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

MONEY MARKET! AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The demand for money is a little quieter, the rates tend downwards, and there is a plentiful supply of capital at the command of bankers and bill brokers. This improvement is mainly due to the favourable weekly reports from the Bank of England and France, showing a recovery is the reserves of both establishments, and the probability of a further steady amelioration bzing generally admitted, traders and others find discounters more inclined to negotiate mercantile bills, and to make a slight relaxation in their.term3. By transacting business at 81 and 84 per cent, as they are now willing to do, they secure a large portion of the Paper, which otherwise would be taken to the Bank of England. The Bank of England return for the past week exhibits some vary satisfactory changes consequent upon the recent increase in the value of money, and shows that the authorities have been enabled to improve the position of the establishment to a very important degree. Subjoined are the parti culars : Active Circulation Decrease .. Bullion .. Increase .. Rest .. £20,337,845 .. 78,270 .. 13,171,107 .. 265,593 .. 3,917,559 • • 16,462 .. 6,815,611 Increase .. Public Deposits .. .. I (IMAM • • • • • • Other Deposits.. .. Decrease .. .. • • Seven Day and other Bills .. Dacrease .. • • Government Securities .. .. 113,657 .. 12,390,681 .. 332,939 .. 504,869 39,430 .. 10,797,095 No slterAtion. Other Securities .. 19,901,363 Decrease .. 586,206 Notes Unemployed .. 6,535,875 Increase .. 344,875 The position of the Bank of France has also undergone 'h satisfactory improvement. The bul lion has been increased by £130,000, the Advances on Stock by £40,000, and the Treasury Balances by £:373,400. There has also been a diminution of £1,912,000 in the Discounts, and of £1,152,000 in the Notes in Circulation. The Current Accounts chow a decrease of £820,000. Two o'CLocic, At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Reuters telegram, the 3 per Cent. ltentes were 51 quoted 65f, 95c. o Wing to the confidence engendered by the better aspect of the Money Market, the position of prices at the Stock Exchange has slightly improved, but at the present hour (2 o'clock) less buoyancy is rerceptible, which is almost wholly attributable to the extreme inactivity of business, Consols for ,! money are 88 1, and for the account 881 I. The 6, New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 86i 1 ; , Marsh Exchequer Bills, 53. dis., and June 233. die.; India 5 per Cents., 1031 1048; and Bonds, 20s. dis. In the Foreign market there is very little ani 'ration, and prices are tolerably steady. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701 ; do. Consulides, 50/ ; , Mexican, 271 ; Greek, 23; 24 ; Spanish Passive 31 ; do. Certificates, 141; Portuguese, 461 I and the Confederate Loan, 73 75. :In the Railway Share Market there has been very little animation, and rather a flatter tone pre at - ' r ails. Great Northern A Stock have declined 55., Great Eastern 5s , Great Western 10s., North I Western ss. ; and North Eastern (York) 10a. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without s i Material alteration. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares, however, are a shade firmer. Alliance have improved to 481 0 ; Cilartered of India, Australia, and China to 37; turopean to 10:1, Oriental have declined to 584, Discount Corporation to 161, and National Discount Com pany to 121 7 8 , Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England are quoted 21 prem. BRITISII FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. a per Cent. Consols Do Account, Oct. 11 .... a per Cent. Reduced N OW 3 per Cent B6a i New 2 3 / 4 per Cent. Jan. 1891... Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 - Annuities, 30 yrs, expire "6th Jan., 1880 Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — 11.rch. June Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 3i per Cent 5 dis Do £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 51 per Ct. Do Account _ I NDI&N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 102 per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 — Do Certificates Do Account — D 1 per Cent. (D e ferred 3 per Cent.) D o o 42 pei Cent. Do Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent 1 )0 5 per Cent., J an . 1872 .. .- Do - . ., 52 per Cent., May, 1879 — 1 )0 4 per Cent. Aug. 1566 1 ),) Bondsil,Odu Do under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 4} per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 — B uenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do Account.... - ... . , — ehilian 6 per Cent ..... Do 41 per C en t C olombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. - 1) De 5 per Cent. 1864 —, a -Rish 3 per Cent. 1825 -- .p - 1 -' 0 5 per Cent, '1864 Do, Provisonal Land Warrant — zZYptian 7 per:Cent -- Lo, Second I ss ue .... ''' ek 5 per C e n t., 1 8 24-5, ex-Coupons.. •-" Do Account Do Coupons Do Account — Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent .... Do Account Do 1864.. :Do French Scrip, Ex 25f 20c — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — die Ditto Scrip, £23 paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada •--- Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred . .. — Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Do Debentures, 4 por Ct., April 1861 — Do do Aug., 1866 — Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Do 3 per Cent. (Cribarren) .. — Do 4i per Cent., 1862 .. Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 — Do Account 46 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £55 paid Bar iinian 5 per Cent Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do„ Passive -uo • Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded ... Do Account Swedish, 4 per Cent. Do Scrip, £6O paid ............... Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account De G per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds.. Do 1863 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account , Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account 56 Do 6 per Cent., 1864 Dividends on the above payable in Mud= Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Do Account .. 13,1gian 4i per Cent., Ex. 25f Dawn 2} per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil. _ Do 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 2 per Cent Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. Do .xecount 661 •. •, S 8 :. --- pm .. • 3 ••• 1 ... - Pm ..•• 911 1 •••• •e•• P ruvian Dollar Bonds, 44 per Ct. Ex. 4s, P:edniontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f TWO O'CLOCK Console Money Lo Ae,..);,uut... { . ss4 i SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCH.S. i Paid. Closing , Business Share Railways. Price. I done. 13.14. Mr., V01.,V and Str. Val, all et Blythe and Tyne. at Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian lOO 1231 1214 124 50 Cork and Bandon al 20 Cornwall all 6 7 n Do A A gets no do )all 10 Do. B till 6p c.p an.h as all all been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 31 13 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 16 17 st Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 i, 87 89 st Glasg. and S. Westerh. 100 106 108 st Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 441 451 41ff st Ditto A stock at Ditto East Anglian at 100 5 7 at .GreatNorthot Scotland 100 • at Great. N0rthern......... 100 1' 12) 129 84 at Do A stock lOO 13 8 71 134 1381 at Do Bdo at Gt. S. an IW. ot helm i 100 90 12 st Great Westerr,Orip-,inal 100 C 8 681 684 71 at Do Str Val elm. :awl( ICO st Do. South Wales ..., CO - at ,Do. West Mid. -oxtord 100 47 48 at Do Newport 100 37 39 at I Do Heretord 100 91 101 at Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1131 il3l 1134 at London and Blackwatl 100 61 66 st Lon., 13right„,& S. Coast 100 102 ;03 at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 39 41 at Lon. & Nor"h Western 100 1101 111 1104 st Lon. & So'..th Western 100 92 84 at Man., Shot., & Lincoln. 100 62 (3 60 Maryport and Carlisle. all 124 Do t shares... . all Metropolitan a ll 1044 'O5l 1 0 't st st Midland at Do Binning. & Derby 100 98 leo 50 Ilid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 1 shares 25 Mid Ker t st North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25 t 6 at Nth. Eastern—Berwlok 100 105 ;06 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.12.4 —— d at Do Leeds lOO 64 65 st Do York et Do Carlisle lOO 25 Do. Stock. & Darling B5l 3 all 64 \25 Do do 185 5 -58 l9 9 10 26 Do do 1810.61 at North London 10 Do Now 19 Do New, 1 861 st North Statfordshire Junction all 101 11 at Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. atm% 100 et Do Soot. Mid. stook lOO 10 Shrews. and Welohpool all st Shropshire Union o at South Devon lOO 85 27 at South Eastern •- 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok all 8 9 , at Taff Vale.. ....... . lOO 160 165 ' 10 Do C 2 31 41 p Ni at Vale of Neath st Waterford & Kilkenny, 100 , rn at West Cornwall 1100 134 36 in at W. Hartlepool Ilar.&R , 100 1 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURI. British Columbia, ti per, cent., Dec. 3:0872.-1 Do. do. 1683.... ii.tiov.B p.c.Ja. •s:,J 1877-8 t • Do. A p. c. Feb. & Au;. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sepi Do. E p. c. Jan.&•July. Do. 5 Inscribed stool ape G.llope, 6 p c,187. Do.Ap & Oct. 18St Do. 189 , to. Jan. & July, 1891. :eylon, N0v.1878, 8 p Jauritius 6 p.cent.lB73 Do. 1878 Do. 1882 N'atal Gov. 6 per cent.. 6 p.c.J a.&Jul . ; Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct S.W. G ov. 5p 1,13,, Do. 5 p. c.,18t1 to 1374 Do. d0.,1888 &upwdt few Zealand 6 p cent ..;oya Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875. Ineensland Gcv. 6 p. c. A us C o v. 6 p.c.1€68- 1)3. 1 70 & Ili ward lo• Gov. 6p.c. J ul) Do. to p.c. An•&o6t.. 04 00 04 00 94 06 82 84 82 84 104 106 .07 109 1(..8 110 ,07 10) 1(9 112 ;fa 104 103 106 ,O 3 105 I'o 1(0 96 99 23 dis 97 09 95 97 441 Cs§ 100 100 100 100 100 100 gg 102 ,01 102 lus 10i 931 5 I .08i 10% BRITISH POSSESSIONS. I Closing ' 'hart Railways Paid. Prloe. Business dons 100 t.tlantio &St Lftwrenc, all 50 58 Sk Itom.,Barodaa•Cent In, 10i, ICO tOl Gu. 5 per cent... ..... 20 Do. E. Shares 20t tonal° and Lam: iluroi ill 7 41 5 8 1 10 00. Preference . • . 0 6 ! hilialo,Brant,aGrodriel , 0 ,, _ _ ( ,p. ot. hds. Aug. 1, 187. 100 )o. do. July 1, 187 100 .00 )o. do. June 1,18; 100 st !lcutta.aS.Eastn. (Li 11 100 95 10 ) at lapeTown & Dock Seri 100 93 95 100 Demerara 7 p.c. per. pf all stock ~ : astn. Bengal gu. sp. LOU 9) 101 101 Stook avast Indian. (tu. sp. c 10') 10 - 1 1011 1011 20 Do. do. J do. .. 5 — stock ;rand Trunk of Cana& 100 19% 191 1 0 Do. Equip. Mort.. Bonds 1 charge 0 per cent a ll 91 91 100 Do. Ist erei. Bond.s.. ~.ii 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 61 8 43 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all C 6 100 Do. do. deferred...... ail 55 57 56 100 Do. 3d Pi el. stock ... all 53 100 Do. do. deferred. . . all 46 48 100 Do, 4th Pref. stook... .. all 29 31 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 27 29 itoo , it. In dtarenin.gua.sp., too 101 tO2 1 . 11 20 Do.kGu!. 5 per cent.. 12 id 11 ) 2 0 Do. New gua. sp. 0... a td i stook ft. South.of India(Lire guaranteed 5 per mut ton 99 100 stock Do, 41 per cent..... 100 s tock Do ...... ... set ;LW. ot Canada Share. all 104 91 10 1 10% 91 204 DO. New •• l6 100 (10. 6 p.c. '73 wlth't opt all 89 9 811 100 )o. 51 p. c. do. ' 77-8.. •. all 8 10 ,ndian Branch Limited 2 id tr stock idadras. guar., 5 p.0. .. 100 991 100 D stook Do. 41 p. o. Extensim 100 93 95 941 stook De. 44 do.. •• .. 100 88 00 20 Do. Fifth EXtentsion. li stook de lb.C o rp. 6p. o. Buds 100 50 lelb. & liobson's Bay. all .8 CO 10 iewßrunswick a Candi Class A. an dB. ....... all E 4.lll.C'datl po Ist 1 bdr 100 83 83 991 stock ioinde .......... (100 99 BO steel )c. Delhi,. ...... 5 . 1 4 i - 1 100 98 ICO . 80 Jo. do . t.. t. , 2 0 par st Do. Punjaub •• ' e 0 98 1 7 00 stook Jo. Ludus.St.F lo 0 ) bi. , i 000 e 5 9 ;001 181 BRITISH MINES. 2 alint )l3l C"s°l* Gold - Chiverton ...... ..... - ;iiiorn Amalgamated - )von G. Cone. (Taoist - Drakewal . s.• -.• - east Bassett (Illogan) - ~ ast Caradon. ..... - ~. st Care Brea... - East Grenville ...• •• • - Kast Lovell - +... W 'lltussel (Tavistk - lam& St.Aubyn(Gwen 4 Great Laxey, lim - treat South. 'reigns. - i. Wheal Vor (lleiston - irenville... - i erod . s-Foot . . - ;lingston Downs - Margaret (tiny Lelanl - l arke Valley.. 4 I yndv Iron Ore (Lim. - ganc,riles....... . - .lew 6etun• • • • • ... •: orth Downs - North Roskear.. - .. NI il'i Basset(lllo4m, - .7 orth Wheal Crotty . - Prosper United...... - •rovidenee (Uny Leini. - iouth Caradon(St.Cleer - ~ Wheal Fran. (Mogan - itray Park - Nn Croft - Nest Basset (Mogan).. . V Cr radon (Liskeard - West Chivert on - Nest Seton ••••• •-• Wheal Basset (Mogan, - •Vheal Buller (Redruth - VVhealLudcott - Wheal MaryAnnPeu. - Wheal Beton - Wheal Treiawney (Lis. - Wheal Uni0n......... 7 7§ SO 8 2 580 590 1 05 70 2.1.0. :.14. 2.7.0. 2.13.6. S 26 27i 7 7e 71 7t 8 9 5 7 9 15 15 2 2h 31 23 7 71 88 40 4 41 6 8 44 5 14 I 6 20 :8 75 85 1 10 2) 22 it 23 3 4 3i o 3 / 37 39 10 530 424 474 28 30 18 19 8 9 1) 11 57} 62k 05 215 92 85 17 10 14 2 14 16 205 215 19 21 3.C.6 2.50 to 6.7 18.t8. 10.17. PREFERENCE SIIAREs. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1, 1051 Great Western, Chester gua. stock, 73 er cent., 99 3 Cit. Western , South Wales, gua. 5 p PREFEttENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent. pf., 911 LINES LEASED AT„ FIXED RENTALS. rreston and Wyre, 421 FOREIGN RAILWAYS., Great Luxembourg, 99 Ott om an (Smyrna to Aidin), 119 FOREIGN MINES, Kapunda (lim.), 1 BANKS. a.gra andlltsterman's (lim.), 135 Ditto, new, issued at 30 pin., 641 1 % klliance , ton. r. 481 2 81 Anglo Austrian, 71 Brazilian and Portu,guese, lint., 121 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 37 Ditto, new, 35 City, 1'42 Commercial Bank of India and the East, Ditto, issued at 10:pm., of which 7/ is pd., 231 Consolidated Bans, lim., 10 European Bank, lim., Ora Imperial Ottoman, 161 International B. k, Bin., 15 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lint., 41 1 London Bank of Mexho and S. America, lint., 51 5 London Bank of Scotland, Wm, 10 London Joint Stock, 41 1 1 London and Vi estminster, 9 6 Merchant Bank, lim , 25 Mercantile and Exchange lim., 111 11 , Ditto, new, 71 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., 201 191 Oriental Bans Corporation, 581 Scinde, I'unjaub, and Delhi, lim., 114 4 South 141 Astern, lim., 71; Union of A ustralla," s2 Union of London, 511 1 DOCKS. ,ondon and St. Kat 68 71 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 181 Crystal Palace, 33 Discount Corporation, 17 171 161 East India Irrigation and Canal, 41 Egyptian Coin. and Trading, lim., 36 Financial Corporation, t Fore-street Warehouse, Gen. Credit and Finance ot London, Um., 6176 Imperita Mercantile Credit A sso., lirn., 71 International Financial society, lim., 81 6 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour,, 5 Joint Stock Discount, lim., London Financial Association lim., 22; 6 Madras Irrigation and Canal,:4 Milwall Iron Works. 4; N at i ona l Discount Company, lim., 121 National Financial, 51 Royal Mail Stoarit, ;;Li. South AmstraliAn Land, Vi Universal Marine, Insurance, lira., FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 18G4. thing. 'Witness continued—He took possession of the room a few days after (about the 23d Ju'y), and the only furniture it contained was a table, the circulars, and some ink, His name was painted up on the 29-h 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 Lin coln ' 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 LIU-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 ho 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 that he was secretary to the Bishop of Lon don. After he had occupied it for some time he went 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. Thet ollowing additional charge was entered into : Mr. Thomas Williams, of Church row, Stoke Newington, said—l sin 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, 18(31, I met him in the Temple, and he then told me 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 10s. He told 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. Piisoner—l am perfectly astonished ac your representa tions and your attendance here. Witness—No doubt you are. Ho 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. 1 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 —I shall not ask any questions at present. Sergeant 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 that case, Mr Rosaspirn, tailor, 11, Harrington-street, Pimlico, ' said about May 30 the prisoner represented himself to be a clergyman of the Church of England—that he belonged to the East-end division, and was one of the Bishop of London's men. He ordered a loose coat—the one he is at present wearing—such an one that he could throw oft 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 re serve my defence. I shall b e able satisfactorily to prove the inaccuracy of the charges 1 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 lesto you, and the handwriting of the letters ordering the arti 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. _ cigar, introduced the piece of paper and covered it with more tobacco leaf. He also so peculiarly marked the cup board door that he could tell wheth er any one went to it, and ho 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 ho 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. T HAM ES. CUTTING AND WOUNDING.—Herman Menus, a German, .kin-dresser, aged 38, of No. 11, Lambeth -street, White chapel, was brought Mr Partridge charged with cutting and wounding Timothy Bryan, an Irish labourer, 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 h'no. or that he had been compensated by the prisoner's csuntrytnen. 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 police constable of the divition, that he was called to a disturbance in Lambeth street laet 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 Cowley, 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 loog. Considerable force was used. The prosecutor was very bad, and bad a fit in the station-house, which 'asked 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 ono he was supposed to have wounded struck him two blows on the face, and followed him to his own house, No. 11, Lambeth-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 ft and other witnesses sum moned. He remanded the prisoner, and issued the necessary summonseJ for the attendance of Bryan and the others. Serious Charge of Fraud. Mr. Samuel Laing on the Trade and Finance of Britain. THE SUN, LONDO POLICE INTELLIGENCE, ---This day. BOW-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES.—Augustine Wm. Beauclerk Butler, was brought up on remand, charged with ob'aining £2J 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 be could not get back his £2O he had given the prisoner into custoly, Mr Vaughan asked if there was any evidence to prove the falsi y of the pristo2er's representations. Police Sergeant Di uscovich, 30 A, said—l took the pri soner into custody on the 15th, at the corner c f Vige-street I told him who I was, and the nature of the charge. He said, " Very well, I'll go with you, but I can't see that exa- Mr Wharton has any cause to complain." Sce the last mination I made inquiries, and I find there are several persons whom he has victimised. Mr Vaughan—Have you made any inquiries about his being a clergyman ? Witness—l have searched the Clergy List, and I cannot dad such a name 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 t o me b y a genileman now in court. Prisoner—That is an old one, of three years' date. Mr Vaughan—Did you find out the residence of the prisoner ? Witness—Yes, sir; No. 7, Belgrave-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-zquare, 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 hero 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 upder 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 'Midair, 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 Churc h of England. Prisoner—That I disti nctl y deny. I never said such a SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOcX. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MANCHESTER RACES—This D Ir. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRAFFOR,D HANDICAP. Vanessa Pretty Girl filly East Lynn .... CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP Wild Poppy Z isea Naple:: .. Eight ran. HENDON RACES—This v. VOLUNTEER VASE. Polly Hopkins Tartar Coronet ....,. „ . , 1 Three ran, MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were but moderate. The trade, ve hower was in a sluggish s tate 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 fully the late decline in prices. The malt trade was dull at drooping prices. With oats the market s as extensively supplied, and the Trade ruled inactive at about previous rates. For beans and peas th 3 trade was firm at full currencies. Flour sold heavily, and prices had a downward tendency. ARRIVALS TIIIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. English .. 1,450 380 1,310 1,440 Irish Foreign 10,910 5,510 52,860 Flour. 1,040 200 scks. 2,820 brts. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate. Good and prime qualities continue firm in price; otherwise, thetrade is dull, and the quotations have a downward tendency. Per Slb. by the carcase. \ sdad s d a d Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 Middlingmutton 4 0 4 4 Middling do. .. 3 4 3 8 Prime do 4 6 4 8 Prime larme do. 3 10 4 0 V aal. .. 3 10 4 10 Do. small t ao. .. 4 2 4 4 Small p ork .... 4 6 5 0 0 0 Large pork .... 3 6 4 4 Lamb 0 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 L-street, City. RECOVERY OF SALVAGE.--LA.TEST FARTI- 11 ARLBOROUGH-STREET ROBIBING LICENSED VICTITA.LLERS .—John Williams, who refused his address, and described himself as a stable man, and in whose posse ssion was found a handicapbook 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 Since, of the Marlborough Inn, Blenheim-street, Oxford. street. Mr Jackson said about 9 o'clock that morning the pri Boner came into his house and called for a glass of ale, end then took up a newspaper to read. Shortly after the pri• soner walked into his yard, where his fothouse was situated. The barmaid strongly believing the prisoner was the same man—tho'igh not wearing the same kind of hat—that had paid them a visit last week, and after whose disappearance five measures were missed, spoke to him, and on the psi senor being about to leave he seized him,and ending 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 together, so as to enable him to get them into his pockets, were 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, said that on searching the pri soner he found in his pockets four measures, and in his ha 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 Equities. At the Mansion House, yesterday, Edward Russel Daunt, described as of 2, Hercules-passage, was brought up in the custody of Detective- r , before the Lord M a yor, having been appehended upon a warrant aigned by Mr Alderman Waterlow, charging him with having unlawfully and by false pretences obtained fr ,m Lieut.- Colonel Alexander Strange a cheque w ith intent to defraud, for £229 1 2 s B d , Mr Humphreys appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr Sleigh, barrister, instructed Ly 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 gave himself up to the advice of the prisoner, and the result was that he was a loser to a very consi derable amount. The charge arose upon a cheque which the prisoner obtai ned by fraud. On the 15th 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 a mounted to about £lO,O OO, The prisoner it a pp ea red had purchesed £25,000 in Greek stock, but not at the price mentioned in the purchase note, namely 331. Lieut.-Colonel Strang left e was s not able at the time to take up the purchase, and Ottoman Bank shares in the defeadant's hana. The prices fell, and he instructed the prisoner to sell land 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 £2,200. The accounts were delivered to the prosecutor every fortnight for his inspe( tion, and as far as he could see they were alt right. On the 24th of May, 1864, the Ottoman Bank shares having risen, Lieutanaut-Colonel Strange determined to close his account entirely with respect to the G. iek stock, for which he had been paying interest to the prisoner for the deficiency, and instructed him to sell his shares in the Ottoman Bank. This, according to the calculation of t h e p r osecutor, 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 - secuter's hands, he thinking they were eats 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 Septem ber in the p that in point of fact the purchas e note was fictitous. In reseut i y e ar, so addition to that, it had been ascertained that instead of th he e Greek stock being sold and boug ht every fortnight, as had been instructed, they were all sold at one date inJune, 1863, so that the purchase notes, on each of which the de fendant had charged his commissi on,were entirely fictitious, and the prisoner had defrauded Lieut.-Colonel Strange ci a sum amounting altogether to uo less than £3,500. The information upon which the warrant was granted was then read over, and was as follows: A'exander Strange, of 41, Bromp ton-crescent, said—l am a lieutenant-colonel in the Indian army. In the early part s ow of 2, Hercules passage, as my stock broker, of 1862 I employed one Ed. IL D aunt ' an d he has bough t and sold stocks and shares for me from th at time to nearly the pre sent.M On the 31st May last a s ettlement of our transac tions took place between us, on w hi c h I paid him a cheque for £229 12s. Bcl., the balance app arently due to him, which cheque has been returned to B io SS paid by my bankers. The settlement comprised a purchase of 320 shares in the Egyptian Commercial and Trading 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 being £1,688 128. 6d, I have since obtained from Daunt several transfers for 320 shares, and find that the transfers do not relate to any purchases of the like shares on the 24th May, but on vari , us dates in July, August, and September. I find also that the price at which the shares were purchased by the d e f en dant 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 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, IkIONMOUTII RACES -q2IITJRBDAY • The County Members' Plate (Handicap) of 30 sous, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sows each; winners extra. One Bst 21b s Ensleigh,2 yrs, bet 21b mile. 'B I. N V : I : :In ' 4, yrs, Bs t Bst Sib 2 3 a handicap of 10 sous each, with a of plate added; winters extra. One mile and a piece Mr J. B. Morris's Balham, 6yr_, _at Six ran. Bst llb B 6 7lb . . oriffe 3 Mr J. DWs Ten / yrs, 7st 21b Mr Stephen ' s Trun of Luck, 5 1 The Monnow Stakes of 3 sous each, with 25 added ; two yr-olds, 7st 21b ; three, 9st ; four, lOst ; five, six, and lOst 41b ; selling allowances. Six furlongs. aged, Mazy ....................................... 1 Six ran. The',Troy Pl ate of 25 sous, added to a handicap sweepsta kes of b sous each ; winners extra. One mile and a half. Airminsvard's Miss Clifton, 6 yrs, Ost 131 b... ......... 1 I. ,t. Bra} Try's Ib ex, 4 y rs, lOst 41b .............. 2 Five ran. TIL E ROYAL CALEDONIAN HUNT MEETING. Titußspxy. The Caledonian Handicap of 10 sovs each, with 80 added; winners extra. T wo miles. agod,,lb Bst ................................ 1 2 Stiff, 3ye rn rs ~ Get 12 A S we epstakes of 5 sovs each, with 20 added, One mile and a half. Cromo Adrift .............. ' l -I r e i ft e s e u . r . e . ....... Cu .................................... 22 The Caledonian pof 100 sous for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Three miles. Blood Royal Skipjack ........................................ Rest Nowhere.... .................................. Five ran. The 11;linton Tinnt Cup of 30 guineas, added to a sweep stakes of 5 sovs each. Two miles. Cariboo ................ ...... • hard Times Governor.. rive ran. Vio4 easily by 100 Mr Laing, ex Finance Minister of India, delivered a lecture in the Free Church of Wick on Friday even . ing, upon the "Trade and F inance of the British Empire." Provost Louttit, who occupied the chair, briefly introduced the lecturer to the meeting. Mr LAING commenced hi s 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 politica l im e —viz , Free-trade and Non-intervention. 'Upon the portance of free trade he did not think it necessary for him to enter, as all pat ties ware 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 th masses of the people reasone d by the heart instead cf by the head. They were like the schoolboy who was ale aye ready to fight with his fiats 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 mt by sympathy, and should never go to war unless a clear sense of duty obliged them to resort to the swcrd. He 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 complicii.ted 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 occas ions recently been brought 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 tc 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 eid 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. Peal, to whose policy in public affairs, he said, Britain was mainly indebted for the high position which she occupies among the nations of the earth, proceeded to the consi leration 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 £268,000,603; and 10 years before that again, £150,000,000 ; showing an average yearly increase for the I I 20 years of £15,000,000. He then quoted a long array of figures showing how * this imnunee sum was made up et £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 o n the list, gave us 50 millions, and took 20, and he believed the current year would far exceed these amounts. Austral:a 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 the shallow theory that we should abandon our colonial possessions as useless encumbrances. Notwith standing the fact that there was no forced monopoly, and that they were left to sell their goods in the dearest market and buy in the cheapest, 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 tc 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 £68,000,030. Spain was its wits' end to make both ends meet, while Turkey was knocking at the door of every banter in Europe ready to accept anything from anybody who was able to lend them on any terms. The United States have made the dhcovery 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 have 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 Bella. Curing the last ten 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; bat owing to 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 hat 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 char acterised 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 they had the r reward a thousand times over in the feeling of mutual goodwill and attachment to the institutions of the country which it tended to generate. Let any one contrast the present condition of the country, with its 153,000 volun teers, with what it was 20 y ears ago, a nd he will at once see the change and the en orecous progress which the nation has made in sound sense and right feeling during the reign of our present gracious sovereign. He then went onto speak of Indian fina nce, and the influence for geed which British commerce was exercising over the uncivilised tribes 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. He 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. CULARS. Some thirty men have been employed for the last twenty four hours in exploring the rains 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. Tapling 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 will realise a considerable sum by auction, to carpet-bag manu facturers. An immense quantity of blankets has been got out, some burned at the edges and some, through the folds, but they may be cut up and sewn into good pieces. The Turkey carpets already rescued will, it is expected, fetch a large sum. As yet none of the silks and haberdashery g oods have been go t at. bat they must beane ttly deterio rated in value. The se, as fast as they c be recovered, will be removed to be dried and packed in lots. A very exciting scene took place at the back of Messrs. apling'a premises, in w hich two firemen nearly perishrom ed. T Engineers Purdue and Iz ard, who had just emerged f Elaberdashers' Hall, were attacking tae flames issuing from one window, when they suddenly rushed through another, and the men becoming fairly surrounded with flames, and no other chance of escape pres entin g itself than by jumping through them, the men alighted upon the floor below, a distance of at least 18f t. How they escaped without serious personal injury appears a perfect miracle, for just as their feet reached the next floor the roof fell. The premises of Messrs. Tapling were erected about five or six years ago. at an expense of nearlyL39,ooo. 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 s h o red up and the cornice removed from th e top. WESTMINSTER. CLEVER MODE OF DETECTING A ROBBER.—William Robert Meaking, a youth between 13 and 14 years of age, was placed at the bar charged with stealing nine cigars. Mr. loath, of 25, St. George's-place, Knightsbridge, hatter, said that he had recently lost a great quantity of choice cigars which ho had purchased for his own private enjoyment. lle had the cigars in June lass - , and in order that they might get nice and dry, and improve in flavour, ho 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 ho would try one of the cigars, and went to the cupboard to get it, when to his surprise ho 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 tbo real culprit, he resorted to the following expedient. lie wrote his name on small pieces of paper, which he twisted up very tight, and having made a whole in the leaf at the end of the The Vienna Conferences. Daring the last few days there has been very little business transacted in the market for Foreign and Colonial Produce. Tea has declined about ld 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. No MORE MADEIRA.—The vine disease has not only entailed ruin on many respectable English merchants, but has also exerted a widely extended it.flaence over tho social relations of the island. When the first crop failed, twelve years ago, it was accompanied by the out break of the potato disease, and the two together produced starvation amng the poorer classes. Several persons died of hunger, and more would have shared the same fate, had not the foreign merchants established in Funchal formed a committee, and obtained from England and the United States money and provisions to the value of eight thousand five hundred pounds. It is estimated that prior to the disease the average produce amounted to about thirty thousand pipes, of which two-thirds were drunk on the island, or converted into spirits. In 1825, fourte3n thou sand four bundled and thirty-two pipes left the island ; in 1855 only two thousand and eighty-five; in 1865 probably not a single pipe will be shipped. The greater portion of the exported wine naturally went to England ; though lat terly the consumption there has slightly decreased, while it has risen to the same extent in Russia and North America. The enormous vintage of earlier years is new all but re duce Ito a cypher. Old real Madeira will soon be a rarity even on the island, and when vine-growing, for which the volcanic soil is admirably sui ed, will only possess historic interest. Of course the whole world will continue to drink pretended Madeira, which will hardly be affected by iodine), thanks to our enterprising wine manufacturing merchants, — .Dickens's " All the Year Round." - - 2 _ A letter from Dresden, dated Sept. 19, says :—Those s t a t es men 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 vanquished 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 " Denmark 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 cons ent to be hanged. From the very earliest outhreek of the war Denmark we, 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 er will consGn nc t e of ed. She will not abide by th at compact upon h the least cha 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. IS 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? The Duchies cannot twice be lost, nor can Jutland be bled over and over again. The armistice must needs be indefiaitely prolonged; a renewal t f hostili i 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 Germ3ns, in fact, only grumbled at the bare possibility of matters oontinning in their present state of uncertainty until spring, when their commerce wculd once more be exposed to the attacks of the Danish cruisers. They are, therefore, loudly calling upon Denmark to "come down and execute hersel." 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 Denmark, it begins now to be found out, gave. up more at the Vienna preliminaries than a King has a right to part with at the present day. The Danes of North -Schleswig are men, and they object 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 aside. 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 revolution—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 quict a non movore 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, have 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 upou 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 occupati. n 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 what ground g on on the Germans can insist up on tramplin the national r ights of the North - Sc hleswi g Danes, or on what ground these latter can be f severedfrom their brethren of Jutland, Fun, and Zealand against their own inclination, and simply because their Kig has been he had not the driven by oveslightest rwham- i n g force to dispose of n them as 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. Itsis upon this ground that the people of North Schleswig are now petitioning, when they would be fully e ntitled to protest, against that article in the p reliminaries to peace which aims at denationalising them. What power had the King to sign away their birthright ? 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 awl enforced, before they had given them utterance? Decidedly the Germans will find it difficult 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 did they receive their powers to act as a deputa tion ? How came such a mere handful of men to speak in the name of 200,003 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- Holsteiners ; 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, Le 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 Holsteiners 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 pet i tions to be laid out for signature in districts that are still subject to martial law." So long as there is any one in Enrope who has an intiai rest in upholding the principle of popular sufirsEe, e Danish Schleswigers have a right to be heard, and the his whiche fusel to ratify that first article of the preliminaries was wrung from him by eheer violence, and in the accept ance of which he evidently exceeded his powers. flay be, the new hopes which Denmark builds on the f Emperor ah pthpoosinetwmetuct. t s s to ny di o sa have led hitherto from disapp But one cannot help sympathising with the poor vanquished poleon are doomed to be as fall e a l c u i t o ra us eh a State in her endeavours to put 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 i Sister Anne I Do you see any one coming?' BOROUGH HOP. Our market is fairly supplied with new Englibh hops. For good and fine samples there is a steady demand at very full prices; otherwise, the trade is quiet. Picking is now finished in nearly all districts. per cwt. New Mid and East Kent pocket ll2s to 180 s New Weald of Kent 9os to 13Us New Sussex • 90s to 120 s Yearlings New Bavarians loos to 140 s COLONIAL. TEA.,—The public sales of China have proceeded with considerable heaviness, and Eouchong descriptions have farther declined about Id per lb. SUGAR —The market has been dull, although prices have remained steady for West India. Other descriptions have slightly given way. In the refined market lower rates are also current. COFFEE.—The demand for both Plantation and native Ceylon has been limited, and prices may be reported rather lower. RICE.—A moderate amount of business has been done at about late quotations. TALLOW.—The market has continued very dull, but prices have remained strong for both present and forward delivery. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 41s 3d, and De cember delivery 42s 6d per cwt. SHIPPING-TIIIS DAY, LONDON, Sept. 23.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breez3 and fine weather, but a little cloudy. OFF FALMOUTII, Sept. 23.—Arrived—Jano Frarces, from Rangoon. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 21—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Bel mont, from Quebec. CLYDM, Sept. 21.---Wind N.W.—Arrivel.—Fortunate, from Pernambuco —Maple Valley, from Trinidad— Glen- cairn, from Iquique. CARDIFF, Sept. 21.—Wind S.W. , Arrived—Justitia, from New York. Sailed—Arab, for Singaporc—Avarille, for Boston —Sylvan, for Pernambuco. (BT MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) G RAYMUND, Friday Morning. Arrived, 23d.—Regina, from Antigua—Thomas Aylan, from Tarragona—Providenza, from hlarianople—Bora, from Bruges—Nautilus, from Petersburg—Everton, from Cronstadt—Prince Alfred, from Cronstadt—Bernhard, from Porto Rico. Sailed—Nora, steamer, for Medemblik—Seine, steamer, for Boulogne—Lord John Russel, steamer, for Dunkirk. DRIL Friday Morning. , Passed—Gordon, from Falmouth—Delta: ship, from Quebec —both for London—Aurora, screw steamer, from London, for Bolfast. Bank of England Return,•--Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Sth Victoria, cap. 32. for the week ending on Wednesday, the 21st day of Sept. IS64: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .......X27,073,729 Government Debt X11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3,034,900 Gold Coin&Bullion 12,4 3,720 Silver Bullion ..•• £27,0", 3,720 The Great Fi £27,073,7201 BANKING DEPARTMENT. eroprieters' Capi tal X 14.553.0 00 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 6 815,6 1 1 Other D e posits 12,3.0,681 Seven Day and o ther Bills 504,869 Government Secu rities (including Dead WeightAn nutty) X10,727,095 Other Securities 39,9 I,ne3 Notes Gold and Silver 747,367 Coin dE 38,18 ,172) £38.161,720 W. MILLER, Chief Cashier. Sept. 2Z 1864. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Steadier market on the better Bank returns. Sales 5,000 bales. GREAT FIRE AT THE SURREY CANAL DOCKS RICE MILLS.—At a late hour last night flames were seen to issue from the windows of the rice mills occu pied by Messrs Chapman , llugh, a nd Co., at the Surrey Canal Docks. The fire brigade, with numerous enginee, were almost immediately on the spot, and, although there was an abundant supply c f water, the fire could not be get under until the entire building. containing about 1,000 tons of rice, was destroyed. The loss is insured. While tlio firemen were enagaged at the rice mill, the premises of Mr Burt, cork cutter, opposite the fire engines station, Well close-square, took fire, and were not extiuguish.d until the building and contents were destroyed. Mr Burt was in sured in the Sun Fire-office. The ploughing match of the Bennington La. bowers' Society was held, on the 22d, at Benning ton, and, as is usual now-a -days, the Champion Class, open to all England, attracted the Ransome's and Howard's, with their men and horses. The first prize was taken by Messrs. Ransome's man—the second by a local ploughman in the employ of Mr Swain, will one of Mr Balls' ploughs. At Aylesbury, on the 21st, Baron Rothschild's cup, given to the owner of the plough doing the best work in Class 5, and the third prize in the same class, were both won with Ransome's ploughs. These continued su ccesses in all parts of the kingdom strongly confirm the correctness marked distinction gained by Mews RallSOMe.B new seri-s of ploughs at the recent Newcastle meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. ABOLITION OF TURNPIKE TOLLB.—A nume• rously attended vestry meeting of the ratepayers of Wool wieh was held yesterday at noon, to consider a communica tion from the home Secretary relative to the expediency of abolishing the turnpike trusts in the south-eastern suburb; of the m etropolis. The meeting unanimously to the rate payers, who would be comp elled to keep the roads in repair, and that the present system of maintaining such roads by tolls was based on a fair principle. On the motion of Mr Ruegg, seconded by Mr Taylor, a resolution affirming this opinion was unanimously adopted. At a vestry meeting of the ratepayers of Charlton a similar resolution was adopted. NEW ROMAN CATROLIC CHURCH AT BARNET.— Yesteraciy another Roman Catholic Church was commenced at Barnet, the first stone being laid by Bishop Morris, assisted by other Roman Catholic celebrities. ,The church is to be Gable in character, and the architects a-e Messrs Willson and Nicholl, of London. It will be about 50 feet long by 32 wide, and will accommodate about 200 persons. After the usual ceremonies were performed in accordance with the ritual, the bishop delivered a discourse appropriate to the occasion, after which there was dijolncr .y Another Roman Catholic Chur ch was opened last Sund at Waltham, -