The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDOIS, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1866.

MARKE TS.--This Day.

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MARK LANI.

The trade for wheat in tho country markets held on
Saturday ruled firm, and the value of good and fine dry
produce had an upward tendency. Fino barley was firm
and commanded high rates. For other articles there was
a steady demand, on rather higher terms.
On the Continent the wheat trade is firm, and higher
prices are obtained. All descriptions of spring corn are
selling at full quotations. Advices from New York state
that the export demand for wheat and flour had increased,
and that an advance had taken place in prices.
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Very moderate supplies of English grain were received
up to our market last week. The imports, from abroad•
consisted of 16,461 quarters of wheat, 7,460 barley, 23,023
oats, 1,400 beans, 542 linseed, 1,063 cake and oilseeds,
2,888 maize, 114 sundry seeds, and 635 sacks of flour.
Fresh up to our markets to-day the arrivals of English
wheat were very moder ate, and the condition of the pro.
duce was but middling: The trade for all qualities ruled
firm, and high prices were demanded ; but the demand
was far from active, and sales progressed slowly, at, for
the most part, the prices of Monday last. In some instances
fine dry samples commanded rather more money.
The market was moderately supplied with foreign wheat•
For most qualities theft) was a fair demand, and last Mon-
day's currency was well supported.
Floating cargoes of grain ruled firm, at full quotations.
The supply of barley on sale was very moderate, and the
barley trade was firm, at extreme rates.
The malt trade was firm in the extreme, and fresh prices
were obtained.

There was a good demand for oats, at an improvement in
value of is. per quarter for Monday last. The market was
fairly supplied, chiefly with foreign produce.
Very few beans were on offer, and fully late prices wore
obtained.

Peas fully supported late rates. The market was scan-
tily supplied.
There was a moderate demand for flour, and prices ruled

firm.

East India linseed and rapeseed moved off steadily, at
full prices; but in other seeds very little business was
transacted. Tares were a dull inquiry. Cakes were in
dull request at quite late rates. '
CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASI.TRE.
Wheat— Essex and Kent, red, old, per qr. 48s to 553
Do., old sBs 64s
Do., white, old 63s 65s
Do., new
Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —0
Do., new
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Barley—Grinding
_ Malting 403 583
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk
Brown
Kingstown and War.
Chevalier 7os 76s
Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 19s 26s
Potato
Youghal and Cork, black 193 25s
Cork, white 22s 27s
Scotch, Feeding l9s 25s
Beaus—Tick
Pigeons ... 46s 50s
Peas—Grey,
Maple
White
Boilers
Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b 44s 50s
Suffolk 32s 31s
Stockton and Norfolk
American, per barrel 2Bs 348
French, per sack 26s 36s

favourable weather there was every indication of a good
harvest, this advance was firmly maintained. However,
as the sales progressed the weather changed,' and we re-
ceived very gloomy accounts respecting the harvest in the
north. The upward movement in prices, therefore, re-
ceived a check. With finer weather confidence returned,
and the market again became very animated, while
at the close of the auctions the prices realised
wore fully equal to these current at the opening.
The chief transactions were on Yorkshire account, and of
the quantity offered-138,068 bales—fully two-thirds were
taken for home use. The following aro the prices realised:
Aurtralia and Queensland—Good flocks, is 10d to 2s;
superior, 2s 4d-; scoured clothing, is 10d to 2s 6d ;
grease, 8)1 to ls. Port Philip—Good and superior flocks,
Is lld to 2s 6cl; scoured, is 10d to 2s 6d ; lambs', is 10d to
2s 4d ; grease, 10d to is 3d. Adelaide —Flocks, is 4d to
Is 61; lambs', 1s 3d to is 8d; grease, 7d to ls. Van Die-
men's Land—Medium and good flocks, is 8d to is 9d ;
scoured, is 81 to 2s ; is 81 to 2s. Now Zealand—
Flocks —is 7d to 23; super scoured, 23 8d ; grease, 9.1 to
Is 3d. Cape of Good Hope-Good Flocks, is 5:1 to is 71;
scoured, is 4d to 2s 1d ; grease, 81 to Ild. Fur English
wool the trade is quiet., but prices rule firm.
Current prices of English wool per lb.
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sd s d
Fleeces—South Down hogetS 1 7 1 8i
Half-bred do 1 9i 1 10f
Kent fleeces
South Down ewes and wethers 1 7 1 8
Leicester do • 1 7 1 9
Sorts—Clothing
Combing

The Simla Court-Martial.

Sir William Mansfield's action on the " find-
ing" and " sentence" of the court-martial on Capt.
Jervis deserves special attention. The circum-
stances are such a glaring outrage on all our ideas
of justice that it is more than probable that an
outcry will be raised throughout the country.
In a celebrated civil case in Calcutta, involving
the honour of some military men, a Judge-Advo-
cate-General, when examined on oath, stated that
he lived by the breath of the Commander-in-Chief,
and knew no law but his will. Sir William Mans-
field has willed that Captain Jervis should be
ruined, and being a man of great ability and strong
determination he has thus far succeeded in crushing
hisfoe. We say foe, because, in spite of thedifference
of their stations, Sir William Mansfield has Shown
even in court so strong an animus against this gen-
tleman that the President felt compelled to call
him to order. This fact stands on the proceedings
of the court, while it is notorious that the " charge"
arose from a squabble in the chief's household,
touching the expenditure for sauces, pickles, and
tongues. Sir William being the author of the
charges, being the individual injured by the alleged
defalcation of his " aide"—being the principal wit-
ness—was manifestly not the person to confirm the
proceedings of the court. The finding acquits the
prisoner of the charges affecting his character as an
honest man, but brings him in guilty of the insubor-
dination, arising from the indignation with which he
met such gross imputations. Captain Jervis has,
under extreme provocation, acted indiscreetly ;
and the question before the English public is,
whether such action, under such circumstances,
deserves the punishment his accuser has meted
out to him ? Of all tribunals a court,
martial requires the closest revision. The officers
who compose it are generally ignorant alike of the
laws of equity, and, worse still, of the laws of evi-
dence. Officers commanding regiments were clearly
not the proper members to sit on such a trial. In
the first place, the inclination of smaller chiefs is to
support the greater chief in the exercise of his
despotic authority. To sway with the iron hand,
and by the Will of the ruler, is more or less the
leaning of persons so placed. To crush faction and
opposition under the heel is the clear tendency of
military power. We have no hesitation in adding,
that an injury was done to the public service
by withdrawing from their work five officers
then in the actual command of regiments,
and we fear the reason was because the intelli-
gence of the Commander-in-Chief showed
him the truth of what we state. Nor is this all.
These officers come directly under his authority.
It is probable he will inspect each of their regiments
during the winter. If a Judge-Advocate-General
lives by the breath of his military chief, much more
so does the commander of a regiment. The in-
stinct, then, of a large number of the court was for
the chief and against the prisoner ; and, worse still,
if the commander-in-Chief be vindictive their in-
terests were involved. It is true the vote or opinion
of any particular member is not recorded ; still men
who live by the breath of another would always in
such cases be apt to act with extreme prudence.
We maintain that in such a case the members
should have been selected from the field officers of
regiments not in command. We are not aware
whether the prisoner rained any objection to the
members composing the court, but we feel confident
that had he done so on the grounds we have ad-
vanced his objections would have been at once
overruled. While we consider-the court ill qualified
for an impartial finding, we object in toto to
the revision and confirmation of its proceedings by
the real prosecutor. Imagine a judge sitting on a
bench to try a man whom he had accused of swin-
dling him, and one, too, who had hitherto lived in
his house on terms of intimacy with him. Imagine
this judge descending from the bench into the wit-
ness-box to give is evidence against the prisoner,
and again.tak;ug his seat to receive the verdict of
the jury. Further, suppose that every juryman
held his office under the supervision of the judge,
and we have the case much as it stood in the trial
of Captain Jervis. If the jury found the prisoner
guilty only of insolence to the judge and re-
commended him to mercy, and if the judge
passed the full sentence of the law on the
prisoner, while he censured the jury for their " re-
commendation," we would have this Simla case com-
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plete. If these be English ideas of jurisprudence,
we have .a very mistaken notion of the laws of this
country. Our own impression was that the " pro-
ceedings" would be sent home to his Royal
Highness the Commander-in-Chief, the Duke of
Cambridge, for his action the Indian Chief
declining, under the peculiar circumstances, to
avail himself of his legal authority. Had Sir
William read the leading article in the Times, it
is probable that he would have paused before he
committed himself to such a decision. That journal
has distinctly stated that, after a careful perusal of
the evidence, it had arrived at a conclusion fa-
vourable to the prisoner, and it is not likely
that that great power will allow so extraordinary
a sentence to pass unchallenged. If the Times
takes it up, and holds the view we have expressed,
the greatest folly Sir William will have committed
will have been his last official act in this case. A
very light effort of a power that sways empires will
be requ'red to crush an Indian Commander-in-
Chief, and Heaven help Sir William Mansfield
if the Thunderer comes down in wrath on his head.
—A nglo-A m erica n Times.