The Sun. — London, England, 1865-12-29 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN. At the Slough Junction of this line, some exten sive works have been commenced, principally with the view of altering the existing arrangements for the passage of the up and down traffic, which at this spot cross each other in a very peculiar manner. The platforms of both the up and down stations are on the south side of the junction. About a year ago this circumstance partly brought about a collision which entailed a considerable loss upon the company. After this experience of what might happen again at any moment, the directors wisely determined to lay out a sum of £15,000 in remodelling the junc tion and stations. These works are making great progress under the supervision of the company's engineer. The alterations will consist of two entirely new stations, built of white brick and Bath stone. Instead of both of them being on the same side of the line, the up will be on the north and the down sta tion on the south side of the railway, a communica tion between the two being provided for passengers by means of a foot bridge over the line. Thus up trains stopping at Slough on the way to Paddington upon reaching a certain point west of the junction will pass along a loop siding to the north station ; the down tralbs along a similar loop to the south or down station, obviating the crossing of the rails in the present dangerous fashion, while the through trains will pass along the centre of the roadway, leaving the loop sidings free for the stopping trains. Each new station will be about 275 ft. in length. Simultaneously with the improvement of Slough junction great alterations will be carried out at the Reading station at a cost of £90,000, while the di rectors are about to erect their own telegraphic wires over a portion of the line. SOUTH EASTERN. A meeting, convened by the directors of this company, was held at the Law Association Rooms, Liverpool, yesterday, for the purpose of ascertain ing the views of the Liverpool shareholders in re lation to the policy of the Board ; Mr. E. Watkin, M.P., deputy chairman, presided. Several direc tors and a large number of shareholders were pro- Sent. The CHAurmAN adverted to the serious opposition which the Board had met with at the hands of Messrs. Bell, Hamilton, and Adams, in very strong language. He had seen with the greatest pain the false and scandalous statements which had been published in the papers and by circular with regard to the South-Eastern property, and he wished there was a law which could get hold of selfish men, who bound themselves together, in order to diminish the price of the stock. lie then entered at some length upon the policy of the company, with a view to show that it was one of self-protection. They were all anxious to be atpeace with neighbouring companies, but they felt bound to take the course they had done, in proposing such extensive new schemes in self-defence. Mr. ROBERTS having condemned the policy of the company, Mr, ADAMS, of Lewisham, said he appeared on Mr. Hamilton's behalf. The CHAIRMAN put it to the meeting whether Mr. Adams should be allowed to address the meet ing, as this was a meeting of Liverpool shareholders. The meeting decided that Mr. Adams should be heard. Mr. ADAMS then replied to the chairman at great length, contending that the policy of the South- Eastern directors in effecting the Chatham agree ment was a most disastrous one for the interests of the company ; and that the schemes now before Parliament were really schemes which the directors had no intention to carry out, simply intending them to intimidate the Brighton Company, and thereby effect a compromise. If they did not suc ceed in coming to terms with the Brighton Com pany and had to carry out these schemes, the capital THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY' EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1865. `he Late Fatal Collision in the Channel. THE BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY. DOVER, Thursday. The inquiry was resumed this day at the Town hall, before the Mayor (Mr. W. Nunnery), Dr. Astley, and Captains Harris and Baker (Nautical Assessors). The first witness called was— George Henry Suters, who said—l was on board the Samphire in charge of her Majesty's mails on the night of the 13th inst. I was formerly in the Royal Navy in the capacity of carpenter. W e l e ft Admiralty pier at 10 57 p.m. It is my practice to check with the first mate of the ship the time of arrival and departure. We were prevented doing this on the night in question by the collision. After I stowed the mails away I came on deck and walked aft, and I noticed that the steamer's lights were burning brightly. I heard the chief mate tell the look-out man forward to keep a good look-out, as there might be some herring boats about. On going down the cabin on the night in question to check the time with the chief mate I heard the look-out man forward call out " A light on the port bow." I immediately returned on deck, and the collision took place instantaneously. I could then see the sails of the bark and also a dim light on board. It appeared to be a green light. I saw the bark's light just before the collision took place. After the colli sion I hailed the bark ; I called, " Bark ahoy ! Lower your boats ; we are sinking." I saw two men drop from the bark's bows on to the deck of the Samphire. I then went down the cabin to try and save the despatches, but I did not succeed, for before I could get at the bottom of the ladder I was up to my chest in water. I heard some screaming from the fore cabin. When the light ,was reported off the port bow the captain called out, " Port, po r t, hard aport ; stop her ; turn h er astern !" I then assisted in lowering the boats, and the passengers, who were panic-stricken, rushed into them. I got into one of the boats with some of the crew and a number of passengers, and we were ordered by the captain to go after the bark to ask them to heave to. We followed the bark and hailed her. No notice was taken, though I think she must have heard us, because of the noise we made. I don't think we got nearer than 700 or 800 yards. We pulled ashore and landed the passengers, after first rowing about the bay in search of a tug. We had 20 persons in our boat, including the crew. We landed the passengers at the Admiralty pier at a quarter to 2 o'clock. We had four oars in the boat, but we could only use three, because the passengers would not bale out, and the first mate, who was in the boat, was obliged to do so. The passengers were very troublesome, and caused the boat to ship water. Among other things my cap was used to bale out thewater in the boat. I noticed that the fore part of the vessel was sunk as far as the fore " sponsor" when I left her, and I should think that seeing this would induce the passengers to believe they were going down. Cross-examined by Mr. Fox—lt is my duty to land the mails as quickly as possible. If the steamer was going too fast in a dense fog or foggy weather it would be my duty to ask the cap tain if he did not think they were going at too great a speed. I have no instructions with regard to the speed. lam instructed to land the mails as quickly as possible. The Post-office authorities do not say anything if I land the mails too soon, but they do if lam behindhand. I did not think the Samphire was going at a greater speed than was consistent with her safety. I did not hear any one hail from the bark. I spoke to one of the men that dropped from the bows of the bark. He had his cap, guernsey, and trousers on, but no shoes and stockings. He drew my attention to his bare feet. He looked to me as if he had just " turned out." The captain was cool and collected during the whole proceedings, and did everything he could under the circumstances. The passengers were more like mad persons than anything else. By the Clerk—When I heard the look-out man call out " a light off the port bow," as I understood, I was three or four steps down the companion ladder, and I was looking seaward. _ _ Robert Whitbread, a boatswain of the shore party, said he saw both the Samphire's lifeboats when she left the harbour on the night of the 13th. They were both uncovered. They are always left unco vered during the winter season in case of emergency. _ _ Mr. O'Dowd here handed in the London Gazette of the 13th of August, 1864, containing an order in Council relative to the regulations of lights of the United States vessels, and quoted the act of Parliament by which the order in Council was made in evidence. Thomas Hardy was recalled, and said when he came from the engine -room after the collision, lie brought up three lamps alight—one was a globe lamp, one was a half-globe, and the other was a semi-circle. Cross-examined by Capt. Harris—The lamp-I.6°m is at the bottom of the fore cabin companion, ex actly in the spot where the collision took place, and it was smashed by the collision. Mr. Knocken offered to produce the lamps of the Samphire for the satisfaction of the Court, but Capt. Harris said the Court was perfectly satisfied that the lamps were in a proper condition from the evidence of Mr. Barber, the surveyor to the Board of Trade, and they merely wished to ascertain the facts of the case to contradict some extraordinary statements that had been circulated regarding the matter. A Dutch pilot named John D. Hondlohne was the next witness called. He said—l am a North Sea and Channel pilot. I reside at Rotterdam. (The witness then handed in various documents to show that he had safely piloted various vessels.) I am a regularly acting pilot according to the prac tice of my country. I shipped on board the Fanny Buck on the 10th inst. at Rotterdam to navigate her to Cardiff. She was in ballast. I was em ployed to navigate the ship in consequence of the illness of the master. The mate acted for the master. The crew consisted of three Englishmen, two Americans, a Swede, and one Prussian, and persons of other nations to the number of 14. They all could speak English. The captain was on board the bark on the night of the 13th inst., but he was below unwell. About 10 o'clock that night we passed the South Foreland lights on our starboard side. We went on the south side of the Goodwin Sands. The weather was clear on the sea, but towards the land it was hazy. We could see small boats at sea, for we passed several fishing boats that had no lights. I think we were about five miles from the Admiralty-pier. We had all plain sails set up to the topgallants. The wind veered from the north to north-west. We were steering sometimes west by north, and sometimes west by south, according to the wind. We exhibited all our lights, a green one on the starboard and a red light on the port side. I was on deck the whole evening. I saw the lights myself, and they were burning clearly. I saw the mate trim the lamps from about 10 to 15 minutes before the collision took place. He took the lamp from the screen into the pantry in the cabin which is on deck. I saw him go into the pantry. I saw the lights were burning better when he came up. They were burning bright enough to be seen from a mile and a half to two miles distant. They were ordinary lamps. There was a man on the look-out at the forepart of the vessel, one at the wheel, and I and the mate were on the deck. The man at the fore castle sung out, " a light," and then we made out the light on the steamer's masthead "in shore" of us. I think the steamer was then three miles off. We did not alter her course from that time until the collision took place. As we approached we saw the steamer's port or red light, and I then knew it to be a steamer. This was about five or six minutes after we first made out her masthead light. We were going from six to seven knots an hour. • Th e steamer, so far as I could see, did not alter her course. I did not see the green light until the steamer came very close to us. The steamer ran into us, and we ran into the steamer. (Laughter.) Two men from our vessel hailed the steamer by way of caution. It was a heavy shock, but the bark con tinued her course. When the steamer was put astern I heard some persons on board call out for assist ance. We did not lend assistance because of the damage done to the starboard side of our vessel, which we had temporarily to repair, otherwise she would have gone down. We took in our topgallant sails and let down the jib. We got a sail from off the bows, and threw it over the hole where the accident happened. We brought the bark to Sandgate, and anchored her in about seven fathoms of water, about 2 o'clock on Thursday morning. The bark subse quently sailed to Dover, after canvas had been nailed over the hole made by the collision, and was towed from the Admiralty-pier into the harbour. I then went back to Rotterdam. By Mr. Edwards—l was on the starboard tack the whole ovening. Our yards were braced up sharp about 9 o'clock. The bark was then abreast of the Goodwin Sands. The proper course when some dis tance from land is west—south-west until we got to Dungeness. The tide was settled to the eastward. We steered ashore after the collision took took place, because we wanted to come to anchor, as the vessel was making so much water. If we had heaved the vessel to, the effect would be that we should go down altogether, and therefore we could not render any assistance to the steamer. Our vessel was much higher than the steamer. As soon as I saw the steamer's lights I looked to see if ours were burning, and saw the green light burning, and also the re flection of the red light. It was a fine night. About 10 minutes elapsed between the time of my seeing the light at the masthead of the steamer and the collision. Cross-examined by Mr. Fox—The lamps were lighted after the sun was set, about 4 o'clock. I don't know who lit them, but it is the special duty of the steward to attend to them. The steward is an Eng lishman. It is not my duty to look after the lamps, and therefore after the lamps were put up I did not see any oil put into them. I have never stated that the steward put any oil into the lamps. I was exa mined before the coroner on Saturday week last. Mr. Fox here read a portion of the witness's evi dence adduced at the coroner's inquest, and asked him if he told the coroner and jury he would swear he saw the lamps trimmed—first one, and then the other. Witness—l saw the lamps taken into the pantry to be trimmed, but I did not go into the pantry. Mr. Edwards said the witness, who spoke English but imperfectly, did not understand the questions. Continuation of examination by Mr. Fox—l have sometimes seen oil put into the lamps. I saw the steward running to the lamps on the night in ques tion, but I did not notice that oil was put into them. I had only joined the vessel a couple of days. We did not lower our boats after the collision took place. We got our boats ready to put out in case the bark should sink, to save our own lives. We heard the cries for help but we did not lower our boats, but looked out for saving ourselves. I did not know what condition the steamer was in. I did not know whether the steamer was sinking, because we went astern so quickly. With the exception of shorten ing a little sail we did not attempt to heave to. If we had tried we could have brought our vessel to in a couple of minutes. After the vessels had parted I did not see a boat follow us, nor hear any hailing from the boats, but I did from the steamer. We shortened sail about 10 minutes or a quarter of an hour after the collision took place to lessen the pressure of the water. We had three boats. In that weather the long boat would have been capable of carrying all the crew of the bark. Re-examined byMr. Edwards—A steamer in ordi nary cases passes astern of a sailing vessel, and always has to give way to a sailing vessel. A boat with a crew of four men came to our assistance. After the collision occurred I believe we only had 12 men on board, the two having gone on board the steamer. It would have taken a long time for us to have lowered the boats to go to the assistance of the steamer. We lowered a lantern to the water's edge to see what mischief bad been done, and we then discovered the injuries the bark had received. The first time we tried the pumps we found the vessel had made 18 inches of water. Cross-examined by Captain Baker—After clear ing the steamer we laid up west to north-west, to fetch in the seven fathoms of water. I saw the hull and deck of the steamer about a couple of minutes before the collision. When I first saw the hull it was three or four points on the starboard bow. I don't think we should have got clear if I bad put the helm either up or down. I think I was justi fied in standing on my course without ma ki ng an y attempt to get out of the way, but leaving the steamer to get out of the way. On such a night I think the hull of our bark should have been seen half a mile distant. The inquiry was again adjourned until this day at 2 o'clock. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. for which could only be raised by preference stock, the result would be ruinous to the present share holders. After other shareholders had spokeri, The CHAIRMAN moved—" That this meeting, re gretting the aggressions made upon the company's property, trusts that surrounding companies may be induced to agree to such friendly relations and arrangements as may greatly reduce if not obviate the outlay of that new capital which otherwise the public interests may require ; and approves a re commendation made by the chairman and deputy chairman in reference to such a reorganisation of the Board as may unite the proprietors and the Board in defence of the company's rights and interests." Mr. ROBERTS seconded the motion. _ _ Mr. ADAMS moved as an amendment—" That the Liverpool shareholders, having heard the expla nations of the directors, decline expressing any opinion at present." The amendment was not seconded. The original motion was then carried with but five dissentients, and the proceedings concluded. THE IRON TRADE. WOLVERHA3IPTON, Thursday. This afternoon the usual quarterly preliminary meeting of the ironmasters of South Staffordshire was held at the Swan Hotel. Mr. John Hartley, of the firm of G. B. Thorneycroft and Co., of this town, was appointed chairman by rotation, in the room of Mr. W. 0. Foster, M.P. for South Staffordshire, whose year of office expires at this meeting, and whose services were suitably acknowledged. The question of prices was then undertaken, and it was resolved that in the ensuing quarter the list should remain unaltered upon that which has been in ope ration now for several quarters past. The prices of best finished iron throughout South Staffordshire will therefore remain at for bars £8 10s. at the works, and the other descriptions in proportion. The committee then reported upon the recent re ductions that had been made in the railway rates for the carriage of iron from this district toLondon. The reduction was not so much as had been ex pected ; and the existing great difference between the prices charged for damageable and undamage able iron was referred to as needing alteration in the direction of a reduction upon the extra 2s. 6d. a ton now charged for what is termed damageable. The committee were instructed to continue to agi tate the matter. Lord Lichfield, the lord lieute nant of Staffordshire, attended to assist the trade, as far as he should be able, in reference to the anti cipated intention of the Government to extend the Factory Act to South Staffordshire. His lordship's kindness was esteemed by the meeting, and a meet ing, to comprise the general manufacturers as well as the ironmasters, will be held by and by. The trade of the district was shown to be in a steady condition, but not in that state which prevented underselling, accompanied with competition from Belgium. The pig iron makers are firm at a rise of £5 a ton in many instances upon the rates of the last preliminary meeting. The trade had before them a suggestion that the association might, as a body, assist a scheme for independent railway communication with London ; but it was resolved that the matter could not be taken up by the association. Consi derable difference of opinion was expressed relative to competition in railways. Some ironmasters thought that the district was not better served under a system of competition than when there was no competition, whilst others held as strongly to an opposite view. By all, however, it was admitted that to take up any particular railway project would be commencing a dangerous precedent, one from which it would be difficult to depart when other joint-stock schemes of supposed benefit to the dis trict sought their patronage. There could be no doubt that the ironmasters regarded the proposed factory extension with disfavour ; and they ex pressed to the lord lieutenant of Staffordshire the difficulties that would be presented in the working of the act here, owing to the night and day shifts, which the boys work in common with the men. Antiquarian Excavations. - A most interesting excavation is now being car ried on among the trenches of the British and Roman encampments at Mallon, by which the positions of various fortifications, most unwisely levelled down and lost about the commencement of the present century, are being recovered. A railway cutting is being taken through this anciently fortified ground, and numerous burials and many antiquities have already been found. About 15 years ago the first railway cutting was made, and it has been found that two Roman burials were then destroyed, por tions of them having been found recently. At the same time a very large British stone cairn had been partially cut through, and the burial nearly all de stroyed. The tumulus was 30ft. in diameter ; the height could not be measured, as the apex had been removed when the ground wa's levelled 60 years ago. The remains found showed that the body had been doubled up and buried on its left side. There had been an urn and some flint instruments buried along with it. The barrow is regarded as one of three lost British tumuli, and had during the whole this century been buried beneath a thick layer of black soil abounding with Roman pottery—the two periods being thus strongly marked. After leaving the large British cairn, the ground was all black soil, chiefly from the levelling of 1800-6. In addi tion the fragments of pottery, a surprising quan tity of bones of oxen and swine was collected. From some point of the top earth a small iron arrow or spear head fell down, and in the same vicinity an unusual deposit of broken Samian ware and the Durobrivian pottery was found, together with a coin of Constantius, a locally made (imper fect) lachrymatory, handles and necks of amphorae, &e.- Another British cairn of stone, formed in a hollow of the natural surface, and, though smaller than the first, built of limestone in the same man ner, was met with at a point measuring 20 yards from the level crossing over the line of railway. The western part of this tumulus had also been removed in making the first railway cutting, and the greater part of the burial has been destroyed. Exactly in the centre of the hollow the human remains were found. The body was unburnt, evidently doubled up, and was very much decayed, evidently older than the burial in the first British barrow. No per soral ornaments or implements were found withthis burial. The tumulus was small, about 15ft. diameter and 4ft. high, and was buried entirely beneath a layer of black soil 3ft. thick. There were remains of charcoal, but no mortar covering and no lesser tumulus. From the northern edge of this tumulus the natural oolitic grit rose rapidly, and at a few feet distant to the north the skeleton of an unburnt male body, of considerable stature, laid at full length, north-west and south-east, upon the surface of the undisturbed grit, was found. The body had been buried superficially, but, including about a foot of levelled surface, lay about 4ft. deep. Stones had been piled round the burial, but only in a rude cist fashion. The bones, from the access of air and wet, were so rotted that no part of the skeleton could be preserved except one thigh bone, which is now in Mr. C. Hartley's collection. This was the skeleton of an old Roman, the jaws being toothless. The burial had been an early one, for with it was found alarge copper coin (fi rs t b rass ) o f A n t on i nus Pius,Pl, and a very isof beautiful urn of the Durobrivian pottery. This urn ex actly of the shape figurede i r n y w d e r i g c a h t t ?s w „ a c r ee Celt, n R d ims Roma n and Saxon," p. 210, lefthand figure, top group, ex cept that the white enamel on the blue-slatish ground is a double or inverted zigzag pattern, instead of a foli ate one. The urn was smashed by the workmen, and a few fragments were lost, but it has been rebuilt by Mr. Monkman, and sufficient has been obtained to show the form. This urn is a very beautiful piece of Roman pottery. The body was laid with the face to the east. At 34 yards' distance from the level crossing of the railway a trench or covered way was cut across, of 20ft. width, and a depth of 10ft., the bottom of the excavation. just reaching the level of the line. The bottom of this trench, or vallum, was covered with a semicircle of ashes and charcoal nearly lft. thick, and for 2ft. or 3ft. upwards the section showed layers of ashes, among which nume rous bones of oxen and swine were dug out. It is remarkable that so far as the stratification of ashes , ascended there was no trace of pottery, but that above the lines of ashes and charcoal the soil filling the ditch abounded with pottery unmistakably Roman. The inference is that this covered way was a British one, subsequently adapted by the Romans, and ultimately filled up by Mr. Hastings during the present century. The British and undisturbed Ro man periods were, however, plainly marked on the section. In the British deposits only a bone pin was found ; in the Roman accumulations various domes tic utensils, among them a colander or strainer, pierced at the bottom, were found. Just at the northern edge of the ditch the complete skeleton of an ox was found accompanied wieh the large twisted handle of an amphora and other pottery. At an advance equalling 40 yards a smaller trench was cut through, only penetrating about 2ft. into the solid rock, but being about 7ft wide. In this were the remains of a huge fire, of which the ashes yielded various bones of animals, half calcined. Mr. Cop perthwaite is of opinion that these were the remains of a long-continued camp fire, probably of the allies who were, it is presumed, encamped on the east as well as on the south of the main quadrangle. The excavations at this point yielded a small coin of Helena, mother of Constantine the Great. Coins of this date have been often found at Malton and not elsewhere, and Mr. Copperthwaite holds Malton has most evi dence in its favour of having been the birth-place of Constantine the Great. Of the present coin the exergue is partly defaced, the legible portion being LENAE AVG. The trench also yielded quantities of Roman pottery in fragments of many utensils of various colours and manufacture, and there were several Roman bricks or tiles. In no case, however, has a potter's name been found. There are still more important excavations to come. Deaths from Excessive Drinking. Dr. Lankester held an inquest yesterday after noon at the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-road, on the body of Ann Prigmore, aged 38. John Prigmore, plumber, 43, Wakefield-street, Gray's inn -road, said he was the husband of deceased, who was an habitual drunkard, and in a delicate state of health caused by her intemperate habits. She be came suddenly ill on Friday morning, and died before medical assistance could be procured. The medical evidence proved that the death of deceased had resulted from congestion of the brain produced by excessive drinking. The husband of the deceased said he attached great blame to a publican in Harri son-street, who constantly supplied his wife with drink, although he earnestly requested him not to do so. He had also given drink to one of his children. The coroner said nothing could be more repre hensible than the conduct of some publicans in giving drink to confirmed drunkards. The jury, having expressed their concurrence with the coroner's remarks, returned a verdict of "Death from drunk enness."—The Bury Post reports another shocking case from excessive drinking. On Thursday last an inquest was held at the Bull Inn, Troston, be fore Mr. G. A. Partridge, on the body of a man named Thomas Hurrell, aged 49, who met with his death under the following shocking circumstances : —George Leeks, gamekeeper to the Duchess of Cleveland, at Santon Downham, deposed that on Tuesday night he stopped at the Bull, Troston, not liking to proceed further because it was so dark ; Chas. Lloyd, of Brandon, was with him. They found deceased in the kitchen, and he asked them for drink. Lloyd said in a joke, "You can have half a pint every five minutes for an hour." Deceased replied, "I'll have it." Lloyd said, " Don't you have it without you like it." Deceased did not seem tipsy then, and he drank eleven half-pints and was sick ; he then wanted to toss witness for more beer, but he would not. Some time afterwards the deceased was brought into the kitchen (after witness had been to the King William), and laid in front of the fire ; he Nv as then very drunk, and soon appeared ill, dying, and expired before the doctor came. The eleven half-pints were small (2d.) beer. Witness believed he could have drunk that quantity without hurting himself. Charles Lloyd, landlord of the Duke's Head, Brandon, said he did not force the deceased to drink. William Girkin said he found deceased lying on the straw in the stable, and brought him into the kitchen. Mr. 11. Taylor, surgeon (who had made a post mortem examination), said the deceased died of congestion of the brain, caused by the beer.—Verdict : " That the deceased died from the effects of excessive drinking." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• - 4 , -- EALING STEEPLE-CHASES-THURSDAY. The attendance was as great as on tho opening day, and the absence of fog rendered the sport much more enjoy able. The principal race of the meeting, the Ealing Grand Steeplechase, produced a good race, although the favourite, The Hornet, evidently had the race in hand from start to finish, and fully justified tho immense support awarded to him. His victory was received with great cheering, the • backers generally being on to a man. In fact, the "talent" had their own way throughout the day, as will be seen by the success of the favourites. The committee may con gratulate themselves on the happy result of their exertions, and every credit is due to them for their attention to all the minor details. The sport over, a general rush was made for the station, but notwithstanding the enormous traffic, very little inconvenience was felt, the excellent arrangements of the Great Western Railway Company pre venting any great confusion, and especial praise Is due to Mr. Guest, the station-master, for his courtesy and for the strenuous exertions he made to ensure the safety of the public. The following is a full return of therunning : The Ealing Plato of 30 sovs. for four-yr-olds and upwards; winners extra ; selling allowances; entrance .2 ~sovs. About three miles. Mr. Ewart's Tambour Major, 5 yrs, list llb (£so)._ (Griffiths) 1 Mr. F. Ellis's Amazon (late Polly Perkins), aged, 12st 21b (XSO) Mr. Lloyd's Molly Asthore, 5 yrs, list 81b ( £100) (Owner) 3 Mr. Skinner's Irish Lass, yrs, list 81b (£loo)(Brazier) 4 reaching the stand the second time, when Rochester had run into third place, followed by Salamander, The Rogue, Astrolabe, Arlescott, and Portland, who were well up. Rochester showed a deal of temper opposite the winning post, and Castle could not prevail on him to continue the race, Ironsides and Innellan also pulling up and returning to the enclosure. Three quarters of a mile from home Hornet held a clear load of Doubloon, Salamander next, but the last mentioned soon dropped away and was not persevered with, Arlescott, who ran through his horses, taking third place. Approaching the brook he got up to the girths of the favourite, but Griffiths setting him going again drew away, and increasing his lead up to the straight won easily by eight lengths from Arlescott, who defeated Portland by six lengths for second place. Doubloon was next, pulling up, and Astrolabe walked in with the crowd. None of the others passed the post. The Open Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; 13st ; professionals 71b, and jockeys having won a steeplechase 51b extra; selling allowances. About three miles. Mr. Oldreeve's Beverley, 13st (Inc 71b ex) (150) (R.Land) 1 Mr. Gooch's Half Skin, 12st (Mr. Hall) 2 Mr. Merton's No Name, 12st 51b (130) (Owner) 3 Tho following also ran :—Forester, Woodpigeon, Black Prince, and Nitrogen. Betting-6 to 4 agst Beverley, 3to 1 each agst Forester and No Name, 6to 1 agst any other. Beverley was first off, No Name, Woodpigeon, and Half Skin heading Nitro gen and Forester, side by side, Black Prince bringing up the rear. On the far side Woodpigeon took up the running, but gave way to Forester after crossing the brook, Beverley going on third. Three quarters of a mile from home Bever ley again assumed the lead, No Name being second, Fores ter and Half Skin next. On landing into the winning field Beverley was clear of Half Skin, and although the latter made a desperate effort ho was easily defeated by four lengths ; No Name a bad third ; but nothing else passed the post. The winner was bought in for 83 guineas. The Volunteer Cup, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, 13st 71b each ; winners and winning jockeys 71b each. About two miles and a half. Mr. F. Allen's Banker, aged, 13st (Barry) 1 Mr. Coleman's Doctor, 6 yrs, 13st ........(Mr. Coleman) 2 Oldminster, White Stockings, and Saucebox also ran. Betting.-5 to 4 agst Banker, 2to 1 agst Doctor, 4to 1 agst Saucebox. The latter made play for a short distance, when the favourite took up the running, which he carried on till within three-quarters of a mile from home, where Doctor joined him, but Banker quitted him easily in the straight and won by four lengths. Saucebox and White Stockings cantered in a long way in the rear of the second. RACING FIXT JAN Manchester FEBR Lincoln MA . Derby Spring 1 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring TILES FOR 186 G. GARY. AP: Ne wmarket Craven 2 Durham Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Chelmsford Spring MJ Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring ARY. JU Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton 7 Odiham Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Nottingham Spring 27 ',CH. Croxton Park l6 Northampton Windsor Spring 28 Newcastle Spring Thirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring l6 Chester Curragh 24 Y. Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer 29 Liverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Curragh '26 Worcester SLY. JU Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading AUG Down Royal Corp lB Stamford l9 Winchester 24 Southampton g. 25 1 Huntingdon UST. Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham l4 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l York August 2l Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter 28 Tunbridge 2B Derby Summer 28 Weymouth 3O SEPT] Warwick September 4 Curragh Leicester 6 Doncaster Canterbury lB OCTO. Northampton 2 1 Newmarket 2d October 8 Curragh 'MBER. Richmond Monmouth Manchester Autumn 24 Newmarket Ist October 26 Walsall BER. Newmarket Houghton 22 Worcester SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The figures given yesterday by our Paris Correspondent show not only that the Extradition Treaty has had_some effect, but, still more, that the allegation of the Moniteur to the contrary applies more, on the face of the return, to France than to England. If England in the course of twelve years has given up twenty-four fugitives, and France only fourteen, it is for the latter to explain why the Treaty has been inoperative. It is true, as our Correspondent observes, that the document only gives the actual extraditions, not the demands (if any) that proved without effect; but if there have been any considerable number of the latter, or any at all ; it is a matter on which the British public is without information. In this country there does not exist the least desire to shelter from justice a single individual in the great British Alsatia which has established itself in the heart of this metropolis. We are all ready enough to suspect foreigners, and to wish their absence, when we cannot quite under stand their physiognomy, or doubt their means of honest existence, or suspect their social relations. If the document before us had stated that we annually exchanged several hundred criminal run aways, we should feel all the safer from our own bad subjects as well as our neighbour's. We are, therefore quite ready to hear why the treaty has not worked, and how it could be made to work better so far as regards its legitimate application. Any remonstrance with this object would have found great favour here. But the naked announcement can only give pain. We are sorry there should be the smallest hitch in our relations with our great neigh bour. We are sorry not to be in all respects en as good terms with her as her other neighbours. We resent the apparent suspicion of our amity and sin cerity. As regards the matter itself, we feel threatened with the loss of a mutual benefit in the furtherance of justice. But what will annoy most and excite most suspicion is the rumour that the present treaty has been denounced only to make way for another, if it can be obtained, more in accordance with the genius of the French law and the exigencies of the French Empire. Something is wanted, it is said, that shall abate the practical difficulties and delays now encountered by those who attempt to avail themselves of the treaty. The routine of Eng lish law is admitted to be answerable for some of this obstruction, but when reference is made to the countries with which the treaty works more effec tually, we are led to apprehend a fundamental dif ference between ourselves and France as to its pro vince and objects of extradition. If there be such difference, and if England and France are quite agreed as to what are political offences and what are not ; if, further, there is no fear of political objects being pursued by charges of an ordinary criminal character, then we should hail any inquiry into the tardiness and uncertainty of our criminal processes. It could only end in away as much to our advantage as to that of France. It is, however, quite out of the question to expect that justice shall be sought and obtained, or any parallel procedures carried on in the same way in both countries, or without differ ences unintelligible and indefensible in the eyes of the foreigner. England claims to be an asylum, not only in the absolute protection it affords to poli tical offenders and religious refugees, but also in the security it must give everybody, whatever his offence, against acts of mere violence, against mere suspicion, against the sudden and resistless grip which in some countries lights on its victim like the hand of Death, and hurries kim from the face of day and the society of men to a prison which is only ano ther name for a grave. Whatever processes are done under this treaty at the demand of France must be in this country, and, as far as they go, must par take of the spirit which animates our whole legal and political system. Every Englishman called on to authorise an extradition will, for the sake of his own peace of mind and self-respect, insist that he knows something about the case, and that he has had good reason to believe the charge is of a bona fide character. Of course there are difficulties that require a delicate treatment. A political refugee may easily be a man fairly amenable to charges of a very ordinary character, and be really lax in his morals, as well as revolutionary, or republican, or absolutist in his politics. On the other hand, every man charged with homicide or forgery may try to claim political protection. On these points, we presume, some discretion must still be left the British func tionary charged with hearing the demand and de ciding upon it. We should all be shocked to think that anybody could be suddenly seized in our tho roughfares, and carried off we know not where, or to what sort of trial, upon the p r oduction of a docu ment signed by a foreign official, of whose charac ter and position we can know nothing. If, as hinted, the operation of the treaty has been ob structed by such feelings and scruples, then the remedy is to be found in the removal of just cause for suspicion, and in giving such security that the English magistrate may feel sure he is not a blind instrument of persecution and oppression. But , some amount of difference there will be and must ever remain between any two countries. Their in tercourse can never be an interchange of benefits and services exactly the same in kind and form. The completest reciprocity is that be tween those who interchange, not in the same thing, or in a common medium, but in different things, each side according to its nature and power. The Englishman who goes to France does so for what his own country wants and France can give. . The Frenchman comes to England for what he seeks in vain at home, and hopes to find here. It must be so, also, in ie operations of law and in the workings of political systems. IN o doubt the securities for freedom in this country entail great inconvenience and give room for licence. They must thereby affect our character as the immediate neighbour of a country which delibe rately prefers an Imperial to a Constitutional Go vernment. But it must not be said that we have no reason to complain in return.' The state of things in France fills our metropolis with classes of persons whom we should wish to be far away. We see here, in the very centre of a commercial and industrious metropolis, a great number of French refugees whom France herself evidently has no wish to demand from us. As far as they are concerned, France regards England as we lately regarded our own penal colonies, till they would no longer be so regarded. These persons exist here in a state of banishment, with no other resources than wits that have acquired no useful industry, and living really, if not upon vices, upon the pleasures of the hour. They are a not inconsiderable part of our so-called dangerous classes. There is no such English class in France. We send her commercial people, re spectable residents, and wealthy tourists ; she sends us a few straggling artisans, and a great number of adventurers, ne'er-do-wells, and downright swind lers. This disagreeable class of imports is the natural result of her social system. When this is the per sonal interchange, France has no right to complain that even in the most preliminary stages the admi nistration of our law is somewhat more tedious and uncertain than hers. But even if a few con cessions be necessary, we trust that the Treaty will not be permitted to expire without a good substi tute—better, if France can make it. No one can wish that these two countries should be asylums for one another's murderers and robbers. Neither country could gain by a jealousy of that sort. As we have not ourselves heard loud complaints of the ineffective operation of the Treaty, we conclude that it must have worked, as many treaties and other arrangements can only work, by an entire prevention of the evils to be removed. The offen ders in both countries have anticipated the demands that might be made under the Treaty by not cross ing the Channel. Thus it may be apparently in operative and yield no statistical returns, and yet do much silent good. It may or may not be so. The case for the determination of the Treaty—and no doubt the French Government think they have such a case—requires that just and properly authorised demands have been made, and then frustrated by the delays, the needless jealousies, and the intrica cies of English law. If it be so, and if such a case has been made out, then we shall gain by the dis closure even more than France, for we are vastly more interested than she can be in the simplifying of our legal processes, in the removal of uncer tainty, and in expediting the course of detection, inquiry, and conviction. POST.—Agriculturists, especially such as breed or fatten cattle, or keep dairy cows, have had a very anxious time of it during the last few months, and we are sorry to add that at present we do not per ceive any clear indications of their troubles soon coming to an end. The present joyous season has been rather dull for many of them. Their situa tion is not unlike that of Job when the messengers rushed into his tent and announced the abstraction of a portion of his flocks and herds by his enemies, and th 4 destruction of the remainder by lightning. Scores of farmers in almost every county in Great Britain have lost great numbers of beasts of every age and condition. Those of them who have not yet been visited by the scourge cannot tell the day when it may approach. Such as have already suf fered from the pestilence, in many cases to the amount of hundreds of pounds, live in continual fear lest it may return and almost ruin them. And in many cases it does return and make a clean sweep of every horned beast on the premises. The result is, that a careful inspection is made several times a day of all animals in pastures and in straw yards. The symptoms of seizure by the plague are now so familiar to farmers that they can detect its presence among their cattle, though they may hap pen to be several hundred yards distant. If an animal is seen standing by itself in the corner of a field, or under a hedge, with lowered head and drooping ears, it is inferred at once that it is sickening with the complaint; and should a nearer inspection prove that the eye is dim and dull, and the hair along the back bone dry and staring, then there is no mistake about the matter. Members of the bovine tribe, like striker doer, and indeed most of the in ferior animals, invariably seek solitude when labour ing under disease or wounds. Sometimes beasts suffering from the plague will continue to eat hay for a time while at others they refuse all food. The infected are mostly separated from the herd and placed iu sheds. Gruel and other things are given them, which cause them to cough violently, and evidently increase their sufferings. There is a con sfant discharge of water and humour from the eyes. The animal prefers lying down to standing up. If roused, it staggers about like a drunken man. The breath of the beast is almost unbearable, by those who are obliged to drench and look after the plague stricken creatures. Without waiting for the more violent symptoms which precede death, and which we need not describe, it is now usual to shoot the animal when it is deemed to be past recovery, and afterwards bury it deep in the earth, covering the body with quicklime. Cats, dogs, hares, and rabbits, and every animal that passes from fields where dis eased cattle may be found to those containing sound ones, are believed, whether rightly or wrongly, to be capable, of communicating the terrible contagion; and we must state that facts and probabilities seem to favour this theory. The malady has been terribly destructive among young cattle and stores, and the only beasts that appear to have had some exemption from the prevailing epidemic are those that are being stall fed—a circumstance which seems to indicate the importance of giving plenty of good nourishing food to such animals as we ex pect to preserve. In the meantime the action of the Government manifested through the Orders in Council still continues to be, as it has all along been, extremely cautious and somewhat slow ; and it has not yet succeeded in overtaking the scourge in its devastating career. Magistrates at petty sessions and mayors of towns still continue to issue orders about fairs and markets, and about the movements of cattle within their districts, which are not iden tical in spirit or uniform in their operation. Not only so, but markets for cattle continue to be held in various parts of the country. Such, we are given to understand, was the case so recently as last week in Devonshire, as well as in some towns near the centre of England, and close to districts where the disorder is now raging fearfully. Hence dealers, whose stores are virtually impounded within certain localities where strict regulations are enforced, com plain loudly of the want of uniformity of action that characterises the measures hitherto adopted, and assert that if they could but remove their ani mals to counties specified by them they could soon sell them. The Orders in Council, published in a second supplement to the London Gazette of Friday last, have greatly disappointed the agricultural community, inasmuch as they do not announce the prohibition of all fairs and markets for a time throughout Great Britain, as well as the adoption of decisive measures by the Government itself for the thorough isolation of all neat cattle except those meant for the butcher. The chief responsibility still continues to fall on the local authorities, but the ut most power of the Executive is required in a crisis like the present, in order to devise and effectually carry out the plans for the thorough isolation of black cattle which the existing arrangements have failed to accomplish, and the adoption of which is regarded as the only human means of stopping the plague. The new Orders in Council vest the power of issuing notices respecting the movements of beasts in the Justices of the Quarter Sessions, and not in those of the Petty Sessions, as hitherto was the case. This regulation will have the effect of enlarging the area of proclaimed districts, and may lead to more uniformity of .action in certain counties than has yet obtained. The county magistrates and mayors of towns have it now in their power to issue and enforce very stringent orders with respect to the movements of cattle within their jurisdiction, always excepting such as may pass by railroad to a fixed destination ; and these, we presume, will be fat beasts, whether imported or home fed, and meant for immediate slaughter. It will now be competent for local authorities, after the 3d day of January next, to alter, vary, renew, or revoke any order previously issued, should circumstances require it; and the regulations of the Privy Council, just pub lished, are to be:in force not longer than the Ist of March, unless continued in some further order. The present lamentable disorder among the beasts of the field will be attended with serious conse quences not only to the immediate sufferers, but also to the public at large ; and we fear that we have not yet seen the end of it, for when it once gets a hold in a locality it lurks there, and not un frequently reappears as virulently as before, when the principal parties concerned thought it had certainly departed. The native tribes in Southern Africa, whose chief wealth consists of flocks and herds, have long resorted to precautionary mea sures in order to prevent the contagion of the lung disease infecting sound beasts. They resolutely refuse to allow traders and others who have diseased oxen to water them at their wells, end in many cases try to compel them to march past their territorities. The inoculation of sound beasts by means of a strong thread drawn through the lung of a diseased dead animal, and afterwards inserted in the fleshy part of the tip of the tail without touching the bone, is frequently practised by them, and in many cases with good results. Th e absence of ozone during the last two dry summer s ' especially as is alleged in districts where the plag ue has been very prevalent, is pronounced by e° llllB persons as having been a predisposing cause of the s,!ourge which is now destroying British herds. 118 no specific cure has yet been discovered, we must persevere in the system of isolating beasts whether sound or not, and try to p reven t, as muc h as possi ble, all contact with th em . H a d th e coun t r y been in the 'possession of s t a ti s ti cs g i v i ng th e num ber of black cattle to be found in the kingdo m u p to A cer tain date, it would h ave b een possible to . get LIP certain data, on the b as i s o f w hi c h ca l cu l a tions might have been ma d e f or g i v i ng mo d erate com pensation to those who have been losers by this disease. Local mutual associations now fight shy of all persons wishing to enter who have disease either on or near their premises. We apprehend that a rate of a shilling or two a head on eve** horned and polled animal in England and Scotland, a premium which would have been willingly paid by the owners, would have been found sufficient to cover all losses, and we are very much mistaken if some of our great insurance companies would net have thought it worth their while to work such a scheme. An Australian's Impressions of England• ' The first thing that strikes him forcibly is the magnitude of the towns and cities, especially the enormous extent and population of London—not the first day or the second, but after living in it for a week or two, and seeing the miles of streets closely built and crowded with people in every di rection. He, accustomed to think a great deal about the carriage of goods, and about road difficul ties, can scarcely conceive how such masses of people can possibly obtain their daily supplies of food and fuel, even by the bewildering number of railways that radiate from the great metropolis. He sees little signs of manufactures, and he won ders how these miilions can get a living. Do they live off each other, or off the country in general? Do foreigners, colonists, and provincials all flock to London to be fleeced, that the city popu lation may be supported ? He feels as if England must be small indeed to necessitate men to leave the healthful, breezy country, to crowd into the streets and courts and alleys of London, Manchester, Bir mingham, and Glasgow. The contrast between the wealth and the poverty of England strikes him with a strange feeling of awe when he compares the hideous slums of London with the miles of streets in which no one can live op au income of less than £l,OOO, £2,000, or £5,000 a year ; or when, " in the season," he contrasts the splendid equipages, the beautiful, horses, the liveried servants, the per fectly appointed equestrians, the idle gentle men, and the handsome and elegantly dressed ladies in Hyde-park, with the ragged beggars whom he meets at every street corner. And yet, painful as this is, how pleasant to an Aus tralian home on a visit to London and London society. For the first time in his life he is at leisure to see everything and to enjoy everything; and for the first time in his life he finds other people who are ds idle as himself, and with whom he can visit or travel, or merely saunter about London. It is only in London that one can find company in idle ness or pleasure seeking. In all great manufactur ing towns life is as busy and rather more anxious than it is in Australia or the United States ; and in small provincial towns there is too much exclusive ness for Australians to penetrate into society when on a short visit. The great beauty of the English landscape, its undulations, its softness, its wonderful variety of mountain, wood, and shore, impresses most favourably a visitor from our far south land. Its perpetual verdure contrasts with our pastures scorched up for many summer months. The exqui site changes in the tints of the foliage of your forest trees—from those of spring, when the young leaves are " some very red, and some a glad light green,' as your oldest descriptive poet expresses it, to the luxuriant greenery of summer, and then to the mellow and russet tints of autumn—are always full of interest to eyes long accustomed to evergreen trees, almost all of one genius, with long, narrow, pointed leaves.--Cornhill Magazine for January. Hobble Noble gelding also ran. Betting- 7 to 4 on Tambour Major, 9 to 2 agst Amazon, 11 to 2 agst Irish Lass. Amazon getting the best of the start maintained the lead for half a mile, when the favourite took up the running, but on passing the stand Molly Asthoro rushed to the front, but soon gave way to Irish Lass, making play until within a mile of home, when Tambour Major, followed by Amazon, quitted the others, and the former taking the lead from the brook, won in a canter by twenty lengths. The Hobble Noble gelding was next, a long way in the rear of Amazon, but having only been once round Molly Asthoro was placed third, and Irish Lass was fourth. The winner was sold to Mr. Yates for 80 guineas. MATCH: £lOO. Three miles. Mr. Westley's Hungerford, lOst Mr. Daily's Antelope, aged, 13st (Barry) 2 Betting-3 to lon Hungerford, who made the whole of the running, and won by 200 yards. The Metropolitan Handicap Steeplechase of 3 soya each, with 20 added ; the winner to be sold for 30 sovs. About two miles and a half. Mr. Morton's Ace of Trumps, 6 yrs, 12st 21b ...(Owner) 1 Mr. Gooch's Half Skin (late Ploughboy), aged, list (Mr. Rarford) 2 Mr. Naylor's Conjuror, 3 yrs, lOst 121 b (Pickett) 3 Captain Shaw's Bravo, aged, 12st 71b (Mr. Mumford) 4 Mr. Riley's White Stockings, aged, 11st 101 b Page) 5 Mr. J. Daily's Melrose, aged, list 71b (Mr. Barry) 6 Good for Nothing, Pansy, and Oxygen also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst White Stockings, 3to 1 agst Mel rose, sto 1 agst Bravo, 6to 1 agst Ace of Trumps. After going a short distance Bravo took up the running, and passed the stand clear of Half Skin, next to whom came White Stockings, Good for Nothing, and Melrose, in a cluster, Ace of Trumps pulling double in their wake. On the far side, opposite the stand, Bravo was a length in front of Melrose and White Stockings, but Melrose fell heavily, and White Stockings rushed up to Bravo and took a clear lead, followed by Half Skin and Ace of Trumps, the latter going to the front about a quarter of a mile from home, and increasing the lead at every stride wen in a canter by ten lengths; the same distance between second and third ; White Stockings was fourth, Bravo next. The winner was bought by Mr. T. Golby for 80 guineas. The Ealing Grand Open Steeplechase of 10 sovs, 3 ft, with 100 added; winners extra. About threo miles and a half. Mr. Halford's Hornet, 5 yrs, list 51b (Griffiths) 1 Mr. Summer's Arlescott, 6 yrs , list (Rickaby) 2 Mr. Daily's Portland, aged, list 41b (Barry) 3 .. The following also ran :LAstrolabe, Ironsides, Doubloon, The Rogue (late Orphan), Rochester (lato Ottoman), In nellan, Salamander, and Cantab. Betting-5 to 2 agst Hornet, 4to 1 agst Astrolabe, sto 1 agst Ironsidos, Bto 1 agst Rochester, 10 to 1 each agst Innellan, Doubloon, The Rogue, a.nd Arlescott, 100 to 7 agst Cantab, and 100 to 3 agst Portland (offered). The favourite jumped off in front immediately the lot were despatched, Doubloon, Innellan, and The Rogue following, the extreme rear being brought up by Portland and Cantab. On jumping into the winning field the first time Doubloon took a slight lead of Hornet, but the latter, in passing the stand was again in front, The Rogue being third, Rochester and Innellan, side by side, close up, next Salamander heading the others, the last of whom were Portland and Cantab. On the far side The Hornet and Doubloon alternately led, and little variation took place till COUNTRY MARRE T BIRAIINGIIAM-THURSDAY. The holidays have prevented any business being done worth notice during the present week in any article of trade. At this day's market there was a fair supply of wheat, and to effect sales a decline of Gd. to is. per qr. had to be submitted to. Barley firmly held for quite as much money. More English oats offering at former prices. Beans and peas only found buyers in limited quantities. Currencies :—English wheat, white, 45s to 50s; red, 398 to 48s per 36 stone. Malting barley, 30s to 35s ; grinding, 22s to 25s per qr. Oats, 24s to 30s ; Irish, 21s to 24s per 30 stone. Beans, 42s to 45s ; and peas, 40s to 42s per qr. MANCHESTER-THURSDAY. There has been scarcely any business passing since our last report. Our market this morning was of a very life- Less character, no disposition whatever being manifested for business, and prices nominally as last week. BURY ST. EDMUND'S-WEDNESDAY. This being Christmas week our market was but thinly attended, and the little business transacted in all kinds of grain was nominally at the rates of last Wednesday. White wheat, 53s to 558; red ditto, 45s to 475; barley, 37s to 40s ; secondary ditto, 30s to 328 per qr. A.varages :—Wheat, 1,127 qrs, 43s lld ; barley, 3,295 qrs., 318 10d.; oats, qrs., Os Od. EDINBURGH-WEDNESDAY. At to-day's market there was a small supply of country wheat, which sold slowly. Wheat on the top, 3s Od down average, is 5d down. Barley on the top, Os 3d down Overage, Os 4d down. Oats on the top, Os Gd down average, Os 3d up. Beans on the top, Os 9d up average, Os 7d up. Average prices. Wheat, 48s -5d 1 Oats, 26s scl Barley, 32s 9d 1 Beans 45s 2d Total supply and sales. Wheat 671 qrs sold 298 Barley 1600 qrs sold 1001 Oats 2065 qrs sold 1591 Beans lO9 qrs sold 96 Town-made flour sells as follows :—White, 42s Od; extra superfine, 40s Od ; superfine, 38s 6d ; fine, 37s Od. GL AS GOW-WEDNESDAy. The business during the week, as usual at this season, was not of moment. To-day's market was well attended, but the transactions were limited; prices of all articles have to be written nominally unaltered. LADTERTISEMENT.j—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Rheumatic and Nervous Pains.—The chilly mornings and evenings provoke these tortures in constitutions susceptible of such maladies. Nothing affords so much relief as Hol loway's ointment well rubbed upon the skin after repeated fomentations. Thousands of testimonials bear witness to the wonderful comfort obtained from this safe and simple treatment, which all can adopt. Holloway's ointment, assisted by a judicious use of his pills, is especially service able in assuaging the sufferings from cramps and other muscular pains, whether they be acute, chronic, external, or internal. It is earnestly recommended that every suf ferer from these pains should give Holloway's remedies a few days' trial,which will fully convince the invalid that a. cure will be the reward of continued perseverance. Births. BARRY.— On the 28th inst., at Tottenham, the wife of Horace Barry, Esq., of a daughter. HARTOPP.—On the 27th inst., at 2, Buckingham-gate, Lady Hartopp, of a daughter. FARQVHAR.—On the 27th inst., the wife of Henry Far quhar, Esq., of a son. Marriages. MOXON—PONTET.—On tho 27th inst., at Christ Church, Clapham, John, eldest son of the late Henry Moxon, of 2, Tanfield-court, Temple, to Mary, oldest daughter of the late Francis elands Pontet, of Cambridge-terrace, Clapham-road. SHANKS—SMITH.—On the 27th inst., at the parish churcbi Plympten S. Maurice, W. M. Shanks, Esq., RN., to Ainne Mayaffere, daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Geo. Smith, late Bombay Army. Deaths. BARBER.— On the 26th inst., at Stamford-hill, Alfred N. Barber, Esq., aged 54. JENNIE.—On the 25th inst., at his residence, 5, Westcourt street, Brompton, Jhatham, Wm. Jennie, Esq., 81 .' 1 Commander Royal Navy, aged 63. LITRERLAND.—On the 28th inst., at his residence, 6, Sol land-road, Brixton, S., John Litherland, Esq., aged 7 0 . O'NxiL.—On the 26th inst., Charles O'Neil, Esq., aged 7g.. PARTINGTON.—On the 23d inst., at his residence, Rusholmet near Manchester, James E. Partington, Esq., aged 72. ROBERTS.—On the 21st inst., at 5, Bull-ring, liiddermino" ter, George E. Roberts, F.G.S., aged 34. STEWART —On Christmas Day, at his residence, 27, Sigh" bury-place, Mr. John Stewart, one of the re presentative s of the Ward of Cheap in the Court of Common Coun a r aged 58'. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tll2l SUN Office, No• 0 2 ; Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, In the CountY 128 Allediesez.—Friday, December 29, 1865. L°, at EVA Theatre. 11 1 ThLe, Prize M, It is P Sold the. 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