The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-13 00:00:00

lyal Agric' of England, Yesterday the general annual meeting of mem bers was held at the society's house, Hanover-square. Mr. H. S. Thompson occupied the chair ; and among those present were Lord Walsingham, Lord Berners, the Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Tredegar, Sir M. Lopes, M.P., Mr. E. Holland, M.P., Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., Mr. T. D. Acland, M.P., Sir W. Stir ling, General Hood, Mr. Banks Stanhope, Dr. Crisp, Captain Thompson, and Messrs. William Lawson, W. Torr, J. B. Thompson, Mandreth Gibbs, H. de Vitre, James Caird, T. Duckham, Finlay Dun, H. W. Freeland, and J. C. Moore Stevens. Mr. H. HALL DARE, secretary, read the annual report. It contained the following statements : During the last half-year six governors and 114 members have died, while one governor and 32 members have been elected, so that the list now comprises 76 life-governors, 82 annual governors, 1,380 life members, 3,972 annual members, and 15 honorary members, making a total of 5,525. The funded capital has been reduced by the sale of £l,OOO Stock, and now stands at £18,027 in the New Three per Cents. This is owing partly to the appropriation of a considerable sum to a thorough investigation into the results of the cultivation of the soil by steam-driven machinery in various parts of the country: To this latter object the council determined to devote a sum not exceeding £l,OOO, and notwithstanding the wet autumn considerable progress has been made in the inquiry, the result of which will be fully made known in the first number of the Journal for next year. The implements for which prizes will be given in the ensuing year con sist of fixed and portable steam engines, Fixed and portable thrashing machines, finishing machines, and pressing machines, barley hummellers, chaff cutters, mills, crushers, oil cake breakers, bone mills, turnip cutters, and field gates; aud, as a period of fouryears will have elapsed since the trial of some of these classes of implements, it is to be anticipated that many improvements will be exhibited. The country meeting next year will be held in the week com mencing Monday, the 15th of July. Prizes to the amount of £2,925 are offered by the society for live stock, and £430 for implements, while £570 are added by the Suffolk Agricultural Society and the Local Committee. It is also proposed to offer £2OO in prizes for poultry, the eastern counties having long been famous for their success in this depart ment. The Education Committee have followed out the scheme of prizes offered in the last report in con nexion with the Oxford Local Examinations, and have made awards of prizes. (There are two lists, containing 35 names, the amounts ranging from £1 to £7.) The whole number of candidates was 45. With regard to the Cambridge Local Examinations to be held during the present month, the council have determined upon offering prizes for the same subjects as before. Seventy-four candidates are entered for these prizes. Of these 21 are seniorsand 45 are juniors ; while 10 are entered for the special prizes in mechanics and , chemistry applied to agri culture, of whom two are also entered among the seniors. The council also offer (besides the fore going prizes) one senior scholarship of £5O, and four junior scholarships of £2O, to be competed for at the ensuing Cambridge Local Examinations in December, 1866, limited to sons of tenant farmers, or of owners, if not exceeding 500 acres, occupying their own laud. While heartily uniting with the whole kingdom in the thanksgiving for the abate ment of the cattle plague, the council are at the same time sensible of the importance of continuing many of the existing restrictions on the traffic in live stock, and with this view have instructed a de putation to wait on the Lords of the Privy Council to draw their attention to the following points :- Ist, the importation of foreign cattle; 2d, the re opening of fairs and markets ; and 3d, the necessity of extending the time during which the powers granted to the Privy Council under the Acts of the last Session may be exercised. With respect to the first point the council believe that the exist ing restrictions are probably sufficient for the pre sent, but that unless they are made perma nent, it will not be considered worth while to erect lairs for the purpose of carrying out regulations which may be only of a temporary nature, and that consequently such as relate to qua. rantine will become inoperative. The constant presence of the disease in various parts of the Con tinent makes it extremely proba.!)le that, except under very stringent regulations, the disease will frequently be re-importei, an 1 they b:lieve that it will eventually be found that nothing short of per manent regulations for killing animals intended for slaughter at the ports at which they are landed will prevent its introduction, and that with respect to store cattle, the regulations should be of such a per manent character as will lead to the provision of suitable buildings for carrying out an efficient sys tem of quarantine. With respect to the second and third points the council think considerable danger will be incurred by re-opening fairs and markets at the present time, except under the restriction of im mediate slaughter, and they wish to call the atten tion of the Government to the importance of ob taining, if necessary, additional Parliamentary powers, so that the trade in cattle may be placed upo n such a footing as may ensure the greatest amount of security to owners of cattle, and that at the same time the dealers and importers may know under what restrictions the trade is to be carried on, and be encouraged to provide such appliances as may enable them to conduct their business with the least possible incnlvenience to themselves and the smallest risk to and interference with public interests. Mr. CALDWELL moved and Mr. ELLMAN seconded the adoption of the report, which was agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then delivered an address. He said that last year at this time the council were exerting themselves to induce the Government to adopt stringent regulations for preventing the movement of cattle generally, and for killing those attacked by the cattle plague. The council's reso lutions were substantially embodied in the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act; and, looking to the check it gave to the plague, and to its subsequent rapid and continuous decline, few persons now ques tioned the soundness of the policy which had been pursued. The cattle plague had been brought within such a narrow compass that we might reasonably hope soon to see it extinguished. While its disas trous effects were still fresh in our memories we should not allow our attention to be diverted from the true character and results of this calamity until such regulations be permanently adopted—be made, in fact, part of the law of the land—as may give us all the security against its recurrence which the na ture of the case would admit of. (Hear.) Having shown how much more the disease had spread on this occasion than it had done in the last century, he estimated that the national loss caused by the last visitation could not be less than £3,000,000--a loss which might have been prevented if we had not been too proud to profit by the experience of this and other nations. He compared the returns for July, 1865, and September, 1866, with those for September, 1865, and November, 1866, to show that the 4i stamping out" principle applied to new centres of infection reduced the number of animals attaed, He that then discounte nance d th e not i on the diaease had worn itself out, or bad become less • intense or contagious, observing that through out the whole of the visitation h the nature and cha racter of the attacks been remarkably uniform, and that the disease had shown itself as contagious and fatal in the latest at the commence ment. If the provisions of esthoaseatitle Diseases Pre vention Act were not renewed, they next June, or at the end of the NV 0 uld expire of liament, and on any outbreak of the sessio n Pay ment would have to be called together, ore P..lia,r, or, if then sitting, the tedious process of passing a bill thro ugh both hour' would have to be incurred before any l. effective measures could b e. taken, aryl assuredly have agaie to pay dearly for our Want of foresight. The importation of foreign cattle should be permanently placed on a safe footing. (fear, hear.) The whole character of this trade had been changed by the continued extension of railways on the continent of Europe, occurring as it had done simultaneously with a great increase in the price of cattle in the English markets. These two causes combined mado it answer to the impor ter to bring cattle from much greater distances, and • we could no longer consider Rotterdam and Ham burg as the ports from which only Dutch or North German stock were brought here but they had be come the termini of a great network of railways, at the other end of which lay the great steppes of Eastern Europe, from which the rinderpest was rarely absent. Imported store cattle were few, and efficient quarantine would be easy, and the slaughter of fat cattle at the ports of disembarkation would conduce to the interest of both importer and con sumer. In winter the animals could be slaughtered at the continental ports, in summer at our own. Even now fresh meat was becoming an article of daily importation, and a return from the Board of Trade showed that in October 3,428,0001 b. of meat, salted and fresh, were imported, the greater portion being fresh mutton. Referring to scarcity of labour in certain districts, and a noble lord's suggestion that the co•operative system might be applied to agriculture, he said the labourer could not share the farmer's profits in good seasons without sharing his losses in bad ones, which he would be clearly unable to do; but labourers might be made partners in farms if they had sufficient grass land to enable each to keep a cow, the allotments to be the reward of industry and sobriety. He had for some years watched two modes of carrying this out—one plan being to lot each man a separate field of two or three acres, which is much preferred by the men ; the other being to devote two fields of considerable size to a number of men, who use one in common as a summer pasture for their cows, and mow the other for hay, the separate holdings being marked out by a post at each corner. The latter method was suit able for large farms on which it might be difficult to find Or to form a sufficiency of small fields for sepa rate allotment. Both plans work well. The cost to the farmer was trifling, as the cottagers were always willing to pay a fair rent for the land. To labourers with families the advantage of keeping a cow could not be overrated. The effect of the cattle plague on the supply of milk to large towns was re markably illustrated by the quantity of milk now conveyed by railway for the supply of the metro polis. The percentages of increase in the quantity carried in 1866, compared with 1865, by five out of seven of the great railway companies are 86, 120, 352, 560, and 560. There are now more than 220 stations sending milk to London, by passenger or speoial milk trains, from distances varying from seven to 190 miles, for a charge varying from a mi nimum of a id. to a maximum of 2d. per gallon for the whole distance. In the last three months, Sept., Oct., and Nov., 1866, which are the worst months in the year for the milk trade, no less than 1,652,000 gallons of milk have been brought into London by rail, showing that we should probably underrate the total quantity carried for the year 1866 if we state it at 7,000,000 gallons. It was to be hoped this large introduction of country milk would improve the mixture hitherto sold as London milk. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) The clear climate of the eastern counties was especially adapted for the growth of first-rate barley ; but the landlords did not make full use of their advantages. Mr. READ, M.P., in opening the discussion, said they were deeply indebted to the chairman for hav ing, by the delivery of so able an address, redeemed the routine character of their proceedings. (Hear.) He would remark that it was impossible, with the present restrictions upon barley, that the growers of it could do as they wished. As to giving labourers an interest in farms, by appropriating to them a certain amount of pasture land, he did not see how that could be done in the eastern counties, where , he farmers were so badly off for pasture land that they could not find food enough for cows, and therefore kept very few. The way to deal with the labour question was to have more task work and less day work. There were certain classes of work which required men's heads as well as their arms, and for such work wages must be paid according to the ability demanded. It was a mistaken system to try to bring all men down to one level by pay ing all so much a day instead of endeavouring to raise sonic to a higher level by appropriating those abilities which task work would develope. Mr. SYDNEY thought the time had arrived when the sJciety, with the influence and the means it possessed, might accomplish what was attempted by Si rJ. Siuclar many years ago. There were thousands of mem bers of every class—noblemen, landlords, practical farmers, and implement makers ; and all were alike capable of giving and willing to give useful informa- tion. If the council would consider the best means of obtaining this information, he believed it would form a number of sub-committees, one for live stock, another for cultivation, a third for manur4 a fourth for mechanical improvements, and so on ; and these committees would frame series of questions, and they would divide England into agricultural dis tricts irrespective of counties. The essays in the journals came out year by year, but they glanced at the position of only one county or district at a time. The inquiry he suggested would give valu able and authentic information. The work was not of a kind to be undertaken by private individuals, because it could not be made remunerative, and it was the duty of such a society to undertake works which could not be made profitable to private enter prise. It was extraordinary that intellectual men should still assert that the agriculturists had asked for compensation for the compulsory slaughter of cattle in order to put money into their own pockets, instead of regarding that compensation as an as surance for the security of the future supply of meat. If such a report as could be obtained in two years were published, although its cost would be great, it would add greatly to the reputation of the sttoihocani t e a t li y f a , iut a b n s d e r i i t b e w r s o t . dd bring a large number of addi- Dr. c Rwiseproepcpaorsried opposed th o e ut s t u h g e ge s s o t c i i o e n ty , on the b ground were with a chaotic mass of information in which the wheat could not be easily separated froni the chaff. As regarded quantity, the members certainly now got enough information for their money. This society, however, had been the greatest obstructive in the way of the progress of agricultural science. It had prevented the Government doing what it ought to do; and until Government t p o r o o k g urps-ieici e t i h w equestion of agricultural education and professors s n o o r s t have a good and efficient sp i t e ,. Ne indirectly,woulat £9,000,000. e we re appointed by the State to devote thei r ti me ex clusively to the a progress d b a s is of _ made, but not unt il then. H e estimated th e l osses from plague,subject, directly some and 0 merely certain theloss t he cattlel l animals, but the confiningof stock to tricts and the su spension of breeding. To sh ow t h e Government taking up the matter, he necessity for referred to the fact that the two commissioners ap pointed by this and the Scotch and Irish Societies reported that the cattle plague could not pos s ibl y reach our shores, because it would have to pass so many military cordons. Wi t hout reflecting upon ma tter had been them, he would say that if the ma naged by the Government we should probably never have had the cattle pl a gue, orit would not have ex tended as it did. It was impossible that this country could continue to supply the people with the re quired quantity of animal food. The question arose how it could be obtained, and he prognosticated that before many years it would be imported in large quantities from South America, Canada, and Aus tralia. It was important to look at the farmer's ex posure to the importation of disease along with cattle. Within the last few years we had had pleuro pneumonia, foot and mouth disease, cattle plague, and smallpox. Recently a number of sheep affected with smallpox had been brought from the Continent to a place near Harwich, and the consequence was the disease was distributed in the neighbourhood. When a farmer had smallpox among his sheep he was compelled to confine them to certain districts, and to submit to various other restrictions, and he got no compensation. Unless a different system were adopted, or animals were killed at the port of landing, disease would prevail among slie2p and would be concealed, and indeed he believed that not half the number of cases had been reported. Sir M. LOPES, M.P., said that 12 months' restric tions had got rid of the foot and mouth disease, and that showed. the importance of maintaining those restrictions. Mr. PELL attributed the excessive price of labour to many causes, including one which had ceased to operate, viz., the law of settlement. In his district it had driven people away, and now cottages were Ti; .E SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 13, 1366. ment of the sums falling due on account of the pur chase-money, &c., of the Panama vessels, would be distributed. These expectations had not been realized —the monetary crisis having continued for a longer period than anticipated; the distrust which it occa sioned, combined with other events, had affected the issue of the debentures, and rendered it neces sary to further postpone the dividend. It was, how over, gratifying to state that during the last three months £30,000 had been received for debentures, making the total amount £82,500, out of the pro posed issue of £150,000, and when the balance of £67,500 was subscribed for the payment of the di vidend in question could be arranged. As the com pany were now in actual receipt of subsidies amounting to £125,000 per annum, making the ag- I gregate returns about £300,000 per annum, and the future being full of promise, the directors were led to hope that it would not be long before the remain ing capital would be obtained. Their fleet com prised 14 screw steamers, of 13,370 tons in the aggregate, and 2,785-horse power ; also one screw steam tender, and eight coal ships, of 8,200 tons, making a total of 23 vessels, of 21,610 tons and 2,800-horse power. TRIAL OF MARTIN BEAU. ♦--.~. NIORT, Dec. 9. Now that the case comes near to its issue, the sensation it causes becomes more intense. Every sitting—nay, every hour—brings a dramatic inci dent, and the evidence seems to accumulate over the accused in such a way that he must entertain very little hope, indeed, of escaping capital punish ment. At yesterday's sitting, several witnesses gave details already known upon the remedies that the accused gave to his second wife, and upon the diffe rent accidents concocted by him in the view of causing a miscarriage. The Count of Merinville, landowner, at Pres signy, was then examined. The following are the principal points of his deposition :—I knew Julia Bontemps well. The Countess of Merinville and myself were greatly interested in her. When we learnt that she was going to be married with Reau we were greatly surprised, because Reau is not con sidered much in the country. When she gave birth to a child som e b o d y came and told me o f i t. I said that my intenti on was to go and compliment the young family. One of my workmen told me it was useless, as Reau was not pleased to be a father. I went to Fouilloux to see Reau and his wife. I found Madame Reau alone. She told me she had been delivered of a sou after two falls she had when going down to the cellar. She had seen on the stairs pieces of wood placed crossways. I remember asking her who put those pieces of wood there. She said she did not know. Some time after I called again on Madame Reau. I then found her in a horrible state ; she was extremely thin, her eyes were glaring, and her dried lips striking each other, giving a sound as that made by castanets. I retired painfully impressed and returned to the Coun tess of Merinville, who entertained a kind affection for Julia Bontemps. She liked her very much. She wanted to see Julia-Bontemps, and I returned to Fouilloux with her. I remember that Reau did not give me a warm reception. Madame Reau died two or three days after. This is, gentlemen, all that I have to say. The President —What do you know about the child's nurse ? Witness—The child was sent to a nurse who had had a child two years before, and who was very poor. It was strange that Roan, in his position, should choose such a nurse. I spoke about it to Julia Bontemps, whosaid, " Well, you see, one can not always do as one wants." Reau said to me, "It is very unfortunate for me that Dr. Martin at tended my wife. He did not understand her ill ness. lie attended upon her for a sore throat, and she had inflammation." The President—Reau has said for his defence that all these criminal proceedings were opened, and continued at your instigation and under your influ ence, in consequence of a difference between you and him concerning an election and the project of a spire for the parish church ? The Couut of Alcrinville (with indignation)—l wish he had told me that in my presence. (To the accused) Dare you say it is I who am the cause of all this? The Accused—The Count of Merinville is angry with me on account of the plan of the church spire. The President (to the accused)— Do you persist in saying that it is M. de Merinville who originated the prosecution ? The Accused—The count has great power. I have said, and I repeat, that he was cross against me on account of the spire business and of the election. Moreover, he raised difficulties about my estate of Fouilloux. Count Merinville—He offered me to purchase it many times for a sum much above its real value. The President (to the accused)—You have said, " Ah, M. de Merinville is so powerful that it is he who has organised the plot." M. Lachaud—Such an accusation cannot be sup ported. I beg M. de Merinville to believe that. the defence does not believe a single word of it. The President (to the accused)—Well, you do not persist in your insinuations, you do not charge any longer the count of having originated the prosecu tion ? • The Accused—No, I say nothing. The President—lt would have been much better if you had not spoken as you did two days ago. Most of the witnesses were also interrogated upon the character of Bichon and Bontemps, against whom the accused tried to bring the charge of poisoning by suborning witnesses; both Bichon and Bontemps received the best character from all. Dr. Jaurand, physician at Airvault.—l first at tended Julia Bontemps. She had reached a state of general debility which became chronic pneumonia. I did not suppose that she had died from poison ; the idea never crossed my mind. Julia Bontemps had very violent colics; I thought they were caused by the blisters I had prescribed for her, but these colics could have been caused also by corrosive subli mate. If a large dose of poison had been given to her I think I should have discovered it ; but possi bly I should not have known it because I was a month without seeing Julia Bontemps again. Dr. Bennet, physician at Airvault—On July 4, 1865, Dr. Jaurand requested me to go with him to Fouilloux to examine Madame Reau. She was dying. I could not discern the cause of the disease because she was exceedingly feeble. M. Lachaud—What is the particular effect of cor rosive sublimate introduced into the human body, and what are the symptoms ? Witness—lt causes salivation, but all depends on the temperament. The breath of patients undergo ing a mercurial treatment has a metallic odour. The next witness was Peter Bichon, on whom the accused tried to throw the poisoning of his wife and son. He deposed that the accused's son came to see him on a Sunday after his father's second marriage, and told him, "It seems that we shall be rich now." The witness replied, "Yes, if there arc no children." Young Reau said, " My father has told me that he shall have none." The President told witness that the Court held him as an honest man, who would not commit a bad action. James Roux d e p ose d th a t h e saw the accused pour a liquid of a li g ht bl ue tinge from a large black bottle, and give it to Julia Bontemps, who said to him, " IVbat yoi gave me is something very bad." Theodore Porcher said that when Julia Bontemps was in agony he heard the accused sing obscene songs. He seemed to care very little about his wife. The Countess of Mcrinville, nee Marchioness Mansabre, a young lady of great distinction, and who seemed much affected, deposed to the same effect as the count, her husband. She added, speak ing of her last visit to Julia Bontemps—When I left I saw Reau ; he was so indifferent that 1 turned my back upon him, and I said to M. de Merinville, "It is horrible ; a dreadful drama is going on in this house." M. de Aierinville shook hands with Reau. I told him, " I beseech you do not give your hand to that man, it hurts me." I have been told that at the funeral of Julia, Reau was bawling and crying while his eyes were dry. Florine Thihaut, who had been a servant of the being built on the sites of those which had been pulled down, and other inducements were being offered to the labourers to return. He did not be lieve that the principles of co-operation as they un derstood them could be carried out in farming; but in a village notorious for its drunkenness he had promoted the establishment of co-operative stores, that were doing now a large business on a small capital, the savings of men who were said not to have money nor pockets that would hold it. In the belief that beer was the legitimate drink of an Eng lishman, its sale had been introduced, despite the warnings of the clergyman, who now, however, confessed that the streets were quieter than they had ever been, while one of the public-houses in the place had been closed. (Laughter and applause.) That might be due to a change in his sermons, or to the quality and price of the beer sold at the stores. The education of pauper children in union-houses was a bad application of public money, and he sug gested that more country parishes should follow the example of towns, and, by uniting their :resources, erect large establishments, where classification and discipline could be more complete and training more efficient. In conclusion, he asked if the rumour were true that there was any idea of changing the charter of the association to enable it to discuss questions pending in Parliament. . Mr. EDMUNDS, of Rugby, objected to the society offering prizes for implements they did not want, and asked if the turnip-cutter could be improved. There were many implements it was impossible to improve, and therefore it was useless to go on offer ing prizes for them. If there were anything they wanted, let prizei be offered until it was secured. The education of the poor was a question which scarcely came within the province of the society ; they had more to do with the education of the sons of farmers. (Oh, no !) He was prepared to main tain that the poor were as well cared for under the Government system as it was possible for them to be—(oh, oh !) —and it was their own fault if they did not reap the advantages provided for them. He suggested that the small prizes now awarded to boys at the Oxford and Cambridge local examinations should be consolidated, and the money applied to sending youths to an agricultural college or putting them under farmers. Mr. WooDsdesiderated an improved turnip-cutter, and said that for farmers' sons he valued practical more than theoretical education ; and he mentioned an instance of a farm being let to an amateur, who was ruined upon it, and then to a practical man, who made his fortune upon it. Mr. CAIRD said they might leave the labour mar ket to settle itself, as it would do, and urged that it would be of the first importance to ascertain from authentic sources what foundation there was for the rumour of the impending cessation of the supply of Peruvian guano, which would immediately enhance the prices of all other guano . _ _ A MomErt said that the rumour of the exhaustion of the Peruvian supply had been conclusively denied on the part of the Peruvian Government. Mr. CAIRD said he was aware of that, and he knew also the delicate condition of Peruvian bonds and the importance of maintaining the credit of the Peruvian Government. Mr. WILLIAM LAWSON said that at the beginning of this year he told his labourers that at its close he would divide among them one-tenth of his profits in proportion to the amount of their wages. He would add his belief that nearly all co-operative societies— and there were some 600 in the country—did not consider it to their advantage to sell beer. Mr. SIMONS said it was impossible for farmers to advance the price of labour; if they did they would be ruined. Let those who thought otherwise lead the way. Mr. 'nail said supply and demand would regulate the price of labour. In his time the cost of cultiva tion had risen seriously. Emigration carried off the best labourers, and left the worst. It was better to pay 3s. to a good man than 2s. Gd. to a bad one inferior labour of every kind was always the dearest in the end. He feared that the cottager who had a piece of land took more interest in that than he did in his master's. He gave to men with large families the milk of a cow, and lie allotted them potato land in a field which he manured, they finding seed potatoes. He ridiculed the outcry for three-roomed cottages, believing two rooms best, except for families. Mr. DUCKIIAM concurred in Dr. Crisp's estimate of the loss by the cattle plague, and wished that more had been said about the prevention of the spread of contagious diseases. The losses from pleuro-pneumonia laa'l probably in the aggregate exceeded the losses from the cattle plague. The society could do s , ,Tvice by expressing an opinion at the Home• office and urging the introduction of a better system of offering animals for sale in the home markets. The CHAIRMAN, in reply, said he claimed to as sert the success cf an experiment he had tried, which showed that labourers would be the best im provers of grass land against those who had made no experiment ; and he defended the offering of prizes for implements as well to encourage improve ment as to secure the exhibition of the best where farmers were congregated. He would endeavour to ascertain if there were any useful information ac cessible respecting the supply of Peruvian guano. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HOLLAND answered the question as to the proposed change of the charter. He said there had been a meeting of the committee that morning, and they had determined not to recommend any altera tion of the charter, seeing that the Privy Council had permitted them to do all for which they would seek the alteration. This terminated the discussion. Thanks were voted to the auditors. Arr. Astbury and Mr. Corbett were re-elected auditors, and Mr. F. Sherborn was elected to that office. A vote of thanks to the Chairman for his address and for presiding terminated the proceedings. Railway and Other Companies. BODMIN. A meeting of the shareholders was held at Bod min on Monday, at which Mr. Alms, the chairman, stated the liabilities of the company to be £3,233. It was resolved to apply for an Act of Parliament, conferring certain additional powers on the com pany. By avoiding a tunnel set forth in the original plans many thousands of pounds would be saved, and the line made for about £48,000. PANAMA, NEW ZEALAND, AND AUSTRALIAN ROYAL MAIL (LIMITED). a lli o n: to n of , The report of th e di rec t ors s t a t es th a t th e removal o li f o t e l:e h h a e d ad invod colonial ive establishment from Sydn e y t o e in a vi s e o w m of the opening of the Pa nama the 30th ti t m e a m r p y ora o r f y d t e h l e ay aieneotehnets to corn of June. The commencement of the Panama service in June last, and the first voyages not having been completed until July, also rendered it difficult to exhibit an accurate statement of the profits received during the half-year. The accounts for the entire 12 months will be presented at the ie annual v tI general ia t a y a ti meeting sfa r iu May nex t , w h en it is be d dividend will b e d ec l are d . leseto service, th e open i ng e N s t o a t h w h i s t h h s m t a e n n d t i o n f g t h t e h e Panamaheavy outlay attending th e of the service across the Pacific had been highly suc cessful. The line was commenced at each end in June, and advices had been received of seven voyages having been made between Panama, New Zealand, and Sydney. The service had given universal satis faction, and established confidence in the new route, the amount of traffic already secured being most en couraging and in excess of what had been antici pated. The number of passengers had averaged 70 per month from the first, and, the advantages of the line having been fully demonstrated, it was ex pected there would be a steady and continuous in crease in the passenger traffic. The quantity of .cargo had been increasing every month, and the shipments of specie from the colonies promised to be large. At the general meeting held last June it was proposed that the consideration of the declara tion of a dividend for the six months ended the 30th of December, 1865, should be postponed for three months, in anticipation that the remainder of the debentures would have been subs , aibed for, and that the amount properly available for dividend, but which had been for the time applied in part pay- accused, said that Martin Reau was of very dissolute habits, and one day he told her, " Your father made a bad bargain when he bought Portynet's property for annuities. I should have given him broth at 11 o'clock, and he would have died at noon." (Pro longed sensation.) Once when Reau was adminis tering a draught to his wife,. he said, " Open your mouth, it is the devil that puts it in your beak." The President—Did you utter those words ? The Accused—l don't know. Peter Chameau, the carpenter, whom Reau tried to suborn, was then examined, but his deposition was not important. The nurse of Abel Reau was also examined, but said that she had nothing to say against the accused. Sitting of Dec. 9.—Although it was Sunday, the court was crowded to suffocation. When brought in the accused looked very pale and dejected. Ile sat down and buried his face in his hands. Among the witnesses examined was Constant Louis Martin, schoolmaster, at Pressigny, who said, when asked if he knew Bichon and Bontemps- They are honest men; no better people live in the parish. One day when it was the nationel fete of Pressigny, I said to Bontemps, " Well, Father Bon temps, you always like pure wine, eh?" " said he, " 1 am obliged to mix it with water now ; I feel in my stomach a heat which does not leave me." After the exhumation of the four bodies people said, " Where would Reau have stopped ? Father Bon temps would have been the next victim added to the four others." I was told also last Tuesday by the landlord of an inn at Partheny that Reau told him, " I am about to marry again through my father-in law, and afterwards I shall get rid of him." The Italian, Bertodato, was also examined, and deposed that when walking in the courtyard of the prison, where he was undergoing a sentence of 15 days' imprisonment for an offence against the police, he was accosted many times by the prisoner, who proposed to aid him to suborn Peter Chameau and his son, carpenter at Partheny, who were to charge Bontemps and Bichon with having poisoned Julia Bontemps and Abel Reau. Martin Reau gave to Bertodato, the day before he was to leave the pri son, a letter containing the written instructions of Martin Reau to the Chameaux, to each of them Ber todato was to offer I,ooof. in his name: Bertodato was to receive the same sum. But Bertodato, full of indignation at the diabolical designs of the ac cused, handed the letter he was to deliever to Cha mean, the father, to the gaoler of the prison, whom he informed of the whole affair. The witness was complimented by the president upon his promptitude in exposing to justice the evil designs of the accused. The letter written by Martin Reau to Chameau, the father, was read in court. It showed that if the accused was not a scholar, he was very deepin crime. He wrote for the Chameaux the circumstantial depo• sitions they were to make. It was to this effect :--- During the night, when returning from their work, they overheard by chance a conversation between Bontemps and Bichon ; the first said to the latter that he 'had poisoned Julia very subtlely without Martin (the accused) having any suspicion about it, and that now it was the turn of the - hus band, &c. When shown that letter, and asked if it was his hand-writing; the accused turned livid and mur mured " Yes." Here closed the evidence adduced by the prosecu tion, and the sitting was adjourned till to-morrow (Monday), when the proceedings will be resumed with the examination of the witnesses summoned for the accused, among whom. is M. Sdhumberger, a chemist of repute, who is likely to assume in this extraordinary case the attitude of Raprail at the trial of Madame Lafarge. Recruits for the Army. The returns which have been issued for the year. 1864 show that in that year 27,754 recruits were examined ; 10,725 were rejected at the primary in spection (386 per 1000), and 1,720 more rejected at the secondary inspection, bringing the rejections up to 448 per 1,000 and leaving 15,309 to pass into the army as soldiers. The returns relating to the pri mary inspections are this year more complete than they have hitherto been, and they show that the proportion rejected at the :primary inspection by army medical officers, 422 per 1,000, though considerably luwer in the preced ing year, was still very much greater than the proportion rejected by civil medical practitioners, which was only 325 per 1,000. But this less strict sifting on the part of civil practitioners did not pro duce a larger number of soldiers ; the only result was that a greater number of men passed by them were rejected at the secondary inspection, at which indeed four of the men passed by them were rejected for every one rejection of a man passed by the army medical officers at the primary inspection. The very low proportion of rejections at the secon dary inspections when the primary have been made by army surgeons has long been observed, and the result of the comparison with the examination by civilians is now seen in exact figures. A little more strictness on the part of the civilpractitioners might save considerable expense without materially reduc ing the number of recruits ultimately received into the service. The proportions rejected varied greatly at the several recruiting districts, Liverpool and Belfast being vary much in excess of the average, and Edinburgh and Bristolmuch wider it. Of every 1,000 'recruits 563 came from England and Wales, 112 from Scotland, 320 from Ireland, and 5 from ports beyond the seas. These figures, when com pared with those for the preceding year, show a slight decrease in the proportion from Scotland, and a corresponding increase from England. Of Scotch men only 351 per 1000 were rejected, and of Welshmen only 366; but 458 Englishmen per 1,000 were rejected, and 471 Irishmen. The list of causes of rejection may serve as a sort of index of the physical condition of the classes which furnish recruits. The most frequent cause assigned_ was varicose veins ; but diseases of the eyes were nearly as common a cause, and occasioned the rejection of one man in every2o. Next came defects of the lower extremities, small or malformed chest, or curvature of spine, variocele, muscular tenuity, hernia, or ten dency to hernia. Less frequent causes of rejection are " unsound health," disease of the heart, ulcers and cicatrices, syphilis, scrofula, loss or decay of many teeth, defects of the upper extremities. No other defect or disease is set down as causing the rejection of so many as one man in 100. The bulk of the recruits examined may be placed in four classes ; in every thousand 592 were labourers, hus bandmen, or, servants; 174 were mechanics em ployed in occupations favourable to physical deve lopment, such as carpenters, smiths, masons ; 142 were manufacturing artisans, such as cloth-workers, weavers, lacemakers ; and 65 were shopmen or clerks. The first class—labourers, husbandmen, and servants--are an increasing proportion of the army. The rejections in this class in 1864 were not so numerous as those of the manufacturing artisans, but more numerous than among mechanics, shop men, and clerks. So far as educational returns are given, they are more favourable than the preceding year. They show that two out of every three men were able both to read and write ; of the third of the recruits inspected, two-thirds (a rather larger proportion than one man in every five of the whole number) could do neither. Nearly three-fifths were under 20 years of age. One-third were sft. Gin. in height. Of 10,000 inspected at the head-quarters of the recruiting districts, one-half weighed less than 1301 b. each ; nearly one-fifth did not weigh more than 1201 b. We do not expect the recruiting sergeant to collect the flower of the population, but it is rather unsatisfactory to find that not far from half the young men who presented themselves were found unfit to be soldiers. f ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills.—Early Means.— No part of the human machine requires more watching than the nervous system; upon it hangs health and life itself. These pills are the best regulators and strength eners of the nerves and the safest general purifiers; nausea, headache, giddiness, numbness, and mental apathy yield to them. They despatch in a summary manner those dis tressing dyspeptic symptoms—stomachic pains, fulness at the pit of the stomach, abdominal distensions, and over come bath capricious appetite and confined bowels, the commonly accompanying s►gns of defective or deranged nervous power. Holloway's pills are particularly recom mended to persons of studious and sedentary habits, who gradually sink into a nervous and debilitated state unless some restorative such as his pills be occasionally applied. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, HERALD.—Lord Amberley is a politician to whose utterances, perhaps, it is hardly charitable to attach too large a meaning. Yet Lord Amberley is one of the jeuizesse doree of Whiggism. He is regarded by his party, we believe, as one of the chief sources of the country's strength in future. He is the parvus Lulus of the great house which has ever been accus tomed to regard Parliamentary Reform as much a portion of its property as Covent-garden Market. In the language of the turf, he is one of the most promising colts of that stable. It is upon his shoulders that the destinies of England are some day to rest, and out of his mouth is to come that wisdom which is to direct her steps. We quite agree with Mr. Murchison that this poor country, which has so large a reversionary interest in Lord Amberley has a right to expect that there should be no ambiguity about his lordship's statements. A statesman of such an important name is under a peculiar obligation to the public to speak clearly and consistently. He is no trafficker in men's suffrages. He can have no interest in setting up class against class. He is not bound to please his audiences, as some of our orators are, by telling them only that which they are inclined tohear. 'When Lord Amber ley goes down to Stroud to address a meeting of work ing men, we might fai r ly p resume, t h erefore, that his lorship would rise above the level of a Beales or a Dickson in candour or moderation. Mr. Murchison was one of those sanguine enough to indulge in this expectation ; and Mr. Murchison has taken the trouble to make known to the public his disappointment in Lord Amberley. The corre spondence between these two gentlemen, we are bound to say, is not advantageous to the reputation of the young Whig lord, and we quite agree with Mr. Murchison that it furnishes a capital instance of the "reckless manner in which the Liberals mis represent their opponents." The two points on which Mr. Murchison challenged the speech of Lord Am berley at Stroud, are, first, the statement that the present Government came into power expressly upon the ground of " denying any reform and any change in the representative system ;" and secondly, the charge against the Government of preventing the meeting in Hyde-park, "in pursuance of a policy which appeared as ungenerous as it was unwise." The words we have quoted are taken from Lord Amberley's reported speech, and their correctness is not denied. As to the first point, being asked to produce some proof of his assertion, Lord Amberley declares that it was made in a qualified sense. The Government may not necessarily be opposed to all Reform, but " the course taken by them last ses sion was of unqualified resistance to all extension of the franchise." The explanation cannot be con sidered very creditable either to Lord Amberley's candour or his ingenuity. The original declaration that the Tory Government came into office upon the:ground of " denying any Reform and any change in the representative system," does not admit of any qualified sense. LordAmberley may very na turally believe that there is no Reform except what comes from the House of Russell, but what did he intend the working men of Stroud to understand by his speech ? Is there really no Reform except what was included in the bill of Lord Russell ? Why this has been contradicted a hundred times by the Reformers themselves, who have told us that it was a "sham" bill, and that they exulted when it was thrown outs The very meeting which Lord Am berley addressed was one called to advocate a kind of Reform which was not included in his father's scheme, which the greater part of Whigs have no intention whatever of advocating. How, then, can a charge lie against Lord Derby's Government of opposing any Reform when it opposed only the im perfect scheme of Reform which Lord Russell in troduced ? That it was Lord Amberley's intention to make the people of Stroud believe that the Tories are necessarily opposed to any change in the repre sentation it cannot be doubted. His words have no other meaninc , but this. They would not have been cheered by the meu of Stroud if they had suspected any "qualified sense."° Whatever Lord Amberley may have meant, the conclusion is clear, even after his explanation,thathe saidsomething which he knew not to be strictly correct, but which he believed his audience wished him to say and liked to hear. On the second point which is referred to in this corres pondence Lord Amberley',we are sorry t o sa y, i s not exhibited in any better light. The conduct of the Government in excluding the Reform League from Hyde-park, he said, at Stroud, appeared to him "as ungenerous as it was unwise." But when he is asked whether this exclusion was not as much the act of his own party as of the Tories ' and whether Sir G. Grey did not appro ve o f what Mr. Walpole did, Lord Amberley makes the very singular reply, that he was " not considering what the late Govern ment might or would have done, but whit the ex isting Government a c t ua ll y did. Had the kite Ministers," he adds, "remained in office, it can hardly be supposed that the melancholy scene in the park would have ever occurred." The working men of Stroud will, we trust, be duly impressed with this exquisite specimen of high Liberal casuistry. Ac cording to the new morality preached by Lord Amberley, the burden of a crime falls exclusively on the actual doer. The accessories before the fact are cleared of all offence by reason of their not having been able to take part in the overt act. They may have even conceived the wicked and ungenerous thing, but if they did not actually do it they are separated from the doers by all that gulf which di vides the innocent from the sinful. it is true this fine distinction is only given to us in his correspon• deuce, and that the working men of Stroud had no opportunity of admiring Lord Amberley's logic, but how should this affect Lord Amberley's own charac ter for generous candour to his opponents ? It was clearly none of his business to explain to his audi ence that, though Lord Derby's Government shut the ;people out of Hyde-park, it was an act which Lord Russell's Government was also prepared to do, and which in fact any Government must have done which was then in office. Lord Amberley had come to Stroud to talk to the working men of their capacity for the franchise, and he was bound to adminiser to that capacity. The working men of Stroud believed already that it was Lord Derby who excluded the people from the park, because they liked to believe it, and it was necessary, or was supposed . to be ne cessary, to their cause that they should believe it. And any one who knows what the, exigencies of a popular orator are, before a manhood-suffrage audience, can understand how Lord Amberley should say precisely so much as would please the people of Stroud, and reserve to himself all finer qualifications. The opinion volunteered by Lord Amberley that " had the lat e Ministers remained in office it can hardly be supposed that the melan choly scenes outside and in Hyde Park would have occurred," is curiously impertinent to the issue. We might retort upon him in his own words that we are not considering what melancholy scenes " might or would" have occurred in a certain con tingency. As the occurrence took place just at the very time when the Government was being changed, and as the project for the meeting had actually been formed, and the resistance to it anticipated, when Lord Russell's Ministry was in office, it is extremely probable that, even, if Sir George Grey had been in power instead of Mr. Walpole, the same scenes would have occurred that did occur ; and that the mob would have pulled down the rails of a Reform Govern ment with precisely the same energy as it did those of a Tory Government. The flower-beds, we presume, were not trampled upon the more, by reason of their being supposed to be Tory flower beds, ' and not the true Reform parterres. But whatever the mob might or would have done can not affect the question of what it was the duty of the Government to do. The occurrence of the " melancholy scenes" that did take place cannot be a special charge laid at the door of Lord Derby's Government if the Government which it displaced was prepared to do precisely as Lord Derby did. Either it was right or it was wrong to prevent a public meeting in Hyde Park. if it was wrong, then it was a wrong i n w hi c h th e Whigs had as much share as their opponents. If it was right, then Lord Amberley is not very generous or very wise, when he includes this among the other complaints he has to make against Lord Derby's Government before the men of Stroud, for the purpose of advertising his own superior liberality, and recommending his own claims in that quarter. ' Tim Es. --- ur old friend the Cattle Plague is once more, we deeply regret to say, assuming an unwel come prominence in our columns. The experience of all other countries warranted the Commission in their expectation that a return of the disease, more or less s..Tious, might be expected in the winter months. The minute' particles by which contagion is communicated, when placed in sheltered situations and protected from sun and rain, retain their dele terious qualities for a time incredibly long. When the cattle come to be placed close together in sheds, the disease must be expected to appear in its original malignity, and requires just as much care and anxious attention as when it first appeared among us. The cattle plague has reappeared in Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Cheshire, and we must not be sur prised if we find it has raged and been apparently extinguished. The same intelligence reaches us from Eastern Europe. In the countries adjacent to Russia, which are now within four or five days by railway of our shores, a considerable increase of the disease is announced. In face of these menacing indications we obzerve with some regret that the power of licensing the holding of fairs and markets has been most liberally used by the Privy Council, and that in a very large number of inland towns cattle are to be collected together, and then dispersed, to carry any infection that may exist in any one of them into the adjacent country. Considering how little the inconvenience of having dead meat markets instead of collections of living cattle was felt, we are dis posed to regret that the country is put to so heavy a risk to obviate so slight a mischief. The pFo• hibition of fairs and markets and of carrying cattle by railway trains was the principal cause that led to the suppression of the disease, the rest being done by slaughterin g i n th e pl aces where it had actually declared itself. We trust it may not turn out that these salutary precautions have not been relaxed too soon, and that th e p enn y wisdom °, removing every obstacle to the trade in live mitt/ may not be rebuked by the pound-foolishness °I introducing anew this terrible disorder among our herds. The situation of th ose w h o are called upon to regulate the trade in cattle with a view to the safety of the stock of th e coun t ry i s on e of grea t difficulty, and calls for every allowance and eou' l. deration. Beset on the one hand by endless impor tunities to relax restric ions which, if not necessarif must be felt as exceedingly vexatious, and held re sponsible, on the other, for the posAble return of ? dreadful calamity, one can hardly imagine a PO 5l. tion iu which it is more difficult to give satisfaetwai But in the present case we are all able to judg e the amount of risk incurred and the amount of re lief afforded, and we do not hesitate to say that, l e our opinion, the latter exceeds the former in adr gree which makes the two quan titi es a bsolul incommensurable. We are not surprised to fi n the present state and prospects o f th e Cattle Disear e attracting a very large share ofthe attention of, the Smithfield Agricultural Club. The Club resolv ed at its annual meeting that the president and seers' tary be requested to wait on .. the Privy Council nr "" present three recommendations—that £0 fa ir market for stock should be opened before the ls t ,_ e t April; that the greatest car e should be taken th at the requisitions as to quarantine be strictly carri ed out ; and that permanent lairs s ho u ld be establish ed at the ports of disembarkation. The Council of th e Royal Agricultural Society have distributed among the members of the Smithfield Club a paper in whi c they state that they believe that the present : strictions as to the importati on o f f ore i gn c attle "-`; sufficient, but that, as they are only temporary, t he " do not hold out sufficient inducement to erect lair: to carry out existing regulations. They anticiPa! with great justice that the disease will be freque etlY re-imported unless very stringent regulations a re adopted. They think that nothing short of-Per% nent regulations for the slaughtering of fat C 3 ' t near the ports of disembarkation, the establishr t l e b j e , of a permanent quarantine, and f permanent btu us ings by which it may be enforced, will protect , r from its presence. They think co ns iderable dance will be incurred by re-opening fairs and markets without requiring immediate slaughter, and b point out the propriety of arming the Governletb 3 with additional parliamentary powers so as to en t , g at i , it to act with the utmost promptitude and e' ency. These recommendations appear to us be characterised by practical good sense, a p e knowledge of the subje J t. The disease is ,u,Y,,. means extinct in this country. It resenin'' io fire in this respect, that the mischief thatit do is by no means to be measured by the en ness of the amount of contagious matter. A fie spark may burn down a wh o l e c ity, and a a lt particle of contagious matter may be the cause ?et. fearful calamity, such as Cheshi re h as lately to e us gone. Just as the spark is harmless or mischie7re, according to the precautions used to prevent „ v e so is the contagious particle innocent or destru e ,", s , according to the care and remissness of those wiw ec ,`' duty it is to watch and counteract it. There sting means of limiting the danger nor of or circumscribing its amount. But even wer e bo e disease happily extinct within the limits a t., islands, we know that in the Steppes of Russia periodically renewed, and that that vast emP ir , e b. perpetually infecting and re-infecting all its O i l e d, bouring States. Nothing can be more shortsigo rare nothing more unreasonable, than to adopt temPe ior measures against a permanent calamity, or to al oe es ti mat; pose that because we have rid ourselves of it ov_i_ o, we have in the slightest degree diminished the p l r iot bability of its return. A similar fault, though,, ic h so glaringly absurd and unreasonable, is that w! res keeps in a temporary and provisional state meas u nc e intended to be permanent. This is of no import a ute if the measures are able, so to speak, to e v e themselves without external assistance, but w e it the action of the Government requires to gi v e efficiency the investment of fixed capital, the Wor; rary nature of the regulation is an absolute bar en its efficiency. Thus in the case of quarantine, r e it is once certain that a particular place will Red port for the purposes of quarantine for cattle , re that the policy of enforcing such quarantine for st° jo stock, and immediate slaughter for fat stock , re firmly adopted, there will be no occasion to do M ° ;i i by the direct action of the State. Privat e . c apital °l et be ready to put up the requisite buildings, w er e e et slaughter-houses, and to comply in every resl 3 with the wishes of the Government. COUNTRY MARKETS. NEW.CAS T LE- ON-T YNE—TUESDAT. b $ t At our market to-day there was a fair supply of 1c: ‘ ,. 0 from the growers, a moderate coastin and , a small f c ' t ' l e, arrival. 4nglish wheat commanded ls per qr. a v 3 l O , and foreign the extr e m e rates of this day week. ' 1531. 0 .4 moved off slowly at barely Saturday's terms. at. 3 ;dull. Beans were is per qr. lower. Oats barely main t their recent value. Flour had rather a better sale at GAINSBOBOUGH—TtrEsDAY. t a n 3 A shorter supply of wheat than usual at mark ° , er i o r best kinds were at fully the rates of last week, but i l3 . ' s6s t. lots cheaper—white, 60s to 625; mixed, 58s to GOs Pe i oa ts Barley in blow demand, and sold at declining prices.„ o oo were in good request, with littlo alteration in price. sold at top rates. SALISBURY.—TuEsbAY. yo he At this morning's market the supply of wheat fro 31 to growers was moderate, the general quality being ' 4411 0 .414 that of last week. Holders asked a trifling advance t Ogg for the bettermost sorts of wheat, but generally sP e : 1 1 0 late rates prevailed, with more disposition to bilY ft1: 11 ' week ago. In barley a large supply both of inaltinoctio grinding was again shown, but the demand ruling ill a u ire' throughout, buyers were enabled to meet their red sio ments at a trifle under previous quotations, Oats tained last week's prices. Beans and peas were The following are the quotations :—Wheat realisedi 464 56s to 68s ; barley, 37s to 55s ; oats, 24s to SOs ; bean to 6; to 58s; and peas, 40s to 52s per qr. Tares, foul to, 01. 6d per bushel ; Best bread, 14d ; household dit per 81b loaf. Flour, 30s to 45s per sack. dub erool MONMOUTHSHIRE—TUESDAY. At most of the markets the supplies of wheat /1 0 1 0 03 0 moderate, and business has ruled rather slack. F ur s Dr grown there was a tolerably fair inquiry, but buY er frained from entering into transactions unless at a 'reap in tion of is per qr. on current quotations. Foreign d "00(1, limited request. English beans met with a good e l English and foreign barleys showed up well ; maltins.`td lities experienced a slow sale at last quotations, au d yo o ing and distilling sorts were about 6d per qr. cheaPe" were plentiful, and prices ruled firm. foul The following are the average quotations:—Wb e .ft' e ri - "nr , ' s Od to 7s 3d per bushel • white, 7s 3d to 7s 6 d ; 113 0( 1 ' , 5s 9d to 6s Od ; malting barley, 46s to 50s per qr ; 2 6 ing ditto, 33s to 36s Od; beaus, 44s to 50s; white oa to 28s ; black ditto, 23s Od to 24s Od. H Of At our macket to. day there ITESDAY. was a moderate sn,, PP r ice B English wheat, which met with a fair sale at the fu ll of last week, and for fine dry samples a slight advan% in some cases obtained. For barley there was a 813 c s ios't quiry, but holders remained firm. Beans and P 6BB visr sale • peas and oats in fair request, at late rates. T llB e d to ket for linseed was dull; but holders generally r ef° accept. any reduction. 1) ,19t- English white wheat, 58s to 665; red, 47s to 6 4 s I n 69 5 ; sic and Konigsberg, 61s to 66s ; Baltic red, 578 to be"' Danish and Hamburg, 58s to 60s ; Russian, 5 5 s . . 4 TheAvl Barley, English, 36s to 50s ; grinding, Aieditef s s„ ian! 34s to 34s 6d. Oats, new English, 27s to 28s • 4 0 ' 26s to 275. Beans, old English, 50s to 51s; to 475. Peas, English blue, 42, to 44s Od ; foreign 44s to 45s ; grinding, 43s to 44s Od per qr. MELTON MOWBRAY.—TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a moderate t313 ,,,,%0 wheat, and the attendance was pretty fair. The the demand ruled slow, and the business done was " the same prices as last week. 6 6t °ll'3 White wheat, 62s to 72s ; red, 52s to 670 per 3 38 , pa Barley for malting, 40s to 525: per qr ; feed, 3 2 s t° 2O. 30 stone. 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