The Sun. — London, England, 1866-11-28 00:00:00

Railway and Other Companies. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER. A meeting of the common fund holders in this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of considering the steps necessary to be taken to maintain their rights. Mr. W. HARTRIDGE, having been called to the chair, said that the meeting had been convened by himself and three other holders in the common fund It had always been held that the cemmon fund was a first charge upon the company after the pay ment of the working expenses. That bad never been denied by persons in authority until very recently, when the common fund holders were assailed by certain debenture holders. In consequence of that be address( d the Board of Directors, inquiring whether it was their intention to take any steps in reference to the pending proceedings in the Court of Chancery ; and in reply the Board stated that it was not necessary to take any steps in the matter. It was, therefore, thought by those :who had con vened the present meeting that the expense of con ducting the proceedings should be borne by each holder according to the amount of stock held by him. lie represented £20,000 of the common fund stock, and those with whom he acted represented £115,000. Tt was proposed that the committee to be appointed should take steps to place themselves in association with the directors in order that a ge neral meetingshould be heldon the subject to ascer tain what shouli be done. What they had in con templation would involve a very heavy expense in Parliament and in the Court of Chancery to protect their property. They must endeavour to press upon the directors the necessity of maintaining these sec tional movements, and he contended that the per sons at,the head of those movements should take an active part in thereconstruction of the undertaking. The present being a preliminary meeting for the objects he had named, he did not think that it would be advisable to enter generally upon the position of the London, Chatham, and Dover Company. Their sole object was to protect their po sition as shareholders in the " common fund" of the undertaking. He then moved that a committee of five common fund shareholders be ap pointed, with power to add to their number, for the purpose of maintaining the priorities of payment and other rights as specified by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (additional powers) Act, 1862, and to take such steps in Parliament, in the Court of Chancery, and elsewhere in relation thereto as they might deem necessary. Mr. BURBURY, in seconding the motion, said that as a bill had been filed in the Court of jJhancery against the common fund shareholders, it was felt incumbent upon them to take steps to protect their property. The motion was unanimously adopted; and Mr. W. Hartridge, dlr. Burbury, Mr. W. Denison, Q C., Mr. Glover, and Mr. Tuke were appointed the committee, with power to add to their number. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. I MARYPORT AND CARLISLE. A special meeting of this company was held at Maryport on Monday, Mr.G.W. Hartley in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the meeting had been called to enable the directors to carry into effect the bor rowing powers under the Derwent Valley Branch Act. He then moved that the directors be autho rised to borrow the sum of £20,000, and stated that the whole of the permanent rails, with the exception of six chains, were laid, and in a month's time the bridge over the Derwent would be completed. _ _ Mr. SENHOUSE seconded the motion, and, after some observations by Dr. Fidler, the motion was carried, and the proceedings were concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. - GENERAL CREDIT AND FINANCE OF LONDON (LIMITED). An extraordinary general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. Bramley-Moore in the chair. The report stated that the directors bad had their attention for some time past directed to the im portance of reducing the liability upon the shares of the company so soon as a convenient opportunity should present itself. This opportunity had now arisen. The liabilities of the partnership on the 31st of October were third parties as follows :—Bills payable, £33,123 ; deposit receipts, £24,002 ; ac counts current, £157,300; and sundries, £3,650 — total, £258,975. The contingent liabilities were for calls that might be made on sundry shares the property of the company, £44,225, it being believed that not more than half of this amount was likely to be called for some years. The company was under a covenant to lend money on the shares of an English railway now in course of construction (with an undoubted personal guarantee for the re payment) to the extent of £118,500 during the year 1867, repayable on the 31st of December, 1868. The company was further under an engagement in respect of a foreign Government loan to the extent of about £45,000. Ou the other hand, the assets of the company consisted of 19 items, including £137,618 cash at b an k ers, £26,818 on Consols ,' loans on various securities, making together a total of £2,041,100. In other words, to meet the liabili ties of the partnership —t o the public, v 258,075 ; to themselves—capital £ 1 ,500,000 ; reserve £175,000; making together £1,933,075 ; showing a balance of £108,025. The directors did not mean to repre sent to the shareholders that every one of the items of assets was perfectly good—they could hardly ex pect to pass through such a year without making some losses—but the directors had not made any debt which could at the present moment be pro nounced positively bad, though item No. 16, re lating to a railway in Portugal (X. 151,300), was in an unsatisfactory state. The only actual los ses hitherto made were from sales of securities, the loss on which had been wholly written off before making up the foregoing statement of assets and liabilities ; and further, after careful consideration of the out standing debts, the directors considered the doubt ful debts would be fully met within the limits of the reserve fund. A new company, under the title of the General Credit and Discount (limited), was formed for the purpose of taking over the business, the liabilities and the assets of the old company as on and from the 31st of Decem ber next. The new company would have a capital of £2,000,100, formed by 200,010 shares of £lO each, £7 10s. being paid up. The shareholders in the old company would in lieu of their present hold ing receive shares in the new company as follows : For every five shares of £2O each, which a member of the old company at present held, having already paid thereon in all £3O, and being further liable for £7O, he would receive four shares of £lO each, on each of which £7 10s. would be credited as paid, making together £3O paid, with a further liability of only £lO. The new company would thus start with a subscribed capital of £2,000,100, of which £1,500,075 was paid up. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said it was so explicit that it left him very little to say to convince every one of the_importance of that arrangement to the partners in the company. It was a cause for congratulation that they had Passed through the crisis successfully. He thanked the shareholders who had so handsomely and promptly responded to the call on the proprietors in June last. The directors, after a great deal of con sideration, had adopted the propositions they bad to submit for the approva l of the proprietors. He would not tak e up thei r ti me figures, which were as familiarin going through the to the shareholders as they were to the directors , but would mention that they had divided among the shareholders out of profits £362,000, which was equivalent to £ll 2s. per cent. per annum on the capit a l of £910,000. I n snaking up the accounts to Oct. 31 they had then £500,000 in a liquid state—that was, in such secu rities that they could all be realised at a day's notice. They were in a position to change this compa ny into another if the shareholders should express their wish to do so. The unpaid calls to Oct. 31 only amounted to £26,000. With regard to the item which was represented in the report to be in an unsatisfactory state it was a sum of £151,000 lent to a railway company in Portugal. The directors did not mean to say that it was lost or jeopardised, they believed there would be a delay in its realisation, and that it would be recovered. From his know ledge of the Portuguese, who had always acted in good faith, he believed the Government would never consent to confiscate a property upon which above £1,000,000 had been expended for the development of the resources of that country. Negotiations were going on at present, and two of the directors would shortly go out to Portugal to.assist in those nego tiations, so that a new company might be organised there, and he had no doubt that every shilling would be recovered. He would be glad to answer any questions, and concluded by moving the adoption of the report and a series of resolutions connected there with. Mr. BLOUNT, a director, seconded the motion. Mr. F. MowATr contended that the resolutions should be put separately. Mr. TULLOCH, having pointed out some of the advantages that would arise from forming the new company, suggested that there would be less risk if they confined their operations in future to a discount business. Colonel BATHURST agreed in the observations of the last speaker, and thought the shareholders should have the privilege of examining the books of the company, or at least they should be open to a committee of shareholders when they thought pro per to examine them. Mr. GALSWOItTHY said he was disposed to support the general proposition, but he did not like the idea of being bound by articles of association which they had not seen, and thought copies of the articles should have been circulated among the shareholders before they were asked to sanction the arrangement. A long discussion ensued, in which Dr. Coates, Mr. Gustenburg, Mr. Bathurst, Mr. Stewart, and other shareholders took part, principally in respect of the articles of association of the new company, the fees of the directors, and the mode of paying dissentient shareholders. Mr. ROSE, the solicitor, explained that they could not discuss those questions at the present meeting. If when they joined the new company, they objected to any of the articles of association, they could alter them in the usual legal form. The CH AIRMAN replied to the various observations, and explained that in some respects the articles of association of the new company were an improvement upon the articles of the - present company. The di rectors believed that the shareholders were unani mously of opinion that the proposition for the re duction cf their liability should be carried out. It was provided that those who might dissent from the proposition should be paid the market value of their shares subject to arbitration. It would be impos sible to carry on a discount business if shareholders were to have the privilege of examining the books. The auditors had extensive powers to examine the books and securities, and to report to the shareholders. He believed that the share capital was intact, and that the reserve fund would be more than sufficient to cover any loss it was probable they might sustain. Mr. MACDONALD, the manager, explained the posi tion of the assets and liabilities of the company ap ' parently to the satisfaction of the meeting. _ _ _ Mr. Mow Arr moved an amendment to the effect that the meeting be adjourned for a fortnight to en able the directors in the meantime to send a copy of the articles of association of the new company to the shareholders. Mr. BLOUNT defended the course adopted by the directors, and contended they bad exerted them selves in every way to promote the interests of the company. _ The amendment not being seconded was of no effect. The CHAIRMAN then moved a formal resolution approving the report, declaring a dividend of 6s. per share for the year 1866, including the interim divi dend already paid of 2s. per share; that the com pany be wound up voluntarily ; that Mr. J. Mac donald and Mr. R. J. Butler be the liquidators, and that a new company be formed in accordance with the recommendation in the report. Mr,. BLOUNT seconded the motion, which was car ried by a very large majority, there being only a few dissentients, Mr. Mowatt being one of them. The proceedings concluded with votes of thanks to the chairman and directors. ALBION MARINE INSURANCE. A special meeting of the shareholders of this com pany was held at Liverpool yesterday, to discuss a proposal for the voluntary winding-up of the com pany ; Mr. Crosfield presided. From the statement laid before the meeting it ap peared that the capital of £lOO,OOO had almost al been lost, and the estimate in view of proposed wind ing-up was that about £lO,OOO would be available to cover any outstanding claims. It appeared that £30,000 had been lost by the Calcutta cyclone. A motion for voluntary winding-up was sub mitted, and an amendment for the appointment of a committee of investigation was proposed, but after discussion withdrawn, and the original motion was unanimously adopted. State of Trade. ~- MANCHESTER, Nov. 27.—The shipping yarn mar ket to-day has been flat, and to make sales lower prices would have to be taken. Some few orders have been given out at full prices, but generally spinners have had to make a slight concession to effect sales. Home-trade yarns have also been much quieter as compared with last Friday, and the busi ness has been much less than an average. There was not much giving way in prices, as spinners sold rather freely last week, and are not pressing their yarns on the market. In some cases they are under contract. In cloth, after the large businessdone last week, prices became a little firmer, but they have since become easier, with less doing. The decline is attributed a good deal to news of a drop in prices of cotton in America. We close to-day with lower prices, and with a flat, dull feeling, after a market which has not resulted in much business. We learn that at a meeting of Omerod, Jervis, and Thompson's creiitors this afternoon the liabilities were estimated at £94,340, and th e assets at £ 43,281. A commit tee to investigate the affairs and report to a future meeting was appointed. A feeling was expressed that the personal expellees of the parishes had been large, and that the business bad Wen of too specu lative a character. The late floods have been found to have done immense damage in cotton mills. In three, out of a number flooded in Salford, the da mage has been estimated at £5,000, £7,000, and £ll,OOO. Mills on every stream an d i n all parts' of the district have suffered more or less, and some of them more severely than in Salford. Messrs. John si ag g and Co. report of the cloth market:=--" Upto Saturday there was more activity i n our market, with a disposition on the part of buyers to operate, and a considerable amount of business was trans acted. To-day there is a falling off in the demand and we close with a flatter market and a decided weakening in prices." CARDIFF, 26th. —Heavy purchases of steam coal continue to be made on foreign account, and the exportation trade is very brisk. The docks are crowded with shipping taking in Welsh steam, and tonnage is in request among the coal , shippers. Lugo quantities are being cleared out for the coal ing stations of the mail packet service, and as orders were coming iu rather freely a good winter's busi ness is expected. The London and Merthyr Steam Coal Company (limited) have commenced opera tions at their new works near Hirwain, and through out the district several new collieries are being opened. There is a lively demand for steam coal on inland account, and the metropolitan markets are taking increased q la n t ities. The improvement noticed in last report in the in quiry for house qualities is maintained, and a good business is being done with coasting buyers. Last week about 4,000 tons of iron were cleared out for foreign markets, chiefly . for the Southern States of America, which of late have taken large quantities. Orders from the United States are being placed with tolerable regularity, and they are likewise com ing . in steadily from British North America for spring delivery. A small business is being done with the Egyptian mar k e t s, an d w ith most o f t h e ot h er markets there is no alteration to note in transactions. A few orders have been given out on home account, but they are not much worth, and this branch of the s d state. markets trade LEE i D s s i , n 2 a 7t v h e . ry_ j d r e u p_r d e a s y s n halls have lacked anim a ti on. The b number othtlie ofb c u l cloth halls have comparatively small, and they showed little in clination to purchase unless goods were offered as bargains. But the stocks of really saleable goods in the halls are not large, and few job lots are offering. A sprinkling of heavy goods was purchased by home-trade buyers, and the rest of the goods which changed hands comprised a fair proportion of ordi nary cloths, including a moderate quantity of mel tons. The supply of tweeds in the market is small, and the manufacturers of such fabrics are well sup: plied with orders. The warehouse trade, both for home consumption and for exportation, is small. The German trade is more than usually so, consi dering the season of the year, and the same may be said as to France and the continent generally. The country clothiers complain that their orders for early delivery are not large, but there ig not any absolute want of employment. Prices, those of wool and woollen yarns as wellas those of goods, are no minally the same as last week. ROCHDALE, 26th.—Though winter is fast ap proaching the demand for heavy flannels is rather flat, and only a small quantity was sold to-day. In deed, there was but a small attendance of buyers, and the market was devoid of animation. The chief cause assigned is that both wholesale and retail dealers are refraining from purchasing, except in small quantities, till they have completed stock-taking, upon which many of them are engaged. The York shire goods trade is also quiet, and only a very moderate business was done to-day. The wool trade, too, was rather dull, and some of the lower qualities are a shade lower. Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETTA, Nov. 23.—Her Majesty's ironclad frigate Resistance, 16, Capt. H. S. Hillyar, C.B. (as stated in a postscript by last mail) arrived here on the afternoon of the 16th inst. She was only three days from Canada, and might therefore have been expected to bring news of interest. The accounts, however, continue to be very conflicting. Although we hear of fresh reinforcements having landed from Greece, and of the insurgents holding out in their mountain fastnesses, there can be little doubt the re bellion is substantially quelled. Many chiefs are said to have proceeded from the interior to make their submission, but a sort of guerilla warfare was still being carried on against the Turkish troops. For economy of fuel the Resistance, on leaving Canea, took in tow her Majesty's gunboat Wizard, 2, Lieut.-Commander P. J. Murray, also ordered to Malta, but owing to boisterous weather had to cast her off when about midway between this and Candia. The wind continuing to blow hard for several days from the northward and westward the Wizard did not succeed in reaching Malta harbour till the evening of the 19th. Her Majesty's screw wooden frigate Endymion, 21, Capt. C. Wake (of Bulldog fame), arrived on the 19th inst. in 22 days from Portsmouth. She is a fine vessel of her class, and has come out to reinforce the Mediterranean squadron. She proves to be a fast sailer, making 12 knots, but her rate of steaming does not exceed ten knots an hour. Her Majesty's despatch vessel Psyche arrived the same day from Alexandria, hav ing on board Captain W. R. Mends, C. 8., Director of Transport service at the Admiralty. Her period of quarantine will expire to-morrow. After a short stay here Captain Mends will proceed to Marseilles in the Psyche, which will then be at the disposal of Sir Henry Storks for passage to Malta. his excellency's return has been unex pectedly delayed, on account of the death of a near relative. We learn by telegraph that his Excellency would be able to leave Paris before the 10th of De cember. The Malta and Alexandria Telegraph Cable stopped working on the evening of the 16th inst. The fault is supposed to lie between Benghazi and Alexandria, near Ras-Sem, in the neighbour hood of which interruptions have before occurred after stormy weather, the coast being very much ex posed and the bottom rocky. 'The screw steamer Hawk, belonging to the Telegraph Constructionand Maintenance Company, was despatched on the fol lowing day, with a competent staff of engineers and electricians, to effect the necessary repair. By orders of the Naval Commander-in-Chief, Lord Clarence Paget, her Majesty's ship Cossack, Capt. R. D. White, was also despatched to the scene of rupture, to render any assistance that may be required. A Prussian gunboat, the Blitz, 3, Lieut.-Commander Jung, arrived here on the 16th inst. last from Al giers in four days, and is under orders to proceed to the Piraeus. A French gunboat, La Corse, 2, ar rived on the 20th inst. from Cherbourg and Gibraltar, bound for Constantinople. Vice-Admiral Lord Clarence Paget and Lady Clarence Paget held their first general reception at the Admiralty House on Wednesday evening, which was exceedingly well at tended. Among the guests were the commanders of the Prussian and French gunboats in port. The day being the anniversary of the birth of her Royal High ness the Princess of Prussia, the usual hoisting of flags took place. The Prussian gunboat Blitz also dressed for the occas'on. Her Majesty's ships now assembled in Malta harbour are :—The Victoria, 102, line-of battle ship (bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral the Right Hon. Lord Clarence Paget, C.R., Commander-in-Chief) ; Hibernia, receiving ship (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Henry Kellett, C. 8.) ; Gibraltar, 81, line-of-battle ship ; Prince Consor, 30 ; Resistance, 16 ; Royal Oak, 35 ; and Enterprise, 4- -ironclads ; Endymion, 21; Cruiser, 5 ; Psyche, 2, despatch vessel ; Wizard 2, gunboat ; and Megmra, storeship. Foreign.—Blitz, Prus sian gunboat ; and La Come, French gunboat. A trial of a steam launch fitted with machinery by Messrs. J. and G. Rennie, for her Majesty's screw frigate Mersey, took place at Portsmouth, on Monday, under the supervision of the Admiralty officials of the port. The engines of the launch are understood to have been originally built by the Messrs. Rennie to illustrate the principle adopted by the firm in this particular class of machinery in the forthcoming Paris Exhibition, and for this reason deserve a more extended notice than is usually given to such trials. The engines are direct acting, with a single cylinder only to each, are fitted with surface condensers, and are also worked at high pressure. The diameter of each cylinder is six inches,-and the stroke of the piston 4in. Each engine drives independently its own screw with shafting secured in bearings under the base of the boiler. The fore end of the shafting, by means- of bevilled gearing, works the pump which circulates the water through the condenser. The surface con denser is convertible into the.injection system by a connecting pipe. The boiler is multitubular, with return tubes over the fire-box, the combustion chamber being at the after end. The tubes, about 40 in number, have an outside diameter each of ltin. and a length of 3ft. 6in. The fire-grate is about 26in. wide by 30in. long, and the smoke-box is at the stoking end. The two propellers are each four bladed, of 2ft. 6in. diameter and 3ft. Gin. pitch, and are right and left-handed. The total weight of madeov over the Sto unfavourable fav B eu a the engines an d b o il ers, w i t h t h e l atter f ill e d with water, i s a b out three tons, 17 cwt. The trials under most and weather, b u t very fair yr r a e bn s l u le illtsec°onwndeirMteioonanstdtoaaifyne weredind as regards speed, although differing in no material speed firettsenultswiathaa launchestdreigasreeeffrsotemamthe d in ou ed ble on cylinder former engines. Given, however, an equality in point of speed between single and double cylinder enained steam launches, a fact as yet by no means estab lished, the turning power of the boat fitted with the single cylinder engine must ever remain very in ferior to the one fitted with two cylinders, owing to the difficulty of suddenly reversing the action of single cylinder engines, and herein appears to be vitiated the main feature of the turnscrew principle. The principal figures of the trial of the steam launch on Monday were as follows :—Four runs at high pressure.-1, 7.142 knots ; 2, 7.438 knots ; 3, 7.531 knots ; 4, 7.287 knots ; mean speed of the launch by the four runs, 7.416 knots. Four runs, condensing.-1, 7.70 1 8 knots ; 2, 7171 knots ; 3, 8.035 knots; 4, 6.806 knots ; mean speed of the launch by the four rums, condensing, 7 . 516 knots. The maximum number of the engine's revolutions were, at high pressure, 273, and, condensing, 268. In testing the launch in circling with both engines going ahead, the half- circle was made, both to port and to starboard in 34sec. ; the full circle to star board in Imin. 12sec., and to port in lmin. 14sec. With the starboard =gine going ahead and the port 'THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER `iB, 1866, astern, the half-circle was made in 46sec., and the full circle in lmin. 26sec. With port engine going ahead and the starboard astern the half-circle was made in 42sec., and the full circle in lmin. 18sec. Her Majesty's screw gunboat Sepoy, 2, 60-horse power, Lieut. Commander 11. J. Dyke, left Chatham early yesterday morning for the west coast of Ire land, conveying to Queenstown a quantity of Royal Marine and other naval stores. She shipped her powder and shell at Upnor Castle, and, after ad justing compasses at the Nore, proceeded to her des tination yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty's sloop• corvette Reindeer, 7, 200 horse power, Commander E. Nares, left the Nore at 6 a.m. yesterday for the Pacific, calling in at Spit head. Prior to the departure of the Reindeer she was inspected on Monday by Vice-Admiral Sir B. W. Walker, K. C , Naval Commander-in -Chief, the appearance of the vessel being in all respects satisfactory. The screw steamer Rodney, 78, 2,770 tons, 500 horse power, belonging to the Medway Steam Re serve, is directed, by Admiralty order, to be ready for being commissioned by Jan. 1. A. number of shipwrights, joiners, riggers, and other hands are busily at work on her in the steam basin, so that she may be completed by the date ordered. Her destination is China. The drawings and plans for another powerful ironclad, to be constructed at Chatham, are in course of preparation at the Admiralty. On no former occasion has there been more activity at the naval establishments at Chatham than is now observable in the shipbuilding department at the dockyard. The chief interest is centred in the two ironclad ships Hercules and Monarch, both of which are being as rapidly brought forward as the resources of the establishment will permit. The former vessel, although only commenced at the latter part of June last, is now about one-third complete, and from the progress already made there is little doubt she will be afloat and equipping for sea within 12 months. Already a considerable portion of the 9-inch and 6- inch plates have been fixed to her port and starboard broadsides, one tier of the 6-inch plates along the central battery, as well as the second tier, consist ing of plates of 9 inches in thickness, being com pleted and bolted in the ship's sides. Yesterday the first of the third tier of of 6-inch plates was fixed in its place, to be followedby a tier of 8-inch plates, and the remainder of 6 inches inthickness. Already some 300 tons of ermour-plates have been fitted and fastened to the broadsides of the Hercules, the plates being laid on a backing of 10 inches of teak, inside of which will be a double skin plating, 11 inch in thickness, with the ordinary inner finch plates, giving a total thickness of iron of 11i inches. The deck beams, which are of rolled iron, and manufactured at the Butter fly Works, have been fixed in their places, and, in cluding the upper deck of the battery, are in readi ness for receiving the iron deck-plates. Although the Hercules is built on the double-bottom prin ciple, now adopted in the construction of iron ships for the navy, she is nevertheless, rendered still fur ther secure from all chances of injury by being built with a few water-tight bulkheads separating the central battery from the other portions of the main deck. The screw steam frigate Liffey, 31, having had a thorough repair, was removed on Saturday from No. 4 dock at Devonport. The forem Ist of the iron armour-plated screw steamship Achilles, 26, Capt. Edward W. Vansit tart, at Devonport, is stripped preparatory Lfor re moval. The alterations and repairs of this ship will occupy some time. The paddlewheel steam surveying vessel Sylvia, 5, left Plymouth on Monday evening for China. A lighted candle, incautiously stuck on Monday against the side of the screw steam frigate Bristol, 31, under repair in Keyham steamyard, charred one of her beams. Serious consequences might have ensued had it not been discovered in time. The paddlewheel steam sloop Gladiator, Com mander Aplin, shipped her powder on Moiday morning, embarked a draught of Royal Marines yesterday morning, and was appointed to sail in the afternoon for Ireland. The paddlewheel steamsloop Buzzard, 6, Com mander C. G. Lindsay, was hauled alongside the sheer hulk in Hamoaze on Saturday, and had her masts taken out. She was then placed alongside the dockyard at Devonport, where her crew were paid off on Monday. The Buzzard is ordered to beplaced in the fourth division of the Steam Reserve ; but, if found not worth repairing, she will be cleared out and sold for the purpose Of being broken up. The armour-plated screw steamship . Zealous, 20, Capt. Richard Dawkins, is expected to leave Ply mouth early iu December. The armour-plated screw steamship Lord Clyde, 24, flag of Admiral Warren, will probably go into No. 2 dock at I)evonport, on Friday, to receive a screw with two blades in place of one with four. The armour-plated screw steamship Caledonia, 30, flag of Admiral Yelverton, was placed on Friday in No. :.; dock at Devonport, where her bottom has been cleaned._ Several sheets of Muntz's metal, near the fore foot, have been renewed, iu consequence partly of damage done by the swinging of the anchor when in a sea way. Some of Betteley's sheathing, placed on her two years since, appears in compara tively good order, and will not be removed until her commission is concluded. There is on her false keel some appearance of her having touched the ground. The Caledonia will be undocked to-morrow. The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed Dr. Charles A. Anderson Deputy-Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals and Fleets, to the Chatham division, vice Dr. Armstrong, promoted, Au Admiral's good service pension is at the dis posal of the First Lord of Admiralty by Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, G.C.8., becoming Rear-Ad miral of the United Kingdom. The telegraphic order from the Admiralty on Monday to coal and prepare the troopships, Capt. Sullivan, and Orontes, Capt. H. W. Hire, for the embrkation of troops at Portsmouth was further extended yesterday—they are to fill up with coal, and ship provisions and stores for 30 days' service. 'I he Tamar will embark the 28th (North Glocester) Regiment, under command of Col. Mentor, C. 8., this morning from Aldershott, and proceed imme diately to Ireland, returning to Portsmouth with the 39th Regiment, to replace the 54th Regiment, the latter being under orders to remove to Manchester, instead of the 28th, as originally intended. The Orontes will embark the 52d (Oxfordshire) Light Infantry, under the command of Lieut. Col. L. Peel, from Aldershott to-morrow, and leave imme diately with them for Queenstown, after which she will proceed to Liverpool and there embark a regi•- ment for Belfast, consequently her time of paying off (which was fixed for the 3d proximo) is post poned. The Orontes has had her stores returned, cabins entirely cleared out, and every preparation made for paying off, so that in the short space of 24 hours she has been coaled, and, by great exertions, shipped her provisions and stores, had her cabins temporarily fitted up, and been ready for the em barkation of her troops. An order has been received at headquarters, Chatham, directing Captain R. F. Tayler, Royal Marines Light Infantry, to embark on board the screw frigate Galatea, 26, 800 horse power, fitting at Devonport, preparatory to her being commis sioned, it is understood, by Capt. the Duke of Edin burgh. Capt. J. W. V. Arbuckle has proceeded from headquarters to Liverpool, for service on board her Majesty's ship Donegal, 81, 800 horse power, Capt. J. A. Paynter, there to relieve Lieut.-Col. J.W. A. Kennedy, who has been appointed to the Woolwich division, for duty at headquarters. It was yesterday stated at Chatham that the Go vernment will shortly despatch a considerable force of Royal Artillery from the three depot brigades for service in Ireland. Each of the brigades is now very strong, and could together furnish a force of 1,000 men, with their field equipment, for service. It was also stated to be probable that one or two companies of Royal Engineers will be despatched from Chatham to Ireland. Capt. 0413. Brackenbury, 7th battery, sth Bri gade Garrison Artillery, who has been attached to the Austrian army as military correspondent of the Times during the late war, yesterday returned to his duties at Woolwich. Information was yesterday received at the Wool- with Division Royal Marines Light Infantry, an nouncing the appointment of Major-Gen. Oates Travers, C. 8., to be Inspector-Gen. on the Staff of the Royal Marine Forces, in succession to Lieut.- Gen. A. B. Stranshana, who is about to retire. The command of the Chatham division of the Royal Marines Light Infantry has been assumed by Col. W. S. Aslett, second commandant of the divi sion, until the arrival at head-quarters of Col. G. Lambrick, Aide-de-Camp to the Qeen, who has been appointed to succeed Major-Gen. J. 0. Tra vers, C. 8., as commandant of the division. First-Lieut. W. Despard, Royal Marines Light Infantry, and Second-Lieut. F. Drury, 4 sergeants, 4 corporals, 1 bugler, and 87 privates left Woolwich yesterday and proceeded to'Plymouth head-quarters for embarkation in her Majesty's armour-plated ship Black Prince, at Queenstown. Capt. A. Macmeekan, of the Chatham division, touk com mand of and embarked with the detachment. An exchange of divisions has been sanctioned, between First-Lieut. C. Fagan, of the Plymouth division, and First-Lieut. E. Lines, of the Woolwich division. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have been pleased . to Signify that Capt. G. Blake, of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, may be ex empted from military duties for one year to enable him to attend the lectures and classes as a student of the Middle Temple, to qualify for the duties of a Deputy Judge-Advocate to any court-martial held for the trial of officers and men of the Royal Marines, in accordance with the Horse Guards' cir cular of June 18, 1866, it being understood that he will at once rejoin his division if required for foreign service. During this period Capt. Blake will be entitled to " lodging allowance." Assist-Paymaster N. Gedye, late of the Royal Sovereign, has been appointed to the Excellent, gunnery ship at Portsmouth. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—W. H. Harris, master, to the In dus, for service in the Rodney ; 'Sub-Lieut. A. F. Gardner to the Lord Clyde ; C. M. Hammond, master, to the Greyhound; H. J. Oldlield, midship man, to the Highflyer ; E. J. V. Pritchard, mid shipman, to the Bristol; J. C. Piuhorn, paymaster, to the Aurora ; and J. H. Cleverton, assistant pay master, to the Royal Adelaide, as secretary's clerk. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlmES.—Prince Charles Eitel Frederick Zephyrin Louis of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen seems to, have been born under a particularly benignant star. A younger son in a family reigning, over one of the most diminutive German Principalities, he passed at once from the 2d .Regiment of Prussian Dra goons, where he filled the rank of supernumerary Sub-Lieutenant, to the throne of the Danubian Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, now to be known as Roumania, a country with above 4,000,000 inhabitants,—very nearly as many as Bavaria, more than any of the other minor Ger man Kingdoms, defunct or extant,—and surpassing them all in virtual independence, as well as in the prospects of future growth and importance. By what secret agency the exaltation of this fortunate youth was originally promoted will, perhaps, never be quite clear to the world ; but nothing could be more propitious than the combination of circum stances which subseiueutly favoured it. The vote of the Roumans and the acceptance of their Prince Elect were announced as an almost simultaneous event. It was not at first acknowledged as an ac complished fact. It was hardly made a subj ec t f or deliberate comment or diplomatic explanation. It was simply set aside as an insignificant episode, lost in the magnitude of the drama which was just then filling the European stage, and left to find its de nouement either in the general catastrophe or in some separate settlement after it. The war of Bohemia was neither one day too short nor one day too long for Prince Charles of Hohenzollern. It called away public attention from his affairs while it lasted, and brought about at its close that exhaustion which disposes great Powers to concession and compro mise. Prince Charles may now " congratulate himself on the good state of his international re lations." He has just come back to Bucharest laden with honours and presents fro:n his nominal Suzerain, the Sultan. Russia assures him of all the sympathy which " his descent and the first acts of his Government" enlist in his behalf. Austria proposes that a protocol for the recognition of his hereditary rights should be drawn up by all the Powers which signed the Treaty of 1856; and as for France and England, if we had any doubt as to their mind on the subject, we have the testimony of our Bucharest Correspondent to the effect that the good understanding between the Porte and its Royal vassal was mainly due to the "cordial and united action" of the Western Powers. On the part of Prussia we fancy no insuperable objection to a Hoheuzallern's promotion need be apprehended. The Moldo- Wallachians have thus obtained at last what they for a long time wanted—a "Heaven-sent" Sovereign. Roumania had to long au experience of Hospodars chosen among its native Boyards to expect under them either order within or respect from without. So long as the Porte had only to deal .with a subject, it hardly realised to its full ex tent the downfall of its supremacy in its Danubian Provinces. But even that poor Sigmaringen purple gave the Prince born in it the right to feel at home in the Sublime Presence. W e have seen how much Rnesia is willing to allow for " descent," and any. deficiency in the late Sub-Lieutenant's Princely title was more than made up by the distant cousinship of King Wiliam of Prussia, and possibly by the more immediate goodwill of Count Bismark. Besides these adventitious qualifications, it seems that Prince Charles recommends himself by intrinsic merits. lie is new in his 27th year, "handsome and chivalrous," distinguished by a firmness of purpose tempered by a conciliatory manner quite surprising in one so young." He enters heart and soul into the dis charge of the duties of his new position. His zeal for the regeneration of his adopted country is dis played in his anxiety to attain local knowledge and experience. He has established a strong and some what stern discipline over himself and his re tinue. An Italian, who has been his Mentor since his accession, having made him aware of the bane that women have always been in the _Roumanian Councils, prevailed upon him to "banish the ladies from Court." That Court, " formerly so charming, so filled with allurements, intrigues, and fascina tions, has become more austere than a Western cloister—a place of business worthy of Germany." In despite of this rebuke to their levity and self-in dulgence, the most frivolous nobles have not fallen away from the Prince, while " a genuine loyal en thusiasm has sprung up in his favour among the people throughout the length and breadth of Rou mania." It would be rash to foretell what may prove to be the sequel of a reign that begins under such cheering auspices. The corruption among the nobility and the degradation of the populace render the experiment of self-government in the Principali ties extremely hazardous. The proclamation by which the new Hospodar forbade the interference of the Government authorities in the late Parlia mentary elections has been but indifferently attended to, and the new Legislature can hardly fail to be the scene of those factious disorders by which former Roumanian Assemblies have been invariably cha racterised. Faction and strife, however, must needs be the lot of every nation in its birth-throes. The Roumanians, like other people, must live and learn. The rise of their nationality, meanwhile, is a suffi ciently significant fact in the Eastern world. It is a first step towards the practical solution of that Eastern question which has been for so many years a riddle no less than a bugbear to European politi cians. Wherever the flood of Turkish barbarism recedes thegerms of Christian civilisation burst forth. Already the independence which Roumania has in disputably attained awakens the emulation of Ser via, whose Prince, we are told, asserts " equal rights with the Hospudar of Roumania," and offers to buy off the Turkish garrisons by the payment of three years' tribute in advance. Those four million Rou mans, those million Servians, are little more than nebulm, destined, perhaps, to attain the consistency of a cluster of stars upon the final extinction of the rapidly waning Ottoman luminary. 'There can be no good reason, as we have already said, for wishing either to hasten or to retard the catastrophe which is to drive the Turk across the Straits. If the old Empire dies hard, the new States struggle but slowly into life. However gloomy and ominous may sound the anticipations of imminent troubles in the East, we do not, think that Turkey has anything to fear at present from the alleged machinations from her colossal neighbours.; and against her disaffected subjects she seems to hold her own with sufficient vigour. However strong the inventive faculties of Corfu and Athens may be, there seems little doubt that the struggle iu Candia is reduced to . mere guerrilla skirmishing, and the Greek Government will not so far exceed the limits of discretion as to proceed from words to deeds. For the .sake of Greece, no less than of Roumania, of Servia, of all other rising Eastern nationalities, it is, we believe, highly desirable that the " explosion of the general crisis in Turkey" may be put off for a few years longer. It is not by goading or spurning " the sick man," not by fretting and plotting and exaggerat ing their grievances, that the Eastern Christians will recommend their cause to the sympathy of the West. It is by showing to what use they are able to put whatever they succeed in wresting from the Ottoman's hands. Let them make the best of what they have before they ask for more. The one among the emancipated races which may succeed in dis playing the greatest aptitude for self-government will certainly have the start of its rivals in the great race for the Bosphorus. Greece has not much to boast on that score. Neither had Roumania, so long as she had only Stirbeys and Ghikas and Couzas at her head. May we hope that Charles I. and the Hohenzollern dynasty will bring her a better chance ? POST.—The prosecution of Mr. Eyre appears to have been definitively fixed upon by the Jamaica Committee, and a slight passage of arms between it and the ex-Governor has already taken place in regard to the services of an eloquent advocate which each was equally anxious to secure. The decision pronounced by the Attorney-General in reference to the several retainers offered to Mr. Coleridge by Mr. Eyre and his prosecutors has been in favour of the former, and we have no hesitation in expressing the hope that this minor success may be the herald of a still more iinporiant one in receiving at the hands of his countrymen an acquitt a l of the crimes which have been laid to his charge. In matters of this kind it is almost universally the duty of the journalist to abstain from anticipating the probable result, but the prosecution of Mr. Eyre stands on such an exceptional footing that we might possibly be excused for venturing on a forecast of the con clusion at which a jury would arrive. It is not our intention, however, to discuss in detail the merits of the evidence which will be adduced on the part of the prosecution, much less to pronounce an opinion how far that evidence could justify a verdict of wil ful murder. This will be a matter for a jury to de cide, and with their province we have no desire to interfere. But although, when an issue comes to be tried, the journalist should abstain from comment on the probable result, he is not precluded from ex pressing an opinion as to the expediency of raising such issue, or from calling in question the ground on which it has been submitted for the adjudication of a particular tribunal. There are those whose sym pathies are with Mr. Eyre, and who not only wish him, but anticipate for him, a " good deliverance," who nevertheless think that his prosecution is a wise and politic proceeding, and that great good will result from placing him at the bar of a criminal court, eves though his acquittal may be in the minds of his judges a foregone conclusion. There are others, again, who, whilst entertaining similar feelings to wards Mr. Eyre, conceive that his arraignment may afford the opportunity of settling some doubtful questions of constitutional law and for defining with greater clearness the limits of executive authority, and who, whilst regretting that a gentleman who held the position of Governor of an important de pendency of the British Crown should he placed in a felon's dock, are nevertheless of opinion that, in the interests of the community, he should be made a peg on which to add a new code of regulations for the guidance of future governors when placed in circum stances of similar difficulty and danger. We throw out of account the opinions of those who conscien tiously regard him as an atrocious criminal, and who demand that judgment shall be passed upon him according to his deserts ; because, assuming their opinion to be well founded, they have the fullest justification for the course which they pursue. But the grounds on which persons who. do not as sociate themselves with the proceedings of the Ja maica Committee justify the prosecution of Mr. Eyre are, we must confess, far from being equally intelligible. It would be strange, indeed, if we had arrived at the present stage of our national existence —an existence of which some centuries were passed in an almost continuous struggle with the Crown for the establishment of political rights, and the re sults of which struggle are embodied in what we term the Constitution—without having tolerably well ascertained the limits of the executive power. What the Sovereign and his advisers can do and what they cannot do are prescribed by several positive legislative enactments, as well as by that no less imperative, though unwritten, law which is known as constitutional usage. If, however, the power of the Sovereign is well defined, that of his Viceroys and Governors is even still more so, and it is needless to say that the agent can exercise no more extended rights than the person whom he represents. The sovereign is hedged round by an-inviolability attached to his royal cha racta, whilst the Governor is personally responsible for his acts. That this is so is well known to every educated Englishman, whilst lawyers are aware of particular instances in which the amenability of the Sovereign's representative to courts of civil and criminal jurisdiction has been conclusively estab lished. Thus far, then, we fail to see what good can arise from the arraignment of Mr. Eyre, since it is universally conceded that he can be made ac countable if he has overstepped or abused hii au thority as Governor-General of Jamaica. If his innocence be assumed, it is a cruel and unjust thing to arraign him on a capital charge, and if his innocence is ultimately established by the verdict of a jury, every one will admit that no advantage has been secured by exposing him to a fruitless prosecution. Bdt it is suggested that his arraign ment will afford an opportunity of solemnly de ciding whether, notwithstanding the Petition of Rights, the Sovereign or his representative may proclaim martial law. Those who have taken the trouble of reading the provisions of that celebrated statute can entertain no doubt that the martial law there referred to was an anomalous species of juris diction created by Charles I. by virtue of com missions issued for the trial of military offen lers, and which was, in fact, intended to serve the same purpose as that procedure which is now annually provided by the Mutiny Act. The Commons ac cordingly required that no further commission of - a similar nature should thenceforth be issued, " lest by colour of them any of his Majesty's subjects be destroyed or put to death contrary to the laws and franchises of the land." The mar tial law proclaimed in Jamaica was of a very diffe rent kind, and was rather a suspension of all exist ing law than the creation of any special law than the creation of any special method of procedure. Whether the Sovereign or his representatives can thus suspend the action of the laws ordinarily in force in times of great peril, when it is ncessary to trample outsedition and insurrection by brine force, can, however, scarcely be considered an open ques tiOn. The Executive in this, as in every other civi li4ed State, is entrusted with the amplest powers to secure the preservation of order, and m a y do any thing which is deemed expedient to afford security for the lives, the rights, and the property of the com munity. But, whilst .the Executive is entrusted with there powers, the people are entitled to demand that they shall be exercised with judgment and dis cretion, and the adviser of the Sovereign in this country on the one hand, or his representative in a colony or dependency on the other, are responsible either to Parliament or to courts of law for the manner in which such exceptional powers are em ployed. On this point, then, no legal doubt exis's which will be solved by the arraignment of the ex- Governor of Jamaica. That he is accountable for his conduct in proclaiming martial law, and in send ing Gordon from Kingston to Morant Bay to be tried by court-martial, must be evident to the meanest understanding ; but whether circumstances existed in the colony to justify him in adopting such extreme measures must be a question of fact, the solution of which necessarily rests with a jury. THE AMERICAN PRESS. The Republicans of. Baltimore had entire control of the machinery of the election, and excluded all the voters they chose, as rebels or rebel sympa thisers. That they should win under such circum stances was considered a matter of course. Nor is their failure accounted for by saying that the rebels perjured themselves, and so got their votes in. The figures tell another story. Two years ago the Re publicans cast nearly 15,000 in the city, and the opposition not quite 3,000. Now the Republican vote has fallen to 7,500, and the Democratic has gone up to 8,500. The Democrats have gained 5,500, and the Republicans lost that number and 2,000 more. The aggregate vote is 2,000 less than in 1864, and 8,000 registered voters did not vote at all. It cannot be said that the Republicans were kept froM the polls by intimidation. The truth is that many of the Baltimore Republicans are conser vative, after the manner of Governor Swann ; but the result is, in part at least, a protest by Republi cans themselves against the policy of exclusion. They saw that citizens quite as loyal and trust worthy as themselves were disenfranchised under pretence that they had at some time indulged sym pathy with the rebels •, they saw this year's regis tration set aside by those who made it, when they discovered that the majority of those registered were against them in politics, and they began to under stand that such gross violations of the right of suffrage would lead to dangerous consequences. They, therefore, either voted with the opposition, or made silent protest by refusing to vote at all. Notwithstanding there was a disposition on the part of Governor Swann and his supporters to make an unfair use of power to carry their ends, and the defeat of their machinations was cause for satisfac tion, one cannot help feeling that the defeat of the Republicans at Baltimore is also a just retribution for their misconduct. They begin to remember now, in their hour of defeat, that there are thousands of loyal coloured men in Maryland, some of whom fought for the Union, whose votes would have kept th em i n power if they had been allowed to vote. And in this, too, there is retribution, for these Maryland Republicans, " Radicals," as they now proudly call themselves, not only refused to give their own coloured citizens the ballot, but went down on their knees and besought Congress not to establish equal suffrage in the Federal district, for fear it ,s g might hurt their i party prospects at home: • n the convention of Southern loyalists at rb i ' 3 delphia it was chiefly by the opposition of the Marlj land Congressme n th a t a d ec l a ration for eclu l , a goo suffrage was prevented. Defeat will bare moral effect upon them. They will now believe .0 equal suffrage and demand it. The Democrats ` v al e of course use their power to enlarge the sat, among white men, and there will be very fey/ u 7,, franchised for former treason, w h a tever the 10( . 0 1 require. Possibly they may plague the R " re with their own inventions, and count those b + e j who do not favour the P r eside n t's poliel• all events the Republicans of that State will baves"'ve prospect of returning to power unless theY u 3 d .. the help of coloured citizens, and as they hav e ,ke thing to lose by it now, w e may e xpect them to L 3 a bo ld stand for equal su ff rage. We look f °r l , o , similar change in all the border States. It ported that quite a number of members of the T of ne ssee Legislature are dissatisfied with the polleiot disfranchising white men, and are inclined to t In of universal suffrage and universal am nesty bo ld Missouri, too, it is obvious that the attempt to Il dis. the State with half the whites and all the blaekshoio franchised cannot be long successful. Me pr• thing is hostile to free instit u tions, and in t ° tt, able among a people trained to self-goverme.euis Let all the peopl e vo t e , f ree ly an d fairly--,t b r ig an i the on ly right and safe way in a republic. man is a rebel in act let him be punished ler fies i with disfranchisement among the other pen u but disfranchisement for opinion will not answe r' THE " ALABAMA " CLAIMS. ar o We may assume as true, by virtue of enbra a / esu intelligence, that the London Times, of rre last, contained an article setting forth the pr 0 11; 0 0 of appointing a joint commission to settle the ° ,„ 0 0 of the United States against Great Britain nro ur s l account of the Alabama depredations. That j ° 7 l ool having been violently opposed to any repartialf upon account of those wrongs, has been grau° the preparing for a change of tactics, approachin g unpleasant subject by degrees. A few dat a .„1 6 . scarce half a month, the Times , after the c able'', f, bration and the friendly speech of Lord Sta,,,A n ' e li) suggested that a commission might be apPoi lli : 7 ; Of determine what ought to be the reciprocal dliti — ,,ts nations in time of war, and what rights belligereely might ask of neutrals. This was a suggestion nle i r e o to prepare the British mind for a further eb 3°b o ro. the tactics of that journal: It was entirely ul a ke bable that the United States would agree t° dis' part in any such evasive attempt to cussion of the amount of indemnity which was., be for past wrongs. What international law 13111 1 lot in future may be agreed upon in future,." the injuries of the past indemnity is demand ea 13 „d e d The article in the Times could not have been fO u ' ecc ie upon any belief that the United States would g o o to the proposition. It was put forth for consumption, and was to lead the way to the v 4 c i o . published on Tuesday last, which is perhaps tive of a future and further change, and the ° A ir. cacy of the payment of the Alabama claims,: " - o fisi avoid the due out the appointment of any commission. 1. ,"„, not be understood, however , that the Times "T it it thority to speak for the ritish Ministry ' b f t hat may be supposed that the change in the tone ° ase tit jcurnal is indicative of the desire of the P l. ' ol l. Cabinet to settle a very ugly question iibi eb C oo' not be disposed of by a d e t erm i na tion not to itg sider it, and which will continually obtrlldme 0r ugly visage, unbidden, into every diplomati c Gres ! plication hereafter. It is to the i n terest 01. oleo Britain that this controve r sy shall be se:; the exactly as the United States wish, otherso'Z r est precedent will be of evil e xam pl e , whenever who Britain gets into war w ith an y o ther nation. .'the considerations must also have their weigh t 1 : 1 1 0 0 matter. If, as the article of the Times foreeha y . n i o t , the British intend to make an offer for the a, i 1 3 r 1 ; 3 03A ment of a commission to examine into the l'l r T B , 3 itel claims, there can be little doubt that the foo d States will accede, provided it is clearly tun, 0 1 ° that there is to be a bona fide settlemen t the claims, and that no delusive trick is disguisea offer.—Philadelphia Inquirer. COUNTRY MARKETS. BRISTOL—TUESDAY. There was a fair show of wheat to-day, and the ( I ° l3 o1 A was slow. Wheat firm, and no advance in pric es ' Dell ley fully as dear as last week. Oats is dear er. ore yo and peas as before. Stocks of grain in this Pot te r. heavy, and high prices seem likely to rule this ifim LYNN—TUESDAY. °, ft t New wheat, 54s to 58s new red, 40s to 4 8 s ; 01-d py f °hit 64s to 67s ; old red, 55s to 62s por 36 stone. Bt u :2oA malting, 46s to 52s ; secondary, 37s to 38s. O s peg 24s to 28s per 21 stone. Beans, small, 42s to 40 * 36s to 40s per 28 stone. LEEDS—TUESDAY. Thwe was a very quiet demand for wheat to•dt 00$ very few transactions took place, at no advance it Nei; Tuesday's rates. Fine burley 'brings previous re Or other sorts nearly unsaleable. Oats and beaus We changed. „ of LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. At this day's market there was a thin attead3a9epotTh‘g the town and country trade, and wheat met w►th tPta, demand at no advance on the week. Flour 1 1,13 . 1 ,: a J V 1 without change in price, but oatmeal declined Barley was in large supply. Beans and in e °-1 former rates. A fair business was done Indian -° 40s for mixed American. MARKET HARBOROUGH.—TrEsDAI•4s rer Old white wheat, 588 to 68s • now red, 5 6 s t o 6 ' e r 0:j stone. Barley, tine, 48s ; other ' kinds, 238 to 36s V" o ' l ' s ' Oats, new, 22s t o 23 s ; o ld, 30 s t o 34 s per qr. 1 ' oos to 555; now, 46s to 48s per qr. 61 SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. , Od to 24 .: Vj, Red wheat, per load ot 3 imp. bu5he15....2 08 ,7 .. 'k - OLI White do do „ ..25s v", 23 , pd New red do do ....21 8 ,°,`,,.. 2 0 0.1 New white do do ....24 3 = 2' 2 ,,y'yi Beans do •do ....20 3 v“ 1 0 0 4 Peas, per qr tr Grindin ba ley, per qr 353 ", 0 ( i Maltinebarley, t o los 0 1 j 23 Oats, . do 27s 0 ' F10ur....1s 10d to 2.s cd per 141 - Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. .1 )4. &ustralia and New Zealand, via Southampton. .•' .oc o. Ditto, via Marseilles . ........... Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. ..... • • • .• v 4' , - ench packet ........... 1 Ditto, by Fr :10 y. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Ilelena•• • • e e. 3 „:, China, Penang, and Singapore, via Sou' hamptoo• . ; 4 ' o „, Ditto, via Marseilles ..... Faikland Islands ...................................... Gibraltar, via Southampton ................... S e a. 31. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southamptoa•"„j o y. Ditto, via Marseilles ......... • • ' India (Bombay), via Southampton...... » ....... . .Dee. Ditto, via Marseisies ........................ „;f. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ....... Ditto, via Marseilles ....................... t;.„0, Aanritius, via Southampton .... ..... Ditto, :via Marseilles. .......................... ye, Newfoundland ••• .... pee. Portugal • Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon .......... United States and British North America, b7 l3r . rfOg• tish packet • ........ • • Ditto, by United States packet, via Southanlir ton ••••••• . • • eo. Ditto, via Cork ..... y . ...... , Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry . • 7.; 61 , Test Cout of Africa, Madeira. and Tenerife . West Indies and Paola° (except Bahamas an d y o r.P .A Honduras) • • .......... ••• . Cuba vsd Mexico ................. ..... nett. 1. Bermuda, via Halifax ...... .......................... Bahamas, via New York. .......................... - 'i v- s ith 0. tel,, [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's tain.—lt cannot sure l y be necessary to reran r ioe° re lic; gent reader that the purity of the blo , o s d ra d e or iceintiot : i l j o o invalid's health and vigour. Holloway out the slightest taint in the vital fluid and the 01 5 , t Al expels it, so that the circulation supports „ideei` G b o'le, place of sowing the seeds of decay. When e r, it b e d) , I, advancing and disease is steadily on the i n cree?, is reA,4, of every one to have a restorative like these pill set right any irregularity in stomach, liv! rt olita vi ..;tr,, kidneys. Holloway's treatment is especia ll Y„ the young, delicate, and nervous, who aro or ;: r3t JO' of any prevailing sickness and whore would vi would endanger little less than the epideraic• Births. Law, 8401 I#ll CORBET--On the 24th inst at Acton WI '' cA C lut or — he o t, Mrs. A. Crux—On the 26th ra2r:6gtohl: daughter. rns.sotn; y in to n 1.1 o Il t S c o b Cite , l3l l::: : KYLES—RUSSELL—On a 2:lt l3° h . Lancaster -gate, barrister-at-law Walter t , e ld bl etsh a e rriages. ...: L Ob il l - n r, inst., a ~ : o w s ied th.Bds.oßdnyloesfh,tEtrisqe •;roiFfo.ll-"iirto.,.sloolll VI i'..- K., of 27, Lancaster-gate. ,fic pe, ORME Cheater -sure il. auger o Urine, Esq . , ; l a. roe x c i i ei,d — ißpae O unrogor n i s the tclimdtMerton,e warna o f e 2 r , It h wy t o ' o n ur s nt t lig . , ieu : : t , s O S I i t. 0 : f 1 u ct i e ft o b e r , K ir, to '-f, s q, 0 0 DeatsfiCusah.raer.les Br° T ing' Bo ni BEA t Beau inst., mont, coachl:uilder, aged 56. ...+, a-vi ces the 25th at 'Uxbridge Dlr. De Cuußszox—On the 27th inst., at 2, upper Po' - ftn s to o. Caroline, the wife of the Right lion. Lord Chur coo tli' GLYNN—On the 25th inst., at Blechynden-terraue, '-' 0 til ampton, Mrs. Glynn, aged 71. hir e, ORANGE—On the' 23,1 inst., at Torquay, Doyens Rev. John . 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