The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-17 00:00:00

EDINBURGH-WEDNESDAY.

At to-day's market there was a good supply of wheat,
which sold at price in favour of buyers.
Average prices. .
Wheat, 49s 5d I Oats, 26s 5d
Barley, 32s lid 1 Beans ... 44810 d

Wheat on the top, 5s Od down average, Os lld down.
Barley on the top, Os 6d down average, Os 4d down.
Oats on the top, Os 3d up ..average, Os lld up.
Beans on the top, is Od up average, 3s 8d up.
Total supply and sales.
Wheat 825 qrs sold 639
Barley 2131 cgs sold 1661
Oats 1640 qrs sold 1437
Beans 46 qrs sold 41
Town-made flour sells as follows :—White, 42s Od; extra
superfine, 40s Od; superfine, 38s Od; fine, 36s Od.

GLASGOW—WEDNEsDAY.
There was less animation during the week, wheat and
flour suffering a slight decline. This day's market was
well attended. Wheat and flour ruled dull, at a reduction.
of 6d to is per qr. and sack ; beans and Indian corn firm ;
all spring corn and meal 6d cheaper per boll and load.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Nov. 18.
Ditto, via Marseilles Dec. 13.
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet Deo. 4.
Ditto, by French packet
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Nov. 21.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Nov. 18.

Ditto, via Marseilles - Nov. 26.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton...,Nov. '8•

Ditto, via Marseilles ....... . ....Nov. 26•
India (Bombay), via Southampton. Nov. 26.
Ditto, via Marseilles Nov 20
Mauritius, via Southampton
Ditto, via Marseilie3. Dec 6.

Newfoundland .. I No I. 22.
Portugal
Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon...
United States and British North America, by Bri-
tish packet Nov. 22.

Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp-
ton
. _

Ditto, ria Cork
Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Nov. 11.
West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Nov. —.
West Indies and Pacific, (except Bahamas, Cuba,
and Mexico Nov. 13.
Cuba and Mexico Nov. 18.
Bahamas, via New York. . Dec. 14.
Bermuda, ditto ... Nov. k 2

SPOONER AND ATTWOOD'S is stated
that the affairs of the late bank of Attwoods, Spooner,
Marshalls, and Co., of Birmingham, which stopped paY'
ment on the 10th of March, with liabilities very little short
of £1,000,000, have within the last two months been finally
closed, the creditors having received a first and final divi-
dend of lls. 3d. in the pound. It will be recollected that
by an unanimous vote of a large meeting of the creditors
at the Town-hall in Birmingham, it was resolved to take
the administration of the estate out of bankruptcy, under
section 110 of the last Bankruptcy Act. The assignees
almost immediately afterwards made a very advantageous
sale of the assets of the bank to the Birmingham Joint'
Stock Bank (limited), in consideration of the latter paying
the creditors lls. 3d. in the pound. The payment of the
dividend commenced in June, only three months after the
stoppage, and the whole of the creditors —nearly 5,000 in
number—received their dividends before the end of SOP'
tember, with the exception of a few cases where, from ab-
sence or otherwise, payment is unavoidably delayed. ft is
stated also that although a power existed of applying to
the Bankruptcy Court, under section 136, in case of differ-
ence or difficulty, after the administration had been taken
out of court, not a single application has been made to the
court, and, in fact, this large estate has been administered
without any litigation. This is a good illustration of the
working of a system of administration out of court, but
with power to recur to the court for the aid of its strong
arm in case of need that has been contended for.