The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-14 00:00:00

Japan, advantages will be realised for the world by the side
of which any results of narrow antagonism would sink into
insignificance."

The following story is told by the Watchman and
Reflector:—" A Mean Nobleman.—The head of an illus
trious house, whom I shall call Lord Skinflint, had given
one of his cast-off hats to a certain lacquey in his service.
Recognising this hat a few days afterwards on the hall
table, where it had been left for the moment, my lord in-
quired to whom it belonged, and was at once reminded
of his gilt. What !' cried his lordship, ' did I give
you such a good bat as this ?' The man exclaimed
that he had had it se-lined and ' done up.' llmph !'
says my lord, I never thought of that. Pray, what
did you pay for it ?" Arf-a-crown, my lord,' answered
Mr. Jeames. The nobleman mused for an instant, and
looked at the hat again. I'll toll you what,' said he at
length, I'll give you five shillings for it as it is.' If your
lordship pleases,' answered the footman. (In fact there
was nothing else for hint to say.) The bargain was struck
at once. Lord Skinflint put en the hat, awl, for aught I
know, he may wear it still.
The Pull-Mall Gazette observes :—" It is remark-
able how differently Americans regard the function of
railways from ourselves. The inter-oceanic or trans-
continental railway, from Omaha, on the Missouri, to San
Francisco, of which perhaps half our readers have never
heard, is already one-third completed. In less than four
years it will be open throughout. Its length will be about
2,000 miles, through a region containing at present for
hundreds of miles together not an inhabitant except the
wild Indian. The cost will be about £30,000,000, one
third of which was provided by the Government. Wherever
a district is rich and populous we judge that it deserves a
railway. So do the Americans : but then they also hold
that a railway is urgently wanted wherever a district
which might be prosperous and populous is not so. And
they make it."

The New York Times of the 22nd of August gives
an account of a new patent railway car called "the
Lyman refrigerator," constructed for the purpose of tran-
sporting slaughtered meat long distances by rail in warm
weather. The first of these cars arrived on the 21st of
August at Hoboken from Ohio, with the carcases of 16
steers and 123 sheep, all as pure and fresh as on the day
on which they were killed. They came by way of Pitts-
burgh, Harrisburgh, and the Morris and Essex Railroad,
and had been four days and nights on the road.. The ice
in the car, of which about one ton is required, had to be
renewed but once during the trip, the temperature remain-
ing at 45 degrees Fahrenheit. The construction of the car
is such that a current of air passes through the ice into the
body of the car containing the meat.
The New York Tribune says —" The President
has adopted a new policy. He will not publish private
letters. No 1 so greatly does he respect the seal of pri-
vacy that he will not print Gen. Grant's letter concerning
Stanton. But the time has boon when Mr. Johnson printed
the private letters of Mr. Forney. What explains the con-
tradiction? Gen. Grant wants his private letter printed,
and Mr. Forney didn't. Our amiable Andrew is always
ready to oblige."

In the steamer City of Paris, which sailed from
New York on Saturday, the 31st August last, for Liver-
pool, there were two American bulls ana seven heifers for
England as breeding stock. The bulls are said to be valued
at $6,500. This is•believed to be the first time that stock
has been shipped from the United States to England for
breeding purposes.
Soon after New Orleans fell into Gen. Butler's
hands the Government sent there by vessel $lO,OOO worth
of postage stamps, The vessel was seized by the Rebel
steamer Florida, and the stamps sent in the original
packages to England via Nassau, where they were sold to
a broker for about $6OO, and the purchaser sent them, still
in the original package, to Canada. Our consul there,
ascertaining the facts, applied to the Canadian courts for
an injunction to prevent the possessor from parting with
them, on the ground that they woro stolen, never con-
demned in any prize court, and therefore still the property
of the United States. The ion. Caleb Cushing has been
retained for the Government, and Joseph A. Ware, the
solicitor of the Treasury Department, has sailed for
Europo to obtain the necessary evidence. —New York
Tribune.

COMMERCIAL.
NEW Yong, Aug. 31.

Money still continues abundant, the rates ruling as low
as ever. On the best securities advances are made from 4
to 5 per cent., but it is net unusual for them to be done at
3. The best commercial paper sells at 6t07,8 to 9 being
the rates for secondary. Gold has risen, closing yesterday
at 1411, after selling as high as 1421. At the gold ex-
change bank the clearings were $45,290,000, and the
balance $1,124,968. With the rise of gold there has been
a rise in Government Stocks 5-20's, selling as high as 1141.
Exchange is quoted as follows : —London, GO days, 1091 to
1091 ; London, sight, 110/ to 1101; commercial, 109/ to
1091; Paris, long, 5.16/ to 5.15 ; short, 5.131 to 5.121;
Antwerp, 5.181 to 5.171; Swiss 5.18* to 5.171; Hamburg
(bankers), 361 to 361; Amsterdam, 411 ; Frankfort, 41 to
411 ; Bremen, 781 to 781 ; Berlin, 72 to 721.
The transactions at the Sub-Treasury to-day were :
Receipts for Customs, $422,000; for gold notes, $54,000;
total receipts, $4,175,941 0; ; total payments, $8,799;699
&I , oal.Loce, ot10,01:7,000 ye.

The demand for money in the West, according to the
Cincinnati Gazette is not very active considering the season.
Last Wednesday, however, there was more demand, as
small sums were being distributed over the country. Rates
were firm, and at from 8 to 10 per cent. for the best names
between bankers and their depositors, and 10 to 12 per
cent. for good paper in the open market. The wheat
harvest of 1867, both as regards yield and quality, was
never better—the crop is nearly secured. The oats, rye,
and barley crop aro all excellent. In some sections the
dryco
corn
weather, but backward, and has been injured by
but the Chicago Tribune observes that
where one report of that sort reached them, there were
twenty of an opposite character. The rolling stock is in-
sufficient to move the immense amount of wheat accumu-
lating over the country, and tho warehouses in Chicago
andan other slipping
ports are being rapidly filled up. The
k e mate pernegotiated
cent., and in the open market outside
m
at 1 to 1/ per cent. per month.
Exchange was heavy. The miscellaneous stock market
names
asw e
r eis
in this city is neglected, though railway shares have
slightly advanced. There has been a rise in Cleveland and
Toledo on reports of a proposed consolidation with the
Cleveland, Painsville, and Ashtabula Road. A similar
report regarding
the Michigan Southern has strengthened
its shares, which were done at 83 ; Erie sold at 701 ; Cleve-
land and Pittsburgh at 94. Tho market closed strong, and
all stocks were in demand at quotations. The closing
prices were :—Now York Central 1051 to 1051, Erie 701
to 70/, Reading 1041 to 104±, Michigan Southern 821 to
83, Cleveland and Pittsburgh 93,
t to 94, Rock Island 1031
to 1031, North-Western 461 to 46k, North-Western Pre-
ferred 701 to 701, Fort Wayne 1051.
The amount of gold in the Treasury on August 27 was
$93,639,000 00; amount in gold certificates, $19,106,000 00;
currency, $51,332,000 00. The receipts for the six days
up to the 26th of August were—Prom internal revenue,
$2,879,000, and from customs $3,343,000. The receipts
from the Ist of July were—Prom internal revenue
$38,007,000, from customs $26,353,000 ; total from both
sources $65,260,000. Subjoined is the total amount of gold
certificates issued and redeemed by the Sub-Treasury,
together with the outstanding balance on Bth May
and at
subsequent intervals :
Issued. Redeemed. Outstanding.
20s $334,900 $206,600 $127,300
100 s 5,321,000 3,758,400 1,562,600
500 s 1,164,500 541,000 623,500
I,ooos 26,065,000 21,859,000 4,206,000
5,000 s 159,675,000 140,130,000 19,545,000
10,000 s 5,000,000 5,000,000

Total. ----
___
May 18 $197,559,000 $171,495,000 $26,064,400
May 27 198,688,200 173,389,000 25,290,260
June 1 200,012;000 174,475,000 25,617,100
June 22 205,713,720 178,185,000 27,558,720
June 29
July 6 ......
July 20 212,213,220 182,490,000 29,723,220
July 27 207,613,980 179,540,000 28,073,980
213,587,720 183,892,000 29,695,720
Aug. 3 214,104,220 185,866,000 28,638,220
Aug. 10.......,, 214,473,220 186,518,000 27,955,220
Aug. 17 214,867,660 187,731,000 27,136,660
American silver is in limited request at 51 to 61 cents
below the price of gold. Mexican dollars aro worth 10b
to 1031.

The Government have determined, to the general satis-
faction, to prosecute the defaulters in the Tradesmen's
Bank.

On the Produce
&change to-da Flour was 15c. to 25c.
lower, and rather more steady at the decline. Wheat was
also more steady. Corn one or two cents bettor. Oats
y
quite firm. Pork irregular and quiet. Beef quiet. Lard
steady. Whisky quint.

The Ilia/I-Street Journal, of the 3 lst of August, says :
" Mining stocks continuo very heavy, and there is little
disposition to touch any but Nevada Stocks. Colorado
Securities are especially neglected, the only exception
being Sensenderfer, which pays its monthly dividends
with great regularity. Nevada Silver Stocks are much in-
fluenced by the excellent accounts received from the
various mining districts of that State, showing by the
actual product of bullion that the mines aro being faith-
fully worked. We note that the 10 per Cont. First Mort-
gage Bonds (interest payable in gold) of the Hamilton
Gold and Silver Mining Company of Nevada have been
introduced on the board, and that several purchases have
bean made at E 3 and 86 per cent. Midas silver continues
in good demand, and has advanced to $2.35.
The Zacatecas Silver Mines have produced, since they
were first opened, 5796,043,855 worth of bullion.
The Hamilton Gold and Silver Mining Company of
Nevada will pay their September coupons on bonds sub-
scribed in Now York, at the office of Thomas Barclay, 4,
Wall-street, New York ; and on all other bonds at 430,
Walnut-street, Philadelphia.
The Atlantic Mail Steamship Company have declared a
dividend of 21 per cent. (out of the net earnings of the guar-
ter ending August 19th), payable at the office, 5, Bowling-
green, New York, on September 10th next.
The Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railway Company have
declared a dividend of 5 per cent., payable on September
10th next,

The interest warrants of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh