The Sun. — London, England, 1866-10-23 00:00:00

Railway and other Companies. BUFFALO AND LAKE HURON. The report of the directors of this company states that the balance of profit accruing to the company in the proportion of 14 per cent. of the net receipts of the joint working with the Grand. Trunk Rail way of Canada was $119,183. The bill for confirm ing the agreement with the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada passed both Houses of the Legislature during the recent session, and had since received the Royal assent. It would be submitted to the shareholders for approval at the general meeting. The bill for the capitalisation of the arrears of interest due to the preference shareholders had also been passed, and would likewise be sub mitted at a special meeting for ratification by the shareholders. The .revenue account showed that $119,183 or £24,490 was the Buffalo and Lake Huron Company's proportion of the net receipts for the half year ending June i 0 last, to which was added £15,831, the balance from the preceding half year, £1,157, the difference in account as amended, £214 for sundry receipts, and £146 for transfer fees; total, £41,838. From this was deducted £19,729 for coupon interest and other charges, leaving a balance of £22,109. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN. The receipts on this company's line for the nine months ending Sept. 30 amounted, on 507 miles of railway, to $4,141,037, and for the corresponding period last year, on 490 miles, to $3,799,798, show ing an increase of $341,239, or about 9 per cent. GLOCESTER AND BERKLEY CANAL. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Glocester on Wednesday ; Mr. C. Sturge in the chair. The report stated that the Commissioners for the Improvement of the Severn had appointed a com mittee to inquire into the best means of remedying the existing defects in the navigation. The accounts showed a balance of £3,690, and a dividend at the rate of 12s. 3d. per share on the original and con solidated shares were recommended. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the re port, which was carried, and the dividend declared as recommended. Mr. T. STURGE cautioned the proprietors against involving themselves in any new scheme for the im provement of the navigation of the Severn ; and A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the pro ceedings. LONDON, GREENWICH, AND WINDSOR HOTELS (LIMITED). The first annual general meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the London Tavern ; Mr. H. Labouchere in the chair. The report stated that, notwithstanding the em barrassments that had overwhelmed the commercial world during the last six months, their undertaking was in a most healthy and satisfactory condition. They had confined their operation to the Ship, Tra falgar, and Yacht Hotels at Greenwich. The re venue account showed that the gross receipts had amounted to £30,578, fairly and honestly earned, and the expenditure to £24,502, leaving a dispos able balance of £6,076. This sum, after paying the interest on the mortgage and debenture debt, enabled the directors to recommend a dividend of 10 per cent. per annum, and to carry over £2,000. The present season had been very inauspicious, and the commercial convulsions unfavourable ; but it was anticipated that in future years the net profits would be considerably increased. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that the capital intrusted to them had been properly applied, and they were able to declare a dividend of 10 per cent.—a thing almost un paralleled at the present time—and to carry over a sum equivalent to 7 per cent. (Hear, hear.) When their company was first started it was their desire to take hotels at London, Greenwich, and Windsor, but it was ultimately decided only to take hotels at Greenwich. There was at present £31,432 in share capital paid up. They owed £13,715 on debentures and mortgages on the Trafalgar, Ship, and Yacht to the amount of £31,248. The whole capital was £80,035. There was a sum of £4,509 available for dividend. The report was carried unanimously. Mr. ROBERTS remarked that if the whole of the capital had been paid up they would only have had 7f per cent. The CHAIRMAN moved that a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, free of income-tax, be de clared, which was carried unanimously. :Mr. J. Waddell was appointed auditor for the ensuing year, and a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETTA, Oct. 17.—Her Majesty's despatch vessel Assurance, Commander Pym, arrived on the morning of the 12th inst. from Port Mahon, where she left on the 9th the Victoria (bearing the flag of the Right lion. Lord C. E. Paget, C. 8.), the Prince Consort, the Gibraltar, the Royal Oak, the Enterprise, and the Psyche, in quarantine, which would expire on the 12th, the Balearic Islands having placed a quarantine of ten days on arrivals from all ports out of Spain. The squadron bad called at Cagliari, making but a short stay, and left in a gale of wind for Port Mahon. The Resistance, which had left Malta to run out her quarantine at sea, fell in with the squadron cruisingoff the coast of Sicily, and in pursdance of orders received by signal to ren dezvous at Cagliari, joined Lord C. Paget there, nd proceeded with the rest of the ships to the Ba learic Islands. Finding that she would be included in the quarantine, and requiring docking, she was ordered back to Malta, and arrived here on the morning of the 12th. She was taken into dock on the 15th. It is believed she will soon go home to be paid off, having been upwards of four years in commission, and will be relieved in the Mediterra nean by the Ocean. The squadron was to leave on return to Malta on the 22d of October, and is ex- , pected here about the end of the month. The Cruiser, 5, screw sloop, Commander M. Singer sailed on the night of the 14th inst., with despatches for the Admiral and a mail for the ships under his orders. The Psyche was to proceed from Port Mahon to Rosas Bay on the 13th inst., to take on board Lady Clarence Paget and family, who will spend the winter at Malta. • An engineer of this vessel was to be trici by court-martial on a charge of insubordination. The Assurance is ordered to Candia for the protection of British interests, and will leave Malta about the 20th inst. By the last mail via Messina, official news has been received here, announcing that her Majesty's gunboat Wizard, Lieut. Commander Murray, left Canea on the 12th ult. for Retino and the town of Candia, considerable alarm having been evinced in these localities in consequence of numerous outrages committed in their neighbourhood. The Cockatrice gunboat was at Gal a t z on the 3d i ns t.— a ll we ll. Th e c h o l era bad entirely disappeared from the Danube, and cold weather had set in. The Cockatrice is expected to return to Malta next month. The Tyrian gunboat, Lieut. Coutrita,nde.r the Hon. V. Montague, was on at i the Ist inst. ssolonghi, rendering assistance to the Englishsteamer. Cairo, which had got ashore. The current crop this year at Patras is excellent, and very plentiful, no less than 50,000 tons two-thirds having been produced, of which were already shipped. The English screw steamer Penn sylvania, hired troopshi p, Lewis, master, arrived at 3 15 p.m. on the 12th inst. with the Ist battalion 24th Regt. (2d Warwickshire) o n b oar d preparation had for this garrison. Although e very been made by the naval authorities for their disem barkation the troops were not landed unti l the fol lowing afternoon. The scene was one of the utmost confusion, owing, apparently, to there bein g no one to superintend the arrangements. On Sunday sh e was coaled and completed with water. On Monday, 15th, she took on board at the Hay wharf the 100th Regt. (Royal Canadians), and sailed at 5 o'clock the same evening for Quebec. But she had scarcely cleared the harbour when she had to put back again for the potatoes and fresh provisions which had been left behind. After taking these on board she made a fresh departure at 9 o'clock for Quebec. The 24th disembarked in quarantines on the island of Fort Manoel, where a portion of them have been en amped, the others finding quarters in the barracks. The whole island of Fort Manoel has in consequence been put in quarantine for 15 days, at the termina tion of which period the 24th will be rtmoved to Verdala Barracks, vacated by the 100.,h, and the 2d battalion (Bth), which has been temi orarily quar tered at Pembroke barracks, will return to Fort Manoel. The following is an amended list of the ports arrivals from which are put in quarantine at Malta, and the terms of quarantine enforced : Con stantinople, 5 days ; ports in the Black Sea, Austrian ports in the Adriatic, ports of France, ports of Eng land, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, ports of Cron stadt, Netherlands, Stockholm, and Stettin, Algiers, Brindisi, Taranto, Genoa, and Naples, Norway, and Alexandria, 15 days ; Leghorn and ports in Italy not included in the above (except Sicily and the island of Sardinia), 7 days; Tunis, 10 days; and Sicily, 21 days. Admiral Sir Wm. Martin will succeed Admiral Sir C. Fremantle as Commander-in-Chief at Devon , port at the end of this month. Her Majesty's hydraulic iron cased gun vessel Waterwitch, 778 tons and 160 horse power, built at the Thames Iron Works at Blackwall, was yesterday taken into the fitting basin at Woolwich after trial to be surveyed and to be received over from the con tractors by the Government authorities. The Water- witch, from her novel system of propulsion, ifr; natu rally an object of much interest. She was yesterday inspected by Commodore Edmonstone, C. 8., Supe rintendent, and the survey throughout in hull and machinery was commenced by Mr. Ladd, master ship wright, and Mr. Trickett, chief engineer and inspec tor of machinery, and assistants. The ship will be docked in a few days, when the survey will be com pleted. Her Majesty's steam storeship Fox, Commander Moriarty, in basin at Woolwich for the purpose of being overhauled and thoroughly repaired, hrs had her figurehead and knee removed, the stem timbers and other parts having been found to be decayed. Notwithstanding this the repairs are ordered to be proceeded with. The steamship St. Lawrence, Capt. James, went down the river and sailed from Gravesend on Satur day morning, bound for Quebec, after shipping 3,887 boxes of ammunition and other military stores from Woolwich. The St. Lawrence is sister vessel to the Thames, which took out a full cargo of stores last month, and is the last vessel which will attempt the North American voyage this season. The Megmra, screw storeship, Capt. M. Dunn, having embarked some naval supernumeraries, sailed from Spithead yesterday afternoon from Plymouth, en route to the Mediterranean. The Imperial Russian steam corvette Griden, Capt. S. Konarzewski, having undergone some necessary repairs, was removed from the Camber dock to along side the jetty at the dockyard yesterday morning, to reship her guns. She is also coaling, and will leave in a few days on her return to Cronstadt, in stead of proceeding to Amoor as originally in tended. A pondrous and powerful armament is now in readiness for shipment at Woolwich Arsenal for the new Packpool battery at Portsmouth, consisting of 50 13-inch mortars. The mortars were cast and prepared for service in the Baltic during the Russian war, and have been lying in store at Woolwich since that period. The beds have been re-adjusted and painted anew. They will be despatched by early conveyance to their destination. Nos. 2 and 3 batteries Ist Brigade, Royal Artil lery, in command of Capt. F. R. Glanville and Brevet Lieut.-Col. G. C. Henry, headquarters Gib raltar, are under orders to proceed to Bermuda, and Nos. 4,5, and 6 of that Brigade, in respective com mand of Capt. J. A. Price and Brevet-Majors H. L. F. Greville and C. F. Young, are ordered to Halifax. The Volunteers. The annual prize contests of the Yorkshire Corps : are just at their height, and several have been wholly - or partially determined during the past week. At Castle Howard Park the 3d North York have com peted for two out of an annual series of prizes. Of these, the first was a Memorial Cup, of silver, given by the Rev. R. Elliss, in memory of the captain of one company of the corps, the late Mr. A. Stephens, of Whitwell and Fostou-halls. There was some excellent shooting in this competition, and the win- , ner was Private Walkington (Castle Howard Com pany), who made 22 in 7 shots. Privates J. and T. Oldfield were the next best shots. In addition, four other prizes, given by the Hon. Admiral Howard, were shot for at 500 yards range, and won by Private Atkinson, Private Smithies, Sergeant Kirby, and Lieut. J. Legard. The other prizes re main for next week. The Ist East York Volunteers have competed for two presentation cups of silver, with seven rounds, a t 500 and 600 yards ranges. There was some highly creditable shooting, and out of thirty-nine competitors the winners were—Colour-Sergeant J. Bennett, 43, and Corporal A. H. Young, 34. Corporal Judge made 35, but was behind in attend ance at drill, which were added to scores. The prizes at the recent contest of the 37th West York Volun teers have been distributed to the winners by Lieut.- Col. Stanhope, at Nobblethorpe-hall, the seat of Capt. Clarke. The chief prize was the Challenge Cup, with money for points, won by Private W. Carker, who also won the first prize given by Capt. Clarke. Capt. Clarke e ntertained the members of the corps at luncheon after the distribution. The competitions for a silver cup given by Lieut.-Col. F. C. F. Gascoigne to the detachment of the Ist West Riding Artillery Volunteers, showing the greatest proficiency in round shot practice, have been completed, and the results show that remark ably good shooting has been made, and that the de tachment sent by battery No. 4 (Kirkstall) is the victor, having made a total score of 28 points in 13.50 minutes, i.e, 2.50 minutes within this time. The battery won a similar prize last year. The practice has been at the Morecambe battery, firing into the waters of the bay—the gun was manned by 10 men, and weighed 48 cwt. The w ei g ht of charge was s 10 rou . n ; ds , weightl6 minutes; of shot, 321 b. ; and time for firing minutes; distance, 1,500 yards. A series of rifle matches have also been held this week. The fifth annual match between the crack shots of the York and Burlington Volunteers was held on Langt on Wold, Malton, terminating for the fourth time out of five in favour of York, the scores g—York, 310 ; B ur li ngton, 302 . Theuof n prizeshooting of the 17th W est Y or k annual he a t l e nb ein (Knaresborough) Rifle Volunteers took place at the range, Grimbald Crag, on Saturday, Oct. 6, and Tuesday, Oct. 9, when prizes to the amount of £3O, together with the challenge badge ef the compan 3-' w ere shot for. The 17 th West York Rifle Vol ui : teers forms an outlying company of the Ist West York Administrative Battalion Rifle Volunteers, and numbers on its roll some of the most successful shots of the district, including the " Silver medal" of Wimbledon, 1862. In accordance with an order issued by Captain Capes at the commencement of the year, every registered company drill above six between certain fixed dates was counted as one mark, and as such was added to the score of the re spective competitors in the competition 1 and 2. The challenge badge of the company was awarded to the competitor, making the highest score at 200, 500, and 600 yards, irrespective of drills. The Non-Commissioned Officers' Prize, given by the officers of the company (distance 200 and 600 yards, seven shots at each, Hythe position, Wimbledon targets and scoring), was won by Lance-Corporal Jefferson with a score of 48. There were next competed for ten prizes, making in all £2O (£lO of A Ilia, was given by Mr. Isaac llolden, M.P., £5 by Mr. Basil T. Woodd, M.P., and £5 by Mr. Thomas Ita.rrison, jun.) ; distance 200, 500, and 600 yards, five shots at each, Ilythe position, Wimbledon targets and scoring. Th e f our hi g h es t prizes were won by Private Atkinson, 54; Sergeant Metcalf, 5 1\ 3 ,0 ; odl:asnoe.e-CTohrpora.l Jefferson, 52 ; Private B. Mr. Andrew Laew2posrnm, cw,irpaasllrveucnrubiytsp' Private B. company was won by Sergeant givenß. W o o b d y , with a score of h eChallen i‘ g i e e S te a a d lf g e e . of Thetlie betw g e o e o n d.. weather during the competition wast was favourable on the whole, but the light A home-and-home match g liV ol:tr:h f av ea in e g h of the Ripon and Knaresborou te-minated in favour of the Ripon men at their own ME SUN, LONLON, TUESOAY EV ENING, OCTOBER 23, 1866. range, and in favour of the Knaresborough men at theirs, it was agreed to shoot a third and deciding match at the Tadcaster range, the use of which was kindly granted by Captain Shaun. The match came off on Friday, the 12th inst., and, after a close contest resulted in a majority for Ripon of 15 marks. Wimbledon targets and scoring, five shots at each distance. Both teams may fairly be con gratulated on the high scores made, the average per man for Ripon being 37.17 and for Knaresborough 36. Rain fell during the shooting, and the light was not good. The Devon Volunteer Association brought its annual prize shooting-matches to a close on Satur day, when the Suider rifles were used. Despite the unfavourable weather the shooting has been un usually good—in one instance five bull's eyes in succession were made at the 500 yards' range. The attendance of Volunteers, however, has been com paratively small. For the Challenge Cup there were only 65 competitors-10 less than the stipu lated number. It was, however, shot for. The ranges were 200, 500, and 600 yards. The cup was won by Colour-Sergeant Westlake, of the 19th Devon Rifle Volunteers, with a total score of 46 points. Private Pecke, of the Bth Devon Rifle Volunteers, carried off the first of the All Comers' prizes with a score of 45. The first of the Exeter Town Council prizes was won by Corporal Bennett, of the 16th Devon Rifle Volunteers—score 46. It is intended to hold the meeting early- next year. On Saturday Lieut.-Col. Payn, of the 72d Foot, by request, reviewed and inspected a corps of about 200 juvenile volunteers in the green of Heriot's Hos pital, of Edinburgh, in presence of several of the magistrates and of a large public attendance. The corps owes its existence to an Edinburgh citizen, who devotes almost his whole fortune to benevolent objects--Mr. John Hope—and who, being an ab stainer himself, requires of his proteges enrolment as members of the British League. From their con nexion with this body the little regiment, consisting of apprentice lads of from 12 to 18 years of age, takes the name of British League Cadets. They are drilled two evenings a week, and are subjected in all respects to a strict and healthful discipline. They wear a red Garibaldi shirt,- and blue cap and trou sers, with leggings for winter parade. They are armed with small carbines, and their " lieutenants" with short swords. The whole cost of their equip ment and drill has hitherto been borne by their com mandant, Mr. Hope, who is also the captain of the Abstainers' Company in the Queen's Edinburgh Vo lunteer Regiment, a company always having its full compliment, and gaining constant accessions from the cadets. On several occasions the cadets have been allowed to take part in public parades, and have for some years had the honour to take a part in the Lord High Commissioner's annual procession. The present total enrolled strength is 261, and about three-fourths of the whole number took part in the review of Saturday. The miniature regiment went through the usual battalion manoeuvres, and in a manner that would have done credit to almost any Volunteers. At the close Lieut.-Colonel Payn highly complimented the corps on their efficiency and steadiness, remarking that they stood well shoulder to shoulder, and had indulged in no talking in the ranks. Baillie Russell, after reading a letter of apology for the absence of the Lord Provost by indisposition, congratulated Mr. Hope on the excel lent appearance of the corps, and the proceedings concluded with three cheers for the Queen, and with similar compliments to Mr. Hope, Lieut.-Colonel Payn, and the magistrates. Visit of the Volunteers to B3]gium. (From the Times Special Correspondent.) BRUSSELS, Monday Morning. The second gala opera performance at the Theatre Royal was attended by some 500 Volunteers, by the French, Dutch, and Swiss riflemen here, and by a large number of the citizens of all classes. The Volunteers principally occupied the orchestra stalls, the pit, and the grand balcony; and their varied uniforms drew forth repeated expressions of admi ration from the Belgians. As I stated in a former letter, the uniforms of the several branches of the Garde Civique are handsome and soldierlike, but they are heavier, and there is more material and buttons about them than are employed in the make-up of our Volunteers, and the result is our men look smarter. The Bruxellois have observed this, and the regi mentals of their Civic Guard have fallen very much in their estimation. Public opinion here is now in favour of a change. It will be gratifying to the , whole Volunteer body if their visit here has been the means of giving a practical suggestion to a people ' who have shown them such unbounded hospitality. Previously to the opera to which I have alluded, M. Anspach (the Bourgmestre) had the Lord Mayor of London, Lord Bury, and other English gentlemen at dinner to meet the Minister of the Interior and the Governor of the province of Brabant. Replying to the toast of his own health, the Lord Mayor made a speech, in which he spoke of the similarity of the Belgian to our English institutions, and of the good schooling which the present King had received in the principles of constitutional government. Lord Bury, in proposing the health of the Burgomestre's wife,which he did in the French language, assured the Belgians that when next year they came to invade our country we should hand them up the keys of our cities and towns for the way they had surrendered theirs to the foreign riflemen. I may mention that the English officers have addressed a letter to M. Anspach and the College of Echevins, in which they present to them the homage of their most re spectful compliments - and thanks. They observe that the immense body of Volunteers who have vi sited Brussels for the fetes of national independ ence are living witnesses of the increased and ever increasing friendship which exists between the two countries ; and they hope the thanks th9y tender for the magnificent welcome given the Volunteers by Brussels and its chief magistrate will be accepted in the frank spirit in which it is offered, and will prove to them that the debt of gratitude which the English visitors feel themselves unable to repay is, at least, acknowledged with enthusiasm. The docu ment goes on to point that each of the two nations lives under a dynasty of its own choice, to which it pays the tribute of the most devoted loyalty, and under a Sovereign whom it regards with a feelingof personal love ; that each lives under laws madeafter the free deliberations of its own citizens and under institutions of its own creation ; that the Sovereigns and the statesmen of England have long looked on with admiration at the development of Belgian na tionality and Belgian prosperity ; and that nothing was wanting to the complete development of our in ternational affection except a personal acquaintance among themselves of the people of either land. The opportunity for this international acquaintance they declare to have been given by the noble hospitality of the Belgian people. The Volunteers, they say, leave i n an ex r t ifl y e e m ar en in boundorder to o n r h e o s t n o o r u e r t t h o a c t o r m e g e behind the m a ff ec ti onate regar d ; an d th e y hold the B la e n l d g ar t d o , E a n n g d - , in their turn, t o l eave us their own ; No doubt, this ' address will be very well received by the civic authorities ; and, with the view of to prepare for the reception of the year, a meeting of the committee appointed on Thursday was held at head-quarters on Saturday evening. At this meeting Lord Bury was requested to act as president of the committee for arranging such reception, and for renewing the visit made this year to the Belgian people by the British Volun teers. Lord Bury accepted the post, on condition that he should be allowed to retire from office at the first general meeting of the committee, and that he should be at liberty in the meantime to appoint a secretary- who, like himself, should retire at the first meeting of the committee. It was further re solved that as it would be impossible for the president to communicate with every member of the committee, which consists of 200 members, publication should be considered sufficient notice of meeting or of any busi ness transacted at a meeting. It was proposed that members of the committee should be allowed to vote by proxy .at its meetings, but the proposition was e ventually withdrawn after a discuss i o n in which i t was represented as being impract icable. A warm vote of thanks was passed to Col. Loyd Lindsay for the able manner in which he had conduct ed the arrange lments of this year's visit • • of the Volunteers to Bel gium, and the continued kindness and firmness with which he had uniformly exercised the difficult cora mand with which he had been intrusted, at the re quest of the Belgian authorities and the Volunteers, expressed through their committee. Yesterday afternoon the prizes for the shooting at the long range, 40 in number, were distributed at the Tir. All these prizes were handsome, while many of them were exceedingly beautiful, and of very consi derable value. Among them were silver cups richly gilt, crystal vases with silver stands, a very large and splendid silver medal, gilt and silver forks and spoons. As the prize list is not yet in aperfect state its publi cation might only lead to mistakes, and I therefore hold it over. There was not very much state or form in the ceremony of presentation ; but, though it was conducted in a business form, scenic effect was not disregarded. The prizes were ranged along a table covered with a bright cloth, and placed under the President's canopy. That gentleman, M. Daily, was present, surrounded by the members of the Foreign Riflemen's Reception Committee and the principal officers of the Garde Civique; and as the prizetnen came up to receive their rewards they were loudly cheered by the comrades and by the large crowd assembled in the building. After the distribution the Volunteers were received by the committee of the Exhibition of Modern Painting and Sculpture now open here, and conducted round the various rooms. The King's banquet continues to be the theme of conversation, and large numbers are visiting the Pavilion to see the decorations which yet remain in their places. It is not a little remarkable that from the commencement of the feast to the close no guest had to ask for anything. There were no fewer than 200 servants in attendance, and every want of any of the company was anticipated by them with an in telligent readiness. The number of plates used on the occasion was 20,000 ; there were 15,000 wine glasses and 2,000 dishes on the table, and yet every thing was served with as little confusion as if the party was a small one in a gentleman's house. The King of the Belgians is said to be nervous about his English ; but he has no occasion to be so. On Saturday he spoke his English speech admirably. There was no undue emphasis, and but a 'slight foreign pronunciation. His French speeches are spoken with much fluency ; but, whatever the lan guage in which he may be speaking, there is a tone of earnestness in his words which conveys to the hearer the impression that the King is saying what he really believes. The officer who commands the French National Guard, Col. Deherpe, is a good and ready speaker ; but the most eloquent of the foreign riflemen is Major Meder, the commanding officer of the Dutch, who uses French, English, and Flemish with nearly equal facility. From the White Mountains up Mount Washington by Steam. We learn from a letter to the Springfield Weekly Republican that the 29th August bad been fixed for the public trial of the new steam railroad up Mount Washington. The railroad men of all the region round about were assembling at the " White Moun " taM House," and were to drive in carriages to the place of exhibition. But the correspondent gives the following account of a trial trip in anticipa tion : " Some five hundred feet of track have now been " laid, and sufficient tests have already been made to " warrant the belief that another season will see a " steam carriage ascending and descending Mount " Washington with perfect ease and safety. The " place chosen for the commencement of the railway " is in the valley of the Ammonoosuc, at the foot of " Mount Washington proper. A new carriage road " has been opened from the stage road, about half " way between the White Mountain Ilouse and the " Crawford House. After leaving the stage road " the carriage road to the railway follows up the " Ammonoosuc valley, and gives the finest view of " the whole range of prominent mountain peaks to " be had from any one point; and the track coin " mences its steep ascent directly over the bed of the " Ammonoosuc, on trestle work, with a grade of " 1,700 feet to the mile. " Just before cominglin sight of the station the " shrill whistle of the locomotive ' Mount Wash " ington ' started us not a little, and seemed quite out of place there iu the forests and mountains, "and so far away from humanity's reach.' I found " the locomotive fired up and ready to move up the " mountain as far as the track is completed, some five " hundrei feet. A platform car with rude seats " stood on the track, attached to the engine, and as " soou as our party, consisting of some eight or nine gentlemen and ladies, had taken their seats, the " locomotive commenced its chug," chug;' and up " we went, at a slow speed at first, which was after " wards increased to good headway, and thus we " went up and down the track, which lies, as it were, " against the mountain side rather than on it, both " the locomotive and the car being under the most " perfect and absolute control of the engineer, who " stopped the ' train' and started it at will, re " peatedly, at one time leaving us standing for " several minutes, and then moving up and down, " and stopping instantly ; and holding the car ap " parently as solid and sure as on an ordinary rail " way. "The whole distance to be traversed by the rail " way, from the point where it commences to the " top of Mount Washington, is three miles, the " whole rise being about 4,000 feet, and the steepest " grade being at the rate of 1,700 feet to the mile. "The rail used is the same as the old fashioned 4 strap " rail,' and midway between the ordinary rails is a " track of wrought iron pins or rolls, one and a half "inches in diameter, and four inches long, set four " inches apart, in three-eighths inch angle iron ti wrought into an angle of 3 by 3 inches, holding " the pins or rolls firmly in their places. Into these "pins the teeth of the driving cog-wheel of the " engine works, each tooth of the wheel striking "between each pin, being practically th e wor ki ng " of one cog-wheel into another. The engine, weigh ing some four tons, is rated at twenty-five horse pounds of steam will wer, forty pounds of 4 ‘ p o drivew e e a n n o d r with twelvese v e h n o t r y s - e fi p v o e " steam being as high as has yet been carried. The "cost of the engine, which was built by Messrs. " CAMPBELL, WHITTIER, and Co., of Roxbury, tg Massachusetts, was $3,000, and it is s 6 constructed "that by the use of union joints,' the boiler is al " ways kept in an upright position, no matter how " steep the grade, or how great the inclination of " the trucks of the car. "The enormous propelling power necessary to run " up the required steep grade is obtained by the pro " cess of what is termed gearing down," that is, a " twenty-four inch gear workingin to a six inch gear, " the engine making four revolutions to one of the " driver, thus securing an immense power and pur " chase, which not only propels the train forward, " but holds it immovable, when desirable to do so, " on the track, at any desired point or place. An " additional safeguard for holding the cars at a " stand-still is that of the atmospheric brake, and " so successful was the application of this power " that the engine was several times detached from " the car on whiCh we rode, leaving it with its eight " or nine persons several feet up the grade, to work " our way down with this brake, which we did most " successfully, it being operated as easily as one " could turn a thumb-screw. We rode up and " stopped, and down and stopped, and had the fact " established to our wondering eyes, and ears, and " senses, that a steam engine and cars can be run " up and down Mount Washington, or any other " mountain, at a fair rate of speed and with perfect " safety ; and after what I have seen to-day, I " venture the prediction that in a short time we shall " see the Iloosac tunnel abandoned, and trains of " cars running over ra th er than through the moun " taro. And so p rac ti ca lly of other enterprises, to "say nothing o f new projects and plans of up " and-down-hill s t eam l ocomo tion ; and the same " generation which w it nesse d the advent of the iron "horse, welcoming him as a missionary of civilisa " ton and progress, will not only listen to his heavy " breathing along our valleys, and on our plains, " but will hear his shrill neigh from our hill-sides, " and see hi m s h a k e hi s fl ee cy mane amid the " clouds of the moun t a i n -t o p. The track of cop "or pins for th e ra il way i s a ll made by the Boston "Machine Co m p any, and is wrought from gun " iron, the tra c k w h en comp l e t e d weighing twenty " pounds to the foot, and the whole of it being " hauled by teams from Littleton, twenty-five miles " distant." The only question, as to the practicability of the scheme is established, is one of cost. It is esti mated that it R ill cost some $20,000 per mile to build the track, and that the three miles of road, with the necessary rolling stock, deposits, &c., will cost some $lOO,OOO, which is considered a low es timate. The originator and inventor of this new railway and its attendant enterprise is Mr. SYLVESTER MARSH, now of Littleton, New Hampshire, but formerly of Chicago. He has given much time and attention to the matter, and his " experiment" is an experi ment no longer. The railway is now in the hands of a company, who have already purchased the site of the old Fabyan House, with the view of erecting a large hotel there for the accommodation of guests, which this new and novel plan of moun tain travelling will call mountain-ward. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. ~-~- ---. TIMES.—it is loudly proclaimed by our Continental critics that the power of Britain now gravitates to wards Calcutta. The remark probably expresses nothing more than a little annoyance at our retire ment from those quarrels in which they would fain have had us intervene ; yet it is true that we now di vert to our Indian empire the flower and strength of the British army, If, however, we ask whether the English public takes a more lively interest in India than formerly, or whether Indian politics are of a character to command even its unwilling attention, a negative answer, we suspect, must be returned to both inquiries. Englishmen have, unfortunately, not yet learnt to look at India as they should do, nor is the Indian Government at present engaged in any transactions of an unusually impressive nature. The truth is, and we are happy to tell it, that our policy in the East has not become more aggressive or arbitrary with the growth of our power. We have greater strength than ever, but we are less disposed to exert it. We do not want any war, notwithstanding our irresistible army ; nor have we any desire for territorial acquisitions, though large provinces of India are still in native hands. The questions now occupying the attention of Indian rulers bear a strong resemblance to the questions under discussion at home. Finance, cotton, public works, the laws governing the relations of master and servant, coal deposits, and tenant-right—these are the subjects which engage the authorities of India in the year 1866. Uppermost at the present minute in Indian politics are the affairs of Oude, and very characteristic of modern days is the aspect which they assume. Possibly, persons now living may remember when the affairs of Oude turned upon the wrongs of the Begums, and it is barely half a century since the kingdom of Oude was to the In dian Government what Hungary was once to the nations of Europe—a barrier and bulwark against aggressors beyond. In those days we were in 'nor ' tal fear of the Mahrattas, and we strengthened and encouraged the independent State of Oude for the protection of our North-Western frontier. We now turn the Punjab to a similar purpose, the Mahrattas havihg been suppressed and forgotten, and the Affghans being the people regarded as troublesome. But in the interval between those times and these the kingdom of Oude has passed through various phases of fortune, till at length it was merged in our own dominions, and now Sir John Lawrence has been quietly engaged iu inves tigating and determining the conflicting claims of landlord and tenant in that province of the British Empire. The affairs of Oude, in fact, might almost be described like the affairs of Ireland. Our correspondence from India has recently re ported in some detail the settlement of this intri cate land question, and though, like all Indian topics, it is obscured by the use of Indian phrases, the points at issue were simple and natural. In India the Sovereign is supreme landlord, and the chief reliance of the Eastern Exchequer is ,on the revenue from land. But under the Sove reign are several tenures, the most debatable of which is that of the actual cultivator of the soil. Had the cultivator any rights beyond such as were created by his agreement with his landlord ? Was he a tenant at will, or did his position approximate to that of a copyholder ? Such were the questions which, well known and long discussed in India, gene rally pressed urgently for decision and settlement in the province of Oude. The first part of the process consisted in impartial investigation, and the inqui ries instituted by commissioners on the spot resulted in the conclusion that, as a rule, a tenant in the province of Oude was possessed of no rights of occu pancy maintainable against the will of his landlord. This decision was all the more remarkable because it was in opposition to the theoretical views of the commissioners. There are in India two schools of doctrine on this point, and it was very well known that the Governor-General himself, as well as those by whom he was assisted in the case, belonged to the school which regarded tenant-right as the old law of the country. Theorists of this party believed that independent rights originally vested in the occu pant of the land all over India, though the proofs or traditions of the custom might have been obliterated by generations of war, oppression, or anarchy. No inquiry, however, could confirm the truth of this theory as applied to Oude, and Sir John Lawrence, therefore, who would willingly have recognised the rights of the peasant as inherently existing, was com pelled to establish them, as far as he could, by a fresh title, derived from compromise and adjustment. We should find it difficult to carry the English reader with us through the details of this intricate settlement, and we must content ourselves, there fore, with saying that the great landlords of the pro vince who hold immediately under the Sovereign were induced to make concessions by concessions on the part of Government; that certain classes of tenants who already enjoyed beneficial terms by favour have now these terms confirmed as rights; and that a prospect is opened of a gradual enfran chisement of tenures through private contract, to be facilitated by Government, between sub tenants and landlords. The most important feature of the case is that •it is deemed generally satisfac tory. A deputation of the great landlords of the province waited upon Sir John Lawrence at Simla, and conveyed to him the assent and agreement of the whole body to the new settlement. Of the actual character of this arrangement we need only say that the future extension of the principle is thought to be inevitable, were it only that the rest of India may be raised to the level of Oude. Not the least curious feature iu these transactions is that they should have been concluded at a remote spot in the Himalayan mountains, 1,000 miles from Calcutta, on territory which belonged to native chieftains only 20 years ago. The fact is that when foreigners re present us as absorbed in Calcutta they are speak ing the language of a past generation. The seat of Government has not actually been removed from Fort William, though more than one proposal has been made for the transfer, but in the hot months of the year, when the city of Calcutta is about the least habitable spot in the world, the Governor- General now retreats systematically to Simla. For this practice there is ample justification in the de mands of health, but, apart from this consideration it is by no means desirable that the Government of India should be exhibited as stationary in Lower Bengal. The true requirements of the case were shown when it was even argued that Calcutta should give place to Lahore. It was at Lahore or Agra, in the Punjab or the North-Western Pro vinces, that the old Sovereigns of India resided, and such a position is almost as desirable .to us as it was to them. But the climate of Calcutta would of itself be sufficient to decide such a question in days when the value of health is better understood. It is simply a fact that the work of administration can be better done, and done more quickly, at Simla than at Calcutta ; and if this relief were not practised, the only result would be the desertion of Calcutta altogether for a more central and salubri ous spot. From Simla the Governor-General can now survey our most exposed frontier—if, indeed, that term can be applied to a frontier which we are at length beginning to think not insecure ; and from Simla he will presently descend to Agra to repeat the festival which a shdrt time since was exhibited at Lahore, and to receive, as his Sove reign's representative, the homage of native Princes who no longer distrust our rule. There may be nothing very striking in such policy as this, but it promises better, we venture to think, both for India and England, than a policy characterised by restless intervention or perilous expeditions based upon chimerical alarms. " THE EXAMINER 77 ON RAILWAY MANAGE3IENT. —The closing scene of the late meeting upon the report of the committee of investigation into the management of the London, Chatham, and Dover line was almost pathetic. The chairman and vice chairman spoke at once truthfully and mournfully. They said that, unused to accounts, they had ac cepted as just all that was submitted to them by the Secretary and other officers, that the dis closure of mystified accounts and suppressed facts astonished them as much as it did the shareholders, that they lamented deeply the posi tion of the concern, and, conscious of their unfit - ness, were anxious to resign, if by so doing they 3vould promote the good of the company. It is . impossible to doubt the good faith in which this utterance was made by each of the noble lords. The 'fruit of their being found deficient as directors is not with them so much as with those who placed them in office, in compliance with the bad customof seek ing to have a few titled men ready to be primed with speeches to be let off at general meetings, when it is vainly hoped that dissentient shareholders will be awed into silence by their titles and social rank. But how is it that not a syllable of explanation was heard from the mute colleagues of the two noble lords ? Why was there not a word from the ex directors, who surely were not absent, who ought to have stood beside the table of their former fellows in prosperity, now that adversity had overtaken them ; men whom they had left possibly under the guidance of an instinct such as rats are said to exhibit when their bark is in danger of sinking. The question has been asked, and as yet remains un answered, what have the auditors been doing? One was a professional accountant. He, at any rate, can not plead ignorance of the mysteries of £ s. d. i Per haps some explanation will yet be given. It s im portant to know how much of the shareholders' money has, in the aggregate, been paid to brokers and financial agents for raising ready money to keep the works going. A large sum appears in one item, although it is by no means all. To whom has this been paid ? A correspondent asks whether any of it, and if so, bow much, has reached a broker who is closely related to one of the auditors ? But the most important question remains. How best can mismanagement, such as has befallen this company, be averted from other companies, many of whom have had to sustain the odium of similar, but none of equal exposure? The government of joint-stock companies by means of directors has been tried, and in a majority of instances it has been weighed in the balance and found wanting. Many pamphlets have been written, and various propositions made to im prove, and some wholly to supersede, the present constitution of the board room. Many persons whose remoteness or other engagements prevent them from attending general meetings and looking after their own concerns, almost necessarily leave the manage ment to a board of many men of varied and some times discordant views. Some few are able adminis trators, some do the work with interested motives, some merely think of petty patronage and their weekly guineas ; all are entirely irresponsible. Surely it would be better to place the management in the bands of one strictly responsible person, or, according to the length of line, in the hands of three. Let them be the best men that can be found for this very important office, after diligent search and , every practicable assurance obtained of ability and integrity ; and let the engagement be at a liberal salary, to which would be added an augmentation running both in rise and fall pari passu with the dividend. A solid and effective security should be demanded in an adequate amount for due and faithful performance of duty; and the manager should be rigidly and minutely responsible to the biennial or special meetings of shareholders. The directors, who are recognised in the several acts of Parliament, might then be reduced to the mini mum in number, and subside into the character of a committee of shareholders, who should once a month meet to watch proceedings, of which they must be fully informed, and to ask for and to re ceive explanations from the management. Their powers of interference should, however, be limited to that of calling together a special general meeting of shareholders, if, in their judgment, the interests of the company would be compromised b 3 awaiting the next half-yearly assemblage. As to audit, a matter of vital importance, let one man be appointed by the shareholders, who shall hold office for two years only, and shall be empowered to call in the aid of a professed public ,accountant to assist him. Let the Board of Trade nominate a second auditor ; he also to be changed at a short interval of time, so that neither one nor the other should come under the blandishments of the management, which has hitherto not unfrequently contrived that things should be " made pleasant," and auditors become merely the influential colleagues of the directors. The interference of the Board of Trade might have the very desirable effect of producing a uniform and plainly intelligible form of accounts; so that railway proprietors could, in the printed statements, make comparison of the several items in different com panies, to the advantage of all. —•- - , THE CIVIL SERVICE GAZETTE. —By the retirement of Captain Whitty from the chief control of the Irish convict prisons, which, we regret to hear, is necessitated by ill health, the Government loses an officer of great practical experience and rare merit. Some ten years ago the late Sir Joshua Jebb born public testimony to the fact that no one in the kingdom, from his wide range of duty and close study of the subject of prison discipline, was possessed of such sound qualifications for arriving at a just opinion upon any matter connected therewith as Captain Whitty. He possessed a practical acquaintance which is the lot of few men who are appointed to direct or inspect, with- all the details of every deparment of the prison service, and was chosen by the Board of English Directors in 1848 as the first governor of Portland Public Works Prison, the entire management of which he most successfully organised. Afterwards, while for many years director on the English Board, he had the constant and supreme supervision of 5,000 convicts, and was fur long the mainstay of Sir Joshua Jobb; but evidently differing in some particulars from the system as pursued in . England, he eventually transferred his services to Ireland, and for some years has ably filled the post of head of the convict department vacated by Sir Walter Crofton. Without underrating Sir Joshua Jebb's good intentions or Sir Walter Crofton's better principles of convict management, it was undoubtedly to such thor oughly practical men as Capt. Knight and Capt. `Witty that the true success of the various reformations iu the system is mainly to be attributed. Theoretical views, however good, require shape and consistency, which can not be brought out by a prentice hand, but first in Capt. Knight and subsequently in Capt. Whitty, Sir Walter Crofton was happy enough to obtain the assistance of coadjutors of surpassing administrative ability. Captain Knight succeeded Capt. Whitty as governor of Portland, then opened the new prison at Portsmouth, and eventually became a commissioner of inquiry into the state of Irish prisons, and one of their first directors ; and Capt. Whitty, aftor holding a similar position at the English Board, fol lowed his successor in the Portland governorship to the Hibernian directorship. He has now most ably adminis tered that department for many years, and was for some time subsequent to Sir Walter Crofton's retirement left single-handed, which was too much even for his vast powers, those who knew him best being ever ready to tes tify to his immense capability for official work, and his un tiring zeal. What might have been the reason for the Irish Government crippling the Convict Board in its activity it is impossible to say, but being originally constituted three in number, with one as a chairman, it certainly underwent a gradual dissolution or melting process. First, Mr. Len taigne, the junior director, was appointed Inspector of Irish Gaols, and then when Sir Walter Crofton left, no chair man was appointed, and no fresh appointment made. At length, when the Royal Commission on Penal Servitude and Transportation came into. existence, the matter was brought under their consideration, and they reported against this overburdening of the energies of one man in the following words :—" It is bad economy not to have sufficient strength in a penal establishment to admit of the effective discharge of their irksome duties by the officers without an undue strain upon their minds and bodies. The office of one of the directors of Irish Convict Prisons has recently been abolished, and there is, too, now only one director. This reduction appears, front the evidence of Captain Whitty, to have been inexpedient, and we consider that the Irish Board ought to be placed in the same posi tion as it was before Sir William Crofton's retirement." We trust that when the Government comes to assign to Captain Whitty his pension they will not overlook the fact of their having so far oversaddled him, we fear, to the injury of his health. The willing public servant, like the willing horse, is too often made a convenience of, and worked to death. As the present vacancy affords so good an opportunity of reconstituting the Board of Directors it is to be c hoped that it will not be lost sight of, for the present government of the department— or rather its arrangement—before Capt. Whitty's resignation was any thing but satisfactory or calculated to work well. Two equally responsible officials form a most inconvenient head ship to a department, and if they don't pull well together, there being no supremacy in either, matters are likely to result either in a state of apathy or disturbance. A casting vote consolidates and strengthens, and under a triumvirate authority cannot well be questioned. At the time that the number of directors were reduced, two inspectorships were founded as a sort of make-weight. The gentlemen holding those offices merely act as superintending governors, and occasionally take charge of the prisons when the governors are absent on leave, but they possess none of the superior powers of the director, and it is generally felt that their mission, whatever it may have been intended for, has proved a complete failure. A good governor cannot need more than a good director paying frequent visits, to sanc tion or improve his work ; but this system of having two classes of superintending officials, one with no more power than the governors themselves, is purposeless and irksome. To weaken the sense of responsibility of the regular and resident head of a large establishment is by no means the best method to improve his efficiency; and we think it is too little calculated how great an effect a certain amount of faith and confidence possesses in the strengthening of official power and self-dependence. If the English gover nors of convict prisons can be trusted without this inter mediate class of officials constantly watching their admini stration of prison matters, which are as well understood by them as the inspectors, we should think that equal confi dence might be reposed in the Irish governors. At all events, the true balance of power is not much prompted by this sin g ul ar f anc y for two officials of every kind. That number may have been very appropriate to Noah's Ark in virtue of the difference of sexes, but we re no purpo se that it is lik e ly to serve in consolidating tlie power of a department, and if the Irish Government is wise it will take this opportunity of returning to the original and practical constitution of the Board of Directors of Convict Prisons. REPRESENTATION OF WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE.- The appointment of Mr. Roll, one of the members for West Gloucestershire, to the Solicitor-Generalship, renders an election imminent, and it is announced that Sir G. Jen kinson, who, it will bo remembered, contested North Wilts unsuccessfully, is to be the Conservative candidate. Sir C. Miranda Lampson, Bart. Among those who have received the highest honours at the hands of the Queen, for that ser— vice which England and America unite in consider ing so essential to their welfare—the successful establishment of the Atlantic Telegraph—is Curtis Miranda Lampson. This gentleman was born in Vermont, in which State he married. His early life was passed in the wild hunting grounds of Canada and the Hudson's Bay Territory. He was a keen lover of sport, and in pursuing the natural bent of his disposition he acquired a knowledge, and established a connection, which was afterwards in strumental in enabling him to acquire a great for tune and the high rank to which he has attained. It was not till after his marriage that he abandoned the wild scenes where his youth had been passed, when he came to England, and permanently settled in this country in the year 1834. The knowledge he had acquired practically as a hunter he turned to most profitable account as a furrier, in Queen street, Cheapside, where his admirable business qualifications enabled him to divide with the great Hudson's Bay Company almost all the home and foreign fur trade of the country. The enormous extent of these transactions enabled him to amass a handsome fortune, and gave him a position of great weight in the city of London. He was one of the first impressed with the importance of telegraphic communication with America, and became a large shareholder and director of the Atlantic Telegraph Company. For ten long years Sir Curtis devoted himself to the establishment of the cable which has now attained so triumphant a success. During this period he never flinched or faltered in the task. Others foiled by repeate d disappointment fell off in despair, but he held on and came in at the end, as one of the three whom no disappointment could daunt. He invested largely in English property, and is the owner of a fine estate at Rowfant, near East Grinstead, whose old Tudor mansion, a moated grange, is preserved as a sacred trust. On the reconstruction of the Hud son's Bay Company Sir Curtis became deputy governor, and he employed his great knowledge of trade and the business-like qualities which bad made his own fortune for the benefit of that com pany. It will be remembered that Mr. Peabodly , when founding the magnificent charity which haS made him famous, invested a large portion of the trust in the shares of this company, and he appointed Sir Curtis as one of the trustees. Although Sir Curtis has not considered it inconsistent with MS citizenship of the United States to accept the high honour to which Her Majesty pas nominated him, he remains a true American. Throughout his life he has held the strongest prin ciples of Republicanism, and remains ardentli imbued with the sentiments which distinguished th e vast body of his Northern countrymen. Sir Curtis has two sons, both of whom. were educated at Cam bridge, and who are designed to succeed him in the business, of which they are now partners. The American people will rejoice to note the great suc cess which has attended the career of their country' man, and will heartily congratulate him, not only on the acquisition of a large fortune, but of honours which he can hand down with his English estates to what we hope may be a long line of posterity. --- Anglo-American Times. COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER—Oar. 20. A light supply of wheat at market, which was sold at is to 2s per qr advanco. Barley, fine, is dearer, and other kifids unaltered. Beans and peas scarce, and sold readily at full rates. iirneat. white 58s 65s Beans, Brazagan......4os 423 • red. 6&s 59s Middle and small.. 44s 486, Barley ... 32s 50s Peas, white. 383 42" Oats grey ...383 420 CHELMSFORD—OcT. 19. d At the market to-day wheat was in good supply, an,. the trade was more active, at an advance of is to 2 s p er qr for best samples ; inferior sorts is higher. Best barleys Icily realised the prices of last week ; inferior sorts rather lower. Spring corn of other kinds ruled firm. Wheat, old white.... 508 638 r Peas, Partridge 409 4 20 new 46s ifis IV Ibte ..32$ .....0 old red 45s 568 J 3 Bing .. ...... - 400 new. 46s 548 k 'Jun.... ..... —38 9 .....„ Barley.. . Chevalier --s —s Beans, Tick, 01d......40 0 7 42', (thrind ng •58 30s new.... 3 39 aa Malt 58s cos Harrow i icks.42B 4u- Chevalier 0 s 624 new..... 10.3 4:1! Oats . 2J a 20s Mazagan . ..... 38S 42. GRANTHAM—Off. 20. Old white wheat, 58s to 618:; old red, 54s to 588 n. 311 white, 54s to 588; new red, 49s to 54s per 36 stone. It r ; ley for malting, 38s to 455 per qr. ; grinding, 30s to 34 5 1 7,, 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 32s ; new, 25s to 308 per -4' stone. Beans, old, 48s to 51s; new, 44s to 46s per 38 ston°' Peas, 36s to 40s per 36 stone. NORTHAMPTON—OcT. 20. New white wheat, 518 to 565; new red, 51s to 56s ; 01 ! white, 55s to 595; old red, 53s to 57s per 36 stone. Barl e lo for malting, 38s to 44s per qr. ; grinding, 30s to 36s per " stone. Oats, old, 22s to 31s ; new, 28s to 30s per 24 stone' Beans, old, 46s to 49s ; new, 42s to 45s per 38 stone. Pe as ' 38s to 42s per 36 stone. ABERDEEN—OcT. 19. The attendance at the corn market to-day was 01 011 ' and there was littl e or no b us i ness d o i ng . P r ices same a/5 last week. White wheat 50s Od to 51s Od / r 621 b ifl bushel' Red wheat 45 8 Od t o 46s 0d) Potato oats 27s Od to 27e 6d . } . Common oats 28s Od to 29s 6d t 24s Od to 24s 6d Bere Barley 32s Od to 32s 6d c ' ill 311) V b ushel- Oatmeal 19s 6d to 20 s Od boll of 2 80 lb• 40s Od to 44s 6d Flour, line 4 .01b V bushel. lil sack of 280. KIRKCALDY—OcT. 20. Good supplies of all kinds of grain. Wheat 2s to as F er qr. dearer. Barley and oats unchanged. Wheat. .13zu ley. Oats. First. s4s ud ' 31s d 21s Od Od 35e Od 24s Od Third cos Od 38s Od ;.8s 111 COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. 0. d' 9 Holywell Main l7 6 Buddle'sWestHartley 17 9 Wylam l7 6 West Hartley Lambert's W.Hartloy 17 9 Harton l 3O Walls End Hetton ... 22 0 Wallsend Haswell 2 fi Tunstall Heugh Hall 2O 6 Kepior Grange l9 6 South Hartlepool l9 9 Ships at market, 40—sold, 39. How THE NELSON MONUMENT MIGHT BE - 11 ' an PROVED.—A correspondent of the Athenmum suggests as - improvement on the original design for the Nelson coition that "it would be better to have Nelson before our eyes , s f, that we can see him. Thanks to Mr. Baily, the statue a good likeness. Let him stand in front of his monume nt !, put Victory on the summit—a winged Victory—gilt ; let the grandest bronze colossal lions ever executed renisinf as intended. We shall then have a memorial worthy" ° our greatesthero, and one that will do honour to En glan a ' n [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and pills•:" A Wordj of Promise.—All sufferers from sores, ulcer' scorbutic affections, and skin diseases may confidently e° l- : mence the treatment of their several infirmities with theo healing and cleansing remedies. Under Holloway's more tried medicaments the worst cases will soon assume a inl e t kindly aspect; and in progress of the cure the afflicted ova neither be embarrassed by difficulties nor disheartened 010 failures. 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