The Sun. — London, England, 1866-09-14 00:00:00

THE FOOD FISH. RIES OF FRANCE. (From the Times.) All kinds of fish are caught on the French coasts' with great assiduity, and the coast-line of that country being enormous—in length, reaching from Dunkirk to Bayonne, including sinuosities, it will be considerably over 2,000 kilometres—there is a great abundance of fish, the only regret in connexion with food fisheries being that at those places where the yield could be best obtained the fishing is but lazily prosecuted, in consequence of the want of inland conveyance. From many of the fishing villages there is no path to thepopulous inland cities, and the fish is sold, as it used to be sold in Scotland before the days of railways and other quick convey ances, by the wives of" the fishermen, who hawk the produce of the sea through the country. In such towns as Boulogne, where there is a large resident population, and a constant accession of English visitors as well, the demand for fish is constant and considerable and well supplied. As an evidence of this, there has just been erected that new fish market in which, at present, an exposition of fisheries is being held. In addition to the local demand, a large quantity of the daily catch is sent inland to Amiens, Rouen, and Paris. In the department of the Pas de Calais there are over 500 fishing-boats. In Boulogne harbour, which is the chief port of the district, the English visitors will see a large number of boats, chiefly trawls, and all who visit Bdulogne have seen the fishwives, if not dressed en fete, then in their work-a-day habits, doing hard work for their hus bands or the tourists. Sea fish is scarce and dear over most of inland France ; the prices in the market at Paris rule very high for premier qualities, but in that gay capital there is apparently no scarcity. Fish must be had, and fish can always be obtained, whenever there is money to pay the price demanded. In fact, a glance at the fish department of the grand marche would lead one to suppose that, next to growing fruit and vegetables, catching fish was the great industry of the country. The fish• sold in the inland districts of France, and more especially in Paris, is greatly increased in price from the system that prevails of passing it through a great many hands on its way from the sea to the market. This system is very intricate, and the result is that the price of the commodity goes on constantly increasing from the moment it is bought from the fisherman by the ecoreur, who bags a percentage upon handing it . to the maryeur, till it arrives at its destination, when the facteurs a la criee put it up to auction. Another item that goes to swell the cost is the carriage by railway, which is very dear. The misfortune of the inland parts of France—and being a Catholic country, where fish is an absolute necessity of the table, it has led to the absolute spoliation of the fresh waters—is that there is com paratively little railway communication with the sea shore. The sea is only touched by the railways at long intervals, and not always at the right places, so far as the fishing interests of the country are con cerned. Wherever the railway affords an outlet for the finny produce of the salt waters, there is sure to be a considerable fishery; thus, at Dunkirk we find about 60 trawlers, while there are over 100 at Bou logne, 90 at Calais, 20 or thereabout at Dieppe, over 60 at Treport, and more than 100 at Trouville, all of them assisting in obtaining the necessary supplies for the Paris markets, having the great advantage of speedy carriage by railway to the capital. Tourists who are fond of exploring the out-of-the way places of France, and whO have visited some of the obscure fishing villages of Normandy and Brittany, must have been amazed at the poverty stricken appearance of many of the fishing folks, which excels anything of the kind at home. There is the old, rickety, tumble-down boat, with torn sails and patched timbers—a family affair, and of ten devoted to the support of a household of three gene rations. Then every kind of animal that inhabits the sea is greedily seized upon, and sold or eaten ; the very sea-dogs, which no Scottish fisherman would look at as food, are greedily devoured. On many parts of these coasts " crawls" have been erected within the tidal boundaries to aid i❑ the capture of the fish, or at least to retain any of the fish kind that are left by the receding tide, and all kinds of movable nets are used as well. But there is no commercial enterprise ; the waters in front of the villages are teeming with their fish colonies in vain ; a portion of the piscine wealth may be snapped up by the passing trawlers, but it is of no use to the fishermen of the loCality ; they have no means of getting the spoil of the sea carried to a profitable market ; and as for themselves, they would as soon dine on a dog-fish as banquet off a choice turbot. But the fisher people are all alike, in all countries they are the same, always taking it easy and seldom turning their opportunities to half the account they could be turned to, even when a great market is near at hand. In some paha of France the women penetrate into the interior by means of the steam boat or the railway carriage, in order to dispose of their fish, much as the picturesque fisherwomen of Newhaven, near Edinburgh, used to do in days when fishmongers' shops were few and far between. Bands of the French fisherwomen from the islands of the Bay of Biscay—from Tremblade, Oleron, Re, and Groix—may be encountered in many inland places of the west of France, selling oysters and sar dines. Some of them will ta,ke up their residence for some time in a particular town, and have sup plies of fish and oysters forwarded to them by their fathers and husbands ; those they readily sell, and, after accumulating a little purse, they will depart at the end of the season to their island homes, to re peat the same routine of labour next year. At Bayonne there are bevies of beautiful sardine girls running to and fro with their universal fish, for which there is a constant and large demand. By far the b es t pl ace t o s t u dy the economy of the French fisheries is at the Basin of Arcachon, 34 miles from Bordeaux. There- may be seen the small boat as well as the trawl fishery, and, above of all, in the placid waters the basin may be seen the model oyster-beds of France —beds has that never lan guish for lack of spat, which produce nevera once been known to fail ; beds which and contains ; fat, t as teful oyster, placed in an inland sea that pro lific of many of the best food fishes, the finest grey mullet in the world. To those who are anxious thoroughly to study the French mode of fishing. Arcachon has this advantage, that it has a clay as well as a night fishery, and is also one of the most unique bathing-places in the whole of France. From the balconies of one's hotel, or from the win dows of the houses, the whole industry of the basin may be observed daily and nightly ; .but the best plan to see a fishery is to take a part in it, to sail out in the boats and handle the trawl or other nets. The chief fishing quarter is at the extreme east end of Arcachon, consisting of a cluster of wooden houses, easily known as those of the fishermen, from the various apparatus and articles of dress - which are depending about, and from the " ancient and fish-like smell" which prevails in their neigh bourhood. No less than 1,300 sailors find employ- Zo nt in and abo u t th e b as i n , and there are close on boats of all kinds, a number of them being steam .r trawlers. The value of the fishery of which Arcachon is the head-quarters is estimated at over 1,500,000 f., e the e xclusive of the revenue de r i ve d f rom the oyster-b e d,. basin there are lots of fish of all kinds, both roundand fiat, capital soles in toler able abundance, and y excellent mull e t, both red and gray—there a re e also r dines, which fish is locally k occasional takes of sar vn steamboats referred t o go ountoi to as the roya n . Th e to trawl, and carry also an immense Bay of Bi scay men call a trammel ; it is cumbrous and , heavy, which the leavy, and can only be drawn in by using the steam engine the ship. Great " ta kes" of mull et arc occasionally of T- 'lnner and h got at A rca chon by w..to hemming m shoais which get lost in the numerous creeks that indent the shores of the basin. There is a ready market for all the fish that can be taken in Bordeaux, Poiters, Tours, and neighbourhood, and it is because of this market that there has grown up at Arcachon such a considerable fishing industry. The fish rivers which abut on the top of the basin of Arcachon were described in the exhibition chalet, where there is a plan of some of them, to a knot of interested listeners by Mr. Hanson, the fishery com missioner who represented Sweden at the opening Congress i n J u l y l as t. With o ut a plan it would not be easy to render the description of practical use. Little has been done in the way of engineer ing; a suitable creek affords on either side of it plenty of space for ponds ; indeed, there are a great many lagoons ready made, requiring nothing, as is the cafe also at Comacehio, on the Adriatic, but to be.separated iu some way from the greater body of water which supplies the fish. According to the plans shown by M. Bosiere, he has erected sluiced passages for the admission of the fish and for the regulation of the water supply. At these passages there are nets to let in the fish and to prevent their getting out. Most of the young fish enter of their own accord, and live and feed in the lagoons till they are " wanted " for the markets. These riviers are cheaply worked, and yield large returns ; half-a dozen men and .a boy or two are all that are re quired en the largest, and the profits of M. Boisere wcre recently stated in a Parisian journal to be about £1,500 per annum. This kind of fish farm might easily be tried on some parts of the British coasts ; there are many suitable spots, and with the quick and plentiful communication from every har bour of importance to the great centres of popula tion such an enterprise could not fail to be popular and remunerative. The most picturesque part of the fishing industry carried on at Arcachon is the night fishery. When ever it becomes dark enough the fishermen go out with the leister, and fish, as they used to do long ago on the Tweed, from an illuminated boat. Three men are required for each boat for the night fish ing, two to row and one to hurl the spear. As many as a dozen boats may seen at this work of a night, each with a brilliant flame of light flashing from its prow; the fish speared are mallet, and they are mostly used for local consumption, the accession of visitors in summer rendering a large supply of fish necessary. There are illuminated fisheries in some other parts of France, but that of Arcachon is the most prominent. The yield of fish, however, is not large—indeed, it could not be, when it is taken into account that each individual fish has to be speared. Some more economical mode night fishing, if night fishing be necessary, ought to be invented. A few scores of mullet are a poor reward for the three or four hours' labour of three men. The French oyster fisheries of Arcachon and else where will form the subject of a concluding article on the French fisheries. The Great Fire in the Minories. It is only by degrees that the full extent and the loss and havoc caused by the destructive fire at the goods depot of the London and N oe rAtibin-loNrreiesst, is ern Railway Company in Haydon-square, ,ulr , being disclosed. In the immense warehouses which have perished it is estimated that there were about 4,000 bales of wool, mostly, if not entirely, Aus tralian, and of the best quality, ;which :at £25 a bale would make the loss in that commodity alone amount to £lOO,OOO, less the salvage, which it is said will be considerable. There were in addition about 350 casks of whisky destroyed, of the pro bable value in all of about £lO,OOO, and the build ings which have perished were worth about £20,000, thus making the entire loss, roughly estimated, amount to £130,000, exclusive of eight railway trucks, which, with the goods with which they were laden, have been burnt, and with their contents would be worth about £lOO each. Yesterday again the men employed by the salvage corps, recently established in the interest of the insurance offices, were hard at work excavating from the ruins such of the wool as was only partially injured more or less in the conflagration, and of which there are large quantities. Beyond question the fire origi nated in the top floor of a warehouse in the occu pation of Messrs. Gooch and Cousens, wool ware housemen, but how is still a mystery. This is the time of year when the great wool sales take place, and when the wool warehousemen and merchants em ploy an extra number of hands, and it is supposed that the fire began in an act of carelessness by some one animated by no sense of responsibility. About 11 o'clock iu the evening, when the night watchman of the railway company made his customary round of the premises, all appeared safe, and about an hour and a half afterwards the fire made its ap pearance and spread with alarming rapidity. The company have in the station an enormous hydrant of 150-horse power, by which all the hydraulic cranes are worked, and connected with it are hose extending all over the premises to be used in case of fire. A number of these were promptly brought into action by the officers of the company before the engines and men of the Fire Brigade arrived, but with little apparent effect, and 10 or 12 of the most powerful of the steam engines belonging to the bri gade had played for hours upon the blazing mass before the fire showed any signs of slackening in its fury, From two o'clock in the morning, when the roofs had fallen in, and the floors had given way one after another, the fire continued to rage like a fur nace ',in the great gulf it had made, and it was not until six or seven hours had elapsed that it was brought under control. Over the front entrance to one of the large warehouses which were destroyed was a clock. It perished in the flames, except the dial, and yesterday the hands were seen pointing to a quarter to two, thus indicating the exact time it had ceased to go. With other parts of the building the office of the manager (Mr. Cannon) has been entirely destroyed, as have all his books and corre spondence, but the whole of the goods to which they relate in the care of the company preparatory to shipment or delivery in the metropolis have been saved. Of these some are Manchester commodities and fabrics, worth £l,OOO a bale. During the fire a ponderous castiron,girder which fell with one of the floors snapped in the middle, and lies in two pieces embedded in the ruins. Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, the carriers, had about 50 horses on the premises at the time of the fire, 13 of which were for some time in danger. Messrs. Pickford had an equal if not greater number of horses there, but they were housed at the opposite end of the station to that at which the fire took place, and were never in any jeopardy.. Yesterday the upper part of a wall in the ruins fell but without doing any harm. All the remaining walls are more or less in a dan gerous condition. Some idea may be formed of the business done at this great entrepot of the London and North-Western Railway Company when it is stated that about tsoo tons of goods are being re ceived there and delivered daily, and the operations go on much as usual notwithstanding the disaster. " There is no shame to our manhood if we distrust our OWn ability to endure the anguish of the body. . . it is no secret thahe s t tuh o ra t gt l e a toti t n e e, l isp o k c a . nt i l iief a eu n ta T ar t je t: t e a : l i nt : . La h r, g a t s ohi been consciousness, n d produced e t b to e slightest ea sensation at physical suffering." yet can w stl i c t h h w o a u a watch d c t h e h g e t r elegraph, July 13, 1866. "To none is the public more in debted than to Mr. Day."—lllustrated ews, page 8.6, Juue s./g r. Day has succeeded in robbing tooth extraction of its harro. - s, and we OWL we are only fultillin 4 an act of duty.in i ving publicity to the g fact."—Court Journal, p. 4:82, May 2% -Painful teeth, ord d is e p a e s r e f deestumpsperfectly e extracted yery ip d w e i s t e h r ou t t io r n air o i. No chloroform, and dental mechanism, may teeth, combating the late b s e t invceunrteiodnairaonmd m im r pi D o A ve y n: d ei: n ts ti i :t + fearful annual mortality of l v a . t ) e , 2p9rli,n Regent - street n a t a - a s i t s r t e a e n t t o t od3oplorrr.:}' fromske I 1 theo f B p , o G ly ro te s e v h en n o ic r ; stre e t, [ADVERTISEAIENT.]—That the ar 6l, r o :B o te y d o , if, young children of enanflydin blindlydgelicatepertsoonpsilolsf aanlidamgeesamicainyebse, which, though apparently relieving th r a e n a d l it with it tendencynootthheerdangorotwe thatwe were simply s e i i ni nc have in i r d e y as t i o n patient, debil ity, study how h o 1 to inc ease the vital force by imparting new and upon which the harmonious development of the w pu ho r l e e i b i r n l a o v m o a d e: depends, has been successfully proved by Du Barry's Inva lids' and Infa..ts' Food, the Revalenta Ar..bica, and its thousands of cures annually. It yields three times as mu;h easily assimilated nourishment as the best twat, tnd for children it is the best substitute tor human milk. Dr. physici4n to the Samaritan hiOspital for Women and (Ankh - en—the best au.hority on such matters —in his admir abie public:4km on Food, says—Amongst the vegetable sub stances, th t which comes closest t ► milk is its composition ;8, without doubt, Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, con aining both phosphoric acid in abundance and chloride of potasvlum ; it alto includes casein, the Lune principle vt Melt is found in milk la its constituent part +. No wonder, there tcre, that under its influence m.iny children affected with (Wasting in Such stin Catesga away ; of the body', and marked dcbi 1 y atrophylaoi,N,a.vvveiatAtcompletely recovered. I have given it wi, 11 the g reatest and s.) far as I may judge from my from aexkteorwleinedceg,e o p t ra i c t t s ic c e om f p u o ll s y iti c o a n r , r l i e e d s u o s ut to n an ia t t ici t p h a e t o e rL, 105.—Barnry Du B arry lu tins, u, 2s gd; and 2l co 21b, 4s N 6,110.; 7571,bitelalesn;t_132t1rte),et.!28;21 London;l b eb , also Phillips, tea alers, ring Wllilam-street ; likewise at 61, Gra cechurch-stre,t ; 4, Cheapside • 49 Bishopsoute 517tretpipVeirthBinakte63,,,,It5r0,,, t an ; (1 1 %8 , , H O Ta x Oxford- t e .t e c in ;-hillr Strand'c.io9B6: Upper-street, Islington, N. ; Brothers, 65, High-street; and Stubbs, Queen'se-terrace, John's-wood. London; and all respectable v o rat9t9.—.Beware of spurious imitations. Visit of the Volunteers to Belgium. - • No doubt is entertained by the Volunteer Com mittee that a satisfactory response will be made by our Volunteers to the invitation of La Commission de l'Association du Tir Beige. During the last Wimbledon Meeting about 150 of the Belgian rifle men were received at the camp, and the hospitality shown to those visitors seems to have made not only a lively but an enduring impression upon the minds of all daises of the Belgian people. The occasion has been commemorated in a brochure entitled Les Beiges en* Angleterre ; a national anxiety is mani fested to see our Volunteers represented at the forthcoming Tir National ; and, besides the prizes to "all comers" offered by the King, the Govern ment, and the Garde Civique, special prizes open to British Volunteers only have been provided by the Belgian riflemen who visited Wimbledon in July, by the Chasseurs Eclaireurs of Brussels, by the 2d Legion of the Civic Guard of that city, and by other bodies. Among these prizes are some very elegant silver cups. The King has several times made in quiries as to the progress of the preparations for receiving our Volunteers, and expresses much in terest in their visit. Not only will his Majesty honour the Tir with his presence, but he will also go to the Grand Opera at the Theatre de la Monnaie on the night when seats are to be reserved for our riflemen. Baron Chazal, the Minister for War, has given instructions that they are to be shown over the fortifications of Antwerp;' and M. Vanden- Peereboom, the Minister of the Interior, is so anxious the visit should be a success that he has charged M. le Major de l'Eau d'Andrimont to take such measures as may be thought desirable for the accomplishment of that object. The receptions, balls, and concerts to which the Volunteers are invited will extend over a week, and the shooting matches in which they are to take part will be continued even longer. There was some report of a public excursion to Waterloo ; but no such thing is in the programme, nor would it have been in good taste, seeing that the rifle contest at Brussels will be an international one, at which French, as well as English, Swedish, Swiss, and other foreign riflemen will meet in friendly rivalry. The English entries are being made at 79, Basinghall-street, where Lieutenant Furley, of the 29th Kent Rifle Volunteers, one of the hon: secre taries, attends daily. From the applications already received it is expected that, at least, 400 of our rifle men will enter the lists. It may be as well to remind intending competitors that, in order to take a part in the contest, each Volunteer must be provided with a ticket, which is to be signed by his commanding offi cer. These tickets will be issued at Bashinghall street up to the 20th inst. One of the hon. secre taries will be in Brussels from the beginning of next week to give Volunteers any local information they may require. The official reception of the British Volunteers is to take place at the railway station in the Belgian capital on the evening of the 22d. Num bers of them will have arrived a day or two previ ously ; but whatever the route they may choose, or _ the time at which they may arrive, it will be neces sary for all to assemble at the Place des Nations, in front of the railway station, at 7 o'clock in the even ing of the 22d. On the morning of Sunday, the 23d, the Volunteers will attend Divine Service at the chapel of the English Embassy. This service will have concluded at half-past 10 o'clock. At 11 there will be a Grand Mass for the dead in the Cathedral of St. Gudule, in memory of the Belgians who fell in the revolution of 1830. This is an annual commemoration at which the Belgian riflemen will attend. After the ceremony in the Cathedral the rifle men will proceed to the Tir. A running deer has been constructed for the shooting similar to the animal which does duty at Wimbledon, but travelling at a somewhat more rapid pace. The distance from which shots are to be made at the deer will be about 80 yards. The long ranges are to be established on ground about 10 minutes' walk from the TirNational, and for those ranges it is probable the Wimbledon pattern target will be adopted. The committee have received numerous letters from Volunteers who wish to bring ladies with them, inquiring whether volunteer privileges will be extended to such fair visitors. The committee have been obliged to reply that the reduction in fares and the invitations to the amusements in Brussels apply strictly to Vo lunteers in uniform. M. Itogier, the Belgian Minis ter of Foreign Affairs and Marine, is most hand somely supplying the boats for the transit of the Volunteers between Dover and Ostend, so that the land journey is all they have to pay for; but the Bel gian Government could scarcely be asked to find boats for all the lady friends of our riflemen. Again, as the balls and concerts will be attended by the riflemen of various foreign nations, as well as by large numbers of the Belgians themselves, the com mittee could not think of asking the authorities at Brussels for anything more than they have so gene rously offered. At the same time, ladies who accom pany Volunteers will be sure to meet with every con sideration in Belgium; and the English committee will make suitable arrangements for such hotel ac commodation as Volunteers may require. It is ex pected that the English railway companies will issue return tickets at reduced prices to Volunteers coining from the provinces on their way to Belgium. On the journey up from Ostend our riflemen will be met at Ghent and Alost by the Garde Civique of each of these towns, who will offer them refreshment. Ell; SUN, LO3".lc)ON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1866. Naval and Military Intelligence. ____ The Royal yacht Osborne, Commander D'Arcy, returned to Portsmouth harbour yesterday, after having conveyed the Lords of the Admiralty on their recent visit of inspection. The Swallow, screw sloop, Master-Commander Wildes, employed in the surveying service, arrived at Spithead yesterday from China and Japan. She brought a few naval invalid;, and is expected to pro ceed to Sheerness to be paid off, having been up wards of five years in commission. The Endymion, 21, screw frigate, 2,486 tons, 500 horse power, a new wooden ship, which has for seve ral months past been finishing her fittings and pre paring for commission in the large basin of Sheer ness dockyard, was yesterday taken into the Med way, where she got up steam and was taken beyond the Nore light for a preliminary run. The trial was made under the superintendence of the factory of ficials, and was made for the purpose chiefly of testing the starting and stopping powers of the engines. In the evening she returned to the har bour, where she will be anchored till the arrange ments are completed for her official trial of speed, which is expected to take place in a few days. The Rodney, 78, screw ship, 2,770 tons, 500- horse power, is still in No. 3 dock in Sheerness dockyard. A large number of calkers are engaged in scraping and repairing her bottom, and the ship wrights are busily engaged in making the necessary alterations to fit her for the China station. The Charybdis, 17, screw corvette, 1,509 tons, 400-horse power, in No. 2 dock at Sheerness, has a large number of shipwrights employed on her, who are hastening her completion with all possible speed. A new forecastle has been added to her, which is now almost finished, and it is expected the ship will be sufficiently advanced to be taken into the basin in a few days. The Virago, G paddle-wheel sloop, 1,059 tons, 200-horse power, in the large basin in Sheerness dockyard, has completed her repairs and alterations, and is ready for the pennant. Her commission is expected daily. Major-Gen. Slr G. Bullet, K.C.8., Lieutenant- Governor of. Portsmouth and comm an ding of din the South-Western District, had a field day troops on Southsea-common yesterday. Th e Geaerol, who was accompanied by his Staff, arrived on the ground at 11 o'clock, and was received by a general salute from the troops, comprising the E and G Batteries of the Royal Horse Artillery, the 9th Brigade of the Royal Foot Artillery, the 43d, 54th, and 68th Regiments of Infantry. After the march past in review order a ,few field manoeuvres were carried out, ten rounds of blank cartridge being supplied to each man, at the conclusion of which the troops returned to their respective quarters. Mr. Russell, Acting Barrack-master and Super intendent of Stores at Pembroke Dockyard, is under orders for Quebec. He will be replaced by air. Moore, Deputy-Superintendent of Stores at Devonport. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Capt. R. Dawkins to the Zealous, commissioned ; R. H. Davies, midshipman, to the Achilles ; Hon. F. H, Cecil, C. Lewes, M. W. Pye, and E. J. Sanderson, midshipmen, to the Topaze ; E. Hodgson, naval cadet, to the Topaze ; H. W. Badger, master's assistant, to the Zealous ; E. E. Greaves, master's assistant, to the Lord Clyde ; and G. Pine, master's assistant, to the Topaze. Railway and other Companies. MADRAS. The total receipts on this company's lines, 611 miles in length, amounted for the week ending July 14 to £7,597, and for the corresponding week last year on 571 miles to £6,842, showing an increase of £755, or 11 per cent. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN. The traffic receipts on this company's lines, 507 miles in length, amounted for the week ending the 23d of August to $141,965, and for the correspond ing week last year on 490 miles to $159,614, show ing a decrease of $17,649. The total receipts from the Ist of January to the above date amounted to $3,457,436, and for the same period last year to $3,085,157, showing an increase of $375,279. SURREY COMMERCIAL DOCK. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Fenchurch-street; Mr. J. Mews in the chair. The Secretary read the report, which stated that the tonnage received into dock in the current year up to Aug. 31 showed that there were 681 wood laden vessels of 256,751 tons, 585 grain and seed vessels of 130,981 tons, and that the aggregate of vessels of all classes was 1,640 in number and of 483,887 tons. The additional landing ground to be acquired through the improvements in progress was coming partly into use, and the directors anticipated that the autumn business would be conducted with out the heavy outlay in lighterage and extra labour incurred last year. The East London Railway Com pany baying applied in the • session of 1865 for powers to construct their line through the western part of this company's property the directors had made such arrangements with that company as would not only leave the existing accommodation of the docks intact, but would give facilities for a con siderable increase of landing space in the most eli gible part of the premises. Provision had also been made for placing these docks. by means of a siding, into communication with the important systems of railway with which the East London line would be connected. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said they had about the same tonnage, or rather more than they bad last year. As regarded the wood-laden vessels there had been - a falling off, but, on the whole, during the present season they had been as fortunate as they could expect. They hoped to be able to bring into profitable use a great deal of the land on which a large sum of money had been expended. The report was adopted unanimously. A dividend at the rate of £3 per cent. for the half-year was de clared on the ordinary stock; £3 per cent. on the A preference stock; £2 10s. per cent. on the B prefer ence stock ; and £2 10s. per cent. on the C prefer ence stock, payable on and after the sth of October next. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. Another Steam-Ship Collision. We have to record another of those fearful and extraordinary steamboat collisions, similar in most respects to those which so recently happened off the coast of Suffolk, wherein the Bruiser and Ross Man gles steamers were both totally lost. It took place late on Wednesday evening last in the river Thames, off Barking, between the City of Dublin Steam Navigation Company's steamer Foyle, 800 tons register, commanded by Captain Young, and the London and North Shields coasting steamer Col lingwood, iron-built vessel, nearly 700 tons register, in charge of Capt. T. Green. The former sustained such serious injury that she afterwards sunk. The Foyle was from Dublin. She had a cargo and some GO passengers, and was coming up the river, a pilot having the care of navigating her up. All the regu lation lights were alight and burning brightly. The captain was on the bridge with the pilot, and two men were on the forecastle. The Collingwood, which was on her way to North Shields, had also a pilot on board, and her lights were exhibited and clear, with a look-out kept. The evening, though dark, was fine, without fog, and there appears to have been no obstruction on the river to prevent them seeing each other approach. Both were steam ing in mid-channel, it being slack ebb, when at about half-past 7 o'clock a great shock was felt on board both steamers, and almost immediately a tre mendous crash told they had come into collision. The Collingwood's bowsstruck the Foyle amidships on the port side, and cut completely into her down to the water's edge. The terror among the passen gers on board the Foyle was dreadful, but they were speedily satisfied there was no danger. On the Col lingwood backing out Capt. Young saw instantly that the Foyle was filling. He ordered the engines to go ahead, and he ran the vessel aground on the north shore, or what is termed Barking Shelf, in order to prevent her going down in deep water. A sailing barge which happened to be near at the time was at once hailed to come alongside and take on board the passengers. This was carried out imme diately, and fortunately all their baggage was saved and put on board. Another barge opportunely came up at the same time by which the crew were able to save most of the Foyle's valuable cabin and saloon furniture, when the steamer's stern went down, leaving the fore part out of water. At flood tide she was covered—only her masthead and flunnel were to be seen. The barge with the passengers then pro ceeded up the river, and arrived off Miller's Wharf, East Smithfield, at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. The Collingwood received damage in her bows, and was compelled to put back. From the appearance of the Foyle last evening it would appear that she has glided down the bank, and lies in deep water. The Thames Conservancy have placed one of their signal barges near the wreck to caution shipping from running into danger. It is understood that efforts will in a day or two be made if possible to raise the sunken vessel. The, largest portion of her cargo was sugar, which is of course totally lost. It is expected the Board of Trade will order an inquiry into the cause of the collision. Wreck of the Cawarra Steamer, with Loss of Fifty Lives. Advices from Sydney, dated July 14, gave the subjoined details of the total loss of the Australian Steam Navigation Company's steamer Cawarra, with all her passengers and crew (with one excep tion, a seaman named Hedges), off the coast of Newcastle. The Cawarra was one of the finest steamers in the colonies, with a large and valuable cargo, and over 50 souls on board. She started on her voyage from Sidney, for Brisbane and Rockhampton, on the afternoon of the 11th inst., and within 24 hours, at one fell swoop, ship, cargo, passengers, and crew, passed away ; and that, too, within sight of hundreds of persons willing, but, alas, unable to render the slightest aid. Shortly after one o'clock of that day the Cawarra was signalled to the northward of Newcastle. At this time a fearful sea was running, and it was blow ing almost a hurricane, from the south-east ; the signal was made to "stand off." The vessel ap peared to steam slowly, and did not make the port till two a.m., at which time the sea took her near the Oyster Bank on the north shore ; she struggled with the elements for some time, and seemed as if she would again succeed in getting out to sea, but judging from appearances, being very much down by the head, she must have filled forward. At about three o'clock she struck on the Oyster Bank and became unmanageable. The steamer was ob served to turn about two or three times, and she then settled down with her head to the north. The passengers and crew were seen huddled together on the poop, and some made for the rigging. Extra ordinary as it may appear the lifeboat was not sent out. A few minutes after the funnel went over the side, and three men were seen in the water. At about 3.15 the fore part of the vessel was under water, and in a minute after the mainmast went over, carrying with it every living soul in that part of the ship into eternity. At 3.25 the foremast went, on which some three or four men were seen climb ing. In a few moments not a vestige of the ill-fated Cawarra was to be seen. One man only was saved from the wreck; he drifted alongside the red buoy to which he clung until taken off. His name is F. T. Hedges, and he states that he was in the main rig ging, and was washed over at the same time the funnel went over the side. He believes the same sea took Capt. Chatfield off the deck. No intelligence can be obtained from him as to the cause of the acci dent that can be relied on. The following is a list of the passengers. For Brisbane (steerage)—Alex. Brash, John Marsden, George Seaward, Michael M'Lennan and seven Chinese. For Rockhampton (cabin)—Mrs. Cramp and child, Miss Anderson, Mr. A. Anderson, Mr. Machefer ; (steerage) Mr. and Mrs. John Paterson, Samuel King, and six Chinese. The list of the crew are—Captain Henry Chatfield, late of the Boomerang (steamer) ; chief officer, Mr. M. Dowell, who commanded the steamer Florence Irving on her passage from England to Sydney ; second officer, Mr. Burrows, leaves a wife and six children ; chief engineer, Mr. Fountain ; second en gineer, Mr. Harkencross ; Miss Kate Crozier (stewardess), John Darwen (steward), S. Goddard, (pantryman), Murray (fireman), J. M'Diarmid (cook). The Cawarra was built in England about two years ago. Court of Common Council. Yesterday the Court of Common Council reassembled at Guildhall after a recess of six weeks. The Lord Mayor (Mr. Alderman Phillips) occupied the chair. There was an unusually large attendance of members, who were occupied for upwards of four hours in disposing of the proceedings on the paper of business. MR. COMMISSIONER KERR. Mr. MEDwrx said he had to ask the chairman of the Law and Parliamentary Committee (Mr.Carritt) three questions. It was well known that the committee were engaged upon a most important investigation connected with the charac ter and proceedings of one of the judges, Mr. Commissioner Kerr. It was essential that the Corporation should have the report of that committee placed before them at as early a period as possible, in order that what the committee had been doing in the matter might be ascertained ; whether the proceedings ware being prosecuted energetically, or whether there was any laxity in the progress. The first question he had to ask was this —whether it was the inten tion of the committee to request of the Corporation that the reference to it might be discharged ?- '(" Oh, oh !" and laughter.) He had reason to believe from what he had heard that this would, sooner or later, be the decision of the committee. Mr. Cox asked upon what authority Mr. Me dwin made this statement ? Mr. MEDwiN, without replying, said his second question was this—if the committee intended to make a report, when might that report be expected? and his third question had reference to a very unusual course which he understood the committee were taking with reference to their proceedings. The LORD MAYOR said the hon. member was a little out of order. lie could put his questions, but he could not in terlard them with observations of his own. Mr. MEDWIN admitted he was wrong. He would, there fore, put his third question in this form-whether the re port of the committee would be accompanied with a copy of the shorthand writer's notes of the evidence ? Mr. CARRITT said he felt pleasure in answering these questions in a general way. He could truly state that every effort had been and was being made to carry out this important investigation with the greatest possible rapidity. But then the committee felt that even-handed justice must be done to all parties in a matter of tha kind. They had made up their minds to do this—that, while they were wil ling to receive the evidence of all volunteers on eitherside, until they bad done that, and they had not done it yet, they felt that they ought not to be asked by the Court to give any further explanation. (Hear, hear.) The subject here dropped. THE GUILDHALL IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. Cox said that, seeing the Chairman of the Guildhall Committee in his place, he wished to ask when the altera tions or improvements at Guildhall would be completed, and whether the work was being done by contract ? Mr. KELDAY, the chairman of the committee, said that so far as the pavement was concerned, he expected it would be finished within a very few weeks. The gallery would also be finished in a few weeks. Both, would certainly be completed before Lord Mayor's day. The spire was nearly finished; but the screen at the east end could not be com pleted for some time, because of the nature of the materials which were being used upon it. Generally the work would be out of hands in a short period. It had all been contracted for, and when it was done it would be found to have been completed within the estimated amount of cost. ELLis asked whether it was the fact that the com mittee had resolved upon going to Liverpool and other provincial towns for the purpose of inspecting marble for the columds'irt ? Mr. KELDAY said he did not think he should answer the question. (A laugh.) It seemed to be always considered a joke to refer in that Court to the alterations at Guildhall, but perhaps the expenses of those alterations might be something more than a joke. The committee had done all they could to give effect to what the Corporation had autho rized. If the work were considered of a serious charac ter, he hoped the Corporation would treat the committee seriously. When the report was submitted then it would be for the Corporation to decide whether they would go further into the matter of the improvements. Meanwhile, the court must recollect that they were committed for what had been contracted for. Mr. ELLIS assured the hon. member that he was not joking. He wished again to ask the chairman whether the committee had determined to proceed to Liverpool and other towns for the purpose of inspecting marble? Mr. ICET,DAy replied that the committee had not resolved upon any such thing, and that they had no intention of doing so. • THE CONSTABULARY FORCE. Mr. JOHN RICHARDSON gave notice of the following mo tion for the next meeting,—" That the rule now enforced which compels married constables to leave their wives and families and go into an infirmary on the slightestindisposi tion be referred to the Police Committee with a view to its repeal." UNION OF BENEFICES. A communication was read frdm the Lord Bishop of London requesting the Corporation to nominate•two persons lay members of the Church of England— to be members of a commission about to be issued bylds lordship, under the provisions of the Act of Parliament of the 23d and 24th of Victoria, c. 142, to inquire into and report upon the ex pediency of a proposed union of the benefices of the perpe tual curacy of Allhallows, Staining, and the rectory of St. Katherine Coleman. Upon the motion of Mr. Deputy. Perkins, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Gibbons and Mr. De puty Burnell were appointed members of this commission. THE BRIDGE-HOUSE ESTATES. Mr. Boit= TAYLOR withdrew a report which hadbeen presented by the Bridge-house Committee, recommending that advatibes should be made to the contractor for the building the new bridge at Blackfriars, in respect of iron work prepared for but not delivered at the bridge. He said that since this report had been drawn up the easy state of the money market had enabled the contractor to go on with his contract without requiring any advance, and that the ironwork, of the value of £40,000, would now be supplied. Mr. 110I3ERT TAYLOR next moved the adoption of a report from the Bridge-house Committee, in which they recom mended that the management of the iecepts from the bridges be placed in the hands of the Chamberlain of the Corpora tion. He said that it had been recently ascertained that the Bridge-house Masters received £2O a year for doing nothing, and that, without exactly denying them of their office, their monetary matters might with propriety be trans ferred to the Chamberlain. The motion was adopted. GRANTS TO PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. Upon the motion of Mr. BRASS, the sum of £lO5 was granted to the Hospital for Sick Children, and £52 10s. to the Wesleyan Methodist Free Day and Suuday-schools. THE METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Mr. RIIDKIN moved the adoption of reports from the Markets Committee recommending the construction of ad ditional bullock lairs at the Metropolitan Cattle-market, at the estimated expense of £6,000, and that the sum allowed to the committee on account of their expenses be increased to£3oo per annum. He admitted that financially the Cope nhagen Cattle -market had been a failure to the Corporation, the average loss since its opening being about £5,000 per annum, but he had every reason to believe that at the end of this year—certainly at the end of next—that loss would be turned into a profit. The increased accommodation at the lairs had been rendered necessary because of the great increase which had taken place during the last half-year in the number of beasts and sheep sent to the market. By the outlay of the £6,000 about 650 additional beasts could' be accommodated. Heretofore there were no fewer than 11 exits and entrances to the bullock lairs and 4 to the sheep lairs, and by these means frauds wero easily perpetrated, but in future such frauds would be effectually guarded against, because their exits and entrances would be reduced to one of each description of lairs. The receipts for the past half-year for the lairs showed an increase of £1,522 over the previous half-year. He was happy to state that the undesirability of driving large numbers of animals through the public streets of the metropolis had baen duly considered by the Markets Committee, and that they were of opinion that public abbatoirs at Copenhagen-market might be advantageously conducted. They had expended for this purpose about £540 in horses, &c., and their re ceipts showed a profit on their expenditure. They had slaughtered in the first week somewhere about 40 beasts, and in the last week 278. Mr. WOODLEY opposed the report, and moved that it be not received. Mr. Deputy DE JERSEY apprehended that a great deal of cattle would in future be slaughtered in the country, and, if that were so, then there would be a decrease in the quantity of lairage required at Coponhagen-market. Mr. RUDKIN observed that the number of cattle coming to the market was not likely to diminish. The discussion was continued by Mr. Harris, Mr. Ban nister, Mr. Lusher, Mr. MGeorge, Mr. Dresser Rogers, and Mr. Medwin. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said the question was a most import ant one, and that when the corporation were asked to lay out thousands of pounds they ought to know what the ex penditure was for. He was willing to believe that the Markets Committee had well considered their report of that day. Sure he was that there was no other committee of the corporation which had greater responsibility thrown upon it, and that responsibility had been greatly height ened by the fact that they had a failing concern cast upon them. He believed that much of. that failure was owing to the lowness of the charges made by the corporation for the accommodation afforded at the market. Mr. KING moved as an amendment " That that part o the recommendation which proposed to increase the allow ance to the committee bo• struck out." Mr. Jom RICHARDSON seconded this amendment. Mr. Deputy ELLIOTT, in supporting it, thought the committee ought not to have tacked on their paltry eating and drinking allowance to a recommendation for expending . £6,000 upon the lairs. The gravamen of the recommenda tion was £6,000, whereas the addition was an unhappy and untradesmanlike way of doing business. He found on looking over the account of the committee ,that half their eating and drinking during the half past year was taken at one dose. (A laugh.) Their bill at the Albion, for instance, was £26 13s. ; at the Lamb, £2 Os. 6d. ; at the Brunswick, £44 4s. 6d. ; at the Black Lion, £lO ; at the Black Lion again, £2 14s. ; and then they expended at one swoop at an entertainment on board the Maria Wood, £126 19s. (Loud laughter.) There was, therefore, an injudicious expenditure of £126 in one day, whereas had they acted properly, they might from time to time have had due and proper nourishment at every one of their meetings. It was this enormous expenditure for frolicsome refreshment out of doors which did more injury to the corporation than anything else. Mr. FRICKER said he had been so constantly in the habit of seeing Mr. Deputy Ellioi,t throwing mud and dirt at the committees of the corporation that the present attack upon the Markets Committee occasioned him no surprise ; and yet, if the worthy Deputy would consider for a moment, he surely could not expect the committee to stand for a whole winter's day in a public market without receiving some re freshment at the expense of the corporation. Mr. RuiKIN defended the committee, observing that during 12 weeks they had held no fewer than 33 meetings. The Court divided, when there appeared—For the origi nal motion, 98 ; against it, 31—majority in its favour, 67. ELECTION OF A RECTOR. The Court then proceeded with the election of a, rector for the parish of St. Peter-upon-Cornhill. There were orignaliy eight candidates for this office, four of whom now attended, but upon a show of hands these four were reduced to two—the Rev. T. Grose, M.A., of Clare-hall, Cambridge, curate of the parish of St. Peter's, Cornhill, and the Rev. R. Whittington, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, one of the Masters of Merchant Taylors School, and Evening Lecturer at St. Peter-upon-Cornhill. Upon another show of hands the former of the two gentlemen was elected by a large majority, and amid loud applause. The Rev. Mr. GnosE, in returning thanks, said he was a citizen of London and a Churchman. The corporation had elected him to fill the vacant benefice of St. Peter's, Corn hill, under a feeling that he would discharge his duty reli giously and honestly. He trusted he should have the grace to do so. Whatever differences of theological opinion that exist in such an assembly as he then addressed, one thing they all demanded, that he should be an honest and con scientious person, and this he believed himself to be. THE HOLBORN-VALLEY EXPULSIONS. Mr. ISAACS gave notice that he should move at the next meeting, " That it be an instruction to the Markets Com mittee in the appropriation of the improved dwellings ai the Metropolitan Cattle-market to give the preference in al] cases to the applications of such persons as have been dis placed for tho purpose of the Holborn-valley improvements.' USE OF THE GUILDHALL. Petitions from the United Hoiticultural Society and also from the Committee of the Albert Orphan Asylum for the use of the Guildhall in November next were read and agreed to. THE GAS QUESTION. A long report from the Special Gas Committee detailing their operations in Parliament during the late session, and recommending that they be empowered to continue their exertions with the vie w of obtaining good and cheap gas for the city, was read, and it was ordered to be taken into consideration ata special meeting of the corporation, which is to be convened for the purpose next week, The Court then adjourned. The Chancellor of the Exchequer in Bucks. The farmers of the parish of ilughenden, in the county of Buckingham, held a harvest festival, on Wednesday, which was honoured with the presence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Disraeli. A thanksgiving service took place in the parish church, after which about 200 persons sat down to dinner in a tent erected near Hughenden manor. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (who pre sided at the dinner), in acknowledging a toast com plimentary to himself, said that although the pro poser had referred in most flattering terms to his position in other respects, what he most valued in the world was the regard of his neighbours, and there was no place that interested him more than his home—the parish of Hughenden. (Cheers.) They were met to celebrate the most important event of the year, an event snore important than the existence or formation of a Ministry—(hear, hear, and a laugh) —and that was the ingather jug of the harvest, and he congratulated the farmer upon the fact that the harvest in that district had been on the whole a proportionate one. Let them hope that their friends in the north of England might be favoured with a still and sunny fortnight that would allow them also to bring to a happy termination the anxious labours of the year ; and l e t th em part i cu l ar l y h ope t h at that might be the lot of their fellow-subjects in Ireland, who had been favoured this year with crops as plenteous as those of England. If the state of the weather permitted a satisfactory ingatbering, he hoped they would soon see in that country the commencement of a prosperity and contentment which had for a long time been unknown there. The right "hon. gentleman proceeded to say:—" It is at moments like this that our minds are particu larly drawn to the feelings and position of those classes to whom we are mainly indebted for the great results of the year ; and among those classes there is none which more deserves our notice than the farmers of England themselves. When we remem ber the hopes, the fears, the long anxiety, the vigi lance, the care, the skill which are necessary to bring about and consummate the in gathering of the crops, and which must attend their various and varying fate throughout the year, we must feel that there is no class of our fellow-subjects who have a greater claim on our sympathy and good feeling than the farmers of this country. (Hear, hear.) And although great changes have taken place in the social condition of England during the last quarter of a century, the farmers still remain the most important class in the community, and for this single and simple reason, that no other class even now are so great employers of labour.' (llear, hear.) In consequence of that position there devolves upon them a responsibility equal to their influence. Upon them depends in a great measure the prosperous condition of the labourers of the soil, and it is by their patience and vigilance and skill to a great extent that the general prosperity of the county is secured. (Hear, hear.) Therefore at a moment like the present—the only day in the yea r i n which it may be said that anxiety and labour cease in the agricultural districts, when there is no toil, when the object of the exertions of the preceding twelve months is accomplished and consummated, when we pause for a moment in a spirit of exultation and gratitude before we recom mence the unceasing labours of the year that awaits us, let us remember the farmers of England, and let us congratulate them upon the present, and wish them well for the future." (Hear.) Subsequently, in proposing " The Labourers of the Parish of Hughenden," the Chancellor of the Exchequer said—" One of the characteristics of the age in which we live is .a just appreciation of the position of the labouring classes; and I belieVe that we all here present feel a peculiar interest in the welfare of those who labour on the soil of old Eng land-. (Hear, hear.) To elevate their condition, to render their lives more easy and more comfortable, is now the object of every intelligent man who finds himself placed in a responsible position ; and I am always glad to know that in that part of England which we inhabit, and more especially in this district, labour has become so valuable that it is scarce, and that the consequenceis that the condition of those who work in our fields —our associates in that'great system of husbandry on which the pros perity of the country mainly depends—is upon the whole satisfactory. In consequence of the great demand for labour wages are, in general, good ; an d with respect to another point of great importance, namely, the residences of our labourers, I COX truly say that, as far as I could exercise any influence in this parish, I have done all that I could without ostentation—(hear, hear)—without interfering wit h their habits, without taking a course which th e y would find troublesome—l have done all that I c oula to improve their residences and to make their bores comfortable." WORCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL. WORCESTER, THURSDAY. The weather to-day has been as fine as could be desired, and the streets have been crowded all d e / by flocks of gaily-dressed people wending their WI to and from the cathedral. The influx of people to-day has been beyond precedent, and as all the tickets for to-night's concert and to-morrows oratorio are disposed of, there can be little hesits. tion in prognosticating the largest return ever shown at any one of the preceding 146 meetings of the three choirs. ch The attendance at last night's concert was mu larger than on the first night. The floor had every seat occupied, and some people, rather than be die appointed (having failed to procure tickets), W ere ' fain to stand in the lobbies and on the stairs of th e gallery. There was, however, much disapPoint ment experienced at the absence of Mr. S im Reeves. Before the opening of the concert Dl' Williams, the new hon. secretary to these festivalo.l came forward, and, addressing the audience, sa w ' he was sorry to inform them that Mr. Sims Reev es had a bad cold, and would be unable to sing, that he hoped to be sufficiently recovered to ta% his share of the oratorio music at the cathedral morning, which announcement was received 1171 ' hisses and other demonstrations of disapprobat ion Dr. Williams added that Mr. Cummings had unde r taken to supply his place in the operatic -selectie e i and Mr. Santley would sing a song in the plac e of Mr. Reeves's " Leoline." (Applause.) The Po' gramme for the morning was an unusuallY one, and it was nearly four o'clock when the bell of the neighbouring church of St. Helen (tu,e mother church) rang out the thousands that WI been for more than four hours listening to som e the finest compositions of our greatest comp oser:. The carte, so to speak, included B ee thoven's S er a vice in C, a selection from Handel's " Joshua," a% and Mendelssohn's " Hymn of Praise." This '''T a almost too much for one morning, not that it vio n s ,. possibly tire, but the strain of excitement was most too great. The mass was preceded by SP° lir overture to the " Last Judgment." The collection at the doors of the cathedral to-day rea chd £233 14s. 10d., making already over £1,035 se cured to the charity, besides to-morrow's collection, bs° io that there is a certainty of the prophecy that t id, would be the most successful meeting ever 'lei being correct. COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM—LivitsnAY. At this day's market there was a limited supply of 91; lish wheat which found buyers at 3s to 4s per clr• a r s to the currency of this day se'nnight. Barley and peas ""d. 2s per qr. higher. Oats quite as dear. Beans unaltered' BTHURSDAYt° On our market ßlST to-day OL— English wheat . was in 111°d-e°f ra supply, and millers were free buyers, at an advan ce a t to 4s per qr. Foreign held for 2s per qr. more money' gu which the demand was limited. For malting barl e Y on d advance of 2s per qr. was readily paid. A good deTjn for grinding qualities, at 6d to is per qr. improveno ut i o ut oats but little activity, and values of new gave wei 11 to a$ 6d per qr. ; old scarce, and fully as dear. Beans V,' dear, but far from brisk. Indian corn sold pretty Ire at 6d per qr. advance. BURY ST. EDMUNDS —WEDNESDAY. , . noliest ; At our market to-day we had a small show 01 , " r ies? time parcels realised 3s per qr. above last weeks P los while inferior samples were quite neglected. BarleYloo in fair supply, and ranged from 36s to 44s per qr. %or last week we have had incessant rain, and a largo q u3 of grain remains unharvested. MANHESTER—mmsDAY. Our market this C morning was -T well attended. x•°s 2 ' s to wheat realised an advance of 3s to 4s, and foreig n , be r. 2s 6d per qr. Flour must be quoted 2s per sack illg to d Old Irish oats brought 2d per 451 b more money , then foreign sorts were fully as dear. Oatmeal sold atdr'earer• higher rates. Beans and peas were each is per qr. 9d per Indian corn sold at an improvement of 6d to quarter. EDINBURGH—WEDNESDAY. + ditY '6l • There were three samples of new wheat in ' cl- id at market, weighing from 57 to 6 2lb per qr., which 6° 37s to 475. Wheat on the top, 3s 6d up Barley on the top, is Od up Oats on the top, Us 6d up Beans on the top, is Od up. Total supply and avera g e, Os O:is 116-Clicl 1.c111°11):: 4; Wheat s2B qrs sold 329 sold 239 Barley 254 qrs sold 72 Oats 6OB qrs sold a Beans 72 qrs Average prices. Wheat, .......53s 2d i Oats, 30s 4d Barley, 34s Od 1 Beans ... 50s 3c l e st:* Town-made flour sells as follows :—White, 43s 6c l ; superfine, 42s Od; superfine, 405.6 d ; fine, 39s Od. GLW sa leg To-day's market ASGOW— was well E attended, and the door' effected of wheat fully realised the above advanc e ; fo al:! 6d to is dearer per sack ; barley, beans, peas, an d ad to Gd corn 6d higher per boll ; and oats and oatmeal per boll and load respectively. Foreign Mail Packet List• - MAILS DUE. t. lg. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton••••• SeP • i 3• Ditto, via Marseilles ser ~t 4. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. ..... •• • •`-'—',. 2 3 ' Ditto, by French packet .. S e P" 1 • .......... t. .• • Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St Helena.• • • bel o ) t lg• China, Penang, and Singapore , via Southampton.• Se ' 3. Ditto, via Marseilles .... Sep t A Falkland Islands gent. li. Gibraltar, via Southampton ........ .......... •• Sep t. 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton•••• SeP i 1 4 Ditto, via Marseilles . -.• • • nt. 1 ' India (Bombay), via Southampton. ................ Se, 2 1. Ditto, via Marseilles . .dep t , • L 1 0 • Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ...... .Sel 9-- j 3. „flt. Ditto, via Marseilles D` k. 1 9 lauritius E via Southampton • SelA 11 l Ditto, '' Ditto, via Marseilles 0 Newfoundland .. Se , ... Portugal _ ...... . 00t . A , . . ...... .••• Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. ........... ; . • n United States and British North America, b 7131. 8 1- O 0 " . tish packet ...... "__ Ditto, by United States packet, via SouthamP . : ton ......... Ditto, via Cork .... : Sept . 14. Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ••^ ~.. ,O. ' West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. (:/c West Indies and Pacific) (except Bahamas an d IS ' Honduras) ..... P`r 0. Cuba and Mexico ..... .... .............. sept. ..... c p o t. 26 , Bermuda, via Halifax ............................ P'": P' Bahamas, via New Y ork. ........................... Sep t • :_________-- tea " , The Great Eastern steamship is exP - nt is o ii arrive at Liverpool on Sunday, and an arrange nan d 13„D foot to give a grand banquet to Captain Anders ° , ll a o tr . ' officers, in celebration of the successful laying 0 Atlantic cables.. _. Births. ~tatrel tb° CALTHORPE —On the 11th inst., at 43, Lowncles' Hon. Mrs. Somers e t C a lth o e a, of d au ghter. Dla c r; HARBORD—On the 11th inst.,, at Morden ColleVrj, °' heath, the wife of the Hon. and Rev. John 1 191 dfoi a , . ROUTIEDGE—OR the 12th inst., at Fern 11 .3 —el of - road, Clapham, the wife of J. R o utledge, x'sql . .,ife of STEwAnT—On the 12th inst., at SOUthS ea, the " DRE R Ae . 1 in Stewart, Esq., R.N., of son. d E e W , H S T e E n l t r - y E fi - eM B S R i Marriages. _ r eo, , ct OW:: 1 0 el O u n lak th e, e E l Bq 2t . h , ionfstaeativadlezeay s. barrister-at-1 t D Brewster, aw, ° - ora, eldest daughter of i... Esq., of Whitby. -warvi iej r LIONE-OUNYNGHAME -On the 11th inst., at ' Lindne a - ° Augustas c t u re n o y t u C g h h a tt p lu, e itie l ~ :oh ß di t s t otia, Highnessormaryi.Pdrariauingge,heilEe daughter h w oef a e rcl osui c i r A: i , and Cosham House, Hants. Deaths. CAMPBELL- On the 11th inst., at Garscuhet N.>;•, Sir j'. f+, klay Campbell,aged 41. st ole GARDEN-On the 12th inst at Westbrook Oott a g, , ,' -so'• P. Dunbarßoert D an u d nb s a o r ns G , t a tr g d e e d n, 6 " 7 la . te of ' the firm °f ° P. v , i ; n bnrg b ' HAY -On the 10th inst., at 7, Jordan Bank, - 1 - 4-- R. Hay, Esq., aged 68. l e of i f. OAKE -0 Oake, Esq., aged 75. 0 111. n the 10th inst., at Ringwood, Maria, 3 v l PLATT-On the 9th inst., at Park-road, rec kh3ll3l „ Platt, aged 91. PONSONBY-On the 10th tPI Ibil ye- 1 lust., a Plymouth,, ,th Al r. nr ' . i 4 fourth Lord Ponsonby, of Irnokilly, aged 59. se ptiii i. ; TENNY.ON-On the Bth inst., at CheltenhatnveopiSO Tennyson, Esq., son of the late Rev. G. Ol i LL.D., aged 51., gaff WALKER-On the 9th inst at Cavrdor Cu ' Cuil, ~ e ‘rovy. James Walker Esq., coach proprietor, Gla v ..--A0 11( T .... LS,- it-. London: Printed and Published by WILLIAA 7, No. s O l at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Viz Sus 01':cotinif Strand, in tno Precinct tombe Savoy, in th Miticilem.es.— Friday, Sepr 14, 1866. Oi t ! t4 i l 3l V et th4 t er the RIN 41 D T'ili s col p It i s p r l ' B ° l llo. u ,SOld i n I LI the " (4 esale 2 GRE' Ob se Ital rve , 4 1111] Rtrs a i tZ rompt aPP: 1 10 LE t o % fo Th p ir t , I r Portico] C°lThir. rITR,N E 4 P arti cula °nt h at tl s AUCI ' Agar -1 11 °I1 N Do''der• Too th' rehatrie.tB) AR - T 6 talu,pe until "11PI) To f is 1 Q t he Use Plates, . pr —Yde 2,Guar 3. 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