The Sun. — London, England, 1865-10-26 00:00:00

Railway and Other Companies. ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Captain Mangles in the chair. The Secretary having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CIIAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the directors had again the pleasure of rendering an account of their stewardship. They had not to record the loss of life or ship, or even of property, except a small amount in the case of the fire on board the Seine. This was a matter of thank fulness, and reflected great credit on their officers and on the service generally. The half-yearly ac counts were made up nearly in the same form as usual, and he believed they were more explanatory than those of any other steam company. He then adverted to the different items in the working ac ccounts for the past half-year. The item of coals was increased by £4,647 as compared with the cor responding half of 1864. That arose chiefly from an increase in the price of freights, and not from an in creased consumption. The item of wages showed a decrease of £3,601, from a diminution of one of the ships on thellonduras route; the item for provisions showed an increase of £1,205, owing to having an increased number of passengers ; the stores showed an increase of £431; the general service and stations an increase of £2,024, which was owing to a large amount being spent on the St. Thomas-wharf and premises ; the office expenses were £4BB less, and the law expenses £2OO less, in consequence of the little encouragement his learned friend Mr. Maynard gave them to go to law. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the receipts, the Government subsidy showed a de crease of £5,978 from the cessation of the service on the Hondurasroute; the outward freights showed a decrease of £20,500 ; the intercolonial freights a decrease of £1,291 ; and the homeward freights of £4,503. On the other hand, the outward passage money showed an increase of £5,592 ; the inter colonial of £5,057 ; and the homeward passage money of £6,620. The outward freight showed the greatest reduction, which was mainly caused by a diminution in the shipments of treasure from England to Brazil, which in the corresponding half of 1864 were unusually large. This was caused by new banks being formed at Brazil and Buenos Ayres. There had been since the accounts were made up an increase under that head, the last ship to Brazil having taken out £200,D00. on account of the Bra zilian loan. Ir i the item of homeward freight the remittances of L i.? from California were much lower than those in" ,orresponding period. That arose to some extent frout the struggle between the Northern and Southern people, on account of which the treasure from the Pacific was sent to England, the shippers fearing that it might be captured if it went in an American bottom. Thus they got for the time more of that business than their due, but the managers were endeavouring to make such terms as would induce the shippers to continue that route in preference to sending by way of New York. All the items under the head of passage-money exhibited an increase, which he thought showed that the com pany's ships continued popular, in spite of the com petition to which they were exposed. The French vessels had taken up some fresh serviceswhich might affect the company's receipts to some extent, but as the directors believed the more that opportunities were given to the public to travel, the more they would travel, he thought it probable they would not suffer much from the competition, at the same time their inducement would be greater to attend to the comfort of the passengers and accommodation in their ships. He believed they would have a good feeder from the Panama, New Zealand, and Aus tralian Company's line, the ships of which, it was expected, would commence running Panama to New Zealand early next year. They hoped by means of the friendly relations between the two companies to make through rateswhich would be mutually advan tageous to both companies. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the company's fleet, as it would consist of 13 iron and only six wooden ships, including the Panama, the £30,000 which the directors put aside annually would to quite sufficient to meet any re pairs their ships might require. Iron ships were now classed much higher than wooden ships, as A 1 for 20 years against A 1 for 12 years ; so they would find that their iron ships would be efficient when the contract expired. Their managers had arranged for sonic of the company's ships calling at Madeira to take out and bring home passengers. The Tamar would take out a considerable number of invalids next month. The amount standing to the credit of the repair and renewal account was £30,000. Since the end of the half-year the Trent had been sold at a loss of £l4O, and the Magda lena at a loss of £5,178. The remaining old ship was the Panama, which stood on the books at £13,000, and after allowing fora similar loss there would remain about £20,000 to the credit of that account, which sum could be divided if they pleased, as the purpose for which the fund was created would be at an end. The insurance fund showed a balance of £243,382 in favour of the company. He then re ferred to the presentation by the directors of a tes- timonial or gratuity to Capt. Revett and those under his command for their exertions in extinguishing afire that occurred on board the Seine on the 13th of August last, a few hours after leaving St. Thomas. He read letters from the Postmaster-General and the naval agent approving their conduct, and testifying to the perfect discipline that prevailed on board the ship. He (the chairman) trusted, after reading those letters, that the proprietors would sanction the £6OO expended for that purpose. He then explained that the dividend he had to propose was not obtained either from the subsidy or the freight and passage money, but, as some people supposed, chiefly from being their own insurers. He stated that from the commencement to the present time they had only paid their shareholders an average dividend of 3s. 6d., and he thought that was by no means an unreasonable amount for capital embarked in such a business. On Dec. 31, 1862, their investments and loans amounted to £368,539, since which they had paid £297,862 for new ships, and the surplus was now £368,294, or only £2OO less. There still re mained £30,000 to pay in order to complete the company's fleet. The company had actually made £254,449 by being their own underwriters. The large dividend was attributable to the care and good fortune which had attended the company. He con cluded by moving that the report be adopted, and that a dividend of £4 per share, and a bonus of £2 per share from the insurance fund, be declared free of income-tax, payable on the 28th inst. Mr. TUFNELL, a director, seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. On the motion of Mr. TAYLOR, seconded by Dr. RI c HIRDSON, a resolution was unaimously passed, declaring the proprietors' approval of the conduct of Captain Revett, the officers, and crew, and the ad mirable discipline maintained on board the Seine on the 15th of August last. On the motion of Mr. BARNET; seconded by Mr. .31MPSON, the best thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. J. Maynard for the legal services he had rendered to the company, and the sum of 1,000 guineas was placed at the disposal of the directors for the puchase of a suitable testimonial to Mr. Maynard, the highly esteemed adviser of the com pany. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors for the able and suc cessful manner in which the affairs of the company had been conducted. SMYRNA AND CASSABA. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the offices, Adelaide-place, London bridge ; Mr. Larking in the chair. The report stated that the line was opened to Bournaltat and 3fenemen (23 miles) on the 9 6th of July last. Since the opening the traffic has been highly satisfactory. The traffic bad steadily in creased, showing that it resulted from the wants of the district and the growing appreciation of railway communication. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the progress of the works proceeded in a most satisfactory manner. Mr. Price had left for Smyrna, and h e i nten d e d to rema i n th e re until the op opening of the li ne . O ne port i on o f the line, 18 miles in length, was expected to be open that day, making about two-thirds of the whole length. There were very few instances on record of a line being completed in so short a time. Communications from Smyrna informed him t l aat the line was lcoked upon with very great favour. Mr. QUILTER said the line would be about 63 miles in length, and in 18 months it would be com pleted. The traffic on the portion of the line opened was double the estimate, and there were encourag ing prospects. Mr. GILPIN, M.P., seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, which was agreed to, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro ceedings. HEXHAM AND ALLENDALE. The first ordinary meeting of this company was held in Allendale town on Saturday ; Mr. Beau mont, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that the contract for making the line had been let to Mr. W. Ritson, who had commenced operations on the line. Agreements for the purchase of land and pay ment for compensation had been entered into with some of the landowners, who, as a body, had facili tated the operations of the company in a manner very gratifying to the directors. The North Eastern *Railway Company had subscribed £lO,OOO, and had appointed Mr. Hunter to represent them at the board of the Hallam Company. The report was adopted, and Mr. Beaumont, M.P., Mr. Sopwith, Mr. Dinning, and Mr. Lee were re-elected directors, and Mr. Hunter was elected as the representative of the North Eastern Company. WATERLOO AND WHITEHALL. Yesterday the works for the construction of this railway undertaking were commenced under the supervision of the engineers, Mr. Rammell and Sir C. Fox. The bed of the Thames on the Surrey side of the river, at a point nearly opposite College wharf, and in a line with Scotland-yard, is now be ing dredged for the foundations on which the iron tube is to be laid. At Scotland-yard the ground for the Whitehall station has been enclosed for the erection of the terminus on the north side of the Thames. From Scotland-yard the line will be car ried in brickwork under the Thames Embankment to the river, through and across the bed of which it will be continued in a water-tight iron tube en cased in cement. From the Thames the line will be continued in brickwork under College-street and Vine street to the intended station on the north side of the Waterloo terminus of the South-Western railway. Messrs. Samuda, of Poplar, are manufac turing the tube. rHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, lEEE. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Duke of Cambridge, as Field-Marshal Com manding-in-Chief, held a levee yesterday afternoon at the Horse Guards. About 130 officers attended the levee. With reference to the recent inspection of the troops at Colchester by the Duke of Cambridge, a communication has been received from the Horse Guards in which his Royal Highness expresses him self highly pleased with everything which came under his notice. Capt. Taylor, of the 103 d Regi ment, is held in readiness to proceed to India to join the service companies of his corps. Staff Assist-Surg. Hinton has been held in readiness to proceed to Colchester for duty. The half-yearly muster of the Brigade of Guards is fixed to take place in St. James's-park on Mon day the 6th of November for the Ist and 3d Batta lions of Grenadier Guards, the Ist Battalion of Coldstream Guards, and the Ist Battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards. The muster of the 2d Batta lion of Coldstream Guards and the Tower Wardens (Beefeaters) will take place at the Tower on Wed nesday, the Bth of November ; and for the 2d Battalion of Grenadier Guards, at Windsor, on the the 9th of November. The extensive ranges of barrack buildings which for between three and four years past have been in course of erection at the Royal Marine establish ment, Chatham, by which the present barracks and exercised ground will be enlarged to double their existing size, will shortly be completed by the erec tion of a commodious block of buildings on a por tion of the dockyard, and in immediate contiguity to the present barracks, intended for the accommo dation of the officers of the division at head-quar ters. The new buildings, which were commenced in the early part of the present year, are built on that portion of the dockyard frontinglthe painters' shops. They have a frontage to the road leading to the main entrance to the dockyard. The length of the block is 260 ft., with a depth of about 50ft., the whole carried to a height of five sto ries. The new building will provide accommo dation for about 50 officers and their families, each occupying the usual number of rooms according to his rank. In the centre of the build ing is erected the official residence for the second commandant of the division, together with separate houses for four field officers, and the requisite quar ters for 12 captains and 24 subalterns. The ground at the back, taken in from the dockyard, will be levelled and prepared for an exercise and drill ground for the officers, and, according to the exist ing plan, a portion will be set apart for certain of the barrack buildings for which space cannot be found elsewhere. The new buildings will be con nected with the present barracks by means of a light iron bridge thrown over the public road lead ing to the New-stairs. On the completion of the officers' new quarters the buildings now appropriated for officers' residences—grand division offices, pay offices, &c.—will be taken down. This will increase the parade-ground to nearly double its present size, while the barrack buildings themselves will be of the most commodious character, and second to none in their extent and other advantages at either of the other naval ports. The anniversary of the Battle of Inkermann falls this year on Sunday, the sth of _November. On Tuesday Lieut.-Col. Parker, of the 71st High landers, (who died of typhoid fever at Edinburgh Castle on Friday last) was buried in the Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh, with full military honours. The funeral procession consisted of a firing party of 300 men of the 71st, and the band of the regi ment ; the coffin carried on an artillery gun-car riage, and the pall borne by Capt. Parker and other relatives of the deceased, and by the officers in com mand in Edinburgh garrison ; the remainder of the regiment, a battery of Royal Artillery from Leith Fort, a squadron of the 4th Hussars from Piershill Barracks, and a detachment of Royal Marines from her Majesty's ship Trafalgar, guardship of the Firth of Forth. The distance to the place of burial was nearly two miles, and the entire route was thronged with spectators. Lieut.-Col Parker was a nephew of Sir William Parker, Admiral of the Fleet. He joined the army in 1842, and had served with great distinction in the Crimea and Central India. He wore the sth class of the order of the Medjidie and other honours. ller Majesty's iron steam storeship Wye, Com mander V. G. Roberts, from the West Coast of Africa, having discharged her stores in the basin at Woolwich, is ordered to be paid out of commission on Monday next. The officers report the sanitary state of the ship duriug the period of her station on the coast as having been remarkably g oo d. F rom a crew of 100 men and boys two deaths only occurred during the 41 years' commission. She brought home 100 tons of coals as ballast and a quantity of old stores. With the exception of some defects in the screw shaft of the rudder, which has been in nee 18 years, the ship and machinery are in a tolerably good condition. After being overhauled and refitted it is expected that she will be recommissioned for the same station. The steam tender Bustler, Second Master J. Draper, having completed repairs to her paddle boxes, &c., was yesterday undocked at Woolwich, and again entered on the duties of the dockyard. "ler Majesty's 22 gun screw steam frigate Endy mion, of 2,478 tons, to be fitted with 500 horse power engines, will be launched shortly at Deptford and will be completed for sea at Sheerness. The whole of her engine gear, boilers, and machinery have been forwarded from Woolwich to Sheerness in the Dec and a couple of dockyard lighters, which left Woolwich yesterday morning in tow of the Monkey, Second Master Smithers. The 6-gun paddle sloop Spiteful, lying in ordi nary at Woolwich, has been in readiness for some weeks to hoist the penny ,nt for sea, but on account of a couple of leakages 'laving been discovered in the hull it is expected that she will be redocked and re paired before she i.. commissioned. It is stated to be highly probable tl tat some spots of dry rot will be met with on furth ,er examination, and that in conse quence she may lie detained some considerable time at Woolwich. Her Majesty'd iron paddle wheel vessel Oberon has been un':iocked at Woolwich in readiness for commission., and has been replaced in dock by the iron paddle vessel Antelope to make good defects. The re,hartered store-vessel Lady Milne yesterday commenced shipping from Woolwich Arsenal 400 tors of hutting materials and other stores for Bermuda. The floating battery Etna, 16, 200 horse-power, until recently attached to the third division of the Chatham Steam Reserve, is now in the engineers' hands for the purpose of having her boilers, engines, and machinery removed, preparatory to being fitted up as a floating residence for the members of the dockyard police doing duty afloat ; the Nymph, the frigate at present used as a police residence, being required for other purposes. Cotton Supply Association. At the usual meeting of the executive committee, held on Tuesday, a letter was read from Naples describing the remarkable success which has at tended the sowing of a small quantity of Sea Island cotton seed in that neighbourhood. About a hand ful of seed planted in 1863 produced 801 b. of un cleaned cotton, and with the seed of this small quantity 21 acres were sown last year, 1864, which yielded a bale of 7501 b. of clean cotton, which was sold in Manchester at 29d. per lb., New Orleans cotton being worth at that time 17d., and fair Broach 14d. per lb. This is adduced as a proof that Sea Island seed can be cultivated to advantage in some parts of the kingdom of Italy. The same cultivator has this year planted about 35 acres with the last year's seed, and is now picking the first crop, having already secured about B,ooolb. of uncleaned cotton; and should he succeed in obtaining a fair picking during the present month and in November, he has confident hopes of realising about 40,0001 b• of seed cotton, equivalent to a yield of at least 10,000 lb. of clean cotton, which will afford a pro fitable return. The accidental reception of a hand ful of seed in the beginning of 1863 has been fol lowed by gratifying results, and the example thus presented is likely to encourage others to grow this description of cotton. Further supplies of seed are earnestly desired, and will be forwarded by the as sociation. A letter was received from Jamaica, describing the writer's crop as presenting a beauti ful appearance, and expressing the hope that his expectations will be realised. An association of small settlers and others has been formed for the cultivation of cotton and other products. A letter from a member of her Majesty's Privy Council in Tobago, and the present acting Colonial Secretary, was read describing the various experiments which he has made to encourage and establish the growth of cotton in that island. The staple is represented to be long, very fine, and white ; though formerly cultivated, it has recently been growing wild. It is intended to consign a quantity to the association in January next. A letter was read from her Majesty's consul at Apia Upolu Samoa, stating that, with a view to encourage the Samoans to grow cotton, he had himself planted seventy acres with different de scriptions of seed, and that he has forwarded to the association samples of the produce. It is calculated that this year there will be 400 acres under cultiva tion. The islands are described as highly suitable to the growth of cotton. None but the rudest im plements exist, viz. :—an American axe, for cutting down trees ; a large butcher's knife, for cleaning the weeds and cutting the small plants and bushes ; and, lastly, a hoe, in the shape of a pointed stick, from three to five feet long, which is stuck into the ground, and a hole three to four inches is made, where the seed is dropped. In about four days it makes - its appearance, and from four to six months after planting the cotton is ready for picking. There is a fine field for cotton growing, but the natives are lazy, and wanting in industry. A consular report, forwarded by the Foreign-office, was received from Paraibo, Brazils, dated Sept. 6th, stating that the first gatherings of the new crop are now coming forward, and that according to the report made by the president of the province at the opening of the Provincial Chamber of Deputies, on the Ist of August last, the product of cotton in the province for the year 1864 was more than double that of any previous year, having increased from 32,651 bags in 1861 to 74,828 bags in 1864. The export this year, up to the end of August, has been less than during the same period of 1864, owing partly to the want of means of transport, and partly to the fall in price, which induced many to keep their cotton from market in expectation of another rise. The reports of the new crop are highly favourable both as to quantity and quality, and if the rains cease, which have lasted longer and been more copious than for many years past, there is little doubt that the crop will be the largest ever grown in the pro vince, and it is expected will reach 100,000 bags. Papers were received from the India-office, contain ing a report from the secretary to the Chief Com missioner of British Burmah on the extent of cotton cultivation and the probable out-turn of the crop for the season 1865-66, as compared with 1864-65, which, in consequence of the price of cotton having fallen, is estimated at fifteen per cent. less than the previous year. The total out-turn for 1864-65 of British Burmah is stated at 29,283 maunds of 821 b. each. A letter was read from the honorary agents of the association at Bombay, stating that they have applied to Government for information from the various collectorates of the presidency as to the breadth of land planted with cotton during the pre sent year, the state of the crops, and the probable out-turn of the staple ; and that they have been in formed in reply that Government will not be in a position to furnish the particulars required before the end of February next. A letter was read from Messrs. Binny and Co., Madras, consenting to be come honorary agents of the association in thatpre sidency, and stating that four bales of cotton had been shipped by them on behalf of the Madras Agri- Horticultural Society. A communication was re ceived from the South Kensington Museum, stating that the 28th Feb. next has been fixed as the last day for receiving demands for space by intending exhibitors at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867. It was resolved to forward a quantity of New Orleans seeds to her Majesty's consuls at Shanghai and Japan to promote the growth of a better de scription of cotton ; and also to offer medals for the best samples of Italian grown cotton, both from native and exotic seed, in the Neapolitan Exhibi tion, which is to open in the month of December. 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The New Stone Row at the Low Pit was fronted by the police force, and their charge, the "candy men," walked into two or three dwellings. Wm. Hedley had voluntarily removed, and the next turn, says the Chronicle, fell to the lot of Mrs. Elizabeth Tre wick, one of the oldest inhabitants, and, as may be supposed, the ordeal was to be a trying one. The associations of the past had caused her to have a strong attachment to the place. She could look back 38 years, to the time when her late husband worked first in an ordinary capacity, and then as a weighman, to his death, which occurred but three hours after he had given up his employment ; and now her son, a hewer, upon whom her hopes were fixed, was called upon to share with her the presenthardship. John Fisher, his wife, and four children, next came out amid the pileof furniture in front of their doorstead. No distinction was made. Had there been any, Mr. Thos. Lumsden should have escaped. He had lost one of his legs in the service of his masters, owing to the cage carelessly being drawn up so as to entrap him in the slide and spear. The act, therefore, was to him like a second martyrdom at the end of the 19 years' experience which he had had in the pit. The father of his wife —Mr. Peter Bulmer—was killed on leaving the shaft of the colliery ; and each and all had the repu tation of being advanced in intelligence and skill. Benjamin Alderton had departed with his wife and five children. John Carlton and his wife were com pelled to leave their domicile. The bailiffs then went to Thomas Graham. A beholder inquired " how many there were in the family," and Mrs. Graham somewhat amused the company by replying, " Five children and a fat pig." Thos. Pringle, the father of one of the young men charged with committing a breach of the peace, was then ejected. Mrs. Pringle felt this to be an addition to her already heavy trouble. Her husband had been engaged at the col liery 34 years, without being absent three days from Cramlington, and she recollected being out in a field adjoining during the encampment on the occa sion of the strike in 1844. Stephen Hubback, his wife, and two children, were the next thrown upon the "wide, wide world ;" and following him Benja min Bell, sen., his wife, and two children. The offi cials then visited West Wood-row, and put Benja min Bell, jun., his wife, and one child, out of the door with their miscellaneous effects. Then, in order Thomas Burn, his wife, and several children ; Mat thew Johnson and wife ; John Greenwell, his wife, and four children ; and Robert Dick, his wife, and one child, were dealt with. In the Special Row, John Smith, with his wife and three children, were evicted. Not more fortunate were Martin Roberts, wife, and three ; John Hogg, wife, and five; Dennis Chute, wife, and two children. From the Corvan Row, John Charlton and his blind wife ; John Carr, and his wife and family of three, were expel led ; and from the Old Stone Row, John Wilkin son, wife, and four ; Andrew Knowles, wife, and two ; Thomas Davidson, wife, and two ; Geo. Willis and wife ; and Wm. Robinson, wife and two children. From houses near came forth Alexander Phillips, wife and three ; and Ralph Gray, wife, and two children. The party then went off to the High Terrace-row, but left it unmolested, as one family which it was intended to oust had voluntarily left. Marching from thence to the Shankhouse Row, Joseph Lacey, his wife, and five children, were re moved with their goods from their house to the ground in front. Robert Lowther and his family had left of their own accord. Thus ended the day's programme, which had resulted in the driving out of about 33 families. Many persons have been left out in the district during the last two or three nights, and provision for sheltering those and others who cannot find a home is to be made in the shape of a camp. Hundreds of men, women, and children hooted the police and bailiffs as they proceeded to execute their task, but no violence was used. The colliers behaved remarkably well. The soldiers were not required, and at eventide they amused themselves by dancing with some of the village girls to the strains of music. There is not any sign of a general movement for departure. The remaining tenants know not in what direction to bend their steps. Some Cramlington men managed to get work at another colliery, but were dismissed when the circumstance of their case became known. If the men cannot leave the village upon being expelled, it is to be feared that more serious consequences may arise. On Monday the roads were strewn with bedsteads, beds, chests of drawers, tables, chairs, earthenware, culinary vessels, clocks, birdcages, gunpowder bar rels, picks, axes, and all those miscellaneous articles necessary to furnish a pitman's house. THE RAILWAYS AND THE POOR. The following statement has been drawn up to show the facts which make some consideration of the question of building new dwellings for the poor in Westminster absolutely i necessary. The Metro politan Union Railway n passing through West minster will destroy a large number of poor houses. In the district of Christ Church, in a distance of 300 yards, 104 houses will be taken by the railway. Eighty of these houses were visited last year, and the number of inhabitants and their occupations, as far as could be found out, noted down. There will be 212 tenements in the 80 houses. Each tenement was inhabited by numbers varying from 1 to 12, and consisted of one, or, in some few cases, of two rooms, let at weekly rents, varying from Is. 6d. to ss. a room. There was also a block of four houses held by one person, in which 44 men and women lodged. The total number of men, women, and children in these 80 houses was 281. It may therefore be fairly assumed that in this dis tance of 300 yards, 1,000 will be ejected. The fol lowing list shows the ocoupations of the people in the 80 houses :----Navigators and labourers, 97 ; masons and bricklayers, 9 ; costermongers, 29 ; laun dresses, &c., 34 ; hawkers, 19 ; needlewomen, 17 ; charwomen, 14 ; army accoutrement makers, 10 ; shoemakers, &c., 16 ; shopkeepers' assistants, 13. There were also tailors, farriers, cab-drivers, ostlers, servants, carpenters, wheelwrights, harness-makers, plumbers, metal workers, scale-makers, sawdust dealers, sweeps, scavengers, engine -drivers, painters, crossing-sweepers, wood-choppers, lime bargemen, coal-heavers, basket-makers (principally for Covent garden), nurses, glove-makers, cat's meat vendors, and porters. These statements only refer to a small part of the demolition which will be effected by the railway ; and there is no reason for supposing that other districts through which the railroad passes are less densely populated. Many houses have also been destroyed of late for improvements, &c. More than 2,000 poor people were ejected from the houses which stood on the site of the new buildings for the Foreign-office. The consequence of all this demolition is that the houses are crowded more than they ever were, and rents are rising every year; last year in part of St. John's parish they rose 10 per cent. It is important to remember that a poor man who is driven out of Westminster must go some distance for a home. He must cross the broad belt which isolates Westminster from our poor neighbourhoods, and go beyond the parks of White hall, or the river, or Belgravia. It is needless to remark on the hardship to the poor of being thus compelled to live at a distance from their work, but it may be as well to point out that the cheap trains will not at all benefit many of the poor. They are useless for all, except those who go to work in the morning and do not want to return until the evening. Cheap trains at fixe 1 hours cannot benefit those who, like the charwoman, shoemaker, &c., often find that their work depends on their being within call at any time of the day. If the capital necessary for the erection of suitable buildings can be subscribed, there is no difficulty whatever about obtaining eligible sites on fair terms. Communications from persons interested in the subject will be gladly received by Mr. J. G. Talbot, 10, Great George-street, S.W. ADMISSION OF ATTORNEYS.—There are 138 ori ginal applications for admission as attorneys in the ensuing term, commencing on the 2d of November. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. WEDNESDAY. There was but little to interest ono to-day, after the great event of yesterday. Tho card, laden with those 10 sovs sweepstakes which the Newmarket authorities so much de light in, presented not a single event worth braving the gale that swept with fury over the heath, and a more tedious afternoon's sport has rarely been witnessed. In the Glasgow Stakes, Monarch of the Glen, Mr. Naylor's Derby horse, showed ho could gallop a little, for, though not quite pre pared, he defeated Beelzebub, on whom they laid 5 to 1. Moulsoy cantered in some 100 lengths in front of Shake speare in the £5O Plate. Lord Glasgow had a turn of good fortune in the 50 sovs Sweepstakes, over the Ditch Mile, with his Maid of Masham filly, and Llphus added to the two or three good things Lord Westmoreland has landed this week. An accident occurred on the heath yesterday, which, we regret to say, terminated fatally this morning. The horse of the Hon. Henry Blackwood, while galloping towards the judge's chair, came in contact with the cords, pitched his rider, and fell heavily upon him. Mr. Blackwood was im mediately conveyed to the town, and medical attendance procured, but he never rallied, and died from concussion of the brain. The deceased gentleman, formerly a Queen's messenger, was well known in society and in turf circles. Optional Selling Stakes of 50 sovs., for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for ago, with selling allowances. The winner to be sold for 300 sovs ; if entered to be sold for 250 sovs., allowed 41b ; if for 200 sovs, 91b ; if for 100 sovs, 141 h ; if jor 50:sovs, 211 b. Cambridgeshire Stakes Course. Lord Westmoreland's Orloff, 3 yrs £5O (ileartfield) Mr. F. H. Jennings's Lady Kinghorn, 3 yrs, £5O (Salmon Mr. Howard's Discretion, 3 yrs, £5O (Storey Mr. Carr's Guardsman, 4 yrs, £5O (S. Adams Mr. W. Hogg's Le Marechal, 5 yrs, £50...(J Grimshaw) Mr. E. C. Clayton's Idle Girl, 4 yrs, £5O ...(Tomlinson) Betting-5 to 4 agst Orloff, sto 2 agst Le Marechal, sto 1 agst Guardsman, and 6 to 1 agst any other. They loft the post nearly in a line, and ran so to half way in the distance, when Orloff, with Lady Kinghorn on his whip hand, singled themselves out, and ran a fine race home, the former winning rather cleverly atleast by a neck; Discretion finished a bad third. Mr. Jennings claimed the winner ; Mr. Howan, Lady Kinghorn ; and Mr. Hogg Guardsman. Subscription Plate of £3O sovs ; for 2-yr-olds, ist ; 3-yr olds, Bst. 121 b ; the winner to be sold for £350 if do- manded, &c. T.Y.C. Sir F. Johnstone's Miss Lavinia colt, 2 yrs (J. Grimshaw) Mr. H. Savile's Polly Perkins, 2 yrs (Carroll) Lord Exeter's Knight of St. Michael, 2 yrs (Dunbar) Mr. T. Jenning's Crossbow, 3 yrs (H. Grimshaw) The following also ran :—Salisbury, Bendigo, Glendale, Blackthorn, Bigote, Viceroy, and Scandal colt. Betting-5 to 4on the Miss Lavinia colt, 6to 1 agst Knight of St. Michael, and 100 to 15agst Polly Perkins. The winner, after they had traversed the first 100 yards, took a decided lead, was never after approached, and won in a canter by four lengths ; Polly Perkins finished half a length in advance of Knight of St. Michael, who was a similar distance in advance of Crossbow; Viceroy was fifth, Bigoto sixth, Glendale seventh, and Blackthorn next. Ben digo was last, beaten off. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age. The winner to be sold for 250 sovs. T.Y.C. 8 subs. Mr. Ten Broock's Dawdle, 4 yrs, 9st llb (Saunterer) 1 Mr. F. Fisher's Reindeer, aged, 9st 41b (Hibberd) 2 Mr. R. Sutton's Jezabel, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b (Thomas) 3 The following also ran :—Hornblower, Indian Star, and Vabalathus. Betting-7 to 4 agst Ilornblower, 3to 1 agst &indoor, 4 to 1 agst Indian Star, and 6 to 1 each agst Dawdle and Jezabel. Jezabel got away with a slight lead, which she retained into the dip, where she was headed by Reindeer and Dawdle, who came on together to half way in the cords, when Ford ham came with a rush, and won a fine race on the post by a head. Jezabel a bad third. Vabalathus was fourth, Indian Star fifth, and Hornblower last. Mr. Fisher claimed the winner. Handicap Plate of £5O for 2-yr-olds. T.Y.C. The highest weight left in at 10 o'clock the evening before running being Bst 71b, it was raised to Bst I.olb, and the others in proportion. Mr. York's Catapulta, Gst 101 b (Elphick) 1 Mr. G. Bryan's Brenta, 7st 101 b (S. Adams) 2 Mr. S. Thellusson's Actaaa, Bst 101 b (Fordham) 3 The following also ran : —Skirmisher filly, Hurunui, Whitby, Happy Wife, Victoria, Chivalry, Chessman, Roland colt, Hazledean, Blackface, and Exeter. Betting-100 to 30 agst Catapults, 7 to 1 agstVictoria, 10 to -1 each agst Acttea, Happy Wife, Hazledean, and Chess man, 20 to 1 (at first 4 to 1) agst Brenta. Catapults, in the centre of the course, was the first in action, and came on with the running, closely followed by Brenta, Happy Wife, Chessman, and Roland to the dip, where Brenta took a clear lead, and came on with the lead to within a dozen lengths of the chair, when Elphicic brought up Catapults, and won a good race by half a length ; a similar distance separated the second and third ; Victoria was fourth, close up, and Chivalry next. Renewal of the Glasgow Stakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds, Bst 101 b. Last three-quarters of R.T. 14 subs. Mr. Naylor's Monarch of the Glen, Bst 101 b (French) 1 Mr. Launde's Gunlock, Bet 101 b (Thomas) 2 Mr. Merry's Beelzebub (late Devil's-hoof), Bst 101 b (Edwards) 3 Betting-5 to 1 on Beelzebub, 6 to 1 agst Gunlock, 10 to 1 agst Monarch of the Glen. Gunlock was the first away, and made the running at a true pace, having the favourite in attendance with Monarch of the Glen lying off. They ran thus into the Abingdon Mile-bottom, when they got upon closer terms, and as they reached the cords the latter came up on the right, and ob taining a slight advantage won a fine race in the last stride by a head, a neck only separating Gunlock from the favourite. Fifty Pound Plate, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age, with maiden allowances. The winner of 500 sovs to carry 71b extra. A.F. Lord Bateman's Moulsey, by Teddington, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (J. Grimsbaw) 1 Mr. Deacon's br g Shakespeare, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Loates) 0 _ . . Betting-5 to lon Moulsey, who made all the running, and won by a dozen lengths. _ _ Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b, and fillies, Bst 81b. Winners extra. D.M. 9 subs. Lord Glasgow's b f by Young Melbourne, Bst 81b (J. Osborne) 1 Count F. do Lagrange's Equivoque, Bst 81b (T. French) 2 Mr. Naylor's Vlie, Bst 81b (T. French) 3 Lord Coventry's Cotillon, Bst 101 b (J. Adams) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Equivoque, 3to 1 agst Vlio, and 5 to 1 agst Cotillon. The Maid of Masham filly cut out the work to the cords, where she was headed for a few strides by Equivoque, but again resuming the lead she won very cleverly by half a length. There wero throe lengths between the second and third. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b, and fillies, Bst 71b. The *inner to bo sold for 70 sovs. T.Y.C. 6 subs. Lord Westmoreland's Ulphus, by Newminstor J. Goatee Mr. Savilo's Kinghorn (Fordham Mr. J. B. Morris's Florida (Cannon' Mr. Johnstone 's Chasseur d'Afrique (Morris: Mr. Beadman's Mariana (lleslop Prince Soltykoff's Fernleaf (J. Mann; Betting-6 to 4 agst Kinghorn, 3to 1 agst Ulphus, 9to 2 agst Mariana, 6 to 1 agst Fernleaf, 8 to 1 agst Chasseur d'Afrique, and 12 to 1 agst Florida. Ulphus, with Kinghorn at his girths, mado the running to half-way in the cords, where the former quitted his com panion and won in a canter by a length and a half ; a like distance divided the second and third. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards, weight for ago. The winner to be sold for 40 sovs. T.Y.C. 8 subs. Major Fridolin's Lord Ronald, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b Grimshaw) 1 Duko of Boaufort's Convent, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b ...(Cannon) 2 Capt. Macholl's Hope, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b (J. Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Discretion, Echo, Regina, Romola, and Pink. Betting-3 to 1 agst Lord Ronald, 7to 1 agst Echo, 4to 1 agst Hope, 6 to 1 agst Romola, and 7 to 1 agst Convent. The three placed ran in front throughout ; Lord Ronald, who always appeared to have the best of it, winning cleverly; Regina was fourth, Echo fifth, and Discretion next. Pink and Romola were the last two, beaten off. SEIZING A RAILWAY TRAIN.—A local journal publishes an account of the seizure for debt of a railway train on the Spanish frontier. It appears from the pub lished statements that certain extensive iron manufacturers obtained a judgment in the Commercial Court of Paris against the North of Spain Railway Company for £4,000. They applied through their law officer at the Paris office for payment, but were answered that there were no funds there belonging to the North of Spain. The Paris huissior then forwarded the judgment to a colleague at Bayonne, who, knowing that the trains belonging to the Northern of Spain Railway Company pass the frontier to arrive at Hen dayo, obtained assistance, and seized a train composed of six travelling carriages besides the locomotive and tender. The whole was placed under the care of a lieutenant of the customs corps, legally appointed as officer of the Court above. The company at once telegraphed to their agents in Paris announcing the seizure, and the following day the amount of the judgment was paid. A telegram was imme diately transmitted to the office at Holiday() in charge of the train, and then only was it permitted to continue its journey to Spain. ADvERTisEmExTy W —Holloway's Pills.—Functional Dis orSers.—ho would be well must see that every organ of the body does its duty fully and fairly which every one may certainly insure by occasionally resorting to these pills, or by taking a course of them, according to the printed directions folded round each box. Stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels aro all searched by their purifyind , and correc tive powers, and an y d epar t ure f rom th e ir natural action is strenuously resisted and order and regularity enforced. Health may always be preserved by attentive obedience to Holloway's directions and by using his medicine as advised by them. All obstructions will by this means be removed, the blood purified, and its free and faultless circulation established. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. --~--- TIMES.—The domestic politics of America are assuming an aspect of great importance, and of no ' slight interest to the world at large. The question of Slavery is again uppermost, though in a new form. It is still combined with sectional enmities and political rivalries, and threatens to affect no less a work than the reconstruction of the Union. In this work, as our readers have seen, President Johnson has proceeded in a conciliatory spirit, but upon principles essentially Democratic in character, and strongly obnoxious to a powerful section of that Republican party which carried the election of Mr. Lincoln, and maintained, in spite of all reverses, the prosecution of the war. These " Radicals," as they are now designated, regard the compered South with feelings half suspicious and half vindic tive. They see in the people of the late Confederate States a body of political enemies, if not designing rebels, and they desire, by way partly of precaution and partly of punishment, to keep them excluded from the Union for some little time. They would reduce the Seceding States to the rank of Terri tories, or even keep them under military govern ment, in a condition of probation, until all political questions bearing upon the late differences had been settled without their voice. The Presideirt, on the other hand, pursues a very different policy. His one object is the reconstruction of the Union as fairly and as speedily as possible. He insists upon the total and absolute abolition of slavery, and the return of the Seceding States to their old connexion, but he exacts no condition beyond these, and is content to accept the submission and amity of the South without inquiring too curiously into the sin cerity of its purpose. Up to a certain point he can proceed of his own authority. When the Conven tions of the States recently in insurrection pass the requisite ordinances for rescinding the resolutions of Secession and recognising the extinction of slavery, he can withdraw the military forces from their towns and leave them to self-government once more, and in this course he has been steadily ad vancing. He has also been very indulgent in con doning the offence of rebellion, and has granted pardons with such liberality that Mr. Jefferson Davis is now almost the only Confederate of note excluded from the amnesty. Indeed, it is reasonable to conclude from the President's reply to the South Carolina deputation, which we yesterday published, that even this exclusion will not be long maintained. But, although the President can do this much to wards reconstruction, the consummation of the work is beyond his power. That can be achieved by Congress alone. The Seceding States can only re-enter the Union by re-entering Congress, and Congress can determine the conditions of re-admis sion. Of these conditions one is selected for en forcement. The Republicans, or rather the Radical section of the party, demand not only the social but the political enfranchisement of the negro. They maintain his right to the electoral suffrage. That right must be settled by the several States themselves but Congress can dictate the proceedings before re admitting the States to representation. Consequently, at this moment the ultimate policy to be observed towards the South depends, not on the President, nor on the Government, nor even entirely on the . public opinion of A mer i ca , b u t on th e t emper o f a Parliament elected at a time of passionate excite ment. It is curious to observe as a constitutional phenomenon that the policy likely to be thus ex pressed is not considered to be the policy of the country. The opinions reflected will be the opinions of a minority. We are assured that the Republi cans, as a body, are not disposed to carry the emancipation of the negro further than it has been carried already. They have gladly abolished Slavery, but they have no desire to make a black man a white man's equal or to see the two races placed upon the same level. That this assertion too is substantially correct we may infer from the proceedings of the Republicans generally, who at the recent elections have not ventured to adopt negro suffrage as a cry, or go to the poll on that issue,while their opponents, the Democrats, have eagerly proclaimed it as the only question at stake, doubtless with the conviction that it was the weak point in the defences of the enemy. However, the present intelligence informs us that the Republicans have just succeeded in carrying the States' elections, not only in Ohio, where their preponderance was always decisive, but in Pennsylvania, and lowa, where it was thought that the Democrats might possibly win. The result of this success may be most important. The Radicals were strong in Con gress already—strong enough, perhaps, to impose conditions of their own framing upon the returning South ; but they might have hesitated to exert this power in face of declared opinion. These elections will give them confidence, and urge them, it is thought, to use their strength in direct opposition to the President and his Government. Probably the question of slavery is still at the bottom of all this strife, at any rate in the minds of the Radicals. They represent the original Abolitionists, who main tained the doctrine of emancipation through all trials, and at length saw it carried out. They may naturally and logically hold that the work will be incomplete until a black man is recognised as a white man's equal in one respect as well as another, and that in a free country no citizen should be subjected to disabilities on account of his colour. But it can hardly be doubted that political antagonism is at work also. The Radicals, in opposing the policy of the President and advocating negro suffrage, are really attacking their old adversaries, the Democrats, and repelling them from what would otherwise be a formidable position. It must not be forgotten that the return of the Southern States to the Union would be equivalent to a powerful reinforcement of the Democratic party in the country. Democratic principles have been uniformly predominant in the South, and the chief leaders of the party, indeed, have been Southern Statesmen. If the Democrats of the North could be strengthened by the accession of their Southern brethren, they might once more prove too strong for the Republicans and resume their monopoly of political power. If, on the other hand, the Southern States could be kept awhile under a species of ban, and if their elections could be influenced by a large constituency of blacks, the prospects of the Northern Republicans would be proportionately improved. In this country opinions and sympathies on the question thus raised will doubtless be divided. It is impossible not to admire the magnanimous policy of the President, and the firmness and consistency with which he carries it into execution. It is obvious, too, that in this policy of conciliation and compromise lie the best hopes of the reviving Union. The unexpected leniency of the Government has to all appearance disarmed the South more effectually than the victories of Grant or Sher man, and though the prospect of p ower as we ll as pardon may have quickened this repentance, Mr. Johnson acts with the true wisdom of a Statesman in closing his eyes to the presumption. It is enough, in his view, to get all the States of the Union once more assembled in Congress together. If there be duplicity in the politics of any of them that cannot be helped, and the consideration is of comparative insignificance. So long as battles are fought in Con gress instead of on the field, so long as the Union is unbroken and America undivided, party strife may run its own course. Nobody imagines that slavery will ever be re-established, and, with the extinction of slavery and the reconstruction of the Union, any other results may be cheerfully accepted. That such views are wise and statesmanlike there is no denying; but, on the other hand, there is much in the policy of the Republicans on which Englishmen, of all others, will look with sympathy. Slavery touched us more nearly than any other issue of the war, and this is the issue which the Republicans now wish finally to decide. When they say that a race which has been rescued from slavery at the cost of so dreadful a contest should not remain under political proscription, and that a man who is good enough to fight his country's battles is good enough to enjoy the institutions which he has defended, it is impos sible to gainsay their words. The Radicals may be few in number, but they are sincere, ardent, and active, and they have been able, as we now see, to impress their policy in three great States upon the majority of their party. Perhaps this policy, in deed, may be theoretically the most justifiable, but the misfortune is that it tends to prolong the dis ruption of America, and to impede a work which was proceeding with unexpected success. HERALD.—The organs of the Ministry are awkward advocates. The best recommendation one of them can find for Lord Russell's Cabinet is a disparagement of its chief. The public is invited to accord high honour to the noble lord's colleagues for the self-denial and absence of personal motives they have displayed in tendering him their support. Are the claims, then, of Lord Russell to the Pre miership so small in the opinion of his most faithful supporters? Is he unfitted for the post by lack of ability or defects of character, or is there a difference of opinion between him and his leading colleagues on vital questions which they have sacrificed in accepting him as their leader? That is the only sacrifice they could make. No one of them has claims to the Premiership equal to his. No one of them could feel it ignominious to serve under him ; and, what must have been a conclusive consideration with every one, only by accepting his Premiership could they keep office at all. The refusal of their co operation would have had only one result, the break up of the Ministry. Mr. Gladstone might have acted a " Dog in the Manger" part, and kept Earl Russell out of the Premiership, without getting it himself. That he chose a more prudent course, and consulted his interest instead of his vanity, is creditable to his common sense, but it certainly evinces no self-denial and calls for no admiration. It must be said for our contemporaries that the case they have to argue is a difficult one. It was the singular and unprecedented popularity of the late Premier which alone sustained his Administratio n. Out of their confidence in him men bore with pa tience the blunders and inefficiency of his colleagues. The distrust which the Radical tendencies of some members of the Cabinet naturally excited was quieted by the belief in his Conservatism. People felt confident that affairs could not go very wrong with him at their head, and even the alarm wh ich Lord Russell's extreme activity at the Fore i g n Office so often occasioned was allayed by the con viction that before any great mischief could be done the Premier would interfere. The new Ministry is' as its apologists neatly puts it, Lord Palmerston a Ministry minus Lord Palmerston—that is to say, minus the one man in whom the country placed its confidence, and for whose sake it tolerated the wrong heads and thick heads who composed the e rest of the Administration. What can be said T recommendation of such a Cabinet except that it is a temporary necessity ? It does not represent the country; it does not represent even the major it y of the new Parliament. Individual members have a following, but that following only 81 01 4 8 from a belief that they are disposed to favour a policy diametrically opposed to that for which some of their colleagues are advocates. The so-called Liberal majority is, as the supporters of the Govern" ment are constrained to admit, not a Liberal . ma' jority prepared to support any Liberal Adininistra" Lion. Its members were not elected as supportere of Lord Russell and Mr. Gladstone, of a sweeping parliamentary reform, and a confiscation o f the property of the Irish Church. They were sent t a , Parliament to support Lord Palmerston, and Lo ra Palmerston, as everybody confessed even then, Was a Conservative. There is a fraction of that majoritY; of course, sincerely desirous of great constitution s ' changes, but its support can only be won by th e adoption of a policy which the henchmen of the new Cabinet fear with good reason would alienate the best part of the nominally Liberal party. 117. ? grant to our contemporaries willingly enough that, these Palmerstonian representatives are not at re' sent prepared to support a Conservative Admin.'s' tration, and that they would desire to see a Govern' ment calling itself Liberal on the treasury benches; but they will lend no support to such a Libe ra i Government if it proceeds to carry out the Liberal programme, and if it does not attempt to cal, out that programme it will lose the goodwill 01 the Radicals, who have looked so anxiously for Lord Palmerston's death aas their opportunity The position of the Government is a very difficult one, and it is ridiculous to affect, as some of th e Liberal organs do, a confidence which is utterly; unwarranted, and which rests upon the very vill a assumption that the majority elected as supporter s of Lord Palmerston, and pledged to oppose Radi o ; measures, is a Liberal majority upon which Lord Russell and Mr. Gladstone can rely as firmly as Lord Palmerston could have done. The appeal, ad mzsericordiam, which the especial organ of the net Premier add r e s s es to the cou n t r y, evinces a roll ( ' better knowledge of the situation, and deserves fi generous acceptance. We can promise Lord Buss e . th . at he will have the " fair play" from the OpP°s .i i i ton which he again asks. Th e Co n servatives lvt, make no grasp at office ; th e y h ave no desire tO take it unless they can do so with the assurance of a working majority in the House of Commo.e'l There will be no ungenerous attempts made again st Lord Russell's Government at the threshold by ts,, Conservative gentlemen of England, who recognise in the noble lord the legitimate successor to th e vacant post. The Opposition will make every allowance for the difficulties with which the D e ., Minister has to contend, and it will give him. l 7, co-operation in the difficult task of carryi n g on the Queen's Government. But there is,,: condition which the Opposition must put to its support. It will give the new Premier fair pig' but it will not sacrifice its principles to his o 01 1; venience. If Lord Russell desires to escape , attacks of an': Opposition to which he can , 01 ' so little defence he must abstain from the introdUe' tion of measures to which he knows the Oppositi on must give a determined resistance. It would .b e absurd for him to ask the favourable consideratio n of the Opposition, if he intends to carry out policy which some of his adherents promise for Ine l , „ ; and employ all the infiueuce of his Government 'f assail the institutions which it is the chief care ° r the Conservative party to protect. It will be f o , him to say how long the truce, which naturally el ' pired with the death of Lord Palmerston, shall ,„ prolonged. If de decides to embark his fortunes iii a Gladstone Reform Bill, it is at once at an ell': and he will meet in the new Parliament an OpP ° ,°, .U L P'' sition prepared to do its utmost to thwart and e d .. feat him. There must be no mistake about matter. The Conservatives, not aspiring to t° possession of power themsel v e s , w ill o ff er its poss s ' sors no factious oppositio n ; b u t th e y will n ot all" , their forbearance to be abused. They are strong enough to control th e G overnmen t ; strong eno u g to defeat it if it will introduce Radical measures, and if the challenge is made they will not fail take it up. Whether it will be possible for Lor d Russell to keep his Government together witho ut essaying some Radical move is a ma tt e r for th e consideration of himself and his friends ; but if . does make the move, the Conservatives, who, if will only " rest and be thankful," will tolerate biro for a time, will certainly lose no pains and 1 )3o over no opportunity to checkmate him. COUNTRY MARKETS NEWCAS TLE-ON-TYNE.—TUESDAY. At our market this morning there was a small 0 ply of wheat from the country and the coast, with 13° foreign arrivals. A good demand w a s ex p er i en ced for both old and new, at is advance on the rates of this day we d• Barley for malting sold slowly at former value, but grit/ d ing was in request at is adv a nce. Malt was unchang e d . Beans and peas were firm. Oats were in better dera o 1 and 6d dearer. Flour was is dearer. LYNN—TUESDAY. The weather since Wednesday morning last has ',— showery, with strong north-west winds. At to-day's ket the show of wheat was small. Dry samples restk d o commanded an advance of is per qr.; other descriptiouoB last week. Best malting barley is per qr higher; grili din; d, qualities, 6d to is per qr dearer. Beans and oats in dorai llj at is per qr more money. New wheat, 44s to 48s ; new red, 38s to 40s; old whitte'r 48s to 52s ; old red, 45s to 47s per 36 st one . B a rley '' ) e - d malting, 33s to 36s ; seconda r y, 30 s ; or di nar y, 24s to ` ,3 u; per qr. Oats, 22s to 24s p er 24 s t one . B eans , l a rge, 36 to 40s ; small, 42s to 44s per 38 stone. MELTON MOWBRAY.—TUESDAY. White wheat, 42s to 51s ; red, 37s to 48s per 36 sic' t Barley for malting, 33s to 36s per qr ; feed, 26s to 3 1513 ; 30 stone. Oats, 20s to 28s. B ean s, old, 38s to 4Gs; 11° —s to —8 per qr. SALISBRY This morning at our U corn .—TITESDAY exchange . the attenda n 00 of the farmers, millers, and dealers was very numer%o A larger supply of wheat was offered than of late, b ut " to prevalent damp weather caused a good many sampl es w a come to hand out of condition. More money was asP i - o f than last week, and is por qr advance was established ,d prime descriptions, while other sorts , particularly tsl lots, were neglected. Barley was a 'decidedly i n erowd supply, but prime malting qualities continued to be " ( e e fp sparingly shown, and therefore commanded high flg li „ . 01 The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised Pial 36s to 503 ; barley, 26s to 38s ; oat; 22s to 308 ; beans,„ to 50s ; and peas, 34s to 42s per qr. Tares, from 63 " 1 0 3d per bushel ; Best bread, 12d ; household ditto, per 81b loaf. Flour, 32s to 38s per sack. HULL.—T UESDAY. 4 6 ' 4. English old white wheat, 43sito 18sa old red, 40$ 0 no , Barley, chevalier, 28s to 325. Oats, Russian, 22s to g o Beans, now English, 42s to 435. Peas, English blue' to 36s 6d.; grinding, 35s to 35s 6d per 36 stone. Births. GARDYNE.—On the 20th inst., at Glonforsa House, 'Aro' shire, tho Hon. Mrs. G. Gardyno, of a daughter. to rh MANN.—On the 24th inst., at Honeyberough, near -toe broke Dock, the wife of Col. G. Mann, C. 8., Bor i gineers, of a daughter. SHAKESPEAR.—On the Bth Sept., at Bareilly, • ,eOA Bengal, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Talbot ShakOr Bengal Staff Corps, of a son. Marriages. ,itl GASKELL — SADGROVE.—On the 25th inst., at Holy i - 'f sl# Church, Lee, K en t, Richard A. Gaskell, Esq., ',,f l Y . Helen's, La ncas hi re, t o J u li a Ali ce , on ly d a ughter - H. Sadgrove, Esq., of 64, Mark-lane, London. rw itY Il UDDLESTON— rft MASSEY.—On the 24th inst., at A:01 Church, Marylebone, Geo. C. Huddleston, Esq., 13th Hussars eldest son of the Rev. G. Huddlestotet of Tunworth, Hants, to Emily Henrietta, only dallg li the Right Hon. W. N. Massey. Deaths. 0 4 ' BAILLIE.—On the 23d inst., at Dryburgh Abbey, Isl.'' sr de Baillie, widow of G. Baillie, Esq., of Jerviswoo Millerstain. O il BARLOW.—On the 16th Aug., at Prone, Burmab, kill Barlow, M. 8., civil surgeon. Joli ii DUNN.— On the 23d inst., at his residence in Ilacknolt IL Dunn, Esq., aged 68. HALLB.—At 5, St. James's-place, Wm. Halls, aged 1,1 . 0 1.4 MILES.—On the 24th inst., at Park-road, Dalston , Miles, Esq., aged 75. r rse e ' NEWNHAM.—On the 24th inst., at 9, Belyedere-'lOOl Tunbridge-wells, W. Newnham, Esq., late of F ar-- aged 75. TUCKER.—On the 24th inst., William Owen Tue.Slo o-' of New City-chambers, Bishopsgate-street, an . 4 my, aged 67. 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