The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-07 00:00:00

LEICESTER-SATURDAY.

The late rains have been of great service to the pastures,
root crops, &c., in this neighbourhood. Harvest work has,
however, been interfered with. There was a limited sup-
ply of wheat at our market to-day, and samples sold
steadily at an advance of is to 2s per qr. Of barley, the
show was scanty and the demand ruled middling at late
prices. •
Old white wheat, 42s to 46s ; old red, 38s to 43s ; new
white, 45s to 49s ; new red, 39s to 43s per 36 stone. Bar-
ley, malting, 32s to 34s per qr. ; grinding, 26s to 29s per 30
stone. Oats, old, 28s to Ns ; new, 22s to 25s per 24 steno-
Beans, old, 42s to 455; new, 39s to 42s per 38 stone.

THE LATE MR. ARBUTHNOT.—The Civil Service
and the public generally have sustained a heavy loss
through the death of Mr. Arbuthnot, of the Treasury,
which occurred on Friday, the 28th ult. At the time of
his death Mr. Arbuthnot hold the office of Auditor of the
Civil List, to which ho was appointed in 1850, and had
completed an uninterrupted service in the Treasury of 45
years. As Auditor of the Civil List he was intrusted with
important duties, requiring in their performance great •
tact, judgment, and firmness. Those qualities he possessed
in an eminent degree, but it was chiefly in his capacity as
one of the principal working officers of the Treasury that
his remarkable aptitude for business was displayed, and it
is difficult to over-estimate the influence which ho had ac-
quired in asserting and maintaining the position of the
Treasury as the department specially charged with the
duty of checking and controlling the public expenditure.
The continual pressure exercised upon the Exchequer
from all quarters, and chiefly by the great military and
naval departments, supported by the influence of the Cabi-
net Ministers who preside over them, renders it indispens-
able for the Treasury to contain within itself at all times
the elements of strength requisite for meeting, and, if
necessary, moderating these demands. In this respect,
indeed, the condition of the Treasury is, and ought to be,
ono of constant but qualified antagonism to the other de-
partments of the State. The talents of Mr. Arbuthnot,
added to his great official knowledge and honesty of pur-
pose, were of very material assistance in enabling hisLde-
partment to sustain their position in these conflicts, and in
lending weight to their decisions. As confidential adviser
to successive Chancellors of the Exchequer upon various
questions of public importance, and especially those re-
lating to currency and banking subjects, to which he had
for many years paid attention, and in which he took
peculiar interest, his assistance was constantly afford-
ed. As Private Secretary to six successive Secretaries
of the Treasury and two assistant-secretaries, and as private
secretary to Sir R. Peel, when Prime Minister, and to Sir
C. Wood, when Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Arbuth-
not had possessed unusual opportunities of becoming ac-
quainted with every detail of public business, and the ex-
perience which he thus acquired rendered him peculiarly
fitted in later years to advise the members of Government
under whom he served, and to receive their confidence. A
few years ago when the question of the renewal of the
Bank Charter was under discussion, Mr. Arbuthnot pub-
lished a pamphlet in vindication of Sir Robert's Act of 1844
and it is understood that ho also contributed occasionally
to the Economist. His style was singularly vigorous and
clear, and the rapidity and energy with which ho wrote
constituted not the least remarkable of his many merits as
a public servant. The connection of Mr. Arbuthnot with
the Treasury was hereditary ; his uncle, the Right Hon. C.
Arbuthnot, who had previously held the posts of Ambassa-
dor at Constantinople, and Minister in Sweden, having
served for many years as Secretary to the Treasury. Ripe
with the experience of his long official life, but to the last
full of vigour and energy, Mr. Arbuthnot died literally in
harness, and has left a void which cannot easily be filled.
OUR GREAT TOWNS.—An estimate has been made
by the Registrar-General of the population of ten
large towns in the United Kingdom in the middle of the
year 1865. The estimate is as follows :—London, 8,015,494 ;
borough of Liverpool, 476,368 ; city of Manchester, 854, 930
borough of Salford, 110,833; borough of Birmingham,
327,842 ; borough of Leeds, 224,025 ; city of Bristol,
161,809 ; city of Edinburgh, 174,180 ; city of Glasgow,
423,337 ; city of Dublin (and some suburbs), 317,666.
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