The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-03 00:00:00

THAMES.

JUVENILE DELINQUENTS.—Two boys, named Thomas
Wilmot and Herbert Lewis, were brought up this morning,
the first for obtaining £4 by false pretences, and the other
With stealing £lO the monies of his master. Each prisoner
Was about 14 years of age.
Wilthot, who is the son of James Wilmot, a stevedore,
had been guilty of repeated acts of dishonesty, and in
custody some time ago. He was then mercifully dealt
With and discharged. He called on Mrs. Elizabeth Wickers,
married woman, of No. 55, Cannon-street, St. George-
in-the-East, on Monday last, and represented that his father
required the loan of £2 or £3. Mrs. Wickers, who knew
the boy's father, and had been in the practice of advancing
ilha money, gave the boy £4, the whole of which he
sqUandered with other boys. His father never authorised
him to obtain the money. The prisoner was remanded,
and the magistrate would send him to the Industrial School
at Feltham, or some other reformatory, after the proper
inquiries had been made.
Lewis was in the employ of Mr John Sparks, builder, of
lately
12, King-street, Tower-hill. The prosecutor bad
missed cash from his desk, although he invariably
the
it locked. A careful examination convinced him that
".,e0 desk had been tampered with, and that the lid of the
87k was loose, and could be raised. Yesterday he placed
the
of card in the desk, and in such a position that if
8. desk was disturbed the card would fall out. On
ring to the desk again he discovered the card on the
23r, and missed more cash from a drawer in the desk. He
71.0(1 the prisoner into his office, and by alternately telling
re' 110 would be severely punished if he did not reveal
0431114 and that it would be better for him to do so,
lied a confession from the boy that he had stolen the
..tone
0_ Y. The prisoner afterwards made out a list in his
8:7 handwriting of articles he had purchased with the
!Zell property, a portion of which he had given to other
pi_Ye; The list commenced miscroscope, ices, pandean
thelje The magistrate would read no farther, and said
•
r_Prisoner was a fit subject for a reformatory school. He
remanded him till Tuesday next.

MONEY MARKET

AND

COMM:23OUL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
4DVANCE IN THE BANK RATE OF DISCOUNT
The directors of the Bank of England have raised
their minimum from 3f to 4 per cent.—a measure
slot, generally anticipated. Still, as the private
bankers and brokers, shhwed their reluctance to
negotiate mercantile paper at less than 3f per cent.,
there was a pressure upon the national establish-
-3424) which is always preferred when no advantage
:"2k be obtained in other quarters ; and the autho-
rities,4. as will no doubt be shown by the Gazette re-
"gills this evening, have acted judiciously in the
have
they have adopted. Perhaps it would
4alre been better if they had made their
Ikevious advance one instead of one-half
Quite
cent. but, at the same time, it was
reasonable to suppose that the tendency of
,„,affairs at that period might not continue. Though
-1211 may consider the rise inimical to the com-
iZereial community, the reverse is probable, since
he recent cheapness of money has indicated adver-
i3V instead of prosperity, as will be seen by the
A ~ciarcl of Trade Returns. With the close of the
'erican war enterprise between this country and
New York is likely to be developed to an enormous
aregree, and already arrangements are making which
pe no doubt operating upon the value of money.
el therefore, business is reviving, it is a matter of
and
rather than otherwise, merchants
4dlld others will have to pay more for the accommo-
dation they require to widen their operations at
'°//le and abroad.
8, The discount market remains in a very quiet.
~'ate, little Sr no business having been negotiated
"Inee the alteration has been announced.
The joint-stock and private discount firms have
made a proportionate advance in their allowances
on deposit accounts. The National Discount Com-
pany, Messrs. Alexander Cunliffe's and Co.,
overend, Gurney and Co., &c:, will give 3 per
cent for money at call, 3+ per cent. for seven days'
notice of withdrawal, and 3} per cent. for 14 days.
~,,
joint-stock banks will allow 3 per cent., the
"), Mon and Westminster as usual making the ex-
ception for sums under £5OO, for which they will
,
give 2 per cent.
th:111, e report to be presented to the shareholders at
half-
Bank yearly -yearly meeting of the London and County
of-Llq states that the net profit to the 30th June,
ter deducting interest to customers and payment
a
Itflltli charges, and making provision for bad and
a,„l debts are £106,821. This added to the
Cot°llnt brought forward froth last account makes a
1, I°f £125,450 for appropriation. The directors
I;:iethPose to declare the usual dividend of 6 per cent,
the bOmis of 9
half per cent, making 15 per cent for
ard year, leaving £13,660 to be carried for-

to this
Gast week's railway receipts ascertained up
aY are in round figures as under :-
1865. 1864
• £76,777 £77,322
... 125,252 121,411

1,441 Wee
es te
Oh W rn •••
01th..tern "•444 Western

. „
ii,ightoil ... 31,663 29,907
ti ~(11a„nd ***
*** ... 29,934 29,069
50,868 49,183
gl)re-ia. tasie ... • ''' ::: 30,487 80,295
/.41,14t Northrenr, •••• •• • :::
... 38,922 38,603
Ilriaea'lhire and f• k h:; -
lio 1 and , or air .
... 44,590 43,473
8209 8,088
4 ilii ta t xaeter ...
71,792 68,558
(4eat Eager, Sheffield and Lincoln ... Th 44043tera
41°1
8 ell'
. • ...
".
.•
20,398 19 274
... ' .. .. ... 37,024 34,635
eOrteli: returns, when compared with those of the
f
4 taa;•BlD"cling period of - last year, are generally o
thei4faetory character. On the North-Western
of keii4, an increase of £3,841, on the South-Western
of 0:56, on the Brighton of £865, on the Midland
Great-°5, On the Sonth-Eastern of £192, on tl
Ip-ork Northern of £319, on the Lancashire and
f
ki7illhire of £1,087, on the Bristol and Exeter o,
Manche °ll the North-Eastern of £3,234, on the
ter; Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,151, and