Glasgow Courier. — 1854-09-21 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

CZAR AND TIM LONDON PRLIA.—It is well known that Russian agents abound in London part of whose duties it is carefully to examine all the public papers, and immediately transmit everything important to st. Petersburg. A tislegraphie eonsraumeation between London and St. Petersburg occupies eight hours. The contents of our morning papers are known by the Czar at three o'clock on the same day.— The Econotniai. Tee MILITARY ATTRAT AY Di:rms.—James Andrews, James Prunty, William Dougherty, and Robert Andrews, the soldiers who were remanded on the charge iif laving shot John Fowler in the recent military affray at Devizes, were brought up at the petty sessions at Devises on Friday for farther examination. The prisoners were committed for trial at the next spring willies, charged with having maliciously tired their carb:nes with. intent to commit murder.  The accounts from the Bank of France for the past month show a farther increase of £9.5000l in the stock of bullion, and the sum now held nearly reaches the extraordinary total of £20,800,000 With regard to the other figure, of the present return, a contraction of the general trade of the country continues to be strongly indicated by • fresh reduction of £750,1100 in the discounts, their present amount being £9,680,000., agaiust I I 1,780,000 in Sept., 1853.  DIVIDENDS —The net revenue of the Lancaster and Preston Junction Company amounts to £30,589, showing an increase of £3079 over that of the corresponding period in 1853. The proposed dividend is £2Ba 10c1 per whole share, and in proportion on other descriptions. A meeting of landowners and others has taken place at Preateign, at which resolutions have been passed in fillYOUr of • lino between Leominster and Kington. The dividend of the Irish South-Eastern Company is at the rate of 2s per share, anti a small balance has been carried to the credit of next account.  Mull KtLbso.—On Friday afternoon, a young man apparently about twenty-three years of age, was killed on the line of the Midland Railway at Swinton. Deceased was dressed as a sportsman, and had • dog with him, and was coming up on the line towards Sheffield, when finding that the train did not stay at Swinton he endeavoured to jump out, and his bead coming in contact with a covered shed in that locality, it was driven completely through, and the man was killed on the spot. Another motive suggested to account for the unfortunate event was that the deceased had loot his money at the races, and in de• apair had hit upon that:niode.to destroy himself.— Shaffiel I Examiner. -- •  Stasis DITDEEN LIVEMFOOt. ISO FlitiNDl. It is intended to establish a line of iron screw-steamers between the Mersey and the river Loire in the west of France. A commencement was made on Saturday by the launch of a new iron screw•steamer, named the Loire, from the building-yard of Messrs. Thomas Vernon & Son, at the south-east end of Brunswick-dock. It is intended that she shall call at Bordeaux, Charente, egid Nantes, and the object of the projectors is to avail timaistifts of the good anderstanding which now *sista between this country and France In order to realise the fall advantages commercial intereourse.—Lieerpool CArorticle. A nimesets TOR Tar DIIDIAsAL Op