Glasgow Courier. — 1854-10-03 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

RACK-Holum Th yor of taxes having caused theft who run hones in the Grantham steeplealums to be furnished with surcharges for race-horse duty, Mr. Sampey, one of the persons charged, feeling indignant at having to pay, wrote to the man• aging commissioner at Somerset Home, as to his liability, informing him that the horse in question was paid for as all cominon riding-horses are. In reply, Mr. Keogh wrote—' That the board have made Innairy Into the matter, and they find thot yea aro charged ordy the ordinary duty on your horse for the present year, and that, under the circumstance,, you will not be assesevid for a race-hors• in respect of the SW of your hone OD the OCO•10011 to which pm allude.' rbis me. telly proves, and hay be of service hereafter to the sporting world, that any gentle. man who may choose to enter his bone Ins steeplechase miry do so without being compelled to pay rove-beror dety___Morning Post.  51111C1*Nrell A Comment.' IL TRATZLLEIL —Oa Wed- I needffiy, Mr. E. lirrford, the city coroner, held an in(met on the body of Jonah Hodgson, aged 34 years, • traveller in the tea trade residing at Liverpool. s Last Tuesday morning, breakfast was token to hie I bedroom, and when it was presented to him by the I waiter, who asked him Whet woul.l have it, IN replied, I 'Oh, no; put it awaT.' The waiter placed it upon the dressing table, sayinr„ .You had better have your breakfast whilst it is warm,' anti then went out. , About ten minutes afterwards, in consequence of • , noise which was heard, the waiter again went up , stairs, and found hint lying on his bath on the door, with his throat cut. There was blood upon the , looking glass, the dressing table, the wall, and the , door. Ile died in • minute or two. On the pieced. log night, when the waiter was enlacing In, • be said, Tbomas, I shall found that the deceased had committed suicide w  labouring under insanity.  Am A NUM AN BUFFALO llttru,un Stony. —A member of Oovernor Stephen's Northern Route explerMg party, In a long eonmounication to the Nt. Loads 14011,14,cm, written from the head of Yellow Stone 5i,.., says—' On Sunday, after • march of ten males, the buffaloes were reached. They were estimated by 5011/P as high a+ 54)0,000 —200,000 Is considered as a eery low estimate. Drawing up the train at our meal halts at noon, a large herd were about half • mile ahead. The bunter., six in panther, were imams diately despatched, well mounted on spare horses reserved for that special purpose, and the whole train had aa opportunity to witnes, a buffalo hunt. The hunters dashed in among the herd, picked out tie fattest of the crowd, and then separating the selected ones from the herd, soon despatched them. in an hour the waggons were sent but a small distance from the route to receive the choicest pieces of buffalo. In the next two days' march the hunters were kept some distance ahead to keep of the buffaloes ; but it was the only way the safe passage of the train could be insured through theses of flesh. The pack mules and spare animals following on the train being too numeron, to be separately led, were hard to control ; and, despite every precaution and care, on* horse and four mules wore lost, they getting mingled with the herd.  Alancitcarsa.—The suspension of payment by the London Vale Printing Company was announced on Monday by circular callings meeting of creditors lie the following day. At the minting • balance shoot was produced, showing habit:Ms to the amount of Z 22,070 la lid, and insets to the amount of £20,784 17e. leaving a deficit cf Z 1,285 10v Id. The stoppage in entirely unconnected with any of the late failures, and has, it appears, been brought about through the payments and liabilities to retiring partners. A rearrangem .nt of the concerti was intended to have been effected, and with this view payment. were 'itranged to the retiring members of the concern on the faith of capital to be brought in by a new partner, which latter failing embarrassed the concern, and a stoppage, in order to protect the whole of the erediton, was resolved upon. Time was asked ; but instead of cc ending the payments over two years, which was the propoml laid before the creditors, eighteen months was proomed to the firm ; and with • view to their due consideration of the reduced time, and to enable • deputation of two of the creditors, with Mr. Broome, the accountant, to examine the valuations (which, we believe, have since been proved to be very satisfactory), an adjournment took place. Three or four other failures have taken place during the week, but they have all been small concerns, with very limited liabilities, and not worthy of particular notice.—Afawneirtir Courier.  TEEIIITETION 07 THE HARVEST In THE The harvest may now be said to be finally concleded in our western counties, via, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall—and, notwithstanding all that has been stated in reference to the probable yield of the wheat crop, there is very little doubt that, no far math, two latter counties are concerned, it has been , Ivry much underrated. A large quantity of corn has already been thrashed out, though little has been ' made into flour, by reason of the partial btoppagis of the mills ; sufficient test has been afforded, however, to enab'e skilful agriculturists to determine the real produce of their Wheat land. Due fifth above an average crop is the remit of their calculations as respects Devonshire; and in Cornwall, where a rough estimate has been formed of the yield on the bulk of the wheat farms' the quantity will be rather less, but certainly far beyond an average. Oats ' have turned out well in •Il parts of the western dietriet, and the crops of barley have been good, and generally saved in splendid condition. Turnips man- ! gold-wersel, and other root crops, are very pronsismg, and the potatoes which have been taken op within the last few days are much lees diseased than was expected. Prices of beef, mutton, wool, and other farm produce are still rensunerati•• to the , agriculturist, but the great bulls of the consumers of butcher's meet in Devonshire and Somerset are trimbig their attention to • reformation in their butcher's