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

RONEY MARKET AND COMM CIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The demand for money is a little quieter, the rates tend downwards, and there is a plentiful auPply of capital at the command of bankers and bill-brokers. This improvement is mainly due to the favourable weakly reports from the Bank of En gland and France, showing a recovery in the reserves of both establishments, and the probability of a further steady amelioration being generally admitted, traders and others find discounters more rucliaed to negotiate mercantile bills, and to make a slight relaxation in their terms. By transacting business at 8a 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 we e k exhibits some very 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 .. £20,337,845 Decrease .• 78,270 Bullion .. 13,171,107 Increase 265,596 Rest " • • • • • • 3 , 917 , 5'59 Increase .. • • 16,462 Public Deposits 6,815,611 Increase . • • • s • • • 113,557 Other Deposits.. .. • . .. 12,390,681 Decrease . 33 2,939 Seven Day andother Bills .. 504,869 Decrease .. • • • 39,430 Government Securities .. 10,797,095 No slteration. Other Securities .. 19,901,363 Decrease .. 586,206 Notes Unemployed .. .. 6,535,875 increse .. • • .. 344,875 The position of the Bank of France has also undergone a 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 show a decrease of £820,000. Two o'CLocx. At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Reuters telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were quoted 651. 93c. 0 wing to the confidence engendered by the better aspect of the Money Market, the position of prices at the Stock Exchange has slightly improve 1, but at the present hour (2 o'clock) less buoyancy is perceptible, which is almost wholly attributable to the extreme inactivity of business, Consols fer money are 88 /, and for the account 881 The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 86/ ; kareh Exchequer Bills, 6s. dis,, and June 235. die.; India 5 per Cents., 103 i 1049; aad Bonds, 20s. dis. In the Foreign market there is very little ani mation, and prices are tolerably steady. Turkish 6 Per Cents., 1862, are 70/ ; do. Consolides, 50: 8; Mexican, 271 ; Greek, 23,1 ; 24; Spanish Passive 3 4 a; do. Certificates, 141 ; Portuguese, 464 and the Confederate Loan, 73 75. 1 : - I n the Railway Share Market there has been very:littie animation, and rather a flatter tone pre vails. Great Northern A Stock have declined 60., Great Eastern 55., Great Western 103., North Western ss. ; and North Eastern (York) 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without Material alteration. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares, however, are a shads firmer. Alliance have improved to 481 49 ; Chartered of India, Australia, and China to 37; European to 101 1. Oriental have declined to 58.1, Discount Corporation to 16/, and National D:scount Company to 12,1 I. Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England are quoted 2/ prem. sk_ I stock Stook tlantio /4 St Lawrene , som., Baroda&.Cent In, Gu. 5 per cent Do. E. Shares tonal() and Lime Huron Do. Preference suffalo,Brant,t(lodrial p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 167. )o. do. July 1, 187. /0. do. June 1, IK , lcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin 'apeTown & Dock Seri, Demerara 7 p.o. per. pf ~ : rtstn. Bengal gu. 5 p. it:aet Indian. pm. 5 p. c Do. do. J do. I /rand Trunk of Cana& Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent Do. tat i . rec. Bond,. Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pi ef. stock Do. do. deferred..... Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deferred 3t.lndla Pont n.gua.sp.r Do.LGu 5 per cent Do. l‘ew gua. 5 p. o it. South.of India (Li:n guaranteed 5 per cent Do. 91 per cent Do. ... • • It. W. of Canada Share; Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt 00. 5i p. o. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Iladras. var., 5 p. 0. Do. 41 p. o. Extensiox De. 4+ d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. tlelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bndr /Ix Hobson's Bay. Niewßrunswlok a Cand, Class A and 8.. I.ltl.C'da6 pa let 1 bdt Soinde .......... . 00. Delhi ,)o. do • Do. Punjaub ! p e Jo. Indus.S t. Flo') stock 10 stook 56 58 1(0 ttl }die tp 5} 7 84 stook stock stock stook stook stook nook stool stock COOk all 100 (100 1100 2 100 95 10) 93 95 W 101 1001 101 i lei 193 91 94 71 73 61 63 C 6 68 55 57 53 56 46 (8 29 31 27 29 101 102 id 'JP id i, 99 100 9t 10i 1(1 101 EW 01 82 81 d ) r 99i 1001 93 05 88 00 '8 CO s 80 83 99 100 98 100 id par 98 100 95 97 101 101 k 101} COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per, cent., Dec. 3.0872 100 Do. do. 1883. 100 p.c.Ja. &J ui . 1877-St ...... too 94 96 931 5 Do. 6p. e. Feb. & Am_ 100 94 96 Do. 6p. o. Mar. & Sept 100 94 96 Do. Ip. c. Jan.&July. 101 82 84 Do. 5 Inscribed stool 100 82 84 'ape G.Hope, 6 p o,187: 100 104 106 Do.Ap &Oat 1881 100 107 109 Do. 1891 100 108 110 Jan. & July, 1891. 100 ,07 10) :eylon, N0v.1878, 6 n 100 ilo 112 dauritius 6 p.cent.lB73 100 101 104 Do. 1878 00 /03 106 Do. 1882 100 103 105 \Tata! Gov. 6 per cent IJu t 4.0 1( 5 4.8.G0v.6p.0.Ja.&Ju1‘ 100 96 99 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oci. 100 NI. S. W. G ov. 5 p D.,18. 100 97 99 Du. sp. c.,lBti to 100 95 97 082 Do. d0.,1888 &upwd, 100 941 15 ; ', few Zealand 6 p cent 100 \lova Scotia Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875. lOO 99 102 4ueensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 101 102 Aus Cov. 6 p.c.1168- 100 D. 17s &ui ward . 100 105 101 V te.G ov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 - Do. io 6 pm. An.&Oot.. 100 .085 1001 1091 81 BRITISH MINES. 2 — ambrian Consol. Gold 1 5 1. Chiverton 3 7 74 j ,, uuru Amalgamated.. 30 32 ',Ton G. Cone. (Tavist. 1 580 590 Drakewal . B..•... • . 2.1.0. 1 15 East Bassett (Illogan).. 00 65 70 I.;ast Caradon ..... 1.14. , 266 275 , nst Cart] hire 5........ 4.4. , 7 7, East Grenville 2.7.0. 75 71 East Lovell I.V'l Russel (Tavistk. ? 4 13. 45 5 larn.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 60 7 9 4 Gloat Laxey, Rrn....,. all 15 15 treat South rolgus... Fit- 2 24 ;. Wheal Vor (lielstoi, 40 31 13 304 irenville 7B ". 7 75 er;,•er s- Foot 6.13 18 40 El.ngston Downs 4.18.1 4 45 .largaret (tiny Lelani 6 8 larks Valley. 4 lynclv Iron Ore (Lim. 25 16 c . 19 26 `..8 .ew Betjn 215 75 85 • orth Downs. 3 1 14 North Roskear.. . . .... . 295 23 22 vi 11'i Basset( i ito,r,aL 3.1 .6 11 25 Inrth Wheal Crotty ~ 2.80 31 4 Prosper United.... Tuvidenoe( Uny Lela' to 6,7 37 39 ionth Cara.don(St.Cleet it , 10 530 '.Wheal Fran. (Illogah 18.18.% 425 474 Stray Park Crott 0 18 9 West Basset (Illogan) l5 8 9 !V Cr radon (Liskeard 9 19 11 West Chiverton West Suton ‘ , Wheal Basset (Megan, 55 92 95 Wheal Buller(Redruth; 10 17 19 • Wheal Ludcott Wheal Mary Ann ;Lien 8 14 16 Wheal Acton 584 205 215 2'l Wheal Tretawney (Lis. 7 19 21 Wheal Union 4 1 16 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1,105 i Great Western, Chester gua. stock, 73i 3 Gt. Western, South Wales, gua. 5 per cent., 99 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent. pf., 9i LINES LEASED AT_MED RENTALS. Preston and Wyre, 42i FOREMS RAILWAYS.; Great Luxembourg, 9}} Ottoman (Smyrna to Aldin), 11l FOitEIGN MINES, Kapurda (lira.), 1 BANKS. kgra and 31 tsterman's (11m.), 185 Ditto, new, issued at 30pm., 646 4 Alliance (um.), 481 2 Si Anglo Austrian, 7i Brazilian and Portuguese, Urn., 12} Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 37 Ditto, new, 35 City, 122 Commercial Bank of India and the East, Ditto, issued at 10:pm., of which 7i is pd., 231 Consolidated Bank, lira., 10 European Bank, Um., Ora Imperial Ottoman, lel International B nk , lira., 15 Land Mortgagv Bank of India, Urn., 41 1 London B ink of Mexico and S. America, Jim., 56 5 London Bank of Scotland, lira., 10 London Joint Stock, 45i / London and 11 estminster, U. 6 Merchant Bank, lien , 25 Mercantile and Exchange, Urn., 111 I I I Ditto, new, 7/ Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Rm., 20j IDi 20 Oriental Bank Corporation. 581 Scinde, Ptinjaub, and Delhi, lira., 111 i South Eastern, lira., 76: rnion of A ustralia.:s2 Union 01 London, 0 4 i DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 63 71 MISCELLANEOUS. Ar.glo-Mexican Mint, Hi Crystal Palace, 33 Discount Corporation, 17 174 16i East India Irrigation and Canal, 4 . Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., .31 Financial Corporation, Fore -street Warehouse, 1hn.,:6 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., 6,1:4 Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., lira., 73 International Financial society, Um, 83 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour,., 5 Joint Stock Discount, lira_ 64} London Financial Association, lira., 221 Madras Irrigation and Canal,;4 Milwall Iron Works, 4,1 National DiL,count Company, Jim., 1 2 7 i National Financial, lint 5i Royal Mail Stearn, " til South Australian Land, 23i Universal Marin?, Insurance, lint, 51 POLICE INTELLIGENCE,--This day. BOW-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES,—Augustine Wm. Bea'iclerk Butler, was brought up on remand, charged with obtaining £2O 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 bows entirely deceived, and that as be could not get back his £2O he had given the prisoner into custody. Mr Vaughan asked if there was any evidence to prove the falsi y of the prisoner's representations. Police Sergeant Diuscovich, 36 A, said—l took the pri soner into custody on the 15th, at the corner cf Vigo-street. I told him NA ho I was, and the nature of the charge. Ho said, " Very well, I'll go Ns ith you, but I can't eee 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 Vaughan—Have you made any inquiries about his being a clergyman ? Witness—l have searched the Clergy Lisi, and I cannot find such a name as Beauclerk Butler. Mr Vaughan—Could you find such a place as the Jeru. salem University or the Calvery Mission P 'Witness—No, sir, I could not. The circular I produce relative to it was given to me by a gentleman 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, Glducester-street, Queen's-equaro, 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 ethers were principally from young men offering their services as clerk and uncle'. 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 waived ono 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 nd Ju!y), 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 horn 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. Tho 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 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. Thef ollowing additional charge was entered into : Mr. Thomas Williams, of Church- row, Stoke Newington, said--I 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 me he was under secretary to the Bishop of London, special messenger to Cardinal Wiseman, and he then handed me his card. He asked me to lend him £3 10s. Ho 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. Prisoner—l am 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. J 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 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 Rosaspim, tailor, 11, Harrington.street, Pimlico, _ _ said about May 30 the prisoner represented himself to be a clergyman of the Church of England—that ho 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 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 havo been recceivod 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. ROBEING LICENSED VICTUALLERS.—John Williams, who refused his addt ess, and described himself as a stable man, and in whose possession was found a handicap-book and betting-book, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with stealing at the Crown luncheon-bar, 366, Oxford-street, four pewter measures, the property of Mr Jackson, and one pewter measure, the property of Mr William Smee, of the Marlborough Inn, Blenheim-street, Oxford. street. Mr Jackson said about 9 o'clock that morning the pri soner 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 I othouse was situated. The barmaid strongly believing the prisoner was the same man—though not wearing the same kind of hat—that had paid them a visit last week, and aftar whose disappearance five measures were missed, spoke to him, and on the pri soner being about to leave he seized him, and finding 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, 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, said that on searching the pri somr he found in his pockets four measurer, and in his hat a fifth, Mr Tyrwhitt said tho prisoner seemed to be so great a thief on this occasion that he thought he must be known before. Ho should therefore remand him for a week, to give the police an opportunity of making iL quit ice. BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Oct. 11 3 per Cent. Redu ce d New 3 per C en t. B6l i New2i per Cent. Jan. 1891... * — Do 6 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire B th Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. El lacquer Bills, £l,OOO, 3& 31 per Cent. 5 dis Do £500 Do £lOO and £2OO Do Acco Bank Englan unt d Stk, 51 • per Ct. ......... INDI AN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. _ India. Stock, 161 per Cent., Ap r il 1874 — DO Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 •• • • Do 4 por Cent., Oct. 1888 — .., Do Certificates iio Account — Do , l per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — D o Do 4i pet Cent. — Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent . . Dos per Cent., J an . 1872 D o 4 5t per per Cent., Cent.,Aug. May, 1866 1879 •• Do Bonds Z. 1,000 Do gander £l,OOO •••• FOREIGIN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 'Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 ...... .. Do 1863 .. 'Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do Account.... Chilian 6 per Cent. —. Do 41 per Cent C olombian 6 per Cent Cuba _., 6 per Cent. - Do 6 per Cent, 1864 Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 5 per Cent,lB64 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do, Provisonal Land Warrant. — I gYptian 7 per:Cent — Do, Second Issue Qceek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Do Account Do Coupons — Do Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 an d 185 9 Italian 5 pe r C ent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent .... Do Account Do 1864 Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — Do 6 per Cent - . Anglo-French — dis • Ditto Scrip, £23 paid.... — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New G ranada Do 2 per Cent. — Do Deferred Do Land W arrants (Hectares) — Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — Do do Aug., 1566 —. Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)... ... — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 .. Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9 ) '6O, 82 • '3 . • Do Account 461 / Russian 6 p er C ent., 1822, £ St — vo4 i per C en t., 1850 .. 1 Do 3 pe r Cent 185 8 9 60 — Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £55 paid Inn SarAinian 5 per Cent ...... Do Account — Spanish 3 per Cent .. — Do Account Do N ew D e f erre d Do Account -•-• Do Passive 31 Do Acc oun t ukinish Cert. of Coup not funded .. Do Accou n t ll ,Swedish, 4 per Cent .. Do Scrip, £6O paid — poi Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 L 0 Account 0 6 per Cent, 1858 lio Account Do £lOO Bonds Do Do 6 Account .. £lOO Bonds.. 7Ol Do 1863 Do Guaranteed, 4 Der Cent D • • • ,o .i o )6.1 Scrip, £4O paid v en ezuela 3 per Cent. Po • Do Account .. -- 6 per Cent. 1862 U 0 Account , Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. D o ,e Account Iglan Cent., Ex. 25f •— "atch 2i perCent.,Ex. 12 (Gil —• FrenchDo 4 per Cent. ertificates .f Rentes, 2 per Cent. — it tlian, 5 per Cent. t 1861, Ex. 25 francs — P Do Account 661 tserutian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 48. ''edmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Consol s TWO O'CLOCK. Rime ..t• 10.10.1• 1 88i 23 dis SHARE MAE'KETS—This day. II DINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share' Railways. Paid Closing Business Price, done. Wol., and Str. Val. all at 111ythe and Tyne. at Bristol and Exeter 100 83 65 at Caledonian lOO 1231 1215 124 60 Cork and BandOn as 20 Cornwall all 6 7 Do A A gets no diN till 6pc.p an.has 8. 4 1 1 1 10 Do. B been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast Junc. all 31 33 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June, all 16 17 at Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 87 60 at Glasg. and S. Western. 100 106 103 at Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 141 455 411 at Ditto A stock 100 • - at Ditto East Anglian st 100 5 7 at GreatNorthof Scotland 100 at Great Northern....._ 100 1 8 129 129 85 et Do A stock • I 100 1375 1335 1384 at Do Bdo 1 100 127 13J at Gt. S. an iW. of helm ;I 100 W) 92 at Great Western Original 100 08 685 6 2 4 n at Str Val elm. rstouß! et Do. South Wales _ ;CO - at Do. Nest Mid. -Oxioni 100 47 48 at Do Newport 100 37 39 at Do Hereford 100 90 101 at ,Lancashlte & Yorkshire 100 1134 1131 1131 at London and Blackwall 100 61 66 at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 102 103 at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 39 41 et Lon. & North Western 100 1105 111 1101 at Lon. & So'Ath Western 100 92 94 at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 62 C 3 60 Maryport and Carlisle. all 131 Dot shares all at Metropolitan all 1011 1056, 10.4 at Midland at Do Binning. & Derby 100 98 100 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 35 Do. 4 shares 25 Mid Kent ... all st North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25 t 6 at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 105 106 85 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 —( 1 at Do Leeds lOO 64 65 at Do York at Do Carlisle.— ... 100 /5 Do. Stock. & Darling. all 351 364 85 Do do 1855-58 l9 9 10 26 Do do 1860-61 at ,North London 10 Do New 10 Do New, 1861 4 at North Staffordshire _ all 75 76 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 101 11 at Scottish Central at Scot N. 31., Aber. stool lOO at Do Soot. Mid. stock lOO 10 Shrews. and Welohpool all at Shropshire Union at South Devon lOO 35 17 at South Eastern 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok all 8 9 at Taff Vale.. 100 HO 165 10 Do C 3 34 45 p st Vale of Neath at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 at West Cornwall lOO 34 36 st W. Hartiopoolliar,&R. 100 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Prioe. Railways Paid. Business don. ih lir( / 1 / 7 ; /(}/ THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTIMBER 23, 1864, 'WESTMINSTER. CLEVER MODE OP DETECTING A ROBEER...-:WilliaTO Robert Meaking, a youth between 13 and 14 years of age, was placed at the bar charged with stealing nine cigars. Mr. Heath, of 25, St. George's-lace, Knightsbridge hatter, said that he had recently lost a great quantity of choice cigars which he had purchased for his own private enjoyment. Ho had the cigars in Juno last, and in order that they might get nice and dry, and improve in fl %your, 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 ho 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 abut 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 whole in the leaf at tue end of the. 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 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. Tho 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 3S, 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 be either did not care about the wound as a serious one inflicted upon h . m, or that he had been compensated by the prisoner's seuntrymen. 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 unstable of the H 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 .an, 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: cuter was very bad, and had a fit in the station-house, which 'listed 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., Lambeth-street. He had two cans in his hand, and Bryan was about to strike him again when be 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 prosecuhr 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 Houle, yesterday, Edward Russel Daunt, described as of 2, Hercules-passag e , was brought up in the custody of Detective-sergeant Haydon, before the Lord Mayor, 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, witb intent Lo defraud, Mr Humphreys appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr Sleigh, barrister, instructed by Mr Holmes, appeared for the prisoner. Mr Humphreys, in opening the case f or t h e prosecu tion, said the prosecutor in this case was Li eut , - C o l one l Strange, a retired officer of the India n arna h y s d t l la n e nin 1862 his he was desirous of investing some money he 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 obtained 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 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 Bank shares in the defendant's hands. The prices fell, and he instructed the prisoner to sell and purchase every fortnight until the 24th 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 inspection, and as far as he could see they were all right. On the 24'h of May, 1864, the Ottoman Bank shares lute :ng rii en, Lieutanant-Colonel Strange determined to close his account entirely with respect to the Greek 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 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 front 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 inJune, 1863, so that the purchase notes, o n each of whic h the de fendant had charged his commission,were entirely fictitious, and su the amounting prisoner altogetherh a ddefraudedtnno less h Lieut .t-Ca 0n5,50 l ele 1 0. Strange of a m The information upon which the warrant was granted was then read over, and was as follows: — Alexander 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. R. Daunt, now of 2, Hercules passage, as my stock broke r , an d h e 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 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 12s. 6d. I have since obtained from Daunt several transfers for 320 shares, and find that the transfers do not relate to a ny purchases of the like shares on the 24th May, but on various 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. 83. 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 i n hi s account. Upon this the case was remanded at the request of Mr Sleigh, the Lo rd Ma y or declining to admit the prisoner to bail. Mr. Samuel Laing on the Trade and Finance of Britain. Mr Laing, ex Finance Minister of India, delivered a lecture in the Free Church of Wick on Friday evening, upon the " Trade and Finance of the British Empire." Provost Louttit, 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 —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 ;he 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 reasoned by the heart instead at 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 sword. 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 complicated as the policy:of nation. 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 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 rid not believe the Gevernment 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 h av i ng decided rightly upon three most important questions—not to go to war for Poland or Denmark, nor to interfere in the civil war i Z 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 li.. Peel, to whose policy in public affairs, he said, Britain was mainly indebted tor 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 £144,000,000; while 10 years lecture that period it was only £368,000,000; and 10 years before that again, £150,000,000; showing an average yearly increase for the 20 years of £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. Austral:a sent us 7 millions, and took 13. Otir 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 monopols , 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 to the present insane and suicidal war reached GO millions, has now decreased to 40 millions. Our trade with Egypt ten years ego amounted to only 4i millions, whil 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 discovery 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 f The answer is—Belles leorridce belle. 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; but 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 rifle-, 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 tho 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 years ago, and ho will at once see the change and the enormous progress which the nation has made in sound sense and right feeling during the reign of our present gracious sovereign. Ho then went on to speak of Indian finance, and the influence s for good 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. During, the last few days there has been very Hale 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 fluence over the 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 among 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 thir t y -two pipes left the island ; in 1855 only two thousand and eighty-five; in 1835 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 now all but re ducel to 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 iodium, thanks to our enterprising wine •manufacturing merchants,—Diekeni s "all the rear Rort)24.? The Great Fire in Gresham-street, City. RECOVERY OF SALVAGE.-LATEST PARTI- CULAR,S. Some thirty men have_been employed for the last twenty four hours in exploring the ruins in order to find goods. Mr Redman, 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 w ill realise a considerable su m b y 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 goods have been got at, bat they must be greatly deterio rated in yell's. These, as fast as they can be recovered, will be removed to be dried and packed in lots. A very exciting scene took place at the back of Messrs. Tapling'a premises, in which two firemen nearly perished. Engineers Purdue and hard, who had just emerged from Haberdashers' Hall, were attacking tue 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 presenting itself than by jumping through them, the men alighted upon the floor below, a distance of at least 181 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 Mcssrs. 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 the top. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, et 30 soya, add e d nere extra, One The t o C a n 8 7 MONMO UTH RACES — ThunsDA.T. e t y e p s a Members'kesof sPlsaotves(Telasenhd;iewspin) mile. Mr Barratt's Norma , 4 yrs, Bst 21b .......... 1 Mr Brayley's Ensleig h, 2 yrs, Est 218 ............ Mr Adam's `Northam, 6 yrs , Bst slb .............. The Beaufort Cup, a handicap of 10 soy a each, ;it a piece of plate added; *l acers extra, One mile and a quartar. Mr J. Day's Teneriffe , 3 yrs, 7st .... 1 Mr J. B. Morris's Balharo, 6 yrs, B st 7lb ........... Mr Stephen's Trun of L uck, 5 yrs, Bst 41b 3 Six ran. The Monnow Stakes of 3 sow; each, with 25 add e d • ' two yr-olds, 7st 2lb ; three, four, lOst ; five, six, and aged, lOst 41b; selling allowances. Six furlongs. Mazy ................ Six ran. The Troy Plato of 2.5 soya , added to a handicap swee p s t a k es Mr m of sous each Miss ;w c i fetrosn, 6 3s extra. ,r e wile and a h a lf, `Jot 131 b,,,, Mr Braylcy's Ibex, 4 yrs , 10A Alb 1 .... Five ran. THE ROYAL CALEDONIAN HUNT MEETING TuuRsPAY. The Caledonian Haticlioap of 10 sows each, with 80 added; winners extra• Two miles. half., ---- Cremorne, aged, Bst ...................... . Stiff, 3 yrs, Est 121 b .... A Sweorstakes of 5 sows eaachh, th 20 added ... ...... Adrift 1 Measure for Measure ....... 2 Price ........................ ................. 3 The Caledonian Cup of 100 sous for 0 - yr-olds and upwards. Three miles. Blood Royal ................................ 1 Skipjack .......................................... 2 Rest Nowhere .................................. 3 Five ran. o f 30 guineas, add e d t o a swee p The Eglinton Hunt Cup stakes of 5 soya each. Two miles. Cariboo Hard Timea ..................................... 2 uvcrnor .. Fiva ran, Yon ea - oily by 100 yards, ? I ,6ete-D 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 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 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. \V 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 indefinitely prolonged; a renewal e f 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 Germans, 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 of the Danish cruisers. They are, therefore, loudly calling upon Denmark to " come down and execute herse:f." But the greater their haste the stronger her 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, sho 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 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 test 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 11093 movere 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- llolstein 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 overwh , lm ing force to dispose of them as he 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 ? 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 hers 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 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? came such a mere handful of men to speak in the name of 21;,?,001 people? t such as k le It is well, indeed, that the Germans over hsheroaolwdn pu lands far as the Elbe, and the Duchi,s, to all appearance, enjoyed the greatest peace and prosperity, v,,,tto 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 ? Bow 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 1 it is difficult, in the quietest times, by the fairest means, to get at tho 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 Apenrade 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 Europe who has an inthe rest in upholding the principle o f p o p ular suffra€B, t o Danish Sohleswigers have a right to be heard, and the King of Denmark has a chance of being countenanced .ia hwishich fusel to ratify that first article o f the preliminaries a accept was wrung from him by sheer violence, and in the My be, ance of which he evidently ex ceeded his po wers. r N the new hopes which Denmark builds on the Empero which poleonare doomed to be as fa llacious as any of those 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, it, at every intimation that she should "come down and be killed," she sets up her feeble cry—" Sister Anne 1 Sister Anne I Da you see any one cowing?" - DISTURBANCES AT TURIN. TURIN, Sept. 22.—Yesterday evening s pop u l ar demonstration took place before the Royal palace. Shouts were raised of " Turin for the Capital A group of rioters endeavoured to break the line formed by the military and to force their way into the Ministerial residence. The military ;Nero then obliged to fire, killing and wounding several per sons. Today the city is tranquil and has resumed its ordinary aspect. MARKETS—This Day. Alt -I.Alc E . Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of :acme grown wheat were but moderate. The trade, however, w,s in a sluggish state for all qualities, and prices had. in some instances a drooping tendency. The market was well supplied wi:h foreign wheat. In all descriptions sales progressed slowly at barely late rates. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow requst at bare•iy stationary prices. The supply of barley on sale was moderate. For all glut lities the trade was dull at fully the late decline in prices. The malt trade was dull at drooping prices. With oats the market vk as extensively supplied, trade ruled inactive at about previous rates, and. the For beans and peas tha trade was firm at full eurtvocics. Flour sold heavily, and prices had a downward tf.m.dency. ARRIVALS TRIS Wheat, Barley. Malt. Oats. 'Flour, English .. 1,450 380 1 ; 310 1,440 1,010 Irish .. Foreign 10,910 5,510 52,560 200 scks. 2,t3:1,0 brie. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate. Good and primo qualities continue firm in price ; otherwise, the trade is du!l, and the quotations have a downward tendency. Per Slb. by the carcase. s d 8 d Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 Nliddling do. .. 3 4 3 81 Prime largo do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 41 Large pork .... 3 6 4 4 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 adsd Middling mutton 4 0 4 4 Prime do .. 4 6 4 8 Veal. Small pork 4 6 5 0 Lamb BOROUGH HOP. Our market is fairly supplied with new English 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 112 s to 180 s New Weald of Kent 9os to 130 s ...,... . __ .. New Sussex Yearlings New Bavarians 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 rAined market lower rates are also current. CorrEE.—The demand for both Plantation and native Ceylon has been limited, and prices may be reported rather lower. RICE.—A moderate amount of bwincsa hes 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 1),;- camber delivery 42s 6d per cwt. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Sept. 23.—Wind this day at noon—S)uth- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but a little cloudy. - OFF FALMOUTH, Sept. 23.—Arrived—Jane Frances, from Rangoon. . _ _ PLYMOUTH, Sept. 22.—Wind wont, from Quebec. CLYDE, Sept. 21.-IVind N,W.—Arrived—Fortunate, from Pernambuco—Maple Valley, from Trinidad-- Ultn cairn, from Iquique. CARDIFF, Sept, 21.—Wind SAV,--Arrived—Justitia, from New York. Sailed—Arab, for Singaporc—Avarille, for Boston—Sylvan, for Pernambuco. (Br MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, 231—Regina, from Antigua—Thomas A} : fau, from Tarragona—Providenz from Mariqnople— Bora, from Bruges—Nautilus, from Petersburg—Everton, front Cronstadt—Prince Alfred, from Crondtaat—Bernhard, from Porto Rico. _ _ . Sailed—Nora, steamer, for Medemblik—Seine, steamer, for Boulogne—Lord John Russ(ll, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Friday Morning. _ _ . Passed—Gordon, from Falmouth-Delta, ship, from Quebec—both for London—Aurora, screw steamer, from London, for Balfast. Bank of England Return,•--Last Evening, An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 21st day of Sept. 1864: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ........X27,073,729 1 Government Debt £ 1 1. 0 15,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.6.34,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 12,4 3,720 Silver Bullion .... 427,073,720 .E 27,073,720 BANELNG DEPARTMENT, i'roprietors' Capi tal £14.55.1.000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- Government Secu rities (including , Dead Weight A nnuity) £10.74,095 Other Securities 19,9 1,3433 Notes Gold and Silver 747,387 Coin counts) 6 815,61 Other Deposits 12,3.0,161 Seven Day and other Bills 504,869 £18,13 ,72) 'V 138,181,720 MILLER, Chief Cashier. Sept. 22, IS6I. 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, Hugh, and Co., at the Surrey Canal Docks. The fire brigade, with numerous engines, wore almost immediately on the spot, and, although there was an abundant supply of 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 the 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 extinguish"d until the building and contents were destroyed. Mr Burt was in sured in the San Fire-office. The ploughing match of the Bennington La. bourers' 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 Rlneotne'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, with 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 priz9 in the same class, were both won with Ransome's ploughs. These continued successes in all parts of the kingdom strongly confirm the correctness of the marked distinction gained by Messrs Ransome's new series of ploughs at the recent Newcastle meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. ABOLITION OF I.IIIINFIKE TOLLS.—A name■ rously attended vestry meeting of the ratepayers of Wcol wich 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 suburbs of the metropolis. The meeting unanimously oonsidered that the proposed abolition would be uujast to the rate payers, who would be comrelled 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 unanimous l y adopted. At a vestry meeting of the ratepayers of Charlton a similar resolution was adopted, NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AT BARN ET.— Yesterday another Roman Catholic Church Vi 3 commenced at Barnet, the first stone being laid by Bishop crthiourircihe, ;tob assist ed e Gothic in by o i th er Roman character, Ca and the re tholic celebrities. a hi te The ts At efse2e r t a lloirngillbsoyn3a3nwd i N de i , ch n o n l d l, o w f il L i o a n c d c o o n m . mo l d t a w te ill a te ou a t b 2 o G u o t 50 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 a cli - juncr. Another Roman Catholic Church was opened last Sunday at Waltham. 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 Shumon has been sold at 5s lld per oz. Advices received this morning from India and China report that at Calcutta, on August 30, ET change on London was quoted 2e la 3, mad that filo rate of discount had been advanced 2 per cent. by the Bank of Bengal. At Canton, Aug.l2, Exchange on London was 4s 9ii, and at Shanghai, Att . !, 6, 1 63 llid.