The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-23 00:00:00

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols • BBl 8 i 8 Do Account Oct. 11 .... 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent. B6l 1 1 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — M•rch. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 &3j per Cent. 5 dis Do Do X. 500 C.OO and £OO B ank England Stk, 51 per C t. .. Do Account — IND I 6.21 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. I ndia Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account — Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — Do Certificates Do Account — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Do 4} pei Cent. — Do Rnfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 lOl Do 5} per Cent., May, 1879 Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1806 Do Bonds ELMO 2O dis Do under £1,000.. 23 die -- British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 3t, 1872.... 100 Do. do. 1883.... 100 tit. 1877-S1 100 93 95 931 5 Do. ap. c. Feb. & Aug 100 13 95 Do. ap. o. Mar..lz Sept 100 93 95 Do. Ep. o. 10C 82 84 Do. 5 Inscribed stool 100 80 83 'ape G.Hope, 6 p 0,187' 100 104 106 Do.Ap .1L Oct. 1881 100 tO7 109 Do. 189 , 100 !OS 110 )0. Jan. & July. 1891. 100 07 103 :eylon, N0v.1563, 6p t 100 102 103 00. 1878, do. 100 u 9 112 110 dauritius 6 p.cent.lB73 00 101 104 Do. 1878 100 103 106 Do. 1882 131 193 105 —. \Tatal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 t'o Its v. 8.6 0v.6 p.o. J a.&Jul 100 95 98 4. S.W. G ov. 6 p 0.,186, 100 97 99 Du. sp. c.,18t1 to 1071 100 95 97 061 Do. d0.,1888 tit upwch 100 941 51 dew Zealand 6 p cent. 100 09 102 flora Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 93 101 Zueensland Gcv. 6p. 0. 100 10) 102 i. Aus Cov. 6 p.c.1€68- 100 D. 1 7ts &in ward 1.. 100 105 107 10.(3 ov . 6 p.c. J a. 30 uly 100 - - Do. 10 6 p.a. An.ZlLOot.. 100 .085 109,, 1091 81 -- BRITISH MINES. 2 ' 'am bri an Consol. Gold 1 4 II Chiverton 3 61 7 .),dloru Amalgamated. 30 32 )even G. Con.. (Tavist. I 580 600 Drakewal's— fast Bassett (Illogan) OO (5 70 East Caradon. ...... 261 271 , ast Carn 1.4. , 7 7, East Grenville East Lovell ..... 2.13.0 8 9 I. I V '1 Russel (Tavistk s 13. 41 5 -larriASt.Aubyn(Gwen 60 7 9 4 Great Laxey, all 15 15 heat :3outit 2 21 1. Wheal Vor(lielsto9 10 31 31 305 lrenville lerc•cl's-Yoot n.l3 88 40 llingston Downs 4.18.1 444 rlargaret (tiny Lelani si 7 9 :Parke Valley. 4 .lvndv Iron Oro (Lim. 24 14 t(; Nangiles.. . l9 26 18 yew aetun ........ 214 75 85 • , Tortll Downs 3 1 14 North Roskear.. 291 21 22 it', isasset(l ilo.;att 3.1 .6 14 24 • , rth Wheal Crotty 2.8 0 31 4 Prosper United.... ... 31 31 luvidence(Uny Lelm. tu 6.7 37 39 iouth Caradon(St.Cleet 14 20 540 '..Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.15. t 421 474 stray Park fin Croft s 18 19 Nest Basset (Illogan).. 11 8 9 .V Ct radon (Liskeard 9 11 11 West Chiverton Nest Scion •—• I Basset (Mogan 51 92 85 Wheal Buller ( Redruth, 10 17 19 WhealLudrott Wheal Mary Ann (Men B 14 16 Wheal 3eton 5Bl 205 215 s'l Trelawney (Lis. 7 19 21 Wheal Union 4 1 14 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1,105 i Great Western, Chester gua. stock, 7.ii 3 Gt. Western, South Wales, gua. 5 per cent., 99 Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 133} PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent. pf., 9 i LINES LEASED AT_FIXED RENTALS. Preston and Wyre, 42i FOREIGN RAILWAYS.] Great Luxembourg, 91 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 111 Recite and San Franclsce (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 10 FOREIGN MINEf3, Alamillos, limited, 1 1 Kapunda (lim.), 1 St. John del Key (lim.), 37 Yudanamutana of S. Australia, lim., 21 BANKS. Agra and Masterman's (Um.), 135 Ditto, new, issued at 30 pm., 641 - 1 1, 1 itto, issued at 30 pm., of which 29 is paid, 421 Alliance (um.), 481 9 8 4 Ditto, new, 421 Anglo Austrian, 71,1 Australasia, 7 11, nk of Wales, lim., 17 Brazilian and Portuguese, lira.. 121 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and Cigna, 37 Ditto, new, 35 City, 122 Commercial Bank of India and the East, Ditto, issued at 10:pm., of which 71 is pd , 231 Consolidated Bank, lim.. 10 1 European Bank, lim., 101 1 Ditto (£ :0), 1 '1 Hindustan, china, and Japan (Um.), 291 Imperial Bank (11m.). 331 Imperial Ottoman, 151 1 International B ' 15711111 Land Mortgal.fe Bank of India, Him., 41 London 11 Ilk of Ilexh.o and S. America, lim., 51 5 London Bank of Scotland, lim., 10 London Joint Stock, 151 1 1 5 London and South-Western, 211 London and 11 estrninster, 9.) 6 Merchant Bank, lim , 25 Mercantile and Exchange, Urn., ill 11 Z Ditto, new, 7) Hetropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 201 19i 20 Oriental Banx Corporation. SS) 9) Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, South Eistern, lim., 74: Union of A ustralia,' 52 Union of London, 511 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine. 68 71 MISCE An g l o - Mexican Mint, In 19L LANEOUS. Crystal Palace, 33 2,1 a Discount Corporation, 174 164 East India Irrigation and Canal, 41 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lira., 3 1 Electric Telegraph, lti .......—______ 4., ........e.__,----„--.........—......... SHARE. l'a ay. ARKETS—This d lIIONEY MARKET! . K ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. F F AND G , H Paid. Closing Business lr COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE , Sha re Railway s. Price. done. 1 1 1 , IT - it J( -11.• 13.14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all L at Blythe and Tyne. TWELVE O'CLOCK. st Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian lOl 1231 1211 124 111 The demand for money is a little quieter, the 50 Cork and Bandon an Si 20 Cornwall 10 no A AN no div, N Bets all uPply of capital at the command of bankers and to Do. B t i e l e i C u P p e i g n t ' o V, all It iill-brokers. This improvement is mainly due to 5° Dublin & Bellas - t June. all 31 23 E Dun Perth &Ab June I l6 17 S he favourable weekly reports from the Bank of at 1 Irlergli& Gla:sgow , 100 00 1 8 (5 7 v ) T ingland and France, showing a recovery in the 41: 1 / U B at t t 'lr a e s al ' E a a u stei S q; Til e s r tii 100 44 4). •.! eselves of both establishments, and the probability st Ditto A stock - 11 If a further steady amelioration being generally st G r D e i a t t t o ß r a t s h t orS " t a l li atil l N) ) 5 7 dnaitted, traders and others find discounters more at Great Northern... at Do A stock ' 100 137.1 13i 3 / 4 1381 aelided to negotiate mercantile bills, and to make at Do Bdo ', 100 127 130 1 alight relaxation in their,terms. By transacting a e t t' Wre S ai 'FelsltVer.r°tirpl,)ncl 100 94 i 52 68% 71 Original 100 I( tusiness at 8 and 8/ per cent, as they are now at Do Str Val p.m,. etoual 12 . 7 u villing to do, they secure a large portion of the b at D o p . ° : S Westou South 0. . Wales tx ;o . ; :1 100 47 4S 1 leper, which otherwise would be taken to the st ' Do Newport, 100 37 39 t Bank of E n Do Hereford, 100 91 101 gland. et 'LondonLancashire & Yorkshire' 1%) 11 6 3 1 % Xi 1131 1] The Bank of England return for the past week a t and Black 7 all, lu Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast, 100 102 103 a txhibits some very satisfactory changes consequent B a t I,o o n ii .., ,s (:h i, f T t o t. i4 and ve D s ci. e v r e ia r l 100 1 g 41 110 4 4 1101 1 c limn the recent increase in the value of money, at Lon. & Scr.th Weetern l 100 9 6 2 , -A 93 - Ind shows that the authorities have been enabled at 11 51 1 a ar n y"p S o h rr ali cC el 4 '' Carlisle. ie n 1 :1 0 1 I . all , t ;o improve the position of the establishment to a 124 Metropolitan — all 105 105 3 / 4 1 0, 1 5 Very important degree. S u bj o i ne d are the parti- at Midland ;ellen at Do Birming. & D er by 100 98 10 0 t , 50 %lid. Gt. W. of Ireland all Active Circulation .. .. .. L 20337,845 25 Do. 4 shares , ..., 25 Mid Kert Decrease.. .. .. .. 7 8 , 2 7 0 at North British Bullion .. .. .. .. .. 13,171;107 at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25 16 Increase .. .. .. .. 265,596 at Nth. Eastern—Bervvio). 100 1041 105; i Rest .. .. 4 . 0 V 1 7 1559 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13. 4 0 Increase .. • • • • • • 16 , 462 st Do Leeds lOO 64 C 5 •• e• Public Deposit s .. .. .. 6,815,611 at Do York at Do Carlisle lOO , Increase .. .. .. .. 113,557 25 Da. Stook. & Darling all 35 36 Other Deposits.. •.. .. .. 12,390,681 36 Do do 1855-58 Decrease .. .. .. .. 332,939 25 Do do 14 su--61 Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 501,869 st North London Decrease ... .. 39 430 10 Do New . . 5 114 p . '' 10 Do New, 1804 Government Securities .. .. 10,797 , 095 at North Staffordshire .. all 75 76 No attention. 10 N. and S. W. Junction. all 101 11 Other Securities .. .. .. 19,901,363 at Scottish Central Decrease .. .. .. .. 586,206 et Soot. N. . .Si.,Aber. stock 100 Notes Unemployed .. .. 6,535,875 at Do Soot. Mid. stook lOO Increase 344,876 10 Shrews, and Welohpool all et Shropshire Union The position of the Bank of France has also at south De'ron lOO 35 17 undergone a satisfactory improvement. The but- 20 t u t t e h es t o e ;: n andwok lllOlOl 81% 0 811 " lion has been increased by £130,000, the Advances at Tatgc le.. .....« lOO 10 165 on Stock by £40,000, and th e T reasury Balances st Vale of Neatn I 100 97 99 1, by £373,400. There has also been a diminution :tt, Waterford orponw it oa ntillllkenny, 1000 34 3 artle B of £1,912,000 i n th e Di scoun t s, an d o f £1 , 15 2,000 at W. Har,&R. zoo in the Notes in Circulation. The Current Accounts i shove a decrease of £820,000. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ----.. • Two O'CLOCK. Glosin Thar. Railways 1 Paid. Prioe. g Business d3n. - -- .., At the Pari s B ourse thi s d ay , accor di ng t o Reuters telegram, th e 3 per C en t. R en t es were 100 I..tlantio & St. Lawrenc, all 56 58 quoted 65f. 95 c• Ski 1 lom.,Baroda&.Cent In( 101 1(0 Gu. 5 per cent 0 "1.) 1 dis I t wing to the confidence engendered by the better 20 5:)4 tgl o a . loan S e l lt r atii . u . ro; all 44 5% aspect of the Money Market, the position of prices 1 ° it Preference rnt 0 . ( . 1 r . i ; : ei, all " 86 at the Stock Exchange has slightly improved, but oo 1 s i p. ot. 'bds. Aw.• , ,. 1, 187 ton at the present hour (2 o'clock) less buoyancy is too Do. ° J o e:. i l o o .. ‘Jjuu:llYe 1, 187. (I°o°o -- rercePtihle, which is almost wholly attributable to B R z t . ;,ieut r t r a.&s. ,t lCN o t c rl i (4 c -j r , ; 12 91 0 10 95 ) the extreme inactivity of business, Consols for, 100 Demerara awn 7 p.c. per. pt all iu,, 100 io 1 101 roOrie Y are 88 1-, and for the account 88i I. The 5 4t t (se oc i i ' , 'LI ; E gu. --v ~; ; f ts 6 s l i n . ..nl sd e i l la ua , l e-u.s a t Ze 100 101 /02 lull 1 1 I'lol New Threes _ _ and Reduced Annuities are 861 I ; 20 , Do. do. J Ext.... _A i — gi 1 - 9 * 2 stook i rand Trunk or auo March Exchequer Bills, ss. dis,, and June 235. d' • Indi l charge 6 per cent all 91 94 a 5 per Cents., 103: 104; and Bonds, 20s. dis. 100 Do. Ist i'ret. Bonn-- .if 71 73 In t 100 Do. do. deterred...... all 61 43 the Foreign market there is very little ani all CO 68 in Ilion, and prices are tolerably steady. Turkish rog E.... do. deferredf.l3onda.. all 55 57 6 Per Cents., 1862, are 701; do. Consolides, 50: I; too Boo: 3 d d o . Piet, r s r t e o ff 1 s _.. ... . all all 53 511 Mexican, 27-1- ; Greek, 231 24; Spanish Passive, 100 Do. 4th l'ref. stock/. .. all 29 31 318 29 t ; du. CertificAes, 141 ; Portuguese, 46/ ; 410e0nt , ; t D a o n . d d t If . 1 ,d e e n I , e a r . r g e u d a .. ; p . 11 Ito 101 /02 1711 20 D0.1,0u ). 5 per cent.. 12 Id 11) and the Confederate Loan, 73 75., i d 1 20 Do. New gua. sp.e. • ' • ,In the Railway Share Market there has been 'took et. soute.oilndla(Lirn 99 100 Very:littl e : autmation, and rather a flatter tone pre- go o k gu ll r onr p ed er s cfe e n r t c .. e . n . C . 100 1 7 alls. Great Northern A Stock have declined 58., stock Do 2 sea _IL W. of. Canada Share, all 91 9 ; v.l Great E astern 5s , Great Western 103., North 201 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt all 89 01 Western ss. ; and N or th E as t e rn (York) los. 100 Jo. 51 Bra all 82 81 10 Indian nch Limited 2 4 d ) r The Foreign and Colonial lines remain withoutloo6 stook Iladras guar., sp. o. material alteration. stook Do. 4,1 p. o. Extensioi 100 1/3 05 941 . Bank and Miscellaneous Shares, however, are a `3l'l(l' D e o.. Vlfth 'E l x o ien"siOn 2 11- shade firmer. Alliance have improved to 48i 49 ; stock leelkczw.V...° . .B Bay.L dl a o l o l 78 CO — Chartered of India, Australia, and China to 37; so 1 ewprun smack et Cand Claes A and B. all 2 European to 10,7- i I. Oriental have declined to 581, i.Rl.C'das pc let ki bdt floc 1,()( , t i 3 :o ?, 831.0 99% Discount Corporation to 16i, and National Discount ! ? s: , ' l , .--. B I TO C CI4 'Jo in :el/112 . 5 . "•.I Ei t 1 100 V 8 KO Company to 12/ - 7 8 -. Credit Foncier and Mobilier so Do . . do ... i: Fi. 2 Icl par at Do. Puniaub -•-• 0 !' ' ‘, 110 98 100 of England are quoted 21 i prem. Stook Do. Indus. St. Flog) bix 100 95 97 FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. Au strian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. --. Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 4 iCent., ___ per 1852-58-60 Do B uenos Avres 6 per B Cent Do Acc0urn........ . Chilian 6 per Cent. Do 4i per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent _ Cuba, 6 por Cent. Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 5 per Cent, 1864 Equaclor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do, Provisonal Land Warrant.. — Egyptian 7 per Cent 97 Do, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Do Account Do Coupons — Do Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent.(naremmana Railway) 72 Mexican 3 per Cent Do Account Do 1864 Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Ditto Scrip, £23 paid.... — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Do 2 per Cent. — Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) .. — Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — Do do Aug., 1866.., — Peruvian 41 per Cent — Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren).. — Do 4} per Cent., 1862 Do Account — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account — Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 — Do Account 461 1 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B9 Do 4i per Cent., 1850 .. Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 BB } Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £55 paid pm Bariinian 5 per Cent ..... ....... Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account -- Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive — ~. Do Accou n t ° Plnish Cert. of Coup not funded .. — Do Account Swe D o Shcdis, 4 r Cent rip, pe £6O paid — Pal Tarkish 6 per Cent. 1854 -- Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account 69 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account .. 70 Do £lOO Bonds.. 7Ol Do 1863 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Do Ac count — Do 6 per Cent~ 1862 fi Gi 6 Do 6 p er C ent,, 1864 .. 45 Dividends on the above payable in Landon Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Do A ccount Belgian 4} per Cent., Ex. 25f Ditch 2} per Cent. Lx. 12 Guil — Do 4 per Cent. Certificates French Relates, 2 per Cent. .. — I tAliau, 5 per Cent,, 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Da Account Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41, per Ct. Ex. 4s. P iedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — THREE O'CLOCK, Consols Alonoy tO BB i Do Account.... ..... ?..119:4, .. ! + , I Kt # COLONIAL GOVERN MENT SECURITIES. • MISCELLANEOUS—Continued. nglish and Australian Copper, la Financial Corporation, a I Fore-street Warehouse, hrn., 6 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., 627,2 Hudson's Bay, 151 lmperiAl Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., International Financial society, lira., 82 A 2 8 Italian Irrigation (Canal Carom , . 5 Joint Stock Discount, lira., 6 2 57 5 6 London Financial Association, hm., 22; 2 Ditto, new, 17 London Provincial Marine, 2 Madras Irrgation and Canala Milwall Iron Works, 4& National Discount Company, lira., 127,2 13 National Financial, lim., bi Rio de Janeiro City lmprovelLents, Ditt3 (£4?, 3a Royal Mail Steam, 951 4 South Australian Land, 23i Treat and Agency of Australasia, 1im.,10 Universal Marina. Insurance, lirn., Mr. Samuel Laing on the Trade and Finance Of Britain. Mr Leing, es Finance Minister of India, delivared a lecture in the Free Church of Wick on Friday evening, upon the "Trade and Finance cf !he British Empire." Provost Ls , uttit, who occupied the chair, briefly introduced the lecturer to the meeting. Mr LAING commenced his lecture by stating that he did not wish to touch upon party politics, as he was never him self a keen party man ; but there were two cardinal prin ciples which he had held since he entered upon political life THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1864. cigar, introduced the piece of paper and covered with it more tobacco leaf. He also so peculiarly marked the cup board door that he could tell whether any one went to it, and he watched it day by day, but without effect for some time. The prisoner was errand boy in prosecutor's service, and it was his duty to go into the place on Fridays to clean it. He did so last Friday, and while in the room went to the cupboard and took some cigars, but not any of those marked. This morning he went there again to clean, and prosecutor saw him take a handful cigars, seized him, and found some upon him. The magistrate opened one of the cigars and found the name curiously inserted. Prisoner said nothing in reply to the charge. He was remanded till Tuesday. THAMES. CUTTING AND WOUNDING,—Herman Menus, a German, skin-dresser, aged 38, of \o. 11, Lambeth-street, White chapel, was brought Mr Patti - lige charged with cutting and wounding Timothy Bryan, an Irish 1 ,Lourer, of No. 16, Lambeth - street. The prosecutor did not appear, and it was stated that he either did not care about the wound as a serious one inflicted upon la . m, or that he had been compensated by the prisoner's countrymen. The Germans have been in the practice of keeping prosecutors and witnesses out of the way on occasions like the present. It appeared from the evidence of a poliee constable of the II division, that he was called to a disturbance in Lambeth street last night, and found a young man named Timothy Bryan lying in the gutter and bleeding profusely from a wound under the left ear. He raised Bryan from the ground and asked him who had wounded him, to which he replied that he was having a row with another man, and that the prisoner, who was present, went into his own house, brought out a knife, and cut him down the cheek. Mr John Comley, surgeon, of 11, High-street, 'White chapel, said he was called upon to attend the wounded man in the Leman-street station-house last night. There was a wound on the left cheek by the side of the ear, an inch and a half long. Considerable force was used. The pros.cutor was very bad, and had a fit in the station-house, which 'asted some time. . The prisoner in defence said that be was coming home from his work and a lot of boys fell on him near his own door, and the one he was supposed to have wounded struck him two blows on the face, and followed him to his own house, No. 11, Limbeth-street. He had two cans in his hand, and Bryan was about to strike him again when he raised one of the cans and struck him with it. He used no knife whatever. The policeman, on being recalled, said the person struck was a lad of 19 or 20. Mr Partridge said these cutting and wounding cases had become so alarmingly common that the investigation must be continued, and the prosecut )r and other witnesses sum mooed. He remanded the prisoner, and issued the necessary summonses for the attendance of Bryan and the others. Serious Charge of Fraud. At the Mansion House, yesterday, Edward Russel Daunt, described as of 2, Hercules-passage, was brought up in the custody of Detective-sergeant Hayden, before the Lord ➢layor, having been apprehended upon a warrant signed by Mr Alderman Waterlow, charging him with having unlawfully and by false pretences obtained fr )m Lieut.- Colonel Alexander Strange a cheque for £229 12s Bd, with intent to defraud, Mr Humphreys appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr Sleigb, barrister, instructed by Mr Holmes, appeared for the prisoner. Mr Humphreys, in opening the case for the prosecu tion, said the prosecutor in this case was Lieut.-Colonel Strange, a retired officer of the Indian army. In 1862 he was desirous of investing some money he had then in his possession, and in consequence of the prisoner's adver tisement, he employed him as his stockbroker, and since that time there had been several transactions between them. He told the prisoner that he was no speculator, and did not want to dabble with his money. Lieutenant Strange, however, did not know much of commercial pur suits, but gavo himself up to the advice of the prisoner, and the result was that he was a loser to a very conzi- derable amount. The charge arose upon a cheque which the prisoner obtained by fraud. On the loth of June last year, the prosecutor instructed the prisoner to pur- chase for him Greek stock to the amount of £25,000, and he received from the prisoner the purchase note, which with . the commission amounted to about £ ',.0,000. The prisoner it appeared had purchased £25,000 in Greek stock, but not at the price mentioned in the purchase note, namely 39k. Lieut.-Colonel Strange was not able at the time to take up the purchase, and left some Ottoman Think shares in the defendant's hands. The prices fell, and he instructed the prisoner to sell and purchase every fortnight until the 21th November, 1863, when he instructed the prisoner to sell the whole, and received from him a sale note which purported to show that £25,000 in Greek stock had been sold at a loss of about £1,200. The accounts were delivered to the pros{ cutc,r every fortnight for his inspection, and as far as he could see they were all right. On the 24th of May, 1564, the Ottoman Bank shares having riven, Lieutenant-Colonel Strange determined to close his account entirely with respect to the Greek stock, for which ho had been paying interest to the prisoner for tha deficiency, and instructed him to sell his shares in the Ottoman Bank. This, according to the calculation of the prosecutor, would leave him a margin, and he directed the prisoner to purchase some shares in the Egyptian Com mercial and Trading Society, and received from him what appeared to be the purchase note of those shares. The Egyptian Trading Company's transfers were net in the pro • secutor's hands, he thinking they were safe in the hands of the prisoner, left them with him. From something that was communicated to him respecting the prisoner, he ap plied to him for the transfers, and got from him 200 out of 350, and subsequently received the remainder. They all seemed to have been purchased at different periods, some of them on the 24th May, the date of the purchase note, and some as late as the 15th September in the present year, so that in point of fact the purchase note was fictitious. In addition to that, it had been ascertained that instead of the Greek stock being sold and bought every fortnight, as he had been instructed, they were all sold at one date in June, 1.663, so that the purchase notes, on each of which the de fendant had charged his oommission,were entirely fictitious, and the prisoner had defrauded Lieut.-Colonel Strange of a sum amounting altogether to no less than £3,500. The information upon which the warrant was granted was then read over t and was as follows : Atexander Strange, of 41, Brompton-crescent, said—l am a lieutenant-colonel in the Indian army. In the early part of 1862 I employed one Ed, H. Daunt, now of 2, Hercules passage, as my stock broker, and he has bought and sold stocks and shares for me from that time to nearly the pre sent. On the 31st May last a settlement of our transac tions took place between us, on which I paid him a cheque for £229 12s. Bd., the balance apparently due to him, which cheque has been returned to me as paid by my bankers. The settlement comprised a purchase of 320 shares in the Egyptian Commercial and Ti ading Company (Limited), which by the statement rendered by the defendant he pur ported to have purchased on the 24th May last at £3 2s. 6d. per share, and £2 paid, the total to my debit bsdng £1,658 12s. 6d, I have since obtained from Daunt several transfers for 320 shares, and find that the transfers do not relate to any purchaFes of the like shares on the 24th Nay, but on vari )us dates in July, August, and September. I find also that the price at which the shares were purchased by the defendant is less by about £4OO than the amount he debited to me for them in his account. I should not have parted with my cheque for £229 12s. 81. if I had not believed that the 320 shares had been purchased as represented on the 24th May, and at the time debited to me by him in his account. Upon this the case was remanded at the request of Mr Sleigh, the Lord Mayor declining to admit the prisoner to bail. SPORTING. INTELLIGENCE, MONMOUTH RACES—THURSDAY. The County Members' Plate (Handicap) ct 30 sovs, added to a sweopstakes of 5 soya each; winners extra. One mile. Mr Barratt's Norm a, 4 y rs, Bst 2lb 2 Mr Brayley's Ens lei g h, 2 y rs, 6st 2lb Mr Adam's Nor tham, 6 y rs, Bat 51b The Beaufort Cup, a handicap of 10 toys each, with a piece of plate added; winners extra. One mile and a quarter. Mr J. Diy's Tener iffe, 3 y rs, 7st 21b....1 Mr J. B. Morris's Balham, 6 yrs, Bst 71b 2 Mr Stephen's Trun of Luck , 6 y rs, Bst 4lb ........ 3 Six ran. The Monnow Stakes of 3 soya each, with 25 added ; two yr-olds, 7st 21b ; three, gat ; four, lOst ; five, six, and aged, lOst 41b ; selling allowances. Six furlongs. 1 Mazy Six ran. The;Troy Plate of 25 sous, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 5 soya each ; winners extra. One mile and a half. Mr Miliward's Miss Clifton, 6 yrs, 9st 131 b 1 Mr Brayley's Ibex , 4 yrs, 10st 41b 2 Five ran. THE ROYAL CALEDONIAN HUNT MEETING. THURSDAY. The Caledonian Handicap of 10 eons each, with SO added ; winners extra. Two miles. Creni or ne, aged, SA 1 2 Stiff, 3 yrs, Est 121 b A Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, with 20 added, One mile and a half. Adrift .......... Measure for Measure 2 3 Price The Caledonian Cup of 100 sovs for 3 yr-olds and upwards. Three nailer. Blood Royal Skipjack .... . Rest Nowhere.... Five ran. The Eglinton Hunt Cup of 30 guineas, added to a swoop stakes of 5 sous each. Two miles. Cariboo Hard Times .................. )vernor.. l'ive ran. Won eakily by 100 lards. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,--This day, —viz., Free-trade and Non-intervention. Upon the im portance of free trade he did not think it necessary for him to enter, as all parties were now agreed that it was the great means of promoting the material wealth and prosperity of the mass of the nation. Non-intervention, however, re quired explanation and support. National sympathy almost invariably went with the weak against the strong; and the masses of the people reasoned by the heart instead of by the head. They were like the schoolboy who was ale aye ready to fight with his fists for the weak side, or for his own district or parish. The policy of a great nation, however, should be manlike—not boyish. They should be guided by sense, and not by sympathy, and should never go to war unless a clear sense of duty obliged them to resort to the swcrd. Ho did not mean to lay down any absolute theory on the subject, for absolute theories were not always the safest things ; and if mathematicians could not calculate the movements of three bodies unless by an approximation, it was not to be expected that any absolute theory could be formed for the regulation of arrangements so complicated as the policy:of nations. To do the right thing at the right time, and put the right man in the right place, were worth to a statesman all the theories in the world. Non-intervention, he was glad to say, is now the policy of this great nation. Europe has on two occasions recently been breught to the brink of war by fol lowing the antiquated policy of " meddle and muddle" which has so long characterised the Foreign Offices; but war has been prevented by the peoples of England and France, who in this matter, he could safely say, had shown themselves to be wiser than their respective Governments. When diplomatists were penning notes and, bringing the country to the brink of war, we were all convinced of the absurdity of going to war with sixty millions of Russians for a commercial King of Poland, or with forty five millions of Germans to settle the question whether the Danish or the German language shall be taught in the schools of Schleswig or Holstein. He cid not believe the Government were altogether to blame, as they were perhaps forced by circumstances into the line of action which they pursued—but he gave them credit for having decided rightly upon three most important questions—not to go to war for Poland or Denmark, nor to interfere in the civil war in America. If those great questions could occur again, he believed that the Government would not only come to the same decision, but would do so without hesita tion, whether that Government were Liberal or Conserva tive; and the consequences of their hesitation manifested upon two of these occasions should prove a lesson and a warning to all politicians to make non-intervention a car dinal rule of British policy. Mr Laing, after paying a warm tribute to the memory of Sir R. Peel, to whose policy in public aff tirs, he said, Britain was mainly indebted for the high position which she occupies among the nations of the earth, proceeded to the consideration of the trade of the country. The imports and exports, he said, amounted in 1863 to £444,000,000 ; while 10 years before that period it was only £263,000,C00; and 10 years before that again, £150,000,000 ; showing an average yearly increase for the 20 years of X 15,000,000. He then quoted a long array of figures showing how this immense sum was • made up of £240,000,000 of imports and £195,000,000 of exports, enumerating the different articles and their value. He then proceeded to analyse this trade, and stated—first, that cur own possessions were our best customers, giving us one third of our imports, and taking one-half of our exports, India, which was first on the list, gave us 50 millions, and took 20, and he believed the current year would far exceed these amounts. Australia sent us 7 millions, and took 13. Our North American colonies sent us eight millions, and we gave them five in return. This was sufficient, he thought, _ to refute die shallow theory that we should abandon our colonial possessions as useless encumbrances. Notwith . standing the fact that there was no forced monopole, and that they were left to sell their goods in the dearest market and buy in the heapest, the tendency of the trade was al ways towards the mother country. On turning to the foreign trade of the country, Mr Laing said that it was gratifying for him to state that France stood at the head of our foreign customers. It was gratifying to him personally, because he had taken a humble part under Mr Gladstone in negotiating the French treaty, and it was further gratifying to him as a friend of peace to find so firm an alliance existing between the two most powerful nations in Europe. The average imports and exports from and to France previous to the existence of the treaty was only 24 millions, while for the last three years it reached 42 millions. Our trade with the United States, which previous to the present insane and suicidal war reached 60 millions, has now decreased to 40 millions. Our trade with Egypt ten years ago amounted to only 4i millions, while it is now 20 millions. Mr Laing then proceeded to the financial part of his address. The national debt of France, he said, had in ten years decreased £150,000,000, while Austria and Italy had increased £68,000,000. Spain was its wits' end to make both ends meet, while Turkey was knocking at the door of every bankr in Europe ready to accept anything from anybody who was able to lend them on any terms. The United States have made the di,covery that they are the biggest people in creation, and they seem therefore to have come to the conclusion that they should have the biggest national debt. In this they have been pretty successful, for in three years they hays managed to accumulate something like £300,000,000. Now it may be asked, how has this rate of expenditure been arrived at ? The answer is—Bella horridce belle. Curing the last ton years there had been an extra expenditure of £300,000,000 sterling incurred by two great European wars, and £300,000,000 more by minor wars and an armed peace; and if this is added the American butchers' bill, we have an expenditure on war in ten years of little short of .£1,000,000 000. How far this was necessary he would not attempt to say; but owing co wars and rumours of wars, there had been puffed away in these ten years something like £1,000,000,000 in gunpowder, Enfield rifles, and plated ships; and Governments had got into that track that they must choose between disarming and national bankruptcy. Great Britain has not altogether escaped in this matter. Her expenditure has increased consider ably, which has been caused by the increase in her army and navy establishments ; but when contrasted with other States, her finances were in a highly favourable condition. We were able annually for the past few years to reduce the taxes, and yet make both ends meet. These results, which were so gratifying in themselves, were brought about partly by the general prosperity of the country, partly by the stimulus given to trade by the gold dis coveries, and last though not least, by the Free-trade measures heralded by Mr Cobden, inaugurated by Sir R. Peel, and carried out by Mr Gladstone. The lecturer then proceeded to point out the sources from which the income of the country was derived, which he characterised as a simple and equitable mode of raising the revenue. The upper and middle classes, he said, took upon themselves 20 years ago the burden of the income tax in order to equalise the taxation, and in thus raising the condition of the masses of they h mutual th alg e r reward oodwilla a thousand adattachme ti utt m o e t s v he o in e s r u i t n the ution s fe o o f li t n h g e country ttsohsßheepfae reeesricatptsmuikh rsreehwaosdpfei ec w et rhnolhe h iatmasn i nwdec e mgnosi h hanoeet anu i rda t tegni fineti tended fesese:tx2t the aeosnoenronreyedvdr generate. oseetuiorrahneinurgegisstghrprogress over country, with influenceLiHrl tati eth e any o nnose t gsdi ttuswshhnhefleconsi during; rcwov e oh tiloe shetnocehadeotdvtenwotort tribes nehrui onceias gac et nationnht os of the world, and concluded by drawing a glowing picture of the increasing prosperity of the British Empire. It rests, said he, with the rising generation whether this prosperity shall be maintained and still greater heights attained. lie had no fear himself so long as the national spirit remained intact, but that the star of England would still remain in the ascendant, and if it ever decayed it would be from in ward and not from outward attack. The lecturer was fre quently applauded in the course of remarks by a large and attentive audience. During the last few days there has been very little business transacted in the market for Foreign and Colonial Produce. Tea has declined about Id per lb„ while sugar and coffee have barely sustained former quotations. In rice there have been a few transactions reported at steady prices, while the tallow market has continued inactive without any material change to report in values for either present or former delivery. About £32,000 in bar gold was taken into the Bank yesterday, but 35,000 sovereigns were with. drawn for shipment to Portugal. The bar silver by the Shannon has been sold at 58 111 per ez. Advices received this morning from India and China report that at Calcutta, on August 30, Ex change on London was quoted 2s lid, and that the ' rate of discount had been advanced 2 per cent. by the Bank of Bengal. At Canton, Aug. 12, Exchange en Lonclon was 4s ;Id, and at SlLanghai, Aug, 6, 13s 111,d. BOW-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES.—Augustine Wm. Beauclerk Butler, was brought up on remand, charged with obtaining £2.) by false pretences. The prosecutor, it will be recollected, deposited £2O with the prisoner, as security, on his taking the service of clerk to the prisoner, he representing himself to be a clergyman and secretary to the Calvery Mission. The prosecutor said he had been entirely deceived, and that as he could not get back his £2O he had given the prisoner into custody. Mr Vaughan asked if th ere was a ny evidence to prove the falsi.y of the prisoner's representations. Police Sergeant Di u6covich, 36 A, said—l took the pri soner into custody on the 1•5 - th, at the corner a Vige-street. I told him N% ho I was, and the nature of the charge. Ile said, " Very well, I'll go with you, but I can't see that Mr Wharton has any cause to complain." Since the last exa mination I made inquiries, and I find there are several persons whom he has victimised. Mr V .ughan—llave you made any inquiries about his being a c!ergyman ? Witness—l have searched the clergy List, and I cannot find such a narae as Beauclerk Butler. Mr Vaughan—Could you find such a place as the Jeru salem University or the Calvery Mission? Witness—No, sir, I could not. The circular I produce relative to it was given to me by a gentleman now in cou rt . ' Prisonet—That is an old one, of three years' da t e . Mr Vaughan—Did you find out the residence of the prisoner ? Witness—Yes, sir; No. 7, B e l gr ave-street, South. I also discovered that he had been living at 5, Great College • street, Westminster, and also at No. 90, Gloucester-street, Queen's -square, from which he went away £5O in debt. I have obtained the returns I now produce from the pri soner's " office." The letters were here opened by Mr Burnaby, the chief clerk, and read. One was from a clergyman of the Church of England to subscribe to the Jerusalem Mission, and the others were principally from young men offering their services as clerk and under secretaries. Mr Vaughan—Do you wish to ask the witness any ques tions ? Prisoner —No, sir, as I most likely shall have to appear elsewhere, I shall reserve my defence: Edward Wildair, clerk to Mr Beresford, of 2, Pump' court, Temple, said—About the middle of July the prisoner came and asked if we had a room to let, as he waned one for the office of the Jerusalem College. He told me he was a clergyman of the Church of England. Prisoner—That I distinctly deny. I never said such a thing. Witness continued—He took possession of the room a few days after (about the 23d July), and the only furniture it contained was a table, the circulars, and some ink. His name was painted up on the 29th of July. Inspector Mitchell, of the City Police, here said—The witness Wharton is a friend of mine, and I went with him to Mr. Lee's chambers, at Lincoln's Inn—the place ap pointed by the prisoner for the payment of the £2O---and there I saw a gentleman whom, however, now I don't believe to have been Mr. Lee; and from the manner in which the prisoner acted on that occasion, I was so entirely deceived, that I advised my friend to accept the situation, which he did. The agreement was then signed, and the prisoner took the two £lO-notes from out of my hand and gave them to the gentleman present, and told him to place them to the account of the Jerusalem College. Mr Vaughan—That does not carry the case any further, and therefore it need not be added to the depositions. Are there any other cases ? The police-sergeant said he had a number of persons present who had been deceived by the prisoner. A gentleman said he had let the prisoner a house on the representation Chat he was secretary to the Bishop of Lou den. After he had occupied it for some time he wont away, leaving the rent unpaid. Various tradesmen at the time supplied him with articles on the belief that he was the per son he had said, but had never been paid for their goods. Mr Vaughan—This is matter far a civil tribunal. Have you anything else. A foreigner said he had entrusted the prisoner with a quantity of valuable cameos for disposal, on his represent ing himself to be the secretary of Jerusalem College. but he had never received the money for those he had dis posed of. Mr Vaughan--That also may stand aside as a debt. The ()Bowing additional charge was entered into : Mr. Thomas Williams, of Church row, Stoke Newington, said—l am a managing clerk to Messrs Wright and Bolder, 15, London-street, Fenchurch-street. In 1854, the prisoner was engaged as an office-boy by our firm, at a salary of Bs. per week. He remained there about four years. On the Ist of March, 1861, I met him in the Temple, and he then told nee he was under secretary to the Bishop of London, special messenger to Cardinal Wiseman, and he then handed me his card. Ile asked me to lend him £3 103. He toll me he had married a lady of fortune, the daughter of Colonel Phillips. That Colonel Phillips was an attendant on her Majesty at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. Prisoner—l em perfectly astonished at your representa tions and your attendance here. Witness—No doubt you are. He further told me that his wife had presented him with a living at Normanby in Yorkshire ; that he frequently had to attend to his duty there, and that he was then looking out for a curate. I believed his representations and lent him various sums amounting in all to £l5. Mr Vaughan—Was it upon the representations that he made that you lent him the money ? Witness—Decidedly. 1 believed all he told me, and I felt glad that such a fortunate change had taken place in his affairs. I wrote to him repeatedly for the money I had lent him, but I only got 10s. back. Prisoner—l shall not ask any questions et present. Sorgeant Druscovich said—l have made inquiries at the secretary's office of the Bishop of London —Messrs Bruder and Dunning, Parliament -street--and the prisoner is alto gether unknown there. This evidence completed th a t ease , Mr Itosaspim, tailor, 11, Harrington -street, Pimlico, said about May 30 the pri soner re presented him self to be a clergyman of the Church o f E ng land —that he belon g ed to the East-end division, and was one of the Bisho p of London's men. He ord ere d a l oose coat —the o ne he is at present wearing —such an one that he cou ld throw off after attending to the poor people in the alleys and courts. I supplied him with the coat mainly on the supposition that the representations made by the prisoner were true. I have never been paid for the article. Mr Vaughan—That will make out three cases against the prisoner. Have you anything to say before I commit you for trial on these charges? Prisoner—No, sir ; I reserve my defence. I shall be able satisfactorily to prove the inaccuracy of the charges against me at my trial, and until that time I shall say nothing. Mr Vaughan — Before I close the case I may as well in form you that letters have been recceived from Messrs. Foster, of Oxford, asking for certain information relative to you, and the handwriting of the letters ordering the articles exactly corresponds with yours, and information to that effect will be forwarded to them. The prisoner was then fully committed to take his trial on three charges. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBING LICRNSED VICTUA.LLER B . —JOIIII who refused his address, and described himself as a stable man, and in whose possession was found a handicap-b oo k and betting-book, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with stealing at the Crown luncheon-bar, 356, Oxford-street, four pewter measures, the property of Mr Jackson, and one pewter measure, the property of Mr William Srnee, of the Marlborough Inn, Blenheim-street, OxforeL street, Mr Jackson said about 9 o'clock that morning the pri. so ner came into his house and called fora a n ewspaper to read. S hortly after the pri soneraftr o whose ose him, and on the p r i- glass h of disappearance ale, d then took up fi ane spoke after walked into his y ard, where his othouse was situated. The barmaid strong l y believing the prisoner was tho same man—thongh not wearing the same kind of h at — that had s paid a v n e m e r th b e e e a m i n s ri g a r visit e t l rates: leave missed,wekhe and seised him, an d fi n di ng some measures in his pockets took him at once to the Marl borough-mews Station, and charged him with robbing him. The prisoner was then searched, and five measures, pressed toget her, so as to enable him to get them into his pockets, wore found in his possession. Some of the measures belonged to him (Mr Jackson), and were of the value of 14s. Mr. Wm. Smee, of the Marlborough Inn, Blenheim - street, identified one measure, of the value of 3s, as his property. Edward Rowlett, 145 C, s aid that on sear c hi ng the pri soner he found in his pockets four measures and in his hat a fifth. Mr Tyrwhitt said the prisoner seemed to be so great a thief on this occasion that he thought he must be known before. He should therefore remand him for a week, to give the police an opportunity of making inquiries. 'WESTMINSTER. CLEVER MODE OF D E TECTING A RoßlEß .—William a t. recently Gege R lost -P la a Ce g ' great quantity of Robert Meaking, a you th batween 13 and 14 y ears of a g e, was placed at the bar c har g ed with. stealing nine h nin ig ec t i sh ga t r i s d . ge, hatter h irsaidh Beath, of at 2h50 had , S choice cigats which he had purchased for his own private enjoyment. lie bad the cigars in June last, and in order that they might get nice and dry, and improve in flavour, he placed them in a cupboard to which his clerks and other persons in his employment had occasional access. The cigars were in boxes, some containing about a hundred each, others a few lees according to their size. About 10 days since he thought he would try one of the cigars, and went to the cupboard to get it, when to his surprise he found one box empty, two others With only one each left in, and a fourth box with but a few. As prosecutor had many persons about him, he did not know who to suspect, and the better to ascertain who was the real culprit, he resorted to the following expedient. Ho wrote his name on small pieces of paper, which he twisted up very tight, and having made a wnole in the leaf at the end of the The Great Fire in Gresham-street, City. I SECOND EDITION. RECOVERY OF SALVAGE,-LATEST PARTI- CULARS. Some thirty men have been employed fcr the last twenty four hours in exploring the ruins in order to find goods. Mr Radmall, who is superintending the clearance of the building, has, in conjunction with Head-Engineer Purdue, employed two experienced firemen, late of the brigade, and about fifty tons weight of carpets have been taken out of the premises belonging to Messrs. TajOling and Co. The bulk of this salvage has been removed to Taylor's depository, but the most burnt portions are piled up in the basement of Messrs. Tapling's premises. It is the opinion of the sur veyors that these packages can be cut up in pieces, and NS ill realise a considerab'o sum by auction, to carpet-bag manu facturers. An immense quantity of blankets has been got out, Bawl burnol at the edg , ,s and some through the folds, but they may be cut up and s 3wn ilito good pieces. The Turkey carpets already rescued will, it is expected, fetch a large sum. As yet none of the silks and hab?rdashery goods have been got at, bat they must b 3 gre ►tly deterio rated in vaiue. These, as fast as they can be recovered, will be remov to be dried and packed in lots. A very exc, i ag scene took place at the back of Messrs. Tapling's pr rises, in which two firemen nearly perished. Engineers P due and hard, who had just emerged from Elaberdashers' Hall, were attacking tue flames issuing from ono window, when they suddenly rushed through another, and the men becoming. fairly surrounded with flames, and no other chance of escape presenting itself than by jumping through them, the; M9II alighted upon the floor below, a distance of at least 18tt. How they escaped without serious personal injury appears a perfect miracle, for just as their feet reached the next fl oor the roof fell. The premises of Messrs. Tapling were erected about five or six years ago, at an expense of nearly £30,000. At first it was expected that no portion of the walls would have to be pulled down, but owing to the heavy rain of Wednesday night it is now found necessary that one portion should be shored up and the cornice removed from th o top. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MANCHESTER RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRAFFORD HANDICAP. Vanessa Pretty Girl filly East Lynn CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP. 2 Wild Poppy Z isca Naples Eight ran. MANCHESTER CUP. _Nemo Twilight Dr Itvoke.. l'Lre:; ran. HENDON RACES—This DAY. VOLUN rEER VASE. Polly Hopkins Tartar Coronet .... Thre© ran, TRADESMAN'S CUP. ChemitOte Brown Mare . Daniel O'Rourke Twelve ran. The first and second horses objected to An accident occurred in the Cup—Brown Stout killed and jockey much injured. lIENDON HANDICAP. Neilghery Visitor Ned of the Hills Six ran. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. LONDON GAZETTE---This Evening, ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 21. Mr John Staley has been promoted to the rank of Acticg Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority from July 4, 1864. The undermentioned officers have been promoted to the rank of Assistant Engineer, First Class, in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority from 3d inst., v!z .—Mr George Thomson and Mr Robert Hasley Cooper. SEPT. 22 John Irving, Esq., has this day been promoted to the rank of Paymaster-in-Chief on the Retired List. Mr David Leitch hr,s been promoted to bo Acting En gineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of Sept. 8, 1864. The undermentioned Master has been this day promoted to the rank of Stall Commander in her Majesty's Fleet : Charles Bawden, Esq. BANKRUPTS, The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : John Elridge, pawnbroker, Liverpoel George Walter, mariner, Sunderland Alexander Viies. agent, Manchester Robert Coatis, commission agent,'Mark-lane, City Charles Holman, slater, Camberwell William Webber, cheesemonger, Paddington George Wells, tobacconist, Brighton George Dean, hosier, Camden-town Isaac Barnes, warehousemau, Bow-lane James R. Sheldon, baker, Liverpool Charles Baker, basket maer, Liverpool James Wright, dyer, Liverpool George Melnoth, grocer, Bridgend Chas, Hobson, coal merchant, Weymouth Frederick:Hall, butcher, Blackmoor-street, Drury-lane Joseph Bradshaw, cotton carder, Rochdale Isaac Williams, fruiterer, Dudley John Haslam, grocer, Oldham Henry Tomlinson, machinist, Manchester Wm. 0 wens, cab proprietor, Chester Henry W. King, coal agent, Mantis-terrace, Vauxhall Wiliiain Doleman, tobacconist, King's-road, Chelsea Frederick G. Smith, sehookoaster, Bedlordbury, Covent garden Thomes Oliver, painter, Portsmouth Charles Allen, licensed victualler, Portsmouth Henry Worrall, shoemaker, Longton, Staffordshire SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Mathie, commission agent, Glasgow Stephenson end Son, comb manufacturers, Edinburgh Course of Exchange,—This Day. Amsterdam Dit . o Rotterdam Antwerp * " Bru.sels Hamburg .. Paris .. Ditto Marseilles .. Frankfort on Maine Vienna 11 18 12 191 12 2 12 2} 12 2 12 2} 12 75 25 82 25 771 25 S 2 13 9} 13 91 25 30 25 371 25 721 25 So 25 75 2.5 80 121} 1211 11 91 12 5 12 0 12 7 30h 30i Trieste Petereburgh ... Berlin Madrid Cadiz .. _ Leghorn — 25 5 25 90 Milan — 2.5 85 25 90 Genoa — 25 85 25 93 Na 'es .. — 25 85 25 90 Palermo — 25 87t 25 92i Mcssina — 25 bit 25 921 Lisbon Oporto Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)......per oz., £3 17 9 Silver in Bars (Standard).. 0 6 01 FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALF PAST SEVEN O'CLOCTi. S eORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MANCHESTER RACES—Tms DAY. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH SALFORD HANDICAP PLATE. Light Worthless .. 3 Gal'us Eight ran. MAIDEN PLATE. Redmire ........ Defy Vanguard Five ran. BETTING ON THE COURSE. CESAREWITCII. 16 to 1 agst Suspicion (taktn) 100 to 6 agst Calista colt (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mail Train (taken) 20 to 1 agst Gratitude (taken) 60 to 1 agst 'Welcome (taken) HENDON RACES-`IBIS DAY. WARNER PURSE. Eight ran. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Vision Cheinisotto Polly Hopkins Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were but moderate. The trade, however, was in a sluggish state for all qualities, and prices had in some instances a drooping tendency. The market was well supplied with foreign wheat. In all descriptions sales progressed slowly at barely late rates. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request at barely stationary prices. The supply of barley on sale was moderate. For all qua lities the trade was dull at ully the late decline in prices. The malt trade was dull at drooping prices. With oats the market Na as extensively supplied, and the trade ruled inactive at about previous rates. For beans and peas the trade was firm at full currencies. Flour sold heavily, and prices had a downward tendency. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English ...... 1,420 310 1,310 I , :x 1,0 2 Irish ...... 52,860 Foreign ...... 10,910 5,510 200 Belts. 2,820 brie. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate. Good and prime qualities continue firm in price ; otherwise, the trade is dull, and the quo tations have a downward tendency. Per Slb. by the carcase. s u ed ads?! Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 Middling mutton 4 0 4 4 .11iddling do. 34 3 8 Prime do .. 46 4 8 Frime large do. 3 10 4 0 Veal Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Small pork .... 4 6 5 0 Large pork .... 3 6 4 4 Lamb .... 0 0 0 0 Inferior mutton. 3 G 3 10 The Vienna Conferences. A letter from Dresden, dated Sept. 19, says :—Those statesmen who undertook to put the screw upon Denmark at Vienna begin to find out that they have on hand a far more arduous task than they anticipated. By bringing the ♦anquished little Northern Power to sign the preliminaries of peace, they merely took the horse to the water. " A chlid," says the proverb, can achieve that much, but it is more than many men can do to get him to drink." Loud complaints arise throughout Germany that " Dcnmarl is untractable." They have taken her to the wood, where it was understood she was to make ready for execution; they show her one tree after another, but the stubborn thing will not point out the one on which she may cone ent to be hanged. From the very earliest outbreak of the war Denmark well knew that the German Powers had her at their discretion, unless Providence raised some mighty ally to her support. She fought against odds, she treated on unequal terms; so long as she could, she hoped against hope. She gave in at last, when she saw herself forsaken ; but it takes a good deal to kill hope in the heart of man ; it takes even more to guard against its revival. It was only in obedience to the stern law of necessity that Denmark was brought to sign these preliminaries; her hand, but not her will consented. She will not abide by that compact upon the least chance of a removal of the pressure. The very exorbitance of the terms imposed, the unfair interpretation put upon these prelimi nary articles, she fancies, ought to rouse heaven and earth to her rescue. If she can only gain time, she flatters her self something is sure to turn up. A worse fate than is now impending can hardly befall her on any emergency. NV hen all is lost, what more can be taken from her ? She has signed away the Duchies ; Jutland is being drained to its last drop of blood. Suppose she never again puts pen to paper, what then P The Duchies cannot twice be lost, nor can Jutland be bled over and over again. The armistice must needs be indefinitely prolonged; a renewal et hostili ties is also absurdly out of the question. Should even the question be again referred to the arbitrament of arms, war would now have to be carried on upon that element on which she is as yet unconquered. The Germane, in fact, only grumbled at the bare possibility of matters continuing in their present state of uncertainty until spring, when their commerce would once more be exposed to the attacks lel the Danish cruisers. They are, therefore, loudly calling upon Denmark to "come down and execute herso.t." But the greater their haste the stronger ber determination to gain as much as she can by delay. She ekes out the half-quar ter of an hour that she has been allowed to prepare for her fate, and, in the meanwhile, she inquires in a voice of anguish for "any one that may be coming." The King of Danmark, it begins now to be found out, gave up more at the - Vienna preliminaries then a King has a right to part with at the present day. The Danes of North-Schleswig are men, and. they obj^,ct to be handed from one owner to another like sheep. There is one prin. ciple in the modern theory of nationality which cannot be set asido. Every people, large and small, has a most sacred right to be heard, whenever any change is to occur about its destinies. Granted, that whatever is is for the best, and let the question of race or language never become the pre text for war or revJlution—whether the Alsatians be French or Germans—whether Posen should belong to Prussia or Poland—it would be to little purpose to inquire. Those people acquiesce in their present lot, and quitta non moverc is the best of policies. Upon that ground, nothing could have been more unwise than to stir the question of na- tionality in Schleswig-Holstein, so long as the inhabitants of that territory lived peacefully under the Danish sway. The Germans, however, nave invoked the national prin ciple in behalf of their Schleswig-Holstein brethren, and as, upon the invasion of the Duchies, a part of the population have raised their voice for separation from Denmark, the latter Power has been compelled to resign its sovereign rights upon them. But even admitting that emancipation from Denmark was, indeed, the settled wish of the majo rity of the German population of the Duchies, admitting that Germany had a right to elicit that wish by a hostile invasion, and that the result of military occupation has been to establish the principle of nationality on the clearest basis, in the most legal way, and to its full extent in the revolutionized districts —it is difficult to see on what ground the Germans can insist upon trampling on the national rights of the North -Schleswig Danes, or on what ground these latter can be severed from their brethren of Jutland, Fuen, and Zealand against their own inclination, and simply because their King has been driven by ovcrwh lin ing force to dispcse of them as ho had not the slightest shade of a right to do. The cession of 200,000 people may be in conformity with the old notions about the sacred rights of Sovereigns ; it may be consistent with the law of conquest; but certainly it is not in union with that principle of nationality upon which the Germans have hitherto pretended to act. It is upon this ground that the people of North Schleswig are now petitioning, when they would be fully entitled to protest, against that article in the preliminaries to peace which aims at denationalising them. What power had the King to sign away their birthright F On what plea would the Germans claim them? Simply because they are a small flock, and cannot hold their own against two colossal Powers. But who ever limited the size and num bers within which a people may claim the mastery over its destinies If 200,000 human beings are, in spite of all their protests, to be treated like mere cattle, simply because they have not the strength of 30,000,000 or 40,000,000, why should the German Schleswigers, who do not far outnum ber the Danish Schleswigers, have their rights not only acknowledged, but even vindicated and enforced, before they had given them utterance ? Decidedly the Germans will find it diflacult to apply two weights and two measures in Schleswig Holstein. " Who are these men," they say, "who presume to appear before the King at Copenhagen as representatives of their fellow citizens? Where do they come from? Who sent them? Whence dial they receive their powers to act as a deputa tion ? How came such a mere handful of men to speak in the name of 200,001 people ? It is well, indeed, that the Germans should put such questions. When Denmark ruled over her own lands as far as the Elbe, and the Duchies, to all appearance, enjoyed the greatest peace and prosperity, who were the men who set up as representatives of the Schleswig-Ilolsteiners ; who trumpeted forth the grievances of an oppressed nationality ; who called upon the whole of Vaterland to rescue an en slaved German tribe from the galling Danish yoke? How were deputations got up at Schleswig or Flensburg ? Whence did the patriots who came to do homage to the Prince of Augustenburg, in their countrymen's name, re ceive their mission ? Alas I it is difficult, in the quietest times, by the fairest means, to get at the real wishes of a people; but it is always too easy for a few irresponsible ad venturers, for a few unprincipled demagogues, to identify themselves with the inert mass, and to pretend to speak in its name. The argument, surely, cuts both ways. The real fact is that a fair, constitutional appeal to the Schles wig Holeteiners was never made before or after the war. The occupation of the Austro-Prussians renders such an experiment utterly impossible at the present time. Those deputies who have appeared before the King of Denmark have shown a civil courage which few of their fellow citizens will have a chance to imitate, since the military au thorities at A penrade, have signified to the inhabitants, by an order dated the 17th inst., that " they will allow no peti tions to be laid out for signature in districts that are still subject to martial law." So long as there is any one in Enropo who has an inte rest in upholding the principle o f popular suffraEe,the Danish Schleswigers have a right to be heard , and the King of Denmark has a chance of being countenanced in his re fusal to ratify that chat article of the rrelituinaries which was wrung from him by h t accept ance of which ho evidently exceeded e violence, n c his and powers.in the l\l y be, e, the new hopes which Denma rk builde on the Emperor s e ee Na poleon are doomed to be as fallacious as any of those which have led hitherto from disappointment to disappointment. But one cannot help sympathising with the poor vanquished State in her endeavours to pat off the evil hour. One can not help feeling for her, if, at every intimation that she should " come down and be killed," she sets up her feeble cry—" Sister Anne 1 Sister Anne I Do you sco any one coming?" BOROUGH HOP. Our market is t ►irlp supplied with new English hops. For good and fine samples there is a eteady demand at very full prices; otherwise, the trade is quiet, Picking is now finished in nearly all districts. COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales a China have proceeded with considerable heaviness, and Eouchong descriptions have farther thelined about Id per lb. SL GAIT.—The market has boon dull, although prices have remaind steady for West India. Other descriptions bays slightly given way. In the refined market lower rates are also curzent.