there has been a good demand, at about Is. per qr. advance. Oats and beans are also about ls. per qr. dearer." NOTTINGHAM, Ist.—We had a fair attendance at our Exchange-hall, and the demand for lace yarns was more active. Higher prices were asked, and an advance of Id. to 2d. per lb. on Tuesday's rates was obtained. For hosiery yarns prices also tended upwards. Spun silks commanded extreme rates. The demand for brown nets was very slow ; prices for these goods are very low in comparison with the value of the raw material. STEAM SHIPBUILDING ON THE CLYDE.—The Buf falo, a sister vessel to the Wolf and the Llama, has been put on the Irish mail service this week ; she was built by Messrs. Caird, of Greenock. Messrs. W. Denny and Brothers, of Dumbarton, have launched a composite screw of about 1,000 tons, builders' measurement, and to be sup plied with engines of 300-horse power nominal. This fine ship is named the Wisconsin. The blockade-runners Fanny and Alice, which were recently thoroughly over hauled and repaired at Dumbarton, have been put on between Stmnraer and Ireland. The Mongolia, screw, built by Messrs. Scott and Co., and engined by the Greenock Foundry Company for the Peninsular and Orien tal Steam Navigation Company, has left the Tail of the Bank for Southampton. The dimensions of the Mongolia are :—Length, 330 ft. over all ; breadth, 40ft. 4in. ; depth of hold, 34ft. She is fitted with oscillating engines of 500- horse power, steam winches at each hatch on the spar deck, Downton's patent pumps, &c. She has a ventilating fan, worked by machinery, for sending a current of air along the main or troop deck. The Count van den Bosch, screw, has made a trial run of 150 miles. She accom plished the stipulated speed with 350 tons dead weight, at a consumption of 21lb. of Scotch coal per indicated horse-power per hour. As the Count van den Bosch is intended for Indian service, this economy in respect to coal is a very important consideration. The burden of the Count van den Bosch is 850 tons, and she is fitted with a steam windlass, three surface condensers, &c. She is the property of the Netherlands Steam Navigation Company, and was built and engined by Messrs. Simons and Co., of the London Works, Renfrew. Messrs. Hedderwick and Co., of Govan, have on hand an iron screw of 600 tons for the East India trade, and two paddle saloon steamers for the Saloon Steam-packet Company, London. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills are decidedly the best remedy for all disorders of the stomach and bowels, the liver and kidneys. They act with so decided an effect, and yet so gently, that people of the most delicate consti tutions may take them with the most perfect confidence. They do not contain a single grain of mercury or other noxious substance, being composed exclusively of rare balsams. They are therefore equally safe and efficacious, and as a family medicine nothing yet invented or discovered can be compared to them for a moment. With these in estimable pills at hand, together with the printed directions affuted to each box, no other medical advice or assistance can be needed in any ordinary case of sickness. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES.—Friday, in the close of the fetes at Ports mouth, was witnessed the conclusion of a memorable episode in the history, not only of the French and English navies, but of the countries which they serve, and even of the civilised world. The spectacle of the two most powerful nations of Europe convert ing their engines of hostility into instruments of hospitality, and deriving from the very symbols of warfare pledges of mutual respect and friendship, cannot fail to be long remembered, and at once to illustrate an honourable alliance and set a happy example to other countries, and to future times. In one instance, at all events, two great nations, with distinct if not with rival dispositions and prejudices, with differences of character deeply ingrained by ancient histories and traditions, have found even in their former antagonism grounds of mutual respect, and have learnt that their very diversities may make them the more necessary to each other, and the more potent in advancing the happiness of the world. Such a fraternisation will be a permanent protest against that most dangerous and most wicked source of hostility which lies in mere jealousy and in the indulgence of national prejudices. We arm to defend ourselves against wrong, but with no hostility to any thing else ; and no nation can look upon our arma ments in the light of a defiance, because to do so would imply the consciousness of unjust intentions. In former days we fought for aggrandisement or for religion, and armaments were really engines of mutual injury and provocations to hostility. Now they are directed against nothing but injustice, and are the emblems, because they are the instruments, of peace, order, and civilisation. Strange, therefore, as it may at first seem that ships of war should be employed as means of expressing and cementing friendship, nothing could, in fact, be more appropriate. The change which has passed over ournational rela tions is in nothing more strongly exemplified than in the altered character and purpose of our armaments, and it was a happy conception to express through the naval services themselves the transformation which their use had undergone. How completely this generous spirit has established itself has been made conspicuous by the efforts we have made to surpass each other in the warmth of our hospitality. The French, in the first instance, set us an example . Which we could barely hope to imitate, and could not possibly surpass ; and we, in our turn, may, we think, congratulate ourselves on having convinced our guests that if we have fallen short of their splen did hospitality it has not been for want of will. The management of the fetes which were concluded yes terday has been creditable to every one concerned, and it is not the least compliment which_ we have paid to the French that we have at length taken a lesson from them in the art of these public enter tainments. We have, indeed, been singularly favoured by circumstances. We possess one great advantage in the beautiful roadstead at the dis posal of the fleets. No artificial harbour can pre sent such an anchorage as Spithead, and it allows the ships to be seen under peculiarly favourable con ditions. The weather has been, happily, almost all that could be desired. Sunshine is the first and last necessity to a successful fete, and nothing but' the unconquerable skill of the French could have over come such impediments to the external success of their hospitality as were offered by the execrable weather which prevailed at Cherbourg and Brest. With us, however, the noise of the guns has suffered no rivalry from the elements, the illuminations have not been damped by rain, and the enjoyment of the spectators has not been checked by anxiety for them selves or their uniforms. Nothing has been want ing that zeal or care could give to the banquets and the open-air festivities, and if the balls have been somewhat overcrowded it is to be attributed to the inexorable laws of space. Portsmouth could not be enlarged nor the number of guests diminished, and the French will, we hope, forget their in convenience, and remember only that an inordinate number of people crowded to do them honour. It has been rather by deeds than by words that our friendship has been expressed, yet the brief speeches that have been made were not unworthy of the occasion, and appropriatelyindicated the feelings of which the minds of the two services must have been full. The Duke of Somerset expressed the additional gratification which had been afforded to the English by the evidence they received that the kind feeling of their guests was shared by the French people in general, and we trust that a similar grati fication may be impressed on the minds of the French. In a graceful acknowledgment of the kindness shown by French seamen to the sufferers in the late disaster of the Bombay, he awakened those feelings of natural kindness which make every nation kin, and touched a chord of sympathy to which Englishmen in general are as sensitive as English sailors. M. de Chasseloup-Laubat re marked on the frankness with which, 6 , with no afterthought," we laid open to each other all our in ventions, and found nothing to conceal. We have, in fact, one common object, and are but too glad to learn from each other. Nor could he fail to be struck with the stupendous exhibition of force which the two navies represented. Such a mass, indeed, of strength, of speed, and of destructive power could not ten years ago have have entered into the wildest dreams of a Minister of Marine. But in war, as in everything else, it is well to have a giant's strength, and fortunately we know how to abstain from using it as a giant. Sir Michael Seymour and Ad miral Bouet-Willaumez happily expressed the more personal feelings of friendship which had sprung up in the course of common service between individual officers, and showed that the national sentiment of alliance was amply cemented by private friendship. On the whole, an important event has been worthily celebrated, and the two fleets and the two nations may long remember with satisfaction the hospitality which they exchanged in the summer of 1865. POST.—To Prussia and Austria belongs the credit of having demonstrated to their neighbours that none of them who are not strong enough to main tain themselves against the despoilers of Denmark are safe. At first sight it m a y a pp ear a s if P russ i a were entitled to carry off the palm in the amiable rivalry in wrong-doing with her august ally. The consistency of Prussia, ever since she became a European Power, has been truly admirable. Her very existence began in high-handed wrong-doing, and she shows herself at the present day to be faith ful to the principles to w hi c h s h e owes h er or i g i n. Prussia was originally made up out of the spoils of her neighbours, and she is now seeking to enlarge and aggrandise herself by the same process. The policy of the great FREDERICK is being carefully elaborated by Herr VON BISMARCK. The small German Powers have been told, in a dialect much more significant than mere words, what they will have to expect when their time comes. But, though the part played by Austria is not so well defined and conspicuous, it will nevertheless be found in its essence substantially the same as that of Prussia. The only difference is, that Prussia is at present engaged in the acquisition of new territory, whereas Austria appears to be chiefly occupied with the re tention of territory which she had long ago acquired, but which she has no right to possess, and which she can only continue to possess in indirect opposi tion to the will and wishes of its inhabitants. If Prussia will help Austria to hold the territories which detest her rule, she will connive at the acquisition by her faithful ally and inveterate rival of the ter ritories which have been reft from Denmark. It is curious to observe on what principle two such rivals may become fast friends and coadju tors. The principle is one which the other Powers of Europe will do well to take to heart. Prussia and Austria have entered into an arrangement for helping each other 'to aggrandise themselves at their neighbours' expense. Where is this to end? We have seen where it has begun, • but how far it will go it is, of -course, impossible to say. Of one thing, however, we may be certain, that the aggressions and ambitious designs of these powers will only be limited by their strength and capacity to do wrong. It is not as if Prussia and Austria had even adhered to their original programme. The spoliation of Denmark was essentially unjustifiable under any circumstances and on any pretence. Still there was pretence urged by Austria and Prussia in the first instance. There was the talk about the rights of nationalities, which, indeed, sounded not a little singular in the mouths of those whose systems are founded on the denial and exclusion of such rights altogether. Then Austria and Prussia, we were told, had taken the matter into their own hands, and out of the control of the German Con federation, upon Conservative principles, and for the notable reason that the Diet might not go too far against Denmark. Indeed, it was for the sake of Denmark, and in the interest of equity . and Con servatism, that Austria and Prussia would not let Germany work its will in its own way. But these convenient and plausible statements have been long thrown overboard. They served the purpose they were intended to serve, and have been coollyshelved. Prussia and Austria now give us to understand that they became possessed of the Duchies by right of conquest. They owe the acquisition to their swords, As to the claims of Germany, of which we have heard so much, the co-proprietors of the Duchies do not even condescend to notice them. The w h o l e Philosophy and history and traditions and laws of the Schleswig-Holstein question have been entirely dismissed from consideration. The indissoluble unity of the Duchies is treated as a myth. They are to be divided and disposed of as the conquerors may deem expedient, It is quite obvious that as all the pretexts on which Germany claimed to take the Duchies from Denmark and erect them into a new member of the Confederation have been cast aside, while the sole right now relied on by Prussia AO Austria is the np possible reason why th e right of conquest, there la allies should not treat any an d every other Power on the Continent as they haye treated D 9344441 f.• except the reason that they do not find it conve nient or are not strong enough to do 'so. All the excuses and grounds of justification on which Ger many first sought to take the Duchies from Den mark, and on which Prussia and Austria subse quently took the management of the affair into their own hands, having been dismissed, and the real objects and motives of the allies—namely, the unjust and forcible acquisition of territory—having been made plain, it becomes manifest that they would be just as much entitled to take, and would be just as likely to take, a portion of France or England, or any other country, if it suited their purpose, and if they had the power to do it. Such is the disposition manifested by the two great Con servative Powers of Europe. Such is the precedent they have set to other Powers. They have taught the lesson that the public law of the world may be totally disregarded when any one strong enough to violate it may find it his interest to do so. Whoever might be the rightful owner of the Duchies, the moral comes to the same -thing. If, for instance, we assume, for argument's sake, that the Duchies ought to have been erected into a new German State, it is clear that Austria and Prussia, or either of them, can have no more r i g ht t o th ese territories than if they belonged to Denmark. In any and every case, the acquisition and disposal of them by Austria and Prussia is an act of flagrant wrong doing. European Powers will do well to take note of this new precedent. It seems as if intended as an antithesis to what we have seen take place in regenerated Italy. There we have seen princes who ruled their territories against the will of the inhabitants dismissed by their subjects, who have united with populations of the same race to form a great, free, constitutional country. In the Danish Duchies we see the example of territories taken from the rightful owner—for whomsoever the Duchies belonged to, they did not belong to Austria or Prussia—and, together with the population, disposed of a like quantity of merchandise at the arbitrary will of the spoilers. A time may come, however, when this precedent will recoil heavily upon its authors. When we look at the composition of Prussia and Austria, we shall be forcibly impressed with the fact that they are the very Powers of all others which should have avoided setting such an example. If we go back to the old cry of the rights of nationalities, upon which pre text it was originally sought to sever the Duchies from Denmark, we shall find that, if these rights were applied to Austria and Prussia, there would soon be nothing of -those Powers left in Europe. If we advance to the new principle now practically avowed, that every power which happens to be strong enough to dismember any other Power and seize the spoil, the conclusion will be equally un favourable to Austria and Prussia, and that either upon the theory of right or of expediency. What Power" for instance, so well deserving of being attacked and dismembered as a Power made up of provinces wrongfully taken from its neighbours— provinces whose populations detest the rule under which they are compelled to live ? And what Power capable of being so easily attacked as a Power whose subjects must, for the reasons indicated, be natu rally disaffected ? There may be acquisitions so ancient that time has given a prescriptive right to them ; but it is not wise to remind the world, by fresh examples of wrong-doing and aggression, of the original process by which some Powers were brought into existence. A more revolutionary example, and in the worst possible sense, than this which has been set by the two great Conservative Powers of the Continent could not well be imagined, and if they do not soon feel its effects upon them selves they will be more fortunate than they deserve to be. COUNTRY MARKETS LIVERPOOL.-FRIDIY. At to-day's market there was a very thin attendance and a limited demand was experienced for wheat at about ld to 2d under the rates of Tuesday. Flour was also lower, and very little done. Old oats scarce and fully as dear. Oatmeal slow at late rates. Beans without change. In dian corn met a moderate demand. DERBY-FRIDAY, There was a moderate supply of wheat, the show con sisting of old and new sorts. Reports respecting wheat vary. Barley is the best crop of the season. Oats very light indeed. Pastures are looking well. The demand for old wheat was fair at full prices, new rathor in favour of the buyer. New white wheat, 46s to 50s Od ; red, 48s to 52s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, —s to —s per qr. ; grinding, 27s to 28s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 23s to 275; old, 27s to 30s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 48s to 50s; new, 41s to 44s per 38 stone. STAMFORD.—FRIDIT. The show of wheat was limited. Old sorts were in re quest at fully late prices ; new a heavy sale at rather less money. The supply of barley was meagre and late rates may be quoted. Oats and beans sold rather bettor. Old white wheat, 46s to 51s ; new do., 42s to 48s per 3 stone. Barley, malting, —s to —s ; grinding, 26s to 32 per qr. Oats, new, 24s to 28s ; old, —s to —s per 24 stone Beans, 44s to 468 per 38 stone. Peas as of late. WAKEFIELD. —FRIDAY. The wheat trade is quiet to-day. Millers buy old spar ingly; still factors generally hold firmly for low rates. Of now there is a fair quantity on offer, it varies much in qua lity and condition ' and sells accordi ng l y, up t o 47s being made for the be s t dry red. New barley inquired for; beans scarce and again dearer. Averages, August 2 8—Wheat, 4,499 qrs, at 47s 6.c1; barley, 43, at 28s d ; oats, —, at —s Od. L INC OLN.—FRIDAY. Buyers purchased cautiously, and white old sorts were high in prices ; new qualities were is per qr. down. The show of barley was limited, and late rates supported. New white wheat, 44s to 50s ; new red,'42B to 45s per 3 6 stone. Barley f or malting —s to —8 per qr ; gr inding! 26s to 30s p er 30 stone. Oats, 25s to 295. Beans, 41$ to 458 per qr. GLASGOW—WEDNESDAY. This day's market was moderately attended. Wheat and flour wore in limited inquiry, without change in value; barley and beans Gd dearer ; oats firm; oatmeal 6d to 10 higher per 2801 b. Indian corn quiet. BRISTOL SUGAR. —FRIDAY. Thedemand is active, and sales have been made at about Is per cwt. advance. Rum is in more demand. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. cl earway and Duffryn East Hartlepool Malting 24 0 Walls End Harton ... 18 6 Walls End Byron Holywell Main l6 0 Cassop South Hartlepool l9 0 Ships at market, 28 ; sold, 27. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton.— • • Sept I .!' Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 14 " . Brazil and Cape Verdi). by British .........packet Sept. 4' Ditto, by French Packet....... Sept. 22. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Sept. 21 ' China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Sept. 1. Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 12 ' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via 50uthampt0n........... -.. Sept. 1. India (Calcutta), and 'Ceylon, via Southampton..., Sept. 1 . Ditto, via Marseilles.— ..... a. • Sept. ;12 India (Bombay), via Southampton.. Sept 10. Ditto, via Marseilles Sept 4. Mauritius, via Southampt on Sept. 1 ' Ditto, via Marseile 3.. . Sept. 4 '. Newfoundland Portugal • • • • • •Sept. 4. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United btates and British North * America, by Bri tish packet Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork ••••• Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Sept. 2 ' . West Coast of Africa. M a d e i ra, an d Tenerife Sept. I v West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba and Mexico • Sept. a Bahamas, via New Y ork. Sept. 12 Sept. 2 1 ' Bermuda, ditto V. - Sept. 28* Births. Cuba and Mexico.. MAcxENzrE.—On the 31st ult., at NiddryLodge, CaraPdi dv hill, Lady Mackenzie, of Gairloch, of a son. NOBLE.—On the Ist inst., at Berry-hill, Taplow Bi le , l l'.. the wife of John Noble, E sq . , o f 50, Westbollie"„ race, of a son. PADWICK.—On the 31st ult., at Horsham, the wife of Padwick, Esq., of a son. Marriages. SCORER—OMEY.-011 the 31st ult., at St. Mark's, rfa i s q l : ton-terrace, Alfred, second son of George Scorer., O of Piccadilly, t o F anny Fortnum, youngest daught er the late John Oakley, Esq., of Piccadilly. ,knef WH ITTINGHAM—PRIME.—On the 31st idl y at 1 - 13- 7 f 34, Church, Robert Whittingham, Esq., merchant' ° T . 0 51.1. Great St. Helen's, to Anna Jane, only daughter of '- Prime, of Stamford-hill, London. Deaths. P° ADAMS.—On th e 29th ult., at Plas Lyssyn, Carri7ll,,y. for gomeryshire, William Henry Adams, Esq., late Boston, Lincolnshire, aged 56. ard , BIDDLECOMBE.-011 the 31st ult., at the Royal Poclq„,. g e Woolwich, Emma L ou i sa , wife of Comm an der er°""u Biddlecombe, aged 58. HARRISK/NE.—On the 30th ult., suddenly, at his rs i iiias l 7, Belmont Villa s , Cl ep h ane-road, CanonburY, " Harriskine, Esq., aged 68. VICKERS.--Qa the 29th ult.. at M a id a -hill, Henry Vieker* Esq., of Bridgnorth, aged 70. WINSTANLEY.—On the 30th ult., suddenly, at Egb aill H. Winstanley, Esq., 53. TA T Y a L 7 o l ß or7t O i n eu t t h . e ll 6 t t h h R e J u g l y t aNt t. 1., l eldestah IC o s wo son of b c:f T T II . ° T 7 1 8 , 8 ;1r; Esq„ 8, Leinster-terrace, Hyde-park. London : Peiated and Published by WIL LIAM ANDOVvoz at NO. 1,142, Strand. Puinter , at Tur, S U N Office, °. 43 , 01 Stcalld, In the Precinct of the Savoy , in the aU37 iiiiddlesez.--giattird&y, September . 21963, co, Ari Tr tin ho: rue Nt 4 Al N I No t 11( t eul i,1)1 S' Cart 1 \ ,;:rii th 4 , ni i I Vie,.l