The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-06 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Sept. s.—The market has not shown
much animation, but in the business done Threes,
for the Account, have well maintained previous
prices, and are quoted 66fr. 75e. Mobilier have
slightly receded, having been last called at 1,013 fr.
75c. Railway Market quiet. The market closed
as follows :

4t per Cents 94 55
Do. end month —
`1 per Cents
Do. end month..., 66 70
Credit Mobilier..., 1015
Do. end m0nth...,1015
Bank Shares 3335
Credit Fancier ...,1215
Roman
IL V

Italian Loan 67 45
Do. end month 67 50
Ditto Throes .. 43 ...._
New 'Mexican 56i

Russian
Austrian .....
Spanish Threes — --
Home Debt .. —
Deferred

'ATS.
Cash. Account.
900 903 75
983 75 .. 935
920 .. 922 50
635 638 75
625 526 25
500 .. 503 75
347 50 .. 346 25
450 .. 450
640 .. 542 50
403 75 402 50
480 .. 431 25
205 200

Orleans
Northern ....
Lyons and Mediterranean

Southern
Western

Eastern ....
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
' North of Spain
Saragossa..
Ditto to 13arcelona

How we put down Riots in Scotland.

TO TILE EDITOR OF TILE SI.N.

Sir,—Scotland has derived immense benefit from her
union with England; but there are several ce the institu-
tions of Scotland which it would bo for the benefit both of
England and Ireland to adopt.
ol i t
andde u
othert deputy-lieutenants,
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borought en an t s,
j
I shall now only notice one—the manner in which the
counties of Scotland are organised under sheriffs appointed
anduswt i
rpaid
o havei b yti
the
Scotland teh pe e aCrown,ca,provosts,
lord-lieutenants, eu n
baffles,e ants
magistrates—the same as in England and Ireland. But
all these are subordinates to the sheriff, who in times of
difficulty and danger takes upon
,himself the whole
charge and the whole responsibility. The sheriff in this
respect may be compared to the captain of a man-
of-war, who in ordinary times leave the care of the vessel
to the master and the lieutenants, but who when danger ap-
proaches,
the whole
shapewthheo le
emofauthdeenbd rattelespoornetihhielitgy.ale, at once
assumes
Each Scotch county has its sheriff, and every sheriff is
a barrister and a gentleman ; and almost all of them, I will
take upon myself to say from my own knowledge, are men
of judgment, coolness, and intrepidity. Tho eberiffs do
no.; in general reside in their counties ; but they are bound
to repair there immediately when there is the slightest ap-
prehension of disturbance, and to remain till all danger of
commotion is over. They have the most extensive powers,
and take the direction of the local police as well as the
military in the neighbourhood, who are always; sent in aid
upon their requirement,
Now let us suppose a riot to take plane
at Glasgow, such
as that which lately occurred at Belfast, and let us see how
it would be dealt with. Sir Archibald Alison is the Sheriff
of Lanarkshire, in which Glasgow is situated. I have the
pleasure of being acquainted with Sir Archibald both per-
sonally and by character, and I know exactly how he
would act in :such circumstances. He would summon the
He would not allow either P
police and the military together. Ile would mount upon
horseback, place himself at the head of the force beside
the officer commanding, and take the direction of the whole,
provost or bailie to interfere,
but would act himself, assuming the whole responsibility,
and would not hesitate to order a charge both of cavalry
and infantry if he considered this necessary for the preser-
vation of the peace. I undertake to say that had such a
riot been attempted at Glasgow
as occurred the other day
at Belfast, it would have been Put down by Sir Archibald
who
wouldtakeNow,h contrast
dontrast
Alison in five minutes, and would not have been allowed to
shoagain.w
ea
this manner
of
bacritiootns a
t withE tehl
Belfast
Is
t b
r i sho
both
o thede.
During the whole period of tli
Lord Lieutenant and the ChiefiSonlrreetlaarnya
were
absent,
and
there was no man of authority n
upon himself the responsibility of acting with decision.
There was nothing but surprise, hesitation, and timidity ;
and the riots were allowed to run their course
without any effectual interference. The Mayor of
Belfast sets off to Harrowgate to drink the waters, and does
not return till all is over, The Lord-Lieutenant of the
county does nothing, and contents himself with abusing
the Mayor, and telling him in so many words that he is a
driviller —to which the Mayor replies—You are another.
Would it not, I ask, be for the benefit of Ireland that the
expensive jobbing and useless Lord Lieutenancy should be
done away with, and that Ireland should be placed, like
Scotland, directly and immediately under the Imperial Go-
vernment ; and that, in compensation, county sheriffs
should be appointed and paid by the Crown, having the
same powers and the same duties as these of Scotland ?
JAMES AYTOUN,
105, Pall-mall, Sept. 3, 1f;64.

The llon. Captain and Lady Constance Stanley
will leave the Earl of Derby's residence, in St, James's-
square, for Salidgate about the middle of the month, and
will stay there while the gallant captain's regiment is sta•
tioned at Shorncliffe.

Rear-Admiral the lion. James R. Drummond,
C. 8., left his official residence at the Admiralty yesterday
for Scotland.

Sir John Macgregor, K.C.8., Lady :Macgregor,
Mrs Stopford, and Lieut Stopford have arrived at Sir Jolin'6
residence, near St, John'e•wood, from the Portland Hotel,
Sottbeea.