The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-04 00:00:00

NEWPORT.

Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; lamb,
Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s Gd to
4s 6d per 81bs by the carcase.

WHITECHAPEL.

Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 3s 4d to
4s 4d; lamb; Os Od to Os Od; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; and pork,
3s Gd to 4s 6d per Sibs by the carcase.

BREAD.

The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from
8d to 81d, of household do., 6d to 71c1 per 41b loaf.

HIDES AND SKINS.
Market hides, 531 b to 641 b, 3d to 31d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to
; 721 b to 801 b, 31(1 to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 44d ;
881 b to 961 b, 41d to sd; 961 b to 1041 b, 5d to sid. Horse
hides, 88 6d to lOs 6d; calf skins, light 2s 6d to 4s Od ;
6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to 7s Gd ; half••breds,
5s Od to 5s 9d; Downs, 3s 9d to 4s Gd ; lambs, 38 Od to
Gs Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od.

COAL

.ARKET.
the close of the market.

(Frioes of Coal per Ton at

s. d.
Wylam ..16 0
Carway and Duffryn
Malting 23 6
Do. Anthracite.. 21 6
Holywell ..15 9
West Hartley 16 0

Walls End.

a. d•

Ships at marks

Haswell
South Hetton 18 6
Hartlepool. lB 0
South Hartlepool 16 9
Tunstall
Kelloe
a, 20 ; sold, 19.

GOUN2Ia MARKETS.

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LIVERPOOL--OcT. 3,
A numerous attendance of buyers this morning, and a
fair consumptive demand at Friday's rates. Flour steady.
Oats are down ld per bushel, and new oatmeal is per load.
Indian corn scarce, and fine sweet lots are 3d per qr higher.
Beans Gd dearer. Peas and barley the turn dearer.

WAKEFIELD—OCT. 3.
Our market to-day was dull for wheat ; fresh old and the
finest new nearly maintained their value, but other sorts
were unsaleable, though offered at very low prices. Bar-
ley dull, and cheaper. Beans, oats, and shelling rather in
favour of the buyer.

Averages for the week :
Wheat 1022 qrs., at s3s sid
8ar1ey.........
Peas
Oats
Rye — —s Od
Beans

:THE WITHDRAWAL OF 71IE CAINE.

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A letter from Constantinople, dated Sept. 22, says :
After all the sinister prophecies that the programme of
Government could not be carried out, this important ope -
ration has been completed within the time originally fixed,
and the caini6 have disappeared from circulation. An in-
considerable amount still remains out, and Will be ex-
changed at par for consolides—an operation requiring a few
days only for its execution. To those accustomed to the
manner in which the Government offices are managed, or
rather mismanaged, in Turkey, nothing could be more as-
tonishing than themode in which the withdrawal of the caimc;
was carried out; and the order, quiet, and regularity which
prevailed during this difficult operation prove incontestably
that nothing but common sense is needed to place the pub-
lic offices at Constantinople on a proper footing. Fuad
Pacha had taken every pains to secure the efficient work-
ing of the plan, which was elaborated by a commission of
supervision,comprising the European members of the coun-
cil of finance, Lord llobart, and the representatives of the

contractors for the 1862 loan. The execution of this plan
was confided to an executive council under the direction of
Edhem Pacha, to whose zeal,intelligence, and uprightness,
the Turkish Government is mainly indebted for the succees
with which this delicate task has been accomplished. Firm
and just, but conciliating at the same time, Edhem Pacha
succeeded in inspiring all those under his orders
with a real interest in their work, and nothing was
more remarkable than the absence of noise and
confusion, idleness, and fussiness, which usually charac-
terise the public establishments here. The accounts were
kept by double entry, in French and Turkish, and the
books regularly balanced every night, and verified with the
vouchers the next day, to the intense disgust of the em-
ployes of the Ministry of Finance, who adhere to the belief
that bookkeeping with adequate checks is an impossibility
in Turkey. The Dar ul Funoun (university), which has
never been finished, was temporarily and roughly fitted up
for the operation. Twenty wickets were open for the recep-
tion of the caime, with detailed lists ; and seven other
wickets distributed the cash and consolides receivable in
exchange for the mime. Each of the caime wickets had
a teller, two verifiers of notes, and a clerk, attached
to it; and every two wickets had a punching press.
which obliterated the caime by cutting out a piece about
the size of a shilling, before the eyes of the public. For
want of this precaution, millions of the caimo nominally
withdrawn in 1858 were again put into circulation, to save
the time and expense necessary for the preparation of new
and better notes.

The operation was commenced on July 13 and ended on
September 13, only seven millions of piastres being pre-
sented on the latter day. Altogether the establishment was
open for 49 days, during which it withdrew 33,483,994
notes', representing 998,800,720 piastres. The total amount
in circulation was stated to be 1,000,162,530 piastres,
so that there remains to be withdrawn 1,361,810
piastres, less these lost or destroyed. A very con-
siderable number and variety of forged notes appeared for
conversion, but the instances in which they were
not at once detected were very rare, and this fact becoming
public doubtless prevented many:of the enterprising scoun-
drels of Galata from attempting to exchange their for-
geries. The number of lists presented was 14,962, a total
surprisingly small ; but besides the 20 wickets for the pub-
lic, at which no amount exceeding 500,000 piastres was re-
ceivable, a special apartment was provided for those having
a million and upwards to exchange ; and it became a trade
to collect crime from different individuals, who would pre-
fer paying a ,commission to incurring the loss of time
sequent on changing their notes at the Dar ul Eunoun.
themselves.

The accounts ha vo been audited and, found correet—
no small glory for the employes, to most of whom double
entry was 'a novelty, for they payments in cash
amounted to 399,507,720 piastres and in consolides
to 5,992,930 Turkish peunds. To add to the difficulty a
very large portion of the sum was paid in sovereigns and
Napoleons, and above £lOO,OOO in bills on London and
Paris, complicating the accounts in a way that would have
been hopeless at the Treasury. All the ministers came to
see the Dar ul Funoun, and all were obliged to admit the
efficacy and order of the machinery. But I would make a
heavy wager that not one will have the courage or inclina-
tion to imitate it. An efficient system of checks will not
suit the bulk of the employes, and the operations of the
Dar ul Funoun have demonstrated the irregularities that
must exist in other departments in a manner that admits of
no reply, and which has rendered it excessively unpopular
in officif,a quarters.
it-inong the notes presented a considerable number (more
than 12,000 it is said) did not bear the seal of the Minister
of Finance, which is the equivalent of the cashier's signa-
ture on Bank of England notes. On some of these notes
the stamp may have been accidentally omitted, but it is
evident, from the number of cases in which it is wanting,
that a wholesale system of plunder was organised, against
which there was no check. At the office where the
notes were printed there was no proper control or
supervision, nor any certain means of knowing how
many notes were printed by the machine. Nothing
was easier than to print off a certain number of notes, and
in concert with the employes at the Treasury, substitute
them for notes duly stamped, for as this stamp is at the
back, and in black ink, its absence could only be discovered
by the merest accident. What the Government will do
with reference to these notes is not yet known, for it is im-
possible to learn how they got into circulation, as the notes
were never dated nor even numbered, so that no means
exist of knowing how or when they were issued.

A letter from Rome, in the Ikiessager du
states that casts are being taken of the triumphant arr:n of
Constantine. They are to be sent to France, and are exe-
cuted, as were those of Trajan's column, for the account of
the Emperor Napoleon.

The Precurseur of Antwerp states that at Keeth,
in that neighbourhood, three days back, the electric fluid
fell on the steeple of the church, and partly destroyed it,
without, however, setting it on fire.

" It is proposed," says the Gazette de Mons, " to
establish an asylum for the orphan children of pitmen, who
may fall victims to accidents in the Belgian coal mines.
The idea of the project appears to have originated with an
august personage, and the establishment is to be placed
under the patronage of a member of the royal family.
SCOTTISH HOSPITAL, CRANE-COURT.---For the
vacant secretaryship of this institution there have been no
less than 130 candidates. Tho committee of selection on
Tuesday, the 30th ult., reduced that number to three—
Messrs, J. M. Moir, Reid, and Oliver—from whom the se-
cretary will be chosen by the governors) at an extraordinary
Court, to be held on Wednesday, the 16th current.
A New York paper says, it is understood at
Washington that from 600 to 800 white persons have been
murdered in Minnesota by the Indians, and that two-thirds
of the state has been deserted by the white settlers.

Several of the Paris journals speak of a rumoui
of an approaching definitive conversion of the rente, and
M. Fould, it is said, has come to an understanding on the
subject with the Credit Mobil ier. That report is thought
by some sufficient to account for the great rise in the shares
of that company.—Galignani.

The following is a list of the American whaling
ships destroyed by the Alabama, near Flores :-oe,mulgee
Ocean Rover, Alert, Ossecola, Courser, Benjamin Tucker,
Weathergauge, Admiral Blake, and Allamaha. She also
captured the Starlight, American passenger schooner.
EXTENSIVE DESTRUCTION OF FARM PRODUCE IN
THE JunA..—A fire broke out three days ago on the pre •
raises of M. Euboz, proprietor and mayor of the commune
of Champagny (Jura). The flames raged with such violence
that in less than 10 minutes the roof of the house fell in.
In a barn adjoining, which was also burnt down, 11,000
sheaves of wheat, 1,000 double decalitres of oats,lo2 double
decalitres of barley, and 70,000 kilogrammes of hay were
destroyed, as well as a great quantity of agricultural im-
plements. The cattle and horses were got out in safety.
Engines were promptly on the spot, but a want of water
rendered them comparatively useless. The loss isestimated
at 35,000 f., but all was insured.—Gagqnatil.
Capt. David Robertson, R.N., has been ap-
pointed by the Royal National
Lifeboat Institution, as
Robertson
assistant-inspector of lifeboatso.n.
Captain
secretary of two of the
had previously filled the office of h
branches of the Lifeboat Society; he has, therefore, had
important
duties which will
considerable experience of the
devolve on him.
SURGICAL FUND.—The following is
and expenditure connected with
GARIBALDI
ts
a statement of the
1
this fund. The
amounted to £o4rlb6gee.P2d..
count there a receipts
have altogether up to Sept. 30
ro the following items
On. the creditor side of the no-
-1680 ;other expenses :—professor Partridge a
fee and expenses)
._.
)£54 12s. 101,1eav-
-1 nice of £207 3s. 4d., which is deposited in the
ing a 11.1.1
London and will be forwarded in few days
Bank 0 . a to
Garibaldi for the benefit of his wounded comrades.
Generalnon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., has audited the accounts
no
in corkjanetion with Mr. 'William I. Hare.
It appears that the exportation of arms and
ammunition from this country is rapidly increasing in pro-
portion to the prolongation of the American war, and that
the shipments during the first eight months of this year
have amounted in value to £1,308,000, or at the rate of
about £1,750,000 per annum. During the month of August
the quantity was especially large, amounting to £286,110.
Notwithstanding the very slight chances which
there are of the exiled dynasty regaining their lost position
in the south of Italy, the Hapsburgs are not less anxious
than they ever were to form matrimonial connections with
them. The Princess Anunciade will, therefore, in a few
days be married by proxy to the Archduke Charles, and an
Austrian frigate is being despatched from Trieste to bear
her to her future home from Civita Vecchia,
THE BLACK FAST OF THE JEWS.—At sunset last
evening the great fast of the Jews, known in their calendar
as the Day of Atonement, commenced, and will continue
until sunset this evening, during which time the people of
that religion suspend all business, totally abstaining from
either eating or drinking (unless in cases of sickness), and
devote the day to solemn prayer and thanksgiving in their
synagogues. The fast is followed by a day of rejoicing,
which is observed as a great festival,