The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-08 00:00:00

100 iberdeem
100 Do. No. 2, I). c.
30 Illyth and Tyne 10 per
c. pref. (issd. at 501)
100 Brie. i.',.; Ex. 4p. e. St.
5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares
100 Caledonian £lO
all Chester & Holyhead
Guar. 5i per cent
64 Cork &Bandons4 p.c
all Dundee Perth &Aber-
deen Junction
all EastAnglian (£3los)

_6 per cent

..........
all Do: (5) 7. per cent.
2 Do. (.£7 17s) 7p. c.
/ all Eastern Counties Ex-
tension, 5 p. c. No. 1
all Do. No. 2. .. ..... ..
all Do. New 6 p. c. St.
all Eastern Union, Scrip
Guar. 6 per cent ...
all Do. 5/., 10 ner cent.
all Do. 101. DeSentr.Sh-
-100 East Lancash. 6 p.cts.
all East and West York-
shire June. Prof.
all EdiubPrth.&Dundee
4 per cent. .........
100 Glasgow & S.Western
Guar. 5 per cent....
100 Great Northn. sp. c.
100 Do. sp. c. Redeem.,
at 10 p. c. prem...
100 Do. 4i p. c. Scrip ...
8 Gt.N. of Scot. lst Prei
all Gt. Southn. &Westm.
(Ireland) Eighths)...
6 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh.
6 Gt. Westn. (Berks &
Hants Ex. 5 p. 0)...
100 Do. cov. red. 4i p.c.
WO Do. con. red. 4p. c.
100 Dc,. irred. 4p. c. ...
6 Lan. & York. F. £2O
100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock ...
13 Leeds N. 6p. c. No. 1
9 Do. Quarters, 1848 .
1.00 London and Brighton

Guaranteed 5 p. c .
100 Do. Pref., sp. e. Si.
all Do. Convertible, sp.
c., 1852
100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c
100 Lon. &N. W., Cov.
Nuneaton
5 London &S. Western
Con. Thirds
all Londonderry& Color
Shares
all Londy. & Ennis. Sh
all Man., Shef., & Lin.,
Shares, No. 1.
all Do. New, £lO
44 Do. £6
all Marypt & Carl. 4 p.c
all Do. 4i per cent
10.1 Do
.00 Mid. Consol.6 p.c.St
.00 Do. Consol. Bristol &

e•• .""" N.

2i - 2113
7 - 8
10 - 12

7 -
11 - 812
- SP

Birm. 6 per cent.. 7 1
11i Do: Pref. 4i per cent
8 Norfolk Debenture
'.03 Do. Prof. 4p. c. Stock
100 Do. sp. c. Ext
100 Do. 56 per ct
100 Do. Wav, Val. sp. c
100 North British
all North Staffordshire
100 Oxford, Worcester, &
Wolverh..£ls,6 p.c.
15 D 0...
all Scot. Cent. , New Prof
all Shrews. & Birm.N.G.
all Shrewsby. & Chester
(Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c.
10 Do. 5 per cent.,.,,,,,
all South Devon.,
14 De. fixed, 4 per cent
all S. Eastern (Reading
Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d.
100 Do. 4 percent.
all 8.-Yorksh.4p.c.Guar
all Stockton and Dar-
lington, 4 per cent.
5 Do. do. do.
all Stockton and Hartle.
pool, guar. 5 p. c.
till Ist July, 1856
Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c.
.00 York, Newea.stle,and
13erwick,4 p.c. Pref
5 Do
10 York&N. MidlandH
and S. Parch

136 138
11 id

87 - 90
01 - 104

114 - 116

12 - 14
- P
23i - 24
99 - 101

••• --- ••
2 1•
d

91 —93
31 3i
11 i d

LIEUTENANT PERRY', CASE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Your spirited remarks thereon are worthy of the
chivalry with which you attack every wrong, and deal
your " thunder" against every established or recognised
tyranny. I cannot refrain from asking—Why, if such a
weighty consequence as (so far as his " persecutors" are
concerned) the deprivation of all that is worthy of living
for is to be the lot of Mr. Perry--and I may ask, as nearly
the whole of my countrymen are doing, for what offence ?
—what ought to be the punishment of the Greers and the
Waldys ? The latter worthy, I sincerely cherish the hope,
will be called to a different bar than that lately sitting at
Windsor. Perjury of the direst kind he has committed.
Bad enough in the sight of God and man would it have
been, if it had simply been committed with the object of
obtaining some personal or pecuniary boon; but when the
very essence of a gallant brother-in-arms' honour and re
pntation were in issue was the stake, oh I it becomes " rank
in the nostrils," and insulted justice cries out for "satis-
faction." Surely the legal adviser of this injured gentle.
man will see to it. I call upon my fellow-countrymen to
indorse your appeal to their sympathy on his behalf ; and,
as an earnest of such appeal, I have sent two guineas to
the Mayor of Windsor, whose efforts and friendship, I doubt
not, will meet their reward.— Your faithful servant,
Sept. 6. A SOLICITOR.

THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. —Yesterday, the
first of a course of lectures by Dr. Scoffern, M. 8., on
the " Destructive Chemical Resources of Modern War-
fare," was delivered at the above institution. The lec•
turer, in introducing the course to the audience, dwelt
at considerable length on the great improvements which
have been made in destructive instruments of warfare
during the last few centuries by the introduction of gun-
powder, the manufacture of which, and its scientific
application as a projectile force, he fully explained by a
series of interesting experiments and diagrams. He also
touched upon some of those immensely powerful com-
pounds with which chemistry has made us acquainted,
and which at different times it has been proposed to use
as a substitute for gunpowder, demonstrating that, in
the present age, mechanics had not kept pace with che-
mistry in this respect, inasmuch as that no apparatus
has ever been invented which would render their appli-
cation anything but exceedingly dangerous. Towards
the conclusion of the lecture, Dr. Scoffern briefly alluded
to the report now current that the Russians had placed
infernal machines under the water in the neighbourhood
of Cronstadt, in connection with a galvanic battery,
ready to be exploded the moment any of our ships should
pass over them, clearly illustrating, by a few practical
experiments, that our cruisers have nothing to fear from
them, as the explosion would not only be deadened by
the water, but would be distributed equally throughout
its whole mass, and that any ship would pass uninjured,
though the explosion should take place directly below
them. The lectures are to be continued on Mondays
and Thursdays.

•
ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT OF THE POOR IN LAM-
BETH WORKHOUSE.—Last night a public meeting was
held at the Vestry Hall, Kennington-green, in order to
bring before the ratepayers the alleged ill-treatment of
the poor in Lambeth Workhouse, so as to cause an in-
vestigation by the guardians into the conduct of the
master and assistant-master. Mr. Stratton, one of the
churchwardens, was called to the chair, and the meeting
was addressed by Dir. Hyde, Mr. laird, &c., after
which the following resolution was unanimously
agreed to :—"That this meeting, viewing with
deep regret the harsh treatment of the poor in
Lambeth Workhouse, call upon the guardians to suspend
the master and assistant-master until the allegations
made to this meeting are investigated by the Poor Law
Board, and finally determined upon." Mr. Bushell, on
behalf of the guardians, exonerated them from blame,
and after attempting to make himself heard in vain for
some time, observed, amidst the cheers of the meeting,
that they would certainly inquire into the matter. The
proceedings then terminated.

- ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At a monthly
general meeting held yesterday at the society's house, in
Hanover-square--W. J. Broderip, Esq., F.R.S., vice-
president, in the chair—Lord Lindsay, Sir James Car-
negie,
Bart., Colonel Cautley, Mrs. Nichol', and Messrs.
S. Crawfurd, W. Harrison, and J. E. Richard, were
elected fellows of the society, and Mr. E. W. Wadeson
was proposed as a candidate for the fellowship. The
report of the council stated that the number of visitors
during the year had been upwards of 325,000, that the
additions to the menagerie during the last month con-
sisted of various objects of more than usual interest,
including a beautiful male specimen of the wild sheep of
the Punjab, which had now been imported into Europe
for the first time in a living state and presented to the
society by Brigadier Hearsey, C.B. The report also
stated that his Majesty the King of Portugal had been
pleased to transmit to the society a fine specimen of the
true boa constrictor of Linnteus. The collection gene-
rslly, as well as the flower-garden, are in a state of
efficiency to which the council refer with gratification.
Among the most conspicuously beautiful ornaments in
the garden are the Japan lilies, now coming prafusely
into flower, and an immense collection of the finest
dahlias furnished by Mr. Turner, of Slough.
THE DORKING CASE.--The hearing the charge against
George Elton, George Elphick, and Maria Fenn, was
resumed at two o'clock on Wednesday, the 6th inst., at
the Messrs. Hart's offices, before Captain Parrott, A.
K. Barclay, and George Cubitt, Esq. The depositions
of the previous day having been read, additional evi-
dencef was given by James Farringdon, postmaster, of
Newdigate, who said when the prosecutrix had described
d said
' what had occurred to him, she \burst into tears,
she crnild not help it, there was three to one.
repeated what she said to him, which was in veryJ.
par-
ticular the same as she had stated in her evidence.
prisoner
D. Sadler, Esq., solicitor, appeared for the
I at consi-
Elton, and cross-examined Elizabeth Crowley her
and
then
n
derable length, but he elicited nothing
evidence in the slightest degree. After
on behalf of
made a very ingenious and feeling appealGcorge Elton and
Mr.twSadeaalcer had
his client, the magistrates committed
George Elphick for the capital offences and Maria Fenn, ,