The Sun. — London, England, 1865-08-26 00:00:00

Visit of the French Fleet to Portsmouth. To the relief of many of the officials concerned in the preparations at Portsmouth for the forthcoming festivities in honour of the French fleet, including, no doubt, Sir Michael Seymour, the naval Com mander-in-Chief, the booming of the Victory's guns in Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning announced the arrival of the Lords of the English Admiralty from Brest in their yachts the Enchantress and Os borne. Matters were beginning to look serious. The progress of things had been to a great degree arrested on board the Duke of Wellington pending the arrival of the Board ; and the construction of the ball-room in the quadrangle of the Royal Naval College, although proceeding with all the rapidity that could well be asked for, was far from satisfac tory in other respects. It is understood that invita tions to attend the Admiralty ball at the College have been sent to the Guards without limitation as to number, while all the officers of the French fleet have, of course, invitations. Each regiment in Portsmouth garrison holds ten cards of invitation, the Royal Marine Artillery and Light Infantry a greater number, owing to their greater proportionate strength. Every ship of war has also received its allotted number of invitations, which may be reckoned at 10 for a 34-gun frigate like the Octavia, and six for a sloop such as the Scorpion. In the probable number of acceptances of these invitations there will be quite sufficient people to crowd the ball-room now building to suffocation, and there are as yet no ladies entered into our calculations. Into our consideration, so far, there has been also no re ference to the many persons in civil life who will flock to Portsmouth to the Admiralty ball. There are also hundreds of people in and around Portsmouth whose heads of families are either in or connected with one or other branches of the service that gives thema kind of claim of admission, and also there must not be forgotten the municipal authorities of Portsmouth, and that portion of the inhabitants of the town and its suburbs whose position entitles them to be placed on the invitation-list for the Admiralty ball, the invitations in the case of all civilians being deferred until after the arrival of the Lords of the Admiralty from Brest. It was, therefore, as we said, with intense relief that the guns announcing the arrival of their Lordships were heard, as it was naturally hoped they would now take the manage ment of affairs into their own hands and become responsible for either success or failure. The Enchantress, Staff-Commander Petley, en tered Portsmouth harbour at 9 a.m„ with Lord and Lady Clarence Paget, the Earl De Grey and Ripon, Mr. Otway, M.P., and Mr. Kemps on board, the Osborne following in about two hours afterwards, with the Duke of Somerset, Sir Frederick Grey, and other members of the Board of Admiralty, with Captain Robert Hall, R.N., Secretary to the Duke, &c. Immediately on the yacht's arrival Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.8., with Rear-Admiral J. Drummond (who had arrived in Portsmouth from town by the 9.42 train), Captain Scott, C. 8., A.D.C. to the Queen, and Flag Captain to Sir Michael Seymour, Rear-Admiral Superintendent George Wellesley, and other officials, embarked in their boat at the King's stairs, waited upon the Admiralty on board the Osborne, and were admitted to inter views with their Lordships, when the preparations for the berthing of the fleets at Spithead anchor age and the after reception of the officers at the proposed festivities in harbour and on shore were preliminarily discussed. Their Lordships after wards disembarked and proceeded to the residence of Sir M. Seymour, where the subject was gone into more fully and in detail. The arrival of the Admiralty was too late to substitute a larger site for their ball than the one now half completed at the Royal Naval College, and therefore there remains no other course than to follow the one already marked out and im prove it as much as possible. One great improve ment has already been effected since yesterday morning in throwing up a series of raised seats out side the walls of the ball-room, setting back the drapery, over the area railings of the college. With all that can now be done, however, the space will be totally inadequate for such a purpose. Let any one take a sheet of paper and draw on it to scale the floor of a room 100 ft. in length by 48 feet in breadth (the space of the ball-room floor for dancing), and he will then be able to calculate the number of people such a room will hold at one time, with a given space for dancing to each per son. With regard to the time of the departure of the yachts and fleets from Brest and the arrival of the latter at Spithea(l, the Enchantress left Brest at noon on Thursday, when the English fleet was getting up steam, took her bearings from Ushant at about 2.30 p.m., sighted the two lights off Port land in the night, and eased her engines to the third degree of expansion, drifting up with the tide until daylight, when she steamed in for Portsmouth harbour. The Osborne left Brest about 2.30 p.m., the English fleet being then outside and ahead of the Osborne. The English fleet arrived at Spit head last evening. The French fleet will arrive at Spithead early on Tuesday, and will join the English fleet at the anchorage. Three lines of buoys, each a light pole buoy surmounted by a red flag, have been laid down at Spithead, from about N.W. to S.E., 200 fathoms apart, for the ships to drop their anchors over. The English fleet will anchor on the outer line, in the deepest water, and nearest to the Isle of Wight. The French fleet will anchor on the two inner line of buoys, be necessarily nearest the Spit and Southsea-beach line, and will thus occupy the post of honour, as our Channelfleet did inside the Digue at Cherbourg. It is now uncer tain how many vessels will compose the French fleet, but it is expected that, as previously arranged, the nine ironclads first named for the purpose will come over, the Brest and Cherbourg squadrons uniting. Due precautions have been taken for the provisioning of the fleets--the French as well as our own—which will be effected through the Admiralty victualling establishment at the Royal Clarence yard, Gosport, under the management of Victual ling Storekeeper and Accountant Mr. Robert G. Grant. Each of the French ships directly she comes to anchor at Spithead will have a screw gunboat or other steam vessel sent off to her, and attached to her as a permanent tender while she remains at Spithead. This will be a very great boon to the officers of the ships, especially considering the dis tance their vessels must necessarily lie from the Shore, and the arrangements are very creditable to the foresight of our Admiralty. The accounts brought by the Osborne and En chantress from Brest speak of rough weather during the whole time of the fetes there. The courtesy and attention of the French officers and officials was con tinued with unabated interest towards all in the English fleet. In the taste displayed in decorations, both on shore and afloat, our neighbours are said to have shown themselves unrivalled, and more espe cially in the decorations and arrangement for the ball and banquet on board the ship of the line Ville de Lyons. There was one mistake, however, Committed by our allies on board that ship from which we Our selves might possibly guard by the light of their ex.. perience. Innumerable wax lights were burnt in the ball-room and other parts of the ship overhead, which, as soon as the place became heated, melted and dropped upon the costly toiletts of the ladies and the dress coats of the gentlemen, inflicting irrepar able injury. The Lords of the Admiralty left Portsmouth for London yesterday afternoon, no change having been effected by them as yet in the programme noticed in The Sun of Thursday, except that the number to be entertained at the banquet in the ball room of the Naval College on the 30th is increased from 100, the original number fixed, to 160 persons. As, however, the Admiralty are now all in London, and will, therefore, be constantly in short communication with Portsmouth, both by teleg,raph and rail, we may soon expect to hear of the entire programme being decided upon and drawn up officially for the guidance of all concerned, as was done by the French Minister of Marine both at Cherbourg and Brest. At 4.15 p.m. yesterday the English fleet were in Ventnor, Isle of Wight, steaming up Channel in two lines, the Edgar, flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir S. C. Dacres, K.C. 8., leading the weather line. At 6 - 4 5 p.m. they were in sight from Portsmouth, standing in for Spithead by the Nab-light channel. The preparations for the town festivities are going on satisfactorily. Space has, with great judgment, been made a primary consideration, awl all that is wanted to render the exertions of the citizens result in a brilliant success is fine weather. Let us hope that the weather has done its worst at Cherbourg and Brest, and that the presence of the French fleet at Portsmouth may be attended with fairer conditions of weather than has yet been experienced in this interchange of hospitality between two nations. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH DEVON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Thursday at Plymouth ; Mr. T. Woollcombe in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the proprietors on the improved state of their affairs. The dividend had increased from 13s. per cent. per annum in the corresponding half-year of 1862 to £2 2s. 6d. per cent. per annum in 1865. The whole year's average 1861-2 was but £1 Os. 3d. per cent., while 1864-5 was £2 13s. 9d. per cent. per annum. The increase had arisen from increased receipts and decreased working expenses and fixed charges, and also by the saving of half per cent. on the preference stock,_ which' henceforward would receive 41 instead of 5 per cent. interest. The working charges were now reduced from 55.76 to 53.10 per cent. He looked to a considerable saving also from the purchase of the locomotive stock, the contract for the supply of which would terminate in July next. It was essential that the South Devon Company should possess locomo tive stock, as they were now a third part owners of the West Cornwall Railway, and had a considerable interest in the Cornwall Railway, and there was no company in so favourable a position for working those lines as the South Devon. The traffic on the Dartmouth line was increasing, and also on the Tavistock line, with which a permanent ar rangement had been made since the last meeting. The Tavistock shareholders had converted their stock into annuities of the South Devon at three and-a-half per cent., with the option of conver sion into South Devon stock at par, of which option about £26,000 had been already exercised. The amount paid to the company under the old arrange ment was £8,807, for the future it would be £9,407, a difference against the South Devon Company of £6OO, which they would soon overtake. The ma naging committee of the West Cornwall—two members from each of the boards of the associated Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, and South Devon Companies—had already seen their way to a saving of £l,OOO a year. The West Cornwall had a traffic of £27 to £3O a mile per week, which was much in excess of the traffic on the Cornwall line. The South Devon line ran in the line of population and trade ; competition would do them little harm, for it would only be a small part of the through traffic they would have to share with the narrow-gauge lines. He had agreed to give the narrow-gauge access to Plymouth ; but for that they would pay a toll. Any capital outlay for accommodating the narrow-gauge would yield them an ample return. He asked for authority to raise new capital to the amount of £360,000, but only to issue at present £250,000, of which the locomotive purchase would require £130,000 ; doubling portions of line, im proving stations, and other works, £70,000; and purchase of rolling stock, £50,000. They had to make a new line at Exeter, to improve the line through Teignmouth, and they ought to double the line as much as possible in the following order :- 1. Starcross to Dawlish ; 2. the Torquay line; and 3, out of Plymouth as far as possible. One very satisfactory result of the doubling of the line between Newton Junction and Teignmouth be that after September 1 they would much acce rate the goods traffic. Goods leaving Paddington at night would be run express and be delivered at Plymouth between 2 and 3 o'clock next day. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report and. the declaration of a dividend at the rate of £2 2s. 6d. per annum for the past half-year. Mr. WESTCOMBE said the locomotives contract amounted to 181 d. per train mile, while the cost on the Bristol and Exeter had been 91d. only. lie thought if the Exeter company could work at 91d. per train mile, the South Devon ought to work at 9d. If that had been so, the dividend would have been 31 per cent. The CHAIRMAN said that every shareholder of any standing knew all about the locomotive contract. Ile would not care if the contract was at an end next Monday morning. Every shilling of the Corn wall loss would be recovered in time. An amendment for a committee of inquiry having been rejected, the motion for the adoption of the report was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN moved a formal resolution autho rising the creation of additional capital to the amount of £360,000 in 36,000 shares of £lO each, having a fixed guaranteed dividend of 5 per cent. per annum for seven years, and hereafter at 41 per cent. per annum in perpetuity, but with the option, after March, 1873, of exchanging for ordinary South Devon stock at par, and to issue at once 25,000 shares, to be offered rateably among the shareholders. After some observations by Mr. H. T. Ellis and the rejection of another amendment, the original motion was unanimously carried. Votes of thanks to the chairman and officials for their excellent management on the occasion of the Royal Show closed the proceedings. SEVENOAKS, MAIDSTONE, AND TUNBRIDGE.' The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Victoria station ; Lord Sondes in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the position of the company was satis factory. The line from Sevenoaks to Maidstone was in course of construction, and in a short time it would be completed, and when finished it would be an advantage to the company. Sir C. RONEY seconded the motion for the adop tion of the report, and it was carried. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the proceedings termi- nated. LEEDS, BRADFORD, AND HALIFAX JUNCTION, The last general meeting of this company was held at Bradford yesterday ; Mr. E. Akroyd, M.P., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port (an abstract of which appeared in The Sun), stated that while the shareholders had benefited pe cuniarily the public also had received considerable benefit in the development of the coal and other traffic of the adjoining districts. The amalgamation with the Great Northern Company brought them into direct communication with Lincolnshire, which produced the cereals which were required in the po pulous districts of Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax. A minimum dividend of 6 per cent. per annum was secured to the company in perpetuity. The report was unanimously adopted. A dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the stock and share capital was then declared. The proceedings concluded with thanks to the chairman and directors. lIBREPORD, I IAY, AND BRECON. The half yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Bank-buildings, Lothbury ; Mr. Banks in the chair. The report, an abstract of Which has appeared in , he Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of th e report, said the company was now amalgamated with the Brecon and Merthyrßailway, and the term s were a fixed dividend of 5 per cent. per annum. This amalgamation, he thought, would be advantageous to both companies. _ _ The report was adopted, and the proceedings terminated with thanks to the chairman. BRECON AND MERTHYR TYDFIL. The half year meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, Bank-buildings, Lothbury ; Mr. Banks in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in Ihe Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the amalgamation of the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon with their company had been carried out. He considered that the mutual benefit of both companies would be forwarded by that measure. The report was adopted and the proceedings ter minated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. rHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1865. The Cattle plague, The following importint order in Council ap peared in a supplement to the London Gazette of yesterday, Aug. 25 : At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 25th day of August, 1865. By the Lords of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council. Present—Sir G. Grey, Bart. ; Mr. Secretary Cardwell. Whereas, by an act passed in the session of the 11th and 12th years of her present Majesty's reign, intituled, " An Act to prevent until the Ist day of September, 1850, and to the end of the then next session of Parliament, the spreading of contagious or infectious disorders among sheep, cattle, and other animals," and which has since been from time to time continued by divers' subsequent Acts, it is (among other things) enacted that it shall be lawful for the Lords and others of her Majesty's Privy Council, or any two or more of them, from time to time, to make such orders and regulations, as to them may seem necessary for the purpose of prohibiting or regu lating the removal to or from such parts or places as they may designate in such order or orders, of sheep, cattle, horses, swine, or other animals ; and to make any other orders or regulations for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of the said Act, and again to revoke, alter, or vary any such orders or regulations ; and that all provi sions for any of the purposes aforesaid in any such order or orders contained shall have the like force and effect as if the same had been inserted in the said Act ; and that all persons offending against the said Act shall for each and every offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeeding £2O, or such smaller sum as the said Lords or others of her Ma jesty's Privy Council may in any case by such order direct : And whereas a contagious or infectious disorder has lately appeared, and now prevails among cattle within that part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain, which is generally designated as the "cattle plague ;" And whereas it is expedient to take measures for pre venting such disorder from extending to that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland. Now, therefore, the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council do hereby, by virtue and in exercise of the powers given by the said recited Act, and by the several Acts continuing the same as aforesaid, order as follows : 1. That in this order the word " cattle " shall be in terpreted to mean any cow, heifer, bull, bullock, ox, or calf. 2. That after the date of the publication of this order in the London Gazette, it shall not be lawful for any person to remove any cattle from any port or place within that part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain, to any port or place within that part of the United Kingdom called Ire land. And the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury are to give such directions herein as may be necessary to insure due obedience to this order. ARTHUR HELPS. The following order has been issued by the Mana ger of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway : Traffic Manager's-office, Manchester, Aug. 24. Referring to my circular No. 307, of the 15th inst.,lhave to request that you will strictly carry out the following additional instructions on the subject :- 1. The regulations already issued as to sweeping and wash ing cattle trucks on arrival at a station, and after the cattle have been discharged, are to be adhered to, in accordance with mycircular of the 15th inst. 2. Cattle pens and stages and water troughs are to be kept clean, and when necessary the disinfectant referred to in clause 3 is to be applied to the cattle pens and stages. 3. All cattle trucks, after they have been swept and well cleaned with water, must be washed with a solution of chloride of lime and of sulphuric acid and water, a supply of which articles will be sent to you on application to Mr. Badge, Store Department, Miles Platting. About 4lb. of chloride of lime should be mixed with a gallon of water, to which must be added half a pint of the sulphuric acid and water, which you will receive from the stores ready mixed. The mixture of chloride of lime and sulphuric acid should be put into a bucket and applied to the waggons with mops and brushes ; the buckets, mops, or brushes so used must not be applied to any other purpose. 4. If any cattle are tendered for conveyance which you have reason to believe are infected with the cattle plague, you must decline to receive them, or permit them to come upon the company's premises. 5. If cattle which have been diseased, or which you have reason to suppose are infected, are received at your station from any other station, the trucks in which they have been carried must be immediately swept out, and under no cir cumstance again used for the conveyance of cattle or any deecription of traffic until they have been washed with water, and afterwards so disinfected as to render their use perfectly safe. 6. If any diseased cattle are teadered for conveyance or have been conveyed on the line, or if any cattle have been killed or may be found dead in trucks in consequence of the disease, immediate notice must be given to the public cattle inspector, the superintendent of police, or any other duly authorized public officer, and his instructions must be acted upon. A report of the case must at the same time be also sent to me. 7. Any person cleaning out the trucks, or in any way coming in contact with diseased cattle, must not again assist in loading cattle on the company's premises or go near them elsewhere, until his clothes have been thoroughly disin fected, so as to prevent the possibility of contagion ; and no shovel, broom, or other article used in cleaning the trucks, &c., must be again used until proper steps have been taken to satisfy the public cattle inspector that there will be no risk of their communicating infection. JAMES SurrnE.us, Traffic Manager. To Station Agents and others. WIGTOWNSHIRE CATTLE PLAGUE ASSOCIATION, The following interim report has been made by the Secretary, and is dated August 23 : Having had an opportunity in Edinburgh of consulting Professor Dick and also Mr. Romaine, who has studiedthe cattle plague in Russia, and having myself visited some of the Edinburgh byres, where a number of cattle are labour ing under the disease, I make this report for the use of the conveners of parish committees. In milk cows one of the first symptoms is the sudden stoppage of milk. In all the cattle attacked there is dulness, they cease to feed, the head hangs. In a day or two the skin becomes so hot that the hand can sometimes feel the heat (so Mr. Romaine told me) at a, distance of 6in. or 7in. The coat becomes staring. After some days there comes on an occasional and tremulous, bat short and intermittent shaking of the head, characteristic of the disease, and great feebleness. In some instances which I saw the shaking of the head was preceded by a rapi I shudder all over. At this stage there is usually great weakness. Mr. Romaine has no doubt that this is the Russian cattle plague. Ile considers that the seat of the disease is in the bowels—that it is an ulcerated state of the bowels. It is apt to begin with constipation, and is sometimes followed by looseness. In one case, which Mr. Romains considered hope less, the breathing was short, accompanied by low grunts. Even in those cows which were considered in the way of recovery there was a tendency to return of constipation, and the fceces were very black. Discharge from the nose and inflammation of the eyes, extending under the lids, were mentioned as common symptoms. I saw one case in which the eyes were suppurating. Such of the cowfeeders as I saw have no doubt of the infectious nature of the disease, and impute it to a lot of foreign cattle which came down from London. Five or six of the cowfeeders bought cattle from that lot, and the disease broke out in these cattle in all their dairies in from 10 to 14 days. This is not taken from the published statements ; I got it from the mouths of some of the men themselves by questioning them. They admitted that when they discovered the disease they began to dis pose of their stock. Their byres had been previously infected with pleuro pneumonia, which had been very fatal, and in several of the cases the plague is complicated with the symptoms of pleuro-pneumonia. It no doubt had weakened the cattle, and prepared them for receiving the plague infection. The disease which has been described in the report of the Prussian Commissioners, as known to Mr. Remains, is quite distinct from the present plague, and, having no re lation to it, can only mislead if supposed to be the same. Mr. Remains, the veterinary surgeon, who had studied the plague in Russia, approves an attempt to crush the disease on its first appearance by destroying such as have come in contact with diseased animals. Professor Dick is not so clear about that. He does not think it necessary, and in Edinburgh it broke out at once in so many places that It could not have been done. I understand him to mean that in an isolated case it might be worth trial. They both consider the disease curable, and under their treatment some of the foreign cows which were first at tacked, as well as others, are now in the course of reco very, though still not free from disease. They have begun to feed, and to pick up aesh, and their milk is returning. Both Professor Dick and Mr. Remains advise clearing out the bowels, followed by tonics ; watching the bowels and keeping them open. Their precise treatment is—At first a bottle of linseed oil and a handful of salt. When the physic has settled, four drachms sulphate of iron night and morning, keeping tie bowels open by a little sweet ale occasionally. This is the treatment under which some of the cattle are recovering. In a cas3 where the cow was thought too weak to stand more medbine—having been a considerable time ill—the owner was uing bran mashes. I had a long conversation with Mr. Swan, who has taken a very active part in tle measures now in progress in Edinburgh. He read to me a great deal of interesting correspondence; among others a letter from one of the British Consuls on the Caitinent, who denied, with some indignation, that Russiancattle had been landed in Den mark, but mentioned incidentally a cargo from Riga (a second Russian cargo) fog this country. Mr. Swan said, in answer to my inquiry that he never heard of cattle being imported into this country from Russia till recently. He spoke hopefully of the prospect of the disease being got under before it spreads much further. The unhappy inclination which is too common on the first appearance of the disease to conceal its existence, and disperse cattle which have been in contact with the diseased, is one of the most alarmiig circumstances connected with MARYPORT AND CARLISLE. The half-yearly meeting was held at Maryport on Wednesday ; Mr. G. W. Hartley in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and statement of accounts (an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun), said that upon many previous occasions he had had the pleasure of congratulating the shareholders on the increased receipts of the line ; and although he was unable to do so on the present occasion, still the line has been very prosperous ; and when they considered that a new branch had been opened out from east to west, almost parallel with their own, and a great number of furnaces were not in blast at the present time which were previously, he thought they might say their line had been successful. In order to keep it so, the directors had thought it desirable to proceed with the Derwent branch. Since the Bill for that branch had passed some of the neighbouring lines had passed into the hands of the larger companies. The directors of this company would endeavour to act with prudence and caution in those matters. (Hear, hear.) During the past half-year the local coal trade had been better than ever it was before. Mr. THOMPSON seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to. A dividend at the rate of 9 per cent. per annum was declared, and the retiring directors and auditors were re-elected. The meeting was then made special, and resolu tions were passed authorising £60,000 to be raised by the creation and issue of 4,800 new shares, at £l2 10s. each, pursuant to the provisions of the Derwent Branch Act. The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman, directors, and secretary. - SOLWAY JUNCTION. The report of the directors states that the con tractors were making preparations for a vigorous prosecution of the works upon the whole line, and had already brought upon the ground considerable quantities of material. The directors expected that the line would be completed in two years. The en gineer (Mr. Brunlees) reported that some delay had occurred in screwing down experimental piles to ascertain the depths to which it would be necessary to put down permanent piles. This had now been accomplished, and the castings were being made according to the depths required. The machinery for screwing down the piles would be ready in a few days. FURNESS. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Old Burlington-street —Mr. Rickards in the chair. The Secretary read the report, which stated that the great depression in the iron trade consequent on the strike in Staffordshire had materially diminished the mineral traffic over the line during the past half year, but that, notwithstanding this drawback, the directors were able to recommend a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, which would leave a balance of £3,500. The report referred to the working agreements made between the Whitehaven and Furness and the Midland Railway Companies, which were considered very satisfactory. The works on the Barrow Docks and on the Furness and Mid land line were being actively carried on. The report was adopted, and the meeting was then made special, when resolutions were adopted authorising the directors to raise by mortgage, or otherwise, the sum of £40,000, and to allot among the ordinary shareholders capital to the amount of £75,000 and £lOO,OOO for the construction of the works on the new lines authorised. DUBLIN AND BELFAST JUNCTION. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday, in Dublin—Mr. J. Barlow in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, stated that in the first eight weeks in the current half year the traffic had steadily augmented, showing an in crease of £650 over the corresponding eight weeks of 1864, notwithstanding that the traffic of the cor responding weeks of 1864 was increased extraordi narily by the Belfast riots. He was aware that the Exhibition might have brought up a few passengers. The traffic of the corresponding half of 1864 ex ceeded that of the corresponding half of 1863 by £l,OOO ; and the excess of the traffic of the last half year over that of the corresponding one of 1864 was £6OO. He thought it was most satisfactory. The works were in the most perfect order, and the traffic had been conducted with the usual care and economy. The increase in their profit this year, when compared with the corre sponding half of 1864, was about £3,200, which would represent 15s. per cent. on their capi tal; but the £3,200,was not all comprised in traffic, a portion of it was obtained from the great reduction they had been enabled to make in their interest charges. The directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 3+ per cent. per annum, leaving £1,900 for next account. During last half-year they had carried 500 more passengers and 1,000 more cattle than in the corresponding period of 1864. They had sold their Government stock which had remained so long on their hands, and it had brought more than they expected. The board had adopted every means in their power, and given directions to their officers to take care of the cattle trucks, so as to prevent contagion in the conveyance of cattle. A long discussion ensued on the desirability of an amalgamation of their line with those of the Dublin and Drogheda and Ulster lines, which it connected, and a general expression of opinion in favour of the scheme was given. The report was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 3i per cent. per annum de clared. GREAT FLOOD IN EAST SUFFOLK.—It rained very heavily on Thursday morning in the neighbourhood of Halesworth and Beccles, and great quantities of flood waters accumulaled. The traffic was impeded on the East Suffolk division of the Great Eastern Railway, the line being in some parts undermined and in others completely blocked with the accumulated soil. Near the Halesworth station the water rushed down the line as down a water course. The Bungay-road leading to the station having a considerable incline, and being deluged with water from the adjoining fields, was forcibly'broken up, a large gully being ploughed into the hard road in some places nearly 2ft. deop and 3ft. or 4ft. wide. At Beccles the min came down in torrents, bearing the resemblance of one continuous sheet of water. A groat many houses were inundated, and the traffic on the railway was completely stopped, the passengers from the early express trains from Yarmouth and Lowestoft being obliged to proceed by the Waveney Valley line. On Thursday night the flood subsided, and yesterday the rail way company had cleared and repaired the line and resumed the traffic. THE IRON AND COAL DISTRICTS.--Some time since reference was made to the continuous emigration from the iron and coal districts of South Wales, and the inconvenience it caused to the large employers of labour. It was then predicted that many of those who left, more especially those who emigrated to the United States, would be sadly disappointed in their expectation; and the pre diction has already to a great extent been verified. A num ber of the emigrants who recently went out to the States under the auspices of the American Emigrant Society have returned, and they give a gloomy picture of the country as regards the employment afforded to the work ing population. Since the close of the war it appears that great stagnation has prevailed in the iron and coal trades, and the result is that there aro thousands of hands unable to obtain regular emplosment. It is true that wages are a little higher, but the difference in the prices of the neces saries of life is so great that the working man is, after all, bettor off in this country. Those who have returned state that a large number of others, who were induced to go out by the reports of interested emigration agents, are Preparing to come back to the mother country. [Anvnwrist mExT.]—Helloway's Ointment and Pills— Effectual Aid.—ln the sad time of sickness it is cheering to know that a remedy does exist, and that it can be pro cured at a little cost. Holloway's ointment and pills aro always useful in relieving pain, in reducing inflammations and regulating disordered actions. They never can be misapplied, nor can they under any circumstances cause mischief. They are a blessing to the rich when tormented by indigestion, gout, skin diseases, &c., and a precious boon to the poor when struck down by illness. Holloway's medicines should be in the possession of all soldiers, sailors, and emigrants, who will then be in a position to ease pain and cure disease, when medical assistance cannot be ob tained. the plague, and the most difficult to deal with. It is now punishable by law finder the order of the Privy Council just issued. But the earlier symptoms of the disease may be observed by the owner long before any one else ; and I remain of opinion that this danger will continue to operate and may still be productive of great evils unless adequate moans can be found to assure those who are first attacked that their own interest will be best protected by prompt disclosure of every suspicious case. The cowhouses which I visited in Edinburgh were hot and ill-ventilated. A wooden hospital is about to be erected in the neigh bourhood of Edinburgh to receive the diseased cattle and insure their separation from others, and they are to be taken to it in a close conveyance which is being prepared for the purpose. I have engaged Mr. Romains to keep us informed from time to time of the results of his observation and treatment of the disease, and indeed of all that is material for us to know. ESSEX. In the neighbourhood of Saffron-Walden the plague is reported to have broken out at Debden, Great and Little Bardfield, Finchingfield, Wethers field, and Shalford. In the neighbourhood of Ongar, Mr. Milbank, of Bobbingworth-hall, has had 14 cows, a bull, and eight calves attacked. Numer ous instances might unfortunately be noted to the same effect. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. The cattle murrain has shown itself among the herd of Mr. Breet, of Oxton-grange (Notts). Mr. Pyatt, the official inspector appointed by the autho rities says, that from the description of the cases they are precisely the same as the one at Notting ham, and the disease appeared to have run its course in the same time-18 hours. LINCOLNSHIRE. District meetings have been held at Spalding, Long Sutton, Boston, Horncastle, &c. At a meet ing. at Boston, Mr. J. B. Stanhope, M.P., said he had written to the Privy Council with regard to the powers of the act of 1848 for the prevention of smallpox among sheep being applied to cattle. He had suggested that the powers of that act, in refer ence to turning diseased sheep on waste ground, and the penalty of £2O for offences, should be extended to cattle. He expected a reply in a few days, when he should publish both his letter and the answer obtained. NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK. The disease is still prevailing in Norfolk with much severity. Outbreaks are reported at Burgh St. Peter, Gorleston, Wraxham, Burgh near Acle, Attlebridge, &c. On the estate of Sir F. Crossley, M.P., at Somerleyton, upwards of 40 beasts have died or been slaughtered. At Lynn the disease has broken out among some stock belonging to Mrs. Mace, at Mundesley. The farm of Mr. Larter has been the scene of an outbreak, and Horsted, seven miles from Norwich, has not escaped contamination. The subscription made in Norfolk for compensation purposes is attaining a respectable total. EAST SOMERSET. A meeting was held at Frome on Wednesday, and a resolution was passed pledging those present not to send cattle to market or to purchase any during the next six weeks. Mr. R. A. Kinglake, of Wes ton-Super-Mare, suggested that more attention should be paid to the breed of poultry, as a means of lessening the consumption of meat during the prevalence of the cattle plague. WARWICKSHIRE. The only reported cases of cattle plague in this county have been confined to Meriden, near Coven try, and Coleshill, near Birmingham. In the first instance Mr. Proctor, a local veterinary sur geon, states that he treated 70 cases successfully by carrying out Professor Symonds' recommendations, with the exception of seven, which died ; as to the other, seven cattle were attacked, and were killed at once by their owner. Death from Destitution. Yesterday an inquest was held by Dr. Lankester at Hampstead on view of the body of Charles Dear Smart, aged 41 years . . The deceased had formerly been in business as a clothier in the Strand, and had been churchwarden of the parish of St. Clement Danes. Charles Gill, New-end, Hampstead, said that on Monday morning, at 6 o'clock, while on Hampstead heath, he found the deceased man crouched up under a furze bush. It had been raining all night, and the man lay in a pool of water. Witness said to him, " Get , up ; look at the state you are in." He crawled out of the hole in which he lay, and witness left him to go after some donkeys. Upon returning in an hour he found the man still lying on the wet grass. A police-constable then came up. The deceased had evidently been lying where he was found the whole night, but he said to the constable, " I have only just come here. I have lived in Whitechapel two years." The police procured a stretcher, and carried him to the workhouse, for he was unable to walk. Dr. W. H. Cook, surgeon to the Hampstead Workhouse, said that the deceased was brought in there on Monday morning between 7 and 8 o'clock. He was in a sinking state for want of food. He was placed in a warm bath and then he revived a little, and nourishment was- given to him. He said he was a master tailor and that he had been in a large way of business, but that he had failed and fell into great distress. He also said that he had always been a sober, steady man. He died the next day. The cause of his death was chronic disease of the kidneys, aggravated by exposure to the cold and wet and by want of food. Want of food and priva tions had certainly accelerated his death. Mr. Elliot, master of the Hampstead Workhouse, said the deceased stated to him that he had been turned out of his lodgings at Whitechapel, and that he then made up his mind not to apply for parish relief, for he was asked to do that, or to beg, but to hold out as long as he could by wandering about. Inspector James Webb said that he had ascer tained from Mr. Wadey, the deceased's late land- lord, at 19, North-street, Whitechapel, that the deceased had been churchwarden in the year 1852 in the parish of St. Clement Danes. He was then in a large way of business in that parish. While he was in office he had the superintendence of the erection of a platform in the Strand for the purpose of enabling parishioners to witness the funeral pro cession of the Duke of Wellington. Within the last three weeks the deceased had written a letter to Mr. Wadey, of which the following was an extract : " I have nothing to eat ; I am starving. I have nowhere to live in, and I do not know what to do. I have not even a penny to pay for the postage stamp for this letter. I cannot last long, I hope you are getting on better thanlam." The letter was written and directed in pencil on tea paper, and it was marked 2d. for non-postage. Until the deceased had been turned out of his lodging he used to get his living by writing tickets for the shops. He was miserably clad, and was shockingly emaciated. George Jales said the deceased had been turned out of his lodgings six weeks ago, in consequence, as Mr. Wadey said, of his filthy habits and condi tion. He had no relatives in England, and since that time had been wandering about. Dr. Cook said the deceased must have been deli rious for some time before he was discovered on the heath. He was delirious for a portion of the time that he was in the workhouse. Verdict—" That Charles Dear Smart was found dying on Hampstead-heath, and that he died in Hampstead Workhouse from the mortal effects of disease of the kidneys, and that his death was accelerated by want of food and exposure to the cold." SINGULAR ACCIDENT AT A ROLLING MILLS.—On Tuesday a singular accident occurred to a man named John Jones, residing at California, Hartlepool. Jonas, who worked at the Hartlepool rolling mills, volun teered to assist George Campbell, the steam hammer driver, in fastening some screws on the top of the hammer. Both parties got on to the upper part of the hammer, which is a monster one. Campbell was getting down, and it is supposed in his descent he caught the " catch," and thus set on the steam. The hammer rosb to the top of the framework twice before the steam was shut off, and the poor fellow was jammed into a space of about 18 inches. His head and knees were severely cut, and his shoulder much injured, and he is also sufferingly intensely from internal injuries. When he was taken down he was quite insensible, and it was thought impossible he could sur vive; but last night more favourable opinions were enter tained. SPIRIT OF THE-PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.--Several events, both in the New and in the Old World, have thrown so much light upon engagements of a not very exact character and with out any very substantial guarantee, that we are be ginning to look upon them with more philosophy and with less passion than we used to do. It is found that under such circumstances an International Treaty means nothing at all, and a Federal Consti tution has yet to be interpreted and defined. Our present relations with our self-governing colonies— the British American in particular —are just of that sort, not knowing quite what they are, we are con tent to abide the decisio n o f even t s . There are cer tain names that we know ; and there are certain reciprocal duties, so we are told ; but there are several untrodden regions of astronomical science than an. Englishman is more likely to enter upon that an inquiry into the connexion between Eng land and Canada. The general impression of the British people, fostered, it must be admitted, by the conduct of the colonies, is that the Canadians have the entire responsibility of their own affairs. Our fathers, or rather ourgrandfathers and grandmothers, were content with nothing less than giving laws to the ocean, constitutions to all countries, hard blows to our neighbours, and minute rules, conceived in the most motherly spirit, to our colonies. We have had to unlearn all this, so now we are rather afraid of our engagements with Canada and her colonial neighbours. We have wholly shaken off the weak ness of pride, and are aware that if our existing con tract with our American Provinces is worth one half penny in the open market of the world, the colo nies will insist upon its surrender and upon the substitution of another contract which shall not be worth that one half-penny to us. It is only, then, when the subject is positively forced upon us that we can bring ourflelves to reflect on it. The colonies insist on knowing what we mean, though they have not the slightest idea what they mean themselves, and have been trying to bring our Go vernment to the point—that is, if there be a point in the question. So there has been a mission, and negotiations, and a report to the Colonial Parlia ment; and the British public have no choice but to look into the affair. After the above remarks, it is almost needless to say that we have directed our attention chiefly to the positive and definite guaran tees which the Canadian delegates have taken back from the British Government. The first bit of hard ground that we come to in their report crops up rather abruptly. "In the course of these discus sions," they say, " the question of the Intercolonial Railway came up as a necessary accompaniment of Federation, when we sought and obtained a renewal of the promised Imperial guarantee of a loan for the construction of that work." The amount of the loan is not stated, nor its proportion to the estimated cost. We presume that this, and a good deal more, will be known before the loan has the sanction of our Parliament. Financial assistance, however, towards a work of peace, though with a political bearing, is a far less invidious proceeding than one for a military purpose. All things considered, the British public will enter upon this part of the question without prejudice, but with a determination to know all about it, and to have security that their money shall not be quite thrown away. Passing over some reflections of the delegates upon the opinions expressed in the British Parliament and elsewhere, we next come to dry land upon the de fences. The mood here used is conditional, and we most heartily wish that the Canadians may so far fulfil the condition annexed as to compel us to fulfil our part of the engagement. " The result arrived at was that, if the people of Canada undertook the works of defence at and west of Montreal, and agreed to expend in training their militia, until the union of the Provinces was determined, a sum not less than is now annually expended for that service, Her Majesty's Government would complete the fortifications of Quebec, provide the whole arma ment for all the works, guarantee a loan for the sum necessary to construct the works undertaken by Canada, and, in the event of war, undertake the defence of any portion of Canada with all the re sources of the Empire." This is a considerable engagement, but, as we observe, it is conditional, and we are not quite sure that, even if its terms be correctly stated, the Imperial Government will ever have to pay one sixpence in virtue of it. So long as the British provinces are really anxious to keep up the British connexion, and prove that anxiety by their conduct, the whole British people and the Government at home will feel an equal anxiety, and will be ready to make corresponding sacrifices. This is the language of national feeling and of common sense. Of course, too, we all feel at home that these Provinces may be involved in war through no fault of their own, but simply by following the fortunes and sharing the quarrels of the Mother Country. .With a view to that emergency we must wish to prepare against attack on the St. Lawrence, as we do at any other outlying and vulnerable part of our Empire. But even this general principle is qualified by some important considerations. We do not think it necessary or prudent to defend every point at which an enemy might land, or all the property which he might be able to destroy. On the contrary, at the outbreak of a war the belligerents always select by professional rules and advice what they will defend and what they will leave to the protec tion of that humanity which is the proper defence of wholly indefensible positions in the immediate power of a foe. It is by diversions and counter operations on another element, most probably, that the British provinces will have to be defended. However, fortifications at Quebec, and even Mon treal, may be of some use, if only against surprises and guerillas. It is an object, then, to the Imperial as well as the Colonial Government, that those for tifications be made to a reasonable extent. Quebec may be assumed to be the key of the St. Lawrence, and has always been invested with an Imperial dig nity. Whether Montreal shall be fortified is more a question for the Colony itself. But England has money and credit. Canada and the sister colonies complain that they have not much of either, but plenty of that material wealth the free and protected use of which is the true source of capital. So England, as we understand, and if the delegates have made no mistake, is to complete the fortifications at Quebec, and provide the amount necessary for the works there and elsewhere, and guarantee a loan for the amount necessary for all Canadian works, on the condition of Canada con tinuing her present training and other defensive preparations. Canada, in other words, is to keep up an army of some sort, and under some name, at least up to her Awer. We need not revert to the imperial engagement to defend Canada as far as we can in the event of a war with the United States. That engagement exists, and cannot be added to by any fresh stipulations. Whatever else we may be, we are at least allies, and must fight one another's battles, as far as circumstances permit and require. Bat the gist of the arrangement is that the Cana dians shall satisfy our military authorities that they are keeping up their military organisation and training on the existing scale, and maintaining an army, without which works, whether of earth or of stone, and armaments of the oldest or the newest fashion, are equally a mockery. We wish to see Canada armed in the most effectual way by an habitual determination to defend itself. This is the only defence to be relied upon. It is the only strength that an enemy in the neighbourhood will think worth taking into account. The United States will not ask whether they can or cannot take our provinces. They will ask how they are likely to be encountered, and whether the chance of suc cess is worth the certain loss. So the defence of Canada rests with the Canadians. We wish them to act on this maxim ; and so long as a certain assistance towards fortifications and armaments in duces them to keep up their living defences, Parlia ment will be glad to vote money for the purpose in moderate instalments. But as soon as it observesthat their living defence is flagging, and everything isleft to walls and guns, it will stopthe leak in the Imperial Treasury. POST.—It remains to be seen if the Austro-Prus- Sian Convention, which has been officially commu nicated to the public by the Wiener Zeitung, will be specially notified to the non-German Powers who were parties to the European settlement made in 1815 ; but in so far as one of these Powers may be concerned, it should be understood in Germany that under a constitutional monarchy all political nego tiation is conducted by the responsible advisers of the Crown. To prevent any misapprehension we must be allowed to remark plainly that certain Ger man newspapers have taken unwarrantable liberties with the name of an illustrious lady who happened to be sojourning in their land while the Sovereigns of Austria and Prussia were engaged in the contro versy now temporarily terminated by a compromise. If the matters in dispute between the German Powers require and admit of the intervention of other Powers, it might be expedient to intervene for the purpose of preserving peace. But it is perfectly unnecessary to say that this entanglement peculiarly demands the most punctilious observance of the conditions on which governments mediate. It is not an affair that can be managed with sentimental compliments. The miserable Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein are, to those who protested against the dismemberment of Denmark, as pitch which cannot be touched without defilement ; and to England more especially is the subject odious and repulsive. We object on principle to the introduction of topics which are not strictly relevant to the issue, but it is impossible to forget the near and dear tie which exists between the despoiled monarchy and this country. The. Germans must not take it amiss if we advise them that reports which reflect upon their national hospitality and courtesy are offen sive to the English people. They mislead no body, but they are nevertheless to be deprecated. As 'regards the Convention, excepting the sale of Lauenburg, it appears to us to conclude nothing. The question of the succession to the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein has not been solved, and while that is left open every other engagement must be merely provisional. It is not easy to see what Austria has gained beyond two million five hundred thousand thalers, and time for any purpose to which she can turn it. The money may be serviceable but if Austria was compelled to part with her rights she might have made a better bargain ; and as to the time, its worth is exceedingly uncertain. It must be observed, too, that Austria did not appa rently regard it as a gain, for, by all accounts, she would have been glad t o se ttl e t h e business defini tively at Salzburg. The Gastein Convention, if it meant anything, contemplated a protracted prod sorium, and yet, while it was being ratified, Austria in effect desired to come to a decision which would have rendered its provisions unnecessary. It is fair to assume, therefore, that Prussia thinks the delay is in her favour, and, looking at the terms of agree ment, this does not appear to be an unreasonable conclusion. Kiel is to be made a Federal port under the command of Prussia, Prussia is empowered to fortify its harbour, and Prussia is allowed to con struct a canal uniting the German Ocean with the Baltic. All these great operations are held to be compatible with the provisorium, and it would have been strange, indeed, if Prussia had not accepted and adhered to such a convenient arrangement. Upon the whole , then, it looks very mu c h as if A us t r i a had sig ned the Convention under press ure . O n no other hypothesis may her conduct at Salzburg be explained. It was most improbable that Prussia would care to bring the negotiation to an end, and while the Prussians are cutting their canal through the Holstein territory Austria will probably have small reason to congratulate herself upon the di vided occupation. But if, ultimately, Austria Sells her right in Holstein as she has sold her right in Lauenburg, what will Prussia have compassed? The Power in command of the Federal navy, and of better than half the Federal army, could of course command the Federal Diet. There can be no doubt about that. Prussia would wield the " sword of Germany" over land and sea. Among all the Ger man potentates, great and little, there would be none to say her nay. We will even suppose that, in the fulness of time, the waters of the German Ocean may flow into the waters of the Baltic. And what, if all this were to come to pass, what would be the upshot ? Would Austria dispose of her right in Germany as she disposed of her rights in Lauenburg and Holstein ? This is not simply an idle specula tion, for Austria seems bent upon selling or mort gaging almost any possession save that which will eventually be wrested from her grasp. Given, how ever, that the King of Prussia virtually governed the Fatherland, and what would result ? The an swer is written in the history of Prussia. There we find it proved, line upon line, that the Prussian policy has been from the beginning what it still is— a policy of aggression and aggrandisement. And hence, while the two great German powers are traf ficking with their rights, and deliberately ignoring their responsibilities, other Powers cannot look on with indifference. They may stand aloof, but they keep within a distance that admits of observation. They may decide that it is most expedient to let things take their course, but in paying out the rope they maintain their hold upon it. During the last quarter of a century many reasons for maintaining the Austrian empire, some good and some bad enough, have been continually advanced, but Aus tria is now, so to speak, putting herself out of court, and the question of the European equilibrium would appear to be passing into quite another phase. In one respect Austria may perhaps be more at ease than Prussia can well be. The Hungarians can not be expected to deplore events the tendency of which is to increase their power ; but the Prus sians, if they are not blinded by ambition, must perceive that the saddle is being firmly girthed upon their backs. If Herr Von Bismarck can dominate in Germany he may reasonably hope to govern in Prussia. But though the Liberal press supports his German policy, the constitutional grievances are kept warm. Long before the German Ocean and the Baltic have been married, the rumours of a coup d'e'tat in Prussia will be revived. The Prussian Liberals know that there is a turning in their long lane, and therefore they are patient, but they fail to see that hereafter the decision they postpone may pass into other hands. We do not believe that their confidence will be betrayed, but it is obvious that the foreign embarrassments which are presently accumulating will weigh heavily on the future oc cupant of the Prussian throne ; and liberty, like treaties, is commonly annulled by war. It may be very well now to hold the King and his Govern ment answerable for all that they do or leave undone, but it is by no means certain that such will be the verdict of posterity. The Prussians may exult over the humiliation of Austria, but their own situation is; to say the least of it, anomalous. One wrong does not excuse another ; but frequently the political immorality of a Government is based upon the almost equally immoral connivance of a nation. The Prussians may approach their German idea, but they can never realise it ; and, however they may read their history, a policy that was made and fashioned by the sword, which was promoted by cupidity and carried out by fraud, will in the end perish by the sword. COUNTRY MARKETS LIVERPOOL.-FRIDAY. At to-day's market there was a very thin attendance, and the weather being extremely fine, the excitement of yesterday has quite subsided, and we have only to report a limited trade in wheat, at about 2d. over the rates of Tuesday. Flour was held for an advance of 6d. to is. per sack, but there was very little done. Oats Id. dearer, and oatmeal, being exceedingly scarce, brought ls. to 2s. per load more money. Beans fully as dear. Peas unaltered. American Indian corn, being in plentiful supply, was 6d. per qr. lower, prime mixed being obtainable at 315., but Galatz, being scarce, brought 335. DERBY-FRIDAY. The attendance at our corn market to-day was mode,rate• There was a tolerable supply of wheat on offer, and the demand was not active, but samples were held for an ad vance of le. to 2s. per qr. The supply of barley was scanty, and, arcels were disposed of at, for the most part, previous quotations. There was a small show of oats, and prices were quite as high as before quoted. Of beans the show was meagre, and business was transacted at about last week's currencies. A great deal of w heat has been led during the week, as the weathe r g enerall y has been on the whole, the condition is as good as f c a o v u o ld ura b b e le, expected, an taking into consideration the recent heavy rains. Barley is a good crop, but the colour has been injured. New white wheat, Us to 50s Od ; red, 42s to 47s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, —s to per qr. ; grinding, 28s to 30s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 23s to 275; old, 27s to 30s per 24 stone. Beaus, old, 44s to 48s ; new, 41s to 44s per 38 stone. STAMFORD.-FRIDAY. A slow trade in wheat to-day, at higher prices. Barley almost nominal. Oats scarce. New white wheat, 46s to 51s; now red, 45s to 49s per 3 6 stone. Barley, malting, —s to —8; grinding, 26s to 29s per qr. Oats, new, 24s to 28s; old, —s to —s per 24 stone• Beans, 44s to 46s per 38 stone. Peas as of late. WAKEFIELD.-PRIDAY. Only a moderate business, the demand for old wheat being checked by an advance of is per qr asked. Some new offered, but varied in quality, and fetched irregular prices. Spring corn dearer. _ . ~ _ ... Averages, August 21—Wheat, 4,086 qrs, at 43s 110 ; barley, 100, at 328 6d ; oats, 32, at 26s 6d. LINCOLN.-FRIDAY. Wheat was fairly represented at this market to-day, and there was a firm tone in the trade, and prices were is. to 2s. per qr. higher. Barley was in moderate supply and maintained high currencies. Oats came sparingly to hand/ and a moderate amount of business was transacted at prices about the same as last week. Beans were in limited sup ply, and samples were (held firm at to currencies. The harvest in this county is now general. The yield of wheat will be below an average. Barley, en the whole, will be a good crop, but a great deal is discoloured. Oats will scarcely be an average. Beans vary. New white wheat, 44s to 50s ; new red,:42s to 45s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, —s to —s per qr ; grinding; 26s to 30s per 30 stone. Oats,:2ss to 295. Beans, 41s to 45s per qr. Births. ANDERSON.—On the 24th inst., at St. Germains t East La' thian, the wife of Colonel Anderson, 22d Regiment, of 91 daughter. BURNS. — On the 24th inst., at Glenlee, Hamilton, the Wif e of J. G. Burns, Esq., of a daughter. HARBORD.—On the 24th inst., at Hanworth Parsonag e ; Norfolk, the wife of the Hon. and Rev. John liaxbor 3 i a son. Marriages, DE: X4S—ARMYTAGE.—On the 22d inst., at the Cathedre,,i Salisbury, the Hon. and Rev. Lewis Denman, recto,r l— r Willian, Herts, to Frances Starkie Mary, eldest dase of the late Col. Armytage, Coldstream Guards. PAGET— VILLIRRS.—On the 22d inst., at St. Mary's, II pd ton, Berkeley Paget, Esq., to Gertrude Fanny, se. g et daughter of the late Hon. and Right Rev. Henry tagu Villiers, D.D., Bishop of Durham. Deaths. ADLARD.—On the 25th inst., at his residence, StockWell common, Surrey, James Wm. Adlard, Esq., aged 74. ALLEYNE.—On the 21st inst., at Ryde, LW., Willima Castro Alleyne, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, an of Ridgeway, Barbadoes, aged 25. RICHARDS.—On the 24th inst., at Stowlangtoft Reeto/1 Suffolk, the Rev. Samuel Richards, M.A. formerly F low of Oriel College, Oxford, and for 33 years rector v the above parish, aged 70. PEARS.—On the 22d inst., suddenly, the Rev. J. R. Pte' of Woodcote House, Windlesham, aged 64. SALTER.—On the 22d inst., at The Grove, Hammersmith, Wm. Davis Salter. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDB 6 W S ; g Of No. 112, Strand, Painter , at Mr, SuN Office, 11 °1_ 1i 4 Strand, in the Precinct of the Ssvoy, in the Comity - Middlesex.--Saturday, August 26, 1866.