Glasgow Courier. — 1862-08-28 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

DEATH OF GENERAL LORD JAMES HAY.—This Peninsular officer died at Spa, in Germany, on the 17th inst., aged about 70. Lord James belonged to the Tweeddale family, being a younger son of the late, and brother of the present, Marquis of Tweeddale. He retired a long time ago, and lived in retirement at Seaton House, Old Aberdeen, where he held extensive property. He was made a Lieut.-General of the army in 18.54, and a Gem on 18th June of this year. Lord James Hay was a Waterloo officer. He was a Deputy-Lieut. of Aberdeenshire, a Conservative in politics but took no active part in public matters. For several years after its formation he held the office of Chairman of the Aberdeen Railway Company. He is succeeded in his property by his son; and also leaves a daughter, the wife of More. Gudin, the celebrated French marine painter. Lord James was an amiable man, of retiring habits.  THE HARVEST AND THE CORN MARKETS, The past week has been very changeable, but fair weather on the whole prevailed. The atmosphere was very humid, with but little air stirring even when there was no rain; harvest work has, therefore, been carried on but slowly, and our hopes, at one time sanguine that the condition of samples would be fine, must now be given up. Indeed, the new wheat sold this week in London has in many instances been refused on this very ground, and the little old remaining is beginning to be estimated at its proper value, as well as all fine old foreign. Accounts come also more and more against the yield of the new crop, and the heavy rains that have fallen seem to have increased the potato disease in Scotland and elsewhere, PA) that, on the whole, prices have been steady, andsome markets rather dearer. In France, notwithstanding the favourable reports of the harvest, wheat has somewhat gained in price, the clearance of old stocks and the better reports from London having had an immediate effect. The sudden account of abundance thence we place among harvest exaggerations, so common at this time of the year, and at tariance with local reports, though we hope our neighbours will have enough, or near to it, to do their own consumption. —Mark Lane Express.  Attention is drawn to the danger of the smallpox amongst sheep extending, as the great Wiltshire sheep fairs, about to be held, will bring some hundreds of thousands of sheep together in an infected atmosphere, most apt to propagate disease, from whence they will be dispersed all over England. Lrvgaroor, Assuga.--In the Ashton murder case a verdict of wilful murder, with a recommendation to mercy, was returned against Ward and Burke. Johnson was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment for harbouring the prisoners. Hipwell was acquitted. The prisoners were sentenced to death. The following authentic particulars are given in the Shipping Gaaette:—The sorew-steamship Melita, from Nassau, on her arrival in the Victoria Docks on Thursday, was reported to have had several fatal ewe of yellow fever on board during the voyage, and was placed under quarantine for 43 hours. Eight deaths occurred, but it is alleged that they did not all result from fever. The last death is stated to have happened before the ship e- into the channel, and there has not been board since. On going into the Vicme deemed it prudent to put her _ no person on board was allowed until Saturday.