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

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Sept. s.—The market has not shown
much Enimation, bat in the business done Threes,
for the Account, have well maintained previous
prices, and are quoted C6fr. 75e. Mobilier have
slightly receded, having been last called at 1,013 fr.
75c. Railway Market quiet. The market closed
as follows :
It per Cents .. 04 55
Do. end month....
3 per Cents
Do. end month 66 70
Credit Mobilier....lols
Do. end month 1015
Bank shares 3335
Credit Foncier 1215
Roman

Italian Loan 67 45
Do. end month 67 50
Ditto Threes 43
New Mexican

Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes —
Home Debt
Deferrel

B.A. IL

rAYS.

GA. Account.
Orlmam . . ... 900 .. 903 75
Northern 983 75 .. 985
Lyons and Mediterranean 920 .. 922 50
Southern 635 .. 638 75
Western
Eastern . ...
Sardinian......
Austrian
Low bard
North of Spain
Saragossa 4BO .. 481 25
Ditto to Barcelona

How we put down Riots in Scotland.

TO TIIE EDITOR 01' TUE SUN.

Sir,—Scotland has derived immense benefit from her
union with England ; but there are several of the institu-
tions of Scotland which it would be for the benefit both of
England and Ireland to adopt,
I shall now only notice one—the manner in which the
counties of Scotland are organised under sheriffs appointed
and paid by the Crown.
We have in Scotland lord lieutenants, deputy-lieutenants,
justices of the peace; provosts, bailies, and other borough
magistrates—the smile 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, in the shape of the battle or the gale, at once
assumes the whole command and responsibility.
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. The sheriffs do
not in general reside in their counties ; but they are b
tes wand
to repair there immediately when there is the slight 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 neighbourlood, who are
always bent in aid
upon their requirement.
Now let us suppose a riot to take plaoo at Glasgow, such
as that which lately occurred at Belfast, and lot 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 circumatance°. lie would summon the
police and the military together. He would mount upon
horseback, place himself at the head of the force beside
the officer commanding, and take the direction of the whole.
He would not allow either provost or bailie to interfere,
and would not hesitate to
but would act himself, assuming the whole responsibility,
a t riot
B eblefeans
twould attempted ata
vGel absegeo
order a charge both of cavalry
, it
and infantry if he considered this necessary for the preser-
vation of the peace. I undertake to say that had such a
put down by Sir Archibald
as occurred the other day
Alison in five minutes, and would not have been allowed to
show head again.
the riots at Belfast both the
in Ireland who would take
Now, contrast this manner of action with the Irish mode.
During the whole period of
Lord Lieutenant and the Chief Secretary were absent, and
there was no man 0 authority
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 Harrowgato 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
drivillcr —to which the Mayor replica—You are another.
Would it not, I ask, be for the benefit of Ireland that the
expensive jobbing and useless Lord Lieutenancy should be
atanc away with, and that Ireland should be placed, like
Scotland, directly end 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 those of Scotland ?
JAMES AYTOUN.
105, Pall-mall, Sept. 3, 1f164.

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

Rear-Admiral the Hon. James R. Drummond,
left his official residence at the Admiralty yesterday
fur Scotland.

Sir John Macgregor, K.C.8., Lady Macgregor,
Mrs Stopford, and Lieut Stopford have arrived at Sir John's
residence, near St, John's-wood, from the Portland Motel,
southsea.