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present, that they immediately determined against Mr. Pitt's proposition." " Who is this Pope that I hear so much about ?' said George 11. I cannot discover what is his merit. Why will not my subjects write in prose? I hear a great ddal, too, of Shakspeare, but I cannot read him, he is such a bombast fellow.' " " The celebrated writer Sterne, after being long the idol of this town, died in a mean lodging, without a single friend who felt interest in his fate except Becket, his bookseller who was the only p erson w h o at tended his interment. He was berried in a graveyard near Tyburn, belonging to the parish of Marylebone, and the corpse being marked by some of the resurrection men (as they are called), was taken up soon afterwards and car ried to an anatomy professor of Cambridge. A gentleman who was present at the dissection told me he recognised Stente's face the moment he saw the body." Sergeant Davy was often employed at the bar of the House of Commons. On one occasion he called a witness to prove some point, and put a question of no great impor tance, which was immediately objected to by the opposite counsel. The counsel on both sides, according to the usual form, were ordered to withdraw, and the house began to debate on the propriety of the question. The discussion lasted for some hours; but, at length, the determination being in favour of Davy, he was called in, and the Speaker informed him he might put his question. I protest, Mr. Speaker,' replied Davy, /entirely . ferget what it was.' This, as may easily be believed, threw the house into a roar of laaghter." A Journey on a Plank from Kiev to Faux Bowies By Lady Charlotte Pepys. 2 vols. Hurst and Blaekett. The very singular name of this work naturally awakens the reader's curiosity, and the interest excited is not diminished by a recollection of the fresh and simple pages which we have before owed to its fair authoress's fluent pen. The secret of the title is soon disclosed. After a lengthened sojourn in Russia, of which country and its inha bitants she speaks with the warmest affection, a severe and lengthened illness compelled the writer to seek a milder climate. Two of her relatives travelled from England with the express purpose of removing her from the ungenial atmosphere of the north, and, thanks to their skill, care, and assiduous attention, she accomplished the journey safely. 0 wing, however, to her precarious state of health, she was obliged to preserve a recumbent position, and thus travelled the greater part of the distance " on a plank," which was no other than one of her own bookshelves ! She resolved, how ever, with characteristic spirit and intelligence, that even this melancholy transit should not be without profit, and that she would not " lose utterly even such impressions of this drive across Europe' as could be obtained in a progress literally from a chamber in one town to a chamber in another town, to the total exclusion of all the sightseeing, adven tures, and intercourse with others, which make up so large a part of the ordinary joys and sorrows of travel." In order to carry out this plan, she tells us that she has recorded nothing but what she has seen, heard, and thought during this journey ; and, under such restrictions, it is almost a matter of wonder that the work should not be dull and monotonous. But it does not possess either of these disagreeable qualities. The little incidents of everyday travelling, the bustle in the streets, the difficulty of obtaining post horses, the. servant's enthusiasm for sight-seeing, even the opposite neighbours of a house, where they linger for some time, are brought in to entertain us and to vary the narrative. Of course it does not pro fees to be a work of a descriptive or instructive character; it is simply the record of successive days and nights spent on an uneventful journey, bat there is plenty to amuse and occupy a leisure hour more successfully than in some more pretentious or ambitious attempts. The novel reader's tastes are not altogether disregarded, for there is a very inte resting tale, which occupies a great part of the second volume, and has the additional attraction of being a veritable history. The heroine is a young French girl, named Verine, who lost her brother when a child, in consequence of his being sent through a thick wood during an eclipse, from the ignorance of an old woman who refused to credit the approach of the astronomical phenomenon. The after life of the little Verine was a most event ful one, but through all the changes of her career the one hope and desire of finding her long-lost brother was uppermost in her mind. After some time this wish was realised, but not without bringing to Verine fresh troubles and perplexities, which we leave the reader to unravel for himself from these pleasant pages. The writer's allusions to the kindn ess an d sympathy of her Russian friends are incessant, and perhaps her enthusiasm for the country and its inhabitants, even if somewhat exaggerated, may serve to modify the old-fashioned p re j u di ce li ngering in too many minds. Of the relationship between the Polish and Russian languages she gives an amusing account, which was rendered her by a Frenchman long resident in Poland and a student of the lan guage. He told her that the Polish tongue is almost as intricate and difficult to acquire as the Russian, the declensions and inflexions being still more varied, though the Roman characters being used, and many of the words having a strong affinity to the German, a foreigner has a better chance of divining their meaning. But this random method of arriving at the truth cannot be implicitly relied on, for, if a traveller thought himself secure of a Russian word, and used it confidently, a blank look might be his reward—the Polish equivalent being derived from the German ; while, on the other hand, if, warned by this failure, he should ask for something in Germ an or i ts mo di f i cat i ons, it would be just as likely that he would be again unsuccessful, the word required being pure Sclavonic. The authoress is evidently familiar with the Russian tongue, and has added some translations of favourite lyrics at the conelusion. We must not omit to men tion the high moral tone and religious feeling mani fested throughout the work, which render it espe cially suitable for the young, and teach a lesson of contentment and cheerfulness under most trying circumstances. Some, more fortunate in the pos session of strength and energy, may find the mournful reflections of an invalid insipid or melancholy, but this will not generally be the case, and we are sure that the greater part of the readers of this work will share a hearty wish that a speedy restoration to health may enable the authoress to give us more unaffected, pleasant, rambling volumes. ROYAL IT-4LIA.LV OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN: The " Barbiere di Siviglia" on Tuesday was the greatest treat the opera-going public have enjoyed this season. T here must have been few persons in the house who were not familiar with almost every scene of the drama and every note of the music ; and yet the laughter was as hearty and the applause as loud as if the drama and the music had been altogether new to the public. This reception was owing not only to the unfading freshness of the opera itself, but to the excellence of the performance. We had an entirely new Rosina in Madame Miolan Carvalho, and a more charming Rosina has probably never appeared on the stage. Face, figure, dress, grace, and refinement, all were there ; and all the pleasant traits of the young damsel's character were brought out with consummate dramatic skill. Ma dame Miolan combined the acting of the Opera Comique with the singing of the Italian stage. She exhibited, in deed, vocal powers of the very highest order; a voice of almost unequalled clearness and flexibility, unbounded execution, great variety of expression, and the artistic finish of a thorough musician. Mario was the Count Al maviva, a character in which he has no rival, and he has seldom appeared in it to greater advantage. We may say precisely the same thing of Ronconi's Figaro. It was the perfection of gay comedy, without being in the least over charged. The house was fully and brilliantly attended. _HAYMARKET THEATRE. Last night an original comedy from the pen of Mr. Ed mund Falconer, called "The Family Secret," was pro duced with success. The dialogue of this play, though well written, is rather too copious. It is so mush `so as to retard the action of the plot, and thus prevent that rapid succession of incidents so desirable in a comedy. The dra matic situations, however, are wall contrived, and the characters are vigorously conceived and effec tively contrasted. Among the comic persona tes two may be particularised as especially deserving of notice—a soft,susceptible youth of a very good -natured disposition, adwairably played by Mr. Buckstene, and a tyrannical old lady, full of airs and affectation, , ery amusingly represented by Mrs. Wilkins. In the character of Una, who may well be called the heroine, Miss Sedgwick presents an affecting and impressive picture of all tiat is most tender and true, most generous and self-sacrificng, in the love of woman. She is well supported. by ?(r. W. Farren, in whom, as Lord Avonmore, the ease and ,race of gentlemanly bearing are happily combined with the frank ness of nature and manliness of character whichlre true nobility. Mr. Howe's well-known versatility was a.bmitted to a severe test in having to assume the cbai ater of an Irish of f icer, which, however, he sustained respecibly. The play was favourably received, and Mr. luckstone a t uounced it for repetition atnid hearty applause _3l, Auguste Marlette, an eminent French archeawrist, writes from Egypt that he has disavered the remains 7f a large palace in granite in the imndiate vici nity of the Sphinx. He takes this palace t(be that of Chephrem, tho built the great pyramid. Nless than seven statues of this prince have been found inhe palace. LOUIS NAPOLEON.—IIe war. the yoggest of three brothers, and he had many cousins—five ibne family —who stood nearer to their uncle's throne tin himself. The eldest of his brothers died in infancy; bctill he was 23 he had an elder brother ; and his early plant ambition was altogether of a personal character. He 7 not in the first rank of the Bonapartes by birth he is Ink° them in the whole cast of his character and 'quality (kis genius, and he evidently uses his ostensible relationshito the first Emperor as a mere charm over the imaginatiolf his more noisy and excitable subjects. It is for himself i d by him self that he has been the Mon arch-Adventure land he has used the Bonapartes - gen erally, and the Emipl i . in parti clam. ) as helps to hispurposei — Onef (f'll7-flic• Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are alsu at reduced values. Bank of Australasia have receded 10s. ; London and Westminster, ss. ; London and County, 55.; and Union of London, ss. Scottish Australian Investment have advanced to 128. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93a / 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — DAL) for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l7 5-16 tndia Stock. Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enlaced Paper, 5 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 1855 Ditto Bonds, 11,000 — )itt Bonds under £l,OOO Consols for Account (6th June) Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brasilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. 1858 — Ditto Scrip, 1860 i P Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent . — Ditto Account Ditto Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent., Account Peruvian 41 per Cent. Account — Ditto 3 per Cent Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853, Account 4 651 1 Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ S t .. 1071 8/ Ditto Account Ditto, 3 per Cent., 1859 65 Sardinian 5 per Cent. Account... B6 Spanish 3 per Cent. Account Ditto New Deferred 3 per Cent Account 371 Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Venezuelan 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. . 95/ / .. 95a 1 Consols, Money Ditto June Account THIS DAYS' SHIPPING. LONDON, May 10.—Wind this day at noon—South; moderate breeze ; weather mild, and a good deal of rain has fallen during the night. SWANSEA, May 9.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Mangalore, for Gallo. Chalyora, for Caldeira ; Maid of the Mist, for Cape de Verds. COWES, May 9.—Wind S W.—Sailed—Adriatic, steamer, for New York. PLYMOUTH, May 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Na Sade las Victorias, from Matanzas. - QUEENSTOWN, May 9.—AtTivod—Eliza Hunter, from Cardenas. . SCIALY, May B.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—Bellams, from Calcutta. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON Thursda Morning. Wind W. ; a refreshing rain has fallen during the night. Arrived, May 9—Alliance, steamer, from Jersey; Polka, from Newport. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, May 10—Avoca, from Porto Rico ; Rover, from Guernsey. , Sailed, May 10—Leda, steamer, for St. Petersburg; Earl of Southesk, for Adelaide. DEAL, Thursday Mornin g . Passed—Concord, from Launceston ; Gleaner, from St. Michael's ; Devonshire, from New York—all from London. The receipts in the North Wes Railway il a for last week b e y on d the corresponding week of lastyear amounted to £ 9,548 ; that of the Lancashire and York shire,Th eXt4e,4nldoe;reGfroeart t N he or x th i e , rn i Northern, of of Canada Railway second 6 per cent, debentures , Grank Trunk at a minimum price of 80, we r e sent inthis morning, but they were not opened publi c l y . It is announced, however, that the whole amount was subscribed, with the exception of £225,000, which is now in course of arrangement. The subscriptions range from 80 to 84, but as the great bulk ,was at 80, the directors hare decided that it shall all be issued at that price. • HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST, BROMPTON.—On Sunday last the Bishop of Winchester made a vary earnest appeal from the pulpit of Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street, in behalf of this deservedly popular charity. Having given an interesting account - of the working of the institution, and of the heavy demands upon it, his lordship stated that liberal contributions were indispensable to the maintenance of the Hospital, inasmuch as the annual subscriptions scarcely exceeded £3,000., whereas it required about £B,OOO a-year to keep up the establishment, thus leaving a deficiency of £5,000 to be made up each year by collections, donations, and legacies. Nearly 200 in-patients were constantly under treatment, and in March last no fewer than 176 were waiting admission. After referring to several cases within his own knowledge in which patients had derived great benefit from treatment at the Hospital, and bad ex pressed much gratitude for the kindness and attention they had received there, the Bishop strongly urged his hearers not only to give freely then in support of a charity to whose importanc' and value to the poor( classes he could testify, but also hoped they would become annual subscribers. The collection amounted to the liberal sum of £9O 3s. 9d. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. p aid. l Leasing' Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln & N.W .. .. Buckinghamshire.... 100 Ln&N.W, 97 90 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. l5l 511 Do. do. 54 per cent . 100 Do 125 } 127 125 f 6! Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Do. lll3 115 113 f Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin 103 105 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E CI 16 17 E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c. 100 Gt. North. 139 141 E.Union,Harwich Shs all E.Counts. 43 44 Do. Woodbridge . . 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dra. 100 Caledotain Do. New ...* ...... 100 Do. . . Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. R es t. Hartlpool.Dck.& Rail, all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby- ...... alt Yk.N. Md. 110 112 I Do. Shares ....... all Do. — Do. Shares ..... .. all Do. • • -__-_• 1 Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p.c. 100 Ln.& . N.w.207 210 London & Greenwich 100 S. East. .. 63 65 Do. Preference ..... 100 Do. Lon.,Tilhy.& Soutend. 100 Peto &Co 94 97 Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. 100 Norfolk Do. 6 per cent.. lOO Do. — Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all L NW&M 21 34 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock..... ... 100 Midland 95 97 guaranteed.s p. c. j Newmarkt.,Buryix 1 5. 5. 6 E.Counts f ! p I Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all r Do. Do. do. 6 per cent .. all , Do. — Do. Fixed 5 per ce n t . t. all Do. — North Western Preston and Wyre. I all L " W 1 & L Do. 3 Stares A all Do.. Yk. Roystn.Hitch., & Shep 100 Gt.Nerth. 135 138 Shrewsbry& Hereford 100 T.Brassey 102 104 Do. - Do. 1 1 South Staffordshire .. a ll M'Clean.., lot 11 Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West.' 9 • 94 •• Wimbledon & Croydn. all L.& Brgtn 74 84 Docks. DOCKS. - —......__ Share paid. Closing Business Price. Done. ... stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min lOO stock East and West Indies lOO stock London ... . ... 100 stock St. Katharine lOO 69 70 stock Southampton stock Victoria . 30 Do. New .......... 2 ,—. , MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. REDUCTION OF THE BANK MINIMUM. The directors of the Bank of England have re duced the minimum rate of discount from 5 to 41 per cent. This movement was fully anticipated, owing to the diminished inquiry for money and the accumulation of gold through the recent supplies from Australia, and the limited demand for expor• tation. A further large amount of gold, viz. £130,000, was sent into the Bank of England yesterday, making the sum received there this week £350,000. There has been very little demand for money, most parties having deferred their discount ope rations until the result of the Bank court was ascertained, a reduction being generally antici- pated. The Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, closed with a rather active appearance, and prices were firm. The sales were 10,000 bales. In the Rail way Share Market business continued quiet, but quotations tended upwards. The Funds continue rather heavy, in consequence of the unsettled state of continental politics. The accounts from Prussia relative to the placing of the army on a war footing, and the collection of Russian troops on the Pruth have created an uneasy feeling, which has led to speculative sales, and consequent depression. Consols are now 951 for money, and 951 1 for the June account; being per cent. higher than they were an hour ago. Bank Stock remains at 226 and 227-3- ("the New 3 per Cents. are flat at 931 ; the Reduced at 933 ; India New Loan is steady at 1063 1-; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper has receded to 983- ; but Exchequer Bills are without alteration, viz., 4s. to 7s. prem. In the Foreign Stock market business continues quiet, and prices, in most instances, show increased depression. Turkish 6 per Cents, have been affected by the news from Constantinople, they are now 76 to 77 ; ditto New, 60/ to 611; Peruvian 3 per Cent. have receded to 691; Portuguese, to 451 ; Sardinian to 86 ; Spanish to 481; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. are firm at 87; ditto Deferred are heavy at 241. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 21 3 prem.; Universal ditto, 3- I prem. ; and the London and South Africam Bank 1 3 prem. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : Great Western ... North-Western . South-Western . 1860. 1859. ..£33,286 £31,608 82,583 73,035 18,600 18,268 Brighton 15,972 15,431 Midland 40;350 33;214 South• Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 12,070 10,509 Bristol and Exeter 6,681 6,398 Oxford, 'Worcester, and Wolverhampton 5,185 4,393 Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,258 5,949 Grand Trunk of C ana d a Great Western of Canada Glasgow and South-Western Northern of France A steady improvement is apparent in the above returns ; the increase on the Great Western amounts to £1,678, the North-Western to £9,548, the South-Western to £332, the Brighton to £541, the Midland to £7,130, the Great Northern to £2,522, the Lancashire and Yorkshire to £,4,410, the North-Eastern to £5,650, the Northern of France to £BO7, Grand Trunk of Canada to £5,216, and Great Western of Canada to £1,512. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been moderately active ; a decline, how ever, has taken place in values. Caledonian, Lancashire, and Yorkshire, North Western, Manchester, Shef field and Lincoln, Midland, North Eastern, Ber wick, and Oxford, 'Worcester, and 'Wolverhampton, have receded ss. ; Eastern Counties, Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee, Great Western, Great Northern A Stock, and South Eastern, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been dull. Lombardo-Venetian are flat, at 12. 1 12 1; East Indian have declined to 1011 102 ; Great Indian Peninsula to 991 100 ; Grand Trunk of Canada to 331, and Great - Western of Canada to 131 131. SHARE MARKET-(TBIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share{ R,ilways Amberg.,Notting., Bost. and Eastern Junction Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch June Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bost. Shef. and Mid. Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen t Cardigan Cork and Bandon 'ork, Wreck., &Passage Cornwall A (A gets no div , D° ' until 6pc peran 1 Do B hasbeen pd. toB (Dublin & Belfast June. Dun., Perth, &A b. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A. late EU3ds East Suffolk Do Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furne55.......... Glasg. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock Do do B do Gt. S. & W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gun. stock Irish South-eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.. k S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover Lond. & Nth. Western Do eighths Lond. & sth. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man. Shef. & Lin-oln Maryport and Carlisle Do do shares Metropolitan Midland Do Firming. & Derby Mid. G. W. of Ireland Do shares Mid Kent ........ Do, Cray Line N'ewcastle and Carlisle 'New., Aber. & Iferefd Newry & Armagh, def Newry, Warnpt. & Ros Norfolk.. N'hn. Counties Union.. North British N r or.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoco D stk ; A recs no d.' until Gpchas beenpd.B Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do do , G.N.E. purchase, Do Leeds ......... Do York North London North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Oxf. Wor. & Wolverptn Peebles ...... Portsmouth Rhymney......., Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union Sittinebourne & Sheer. South Devon . South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do do . Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Do Pref. No 1 ITharnesHavenl. k& Rail l Ulster • • Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West C..rnwall West London.... Do let class Do 2nd class Worcester & Hereford 13.14 stock stock stock Closing Business Paid. i P r i ce. Don , e. stock stock stock stock G 1 6] 8 70 72 11i 12! stock stock 103 104 91 011 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 6i 7 8 8/ 17/ 18 54 55 37 39 26 28 itoci itOck 71 80 32 32 stock stock 99 101 Itock all 100 31 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 116 117 117 119 131 133 113 114 64 70 60 65 105 105/ 70 71 114 115 11 12 011 102 ip 924 034 IA 11; 42 42 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 2i 2 d 1174 118 94 96 stock stock 12 10 stock stock 1(4 114 7 6 (1, 54 56 34 3 ell 62 624{ 961 971 1 (1 80i 81 106 108 31 30 9 10 45 47 14 16 115 117 36 36i 88 90 48 CO 4 3d 42 44 87 874 66 68 78 80 6 8 381 44 0404 p 55 561 24 3 p d p 58 60 10 11 51 6 2a lid 54/ i 74 32 2 1161 118 691 70 691 PREFERENCE SHARES. 1051 i 70i 1141 } 102 11 2 la 10 42i f 1171 1 I 971 62 7f 511 12 I 1 801 1 80 4 131 14 13f BLEACHING AND DYEING WORKS BILL, The following a more extended report of the latter part of the debate than appeared in The Sun of last evening : Lord J. MANNERS said that when the bill of 1855 was before the house it was proposed to put the bleachers under the Print Works Act. It was said, however, that they ought to be under a bill framed upon the Factory Act. Now it was proposed to legislate for the bleachers by a special act Parliament was told that they ought to be put under the Print "Works Act. (Hear, hear.) The object of the hon. member for Manchester, if the house might judge from his speech, clearly was, not to discuss the clauses of the bill, but to reopen the whole controversy. (Cheers.) What was the reason alleged for referring the bill to a se lect committee ? That some of the master bleachers felt themselves aggrieved by the statements made about them, and they therefore craved an investigation. If the house assented to the proposition of the hon. gentleman on the grounds stated by him they would reopen the whole question, and plunge the unfortunate select com mittee in a dreary task like that which ha and other members were engaged in for a whole year, which re'ulted in the three great blue-books he held in his hand. (A laugh.) If the committee were granted members must make up their minds to shelve the bill for the present ses sion. (Cheers.) The principle of the bill, however, had been affirmed by an overwhelming majority—(hear)--and it was not fair either to get rid of it orpostpone it under the guise of referring, not the measure itself, but the whole of the statements made in reference to the bill to a select com mittee. (Hear.) Let the house, if it thought fit, appoint a select committee with the special view of rehabilitating the character of any of the master bleachers who complained of misstatements; but let the bill go through committee without any unnecessary delay. (Hear.) He felt convinced that the house would only lower itself in the eyes and af fections of the working classes if they entertained the pre posal of the hon. member for Manchester. (Cheers.) That hon. gentleman, in the face of the laborious investigation to which he had just referred, implored the house not to legislate hastily. Manchester had the character of not being very slow in regard to legislation, and if the hon. member for Manchester thought that to legislate on this subject now would be to legislate hastily, could the hon. member ever ask the house to legislate at all ? (Hear.) The matter had already undergone a thorough, minute, and la borious investigation ; it was now ripe for legislation, and he trusted that the house would go into committee and pass this bill. (Cheers.) Sir J. GRAHAM was sorry to be once more involved in a short-time discussion. He had, however, a confession to make to the house. On a former occasion, after hearing a speech from the hon. and learned gentleman the member for Sheffield, he voted with the majority in favour of the second reading of the present bill. Having given that vote nothing should induce him to take a course which should have the effect of shelving for the present session a measure 461 it the second reading of which he had frankly supported. (Cheers.) He had said he had a confession to make. Ex perience had shown to his satisfaction that many of the pi e dictions formerly made against the Factory Bill had not been verified by the result, and that, on the whole, that measure had contributed to the comfort and wellbeing of the working classes, while it had not materially injured the masters. That was the conclusion at which he had arrived. (Cheers.) He still, however, maintained the opinion that there were many material and necessary distinctions between bleaching and dyeing and other works which required to be considered. In 1815 he resisted the extension of the short time provisions to print works and bleaching and dyeing works. The Legislature then extended the short-time pro vision to print works, but recognised the distinction between print works and the great manufacturers of cotton, wool, &c. Hitherto the Legislature had not thought fit to extend the short-time provision to bleaching and dyeing works. The house would of course take care that in dealing with such important interests, while on the one hand they did not disregard the welfare and comfort of the employed, they would not on the other hand forget the rights of capital and the interests of trade. (Hear.) There was a great distinc tion which must be borne in mind between bleaching and dyeing as carried on in different parts of the country. Pro visions that were applicable to bleaching and dyeing in Eng land were not applicable to Ireland, and only partially ap - plicable to Scotland. In one part of Scotland, for example, bleaching and dyeing were strictly analogous to the same process in Ireland, where it was carried on in the open air and by the natural process of water only ; whereas in Eng land and in some parts of Scotland and Ireland it was car ried on by chemical process and in rooms of a high tempera ture. All these facts were intimately connected with the health and comfort of the workmen and the interests of the capitalists, and required careful discrimination and attention. (Hear.) On the whole, he was of opinion that it would be wise to refer the bill to a select committee ; not, however, for the purpose of shelving it or renewing the whole in quiry, as the noble lord (Lord J. Manners) predicted. With regard to the inquiry that had already taken place by a select committee, he must remind the house that the result 89361 51 61 87 7 Share' Railways. !P a id . Closing Business Price. Done. stock 12.10 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O Rris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £10,41 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun. E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class 11 5 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 per ct. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per c -ut. guar... Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares of that laborious inquiry, and the contents of the blue- books which the noble lord held up to alarm the house, was a recommendation by the select committee that the house THE SUN, LONDON - , THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 1.0, CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT--( THIS" DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Baron Channell and Justice Keating.) THE CASE OF THE REV. IdR. HATCH. This extraordinary trial was resumed this morning. The first witness examined was Lucy Harriet Hatch, a very pretty little girl about eight years of age, the adopted child of Mr. and Mrs. Hatch. She said she used to call Mr. and Mrs. Hatch papa and mamma. She said she recollected Eugenie Plummer being brought to Wandsworth, by her mother and father. In answer to questions put to her by the learned counsel, she most positively denied the charge that any impropriety ever took place. That she did not go into the garden at all on the evening the first act of indecency was said to be com mitted. Miss Howe, the governess, came on the 11th August, and Eugenie Plummer commenced her studies with her (witness) on the following Monday in her papa's study, which was afterwards turned into a school-room. The school hours were from nine to twelve, :and. from two till four. The witness was severely cross-examined by Mr. Ser geant ghee in a most kind manner, butnothing contradict ing her evidence in chief was elicited. She entirely refuted the statements made by Eugenie Plummer, of acts of indecency having been committed on her by Mr. Hatch. Mr. Holt, the attorney, for the prosecution, said he was not concerned for Mr. Hatch in the last prosecution; he took the evidence of Lucy Hatch alone. No person was present to interfere. After he had taken her evidence down he read it over to Mrs. Hatch and Mrs. Dillon, and he only did so on account of her tender age; so as to prevent any mistake, he had been furnished with her evidence before the magistrate and in the counsel's brief, but he took her evidence entirely from her own narrative. By Mr. Sergeant Shee—He took it down with a view of making a statutory declaration, to be submitted to the Sec retary of State. In the course of conversation the Secre tary of State said the only course open was an indictment for perjury, and the present indictment was preferred. By Mr. E. James—There was no other course left open to Mr. Hatch, as there was no appeal from a former con viction. Mr. Lewis, solicitor, of Ely-place, deposed that he con: ducted the defence for Mr. Hatch at his trial. Witnesses were in attendance to be examined on his behalf at the dis cretion of the learned counsel engaged for his defence. Mrs. Dillon, the mother of Mrs. Hatch, was next exa mined. She stated that from the position she was in at the window she could have seen any impropriety if it had taken place. Nothing of the sort ever took place. She must have seen it if it had. She was also present at dinner when Mrs. Plummer requested that her daughter might be petted. she recollected the 25th of August, when Mrs. Plummer brought the other child Stephanie. They came about the same time as before, and remained as long as she did on the first occasion. The child Eugenie had plenty of opportu nities of communicating with her mother. She certainly was never prevented. Mrs. Plummer left her other daughter, Stephanie. Miss Plummer, during the time she remained at Mr. Hatch's house, had plenty of opportunities of commu nicating with her mother in private. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Shee—Knew there was something affecting the character of Mr. Hatch after the children had left, but did not know what it really was until six weeks after the children had been removed. It was not until after Mr. Hatch had gone to Poplar that witness knew he had resigned his appoint ment. Never heard that in consequence of that resignation no inquiry into the charges made against Mr. Hatch by the Plummers would take place. It was at the request of Mrs. Plummer that the child was taken into Mr. and Mrs. Hatch's bed. This conversation took place in the drawing-room before dinner. Mrs. Plummer requested that no difference might be made between the two children. Mrs. Plummer introduced the subject. She would swear most positively that she heard Mrs. Plummer request that the child might go into Mr. and Mrs. Hatch's bed, as she had been in the habit of doing so at the Rev. Mr. Brighton's. The two children with Mr. Hatch waived their handker- chiefs after the fly which conveyed away Mrs. Plummer. The children ran back, and after tea began to play in the oval. Witness called out to Mr. Hatch that she wanted her tea. She did not call out more than once, as she was impatient to have her tea. She would not have been impatient for five or ten minutes, but the tea had been made some time. She saw Mr. Hatch was trying to amuse the children. He was always before the children. They never got on each side of him. She slept with her bed-room door open. She went to bed of 10 o'clock. Her bed-room door was oppo site that of Mr. Hatch's. She could not, however, see into the lobby in which the door of Eugenia's bed-room was without she (witness) sat up in her bed. If Mr. Hatch had left the dinner-table for more than ten minutes she should have been alarmed. Eight, nine, or ten minutes would Do. 4 p. c. oils. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. ct Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. fGt.Sn.& W(Treland)4 p. ct. pref. stock Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. sp. ct. Do. 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C 6 percent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c 96 9B 1101 103 1 5,1 61 100 102 110 114 110 115 110 112 108 110 124 126 81 83 110 112 90 92 751 761 118 120 117 119 110 112 103 105 85 87 97 99 99 100 88 90 90 92 102 103 91 14 17 18 10 10 74 76 191 20 9 101 14 15 138 140 116 118 116 118 140 145 116 118 (01 103 154 157 132 136 OS 70 21 22 115 117 1521 1571 12 124 125 127 IP 68 70 I PI 139 141 101 103 1 lip 94 96 9i. 14 111 12 Ino 111 iFd 91 93 97 98 1 d d ip 22 23i 112( 126 1119 121 73 75 10 104 23 234 101 103 101 103 89 91 99 101 85 88 28 29 324 334 32 33 50 53 981 100 should not legislate at all. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the report of Mr. T..emenheere and the adverse statements on both sides, he felt bound to say that in all the questions much agitated irr the country there was always great ex aggeration on both sides—exaggeration of the evils to which the workmen were exposed, and also the dangers which the employers apprehended. The result of long experience had led to legislation on this subject, based gradually upon compromise. It had led to an extension of the Short Time Act to print works, and now the time had arrived for ex tending it to bleaching and dying works. Still, for the reasons he had given that extension ought to be made with great caution and some forbearance. (Cheers.) He was opposed to a general inquiry, which had been exhausted, both by the former select committee and the commission. Nor could he agree with the hon. gentleman who had moved for this inquiry, in the propriety of including, as a subject of reference to the committee, the grievances of certain gentlemen who were the employers of bands in bleach ing and dying works, and who complained of certain allega tions made against them. 4 l'hose were matters which ought not to be investigated by the committee to which this bill might be referred. (Hear.) He would observe, in passing, that he had no faith in general statements with respect to the average number of hours during which workpeople were employed. (Cheers.) The statement made by his hon. friend (Colonel W. Patten), that the average number of hf.urs in a certain establishment did not exceed 12 hours and a half a day for a year, was no satisfactory answer to any allegation that the workpeople, for example, were employed for 48 or 60 hours consecutively. (Hear, hear.) [Colonel Patten--" I quoted a monthly and not a yearly average."] It was quite possible that with a monthly average of 12t hours the hands might have been employed 48 or 60 hours, so that the average was to be re garded with great suspicion. (Hear, hear.) He was anxious that the house should legislate on this subject during the present session. Still, great caution was necessary in deal ing with the details of this measure, 'which would be best exercised by a well selected committee of 'this house. He thought that the instruction to a select committee ought to be drawn with care, and that they should be directed cnly to receive evidence to such an extent as would enable them to investigate the necessity of a modification of the exist ing law, and the grounds which might exist in particular cases for special exemptions. The enactments of the pre sent bill ought to approach as near as possible to those of the Factory Act and the Print Works Act in England an d Scotland, where th e process was carried on in heated but in Irela n d, where the work was carried on open air, it w as a great question whether there i s rlio h o o m ul ths d e; not be an exemption f rom t h e Bleaching and Dy e ing Act. Wishing therefore that the matter should be carefully examined, and di sc l a i ming any desire to shelve the question, being anxious, indeed, to see a law passed during the present session, he should yet vote for the select committee upon the understanding to which he had referred. (Cheers.) The noble lord the member for Crick lade (Lord Ashley) had talked rather disparagingly of the deterioration of the fair sex in connection with the neces sity for this bill. The noble lord, being a young man, was a better judge on that subject than himself—(a laugh)— but, old as he was, he was not conscious of any deterioration in that' sex. (Cheers and laughter,) With regard to the *courage, the endurance, and the high mettle of the male population it was not necessary to go so f ar b ack as the C r imean war, for they had witnessed a recent prcof in the pugilistic ring that these qualities existed in as great per fection as ever among our fellow -countrymen. (Cheers.) The answer of Sir Charles Wood on Tuesday to the question whether the dividends on Rupee paper are to be subject to income-tax both in England and India was totally inexplicit. These dividends are not in any case paid in England, but English holders can be furnished with a bill on Calcutta for the amount. The statement reported to have been made by Sir Charles Wood is simply that " if the in come is received in England it will pay the tax here, but if it is received in India then the tax will be paid in India." W. E. Franks and Sou's in their monthly circu lar state—We note but little alteration in the tea market since the date of last ; recent arrivals have largely supplied the market with most descriptions, affording the trade good opportunity for getting into stock ; prices on the whole have been well maintained, notwithstanding the occasional forced sales " without reserve." The last advices from China, bringing accounts of large shipments, tended to produce a flatness ; it is stated, however, that the stocks at the ports are now very small, and the shipments for the season are not expected to be excessive. The camp at Chalons is definitively organised. It is composed of three divisions of infantry, a division of cavalry, three batteries of artillery, a company of engineers, three companies of drivers, a detachment of hospital mates, p s s tra en te c g a i ni st pe i d n , the French army. enjoys the reputa tionand a detachment of gendarmes. The t roo p s a lt oget h er amount to 40,000 men. The Duke de M agen t a , Comman der-in-Chief the fithe ?sot It is expected that under his direction th e c a mp w ill der- n o - f C h b i e e i f n become a first-rate military school. Several new theories are to be reduced to practice, which are based on principles applicable to infantry, cavalry, and artillery. The experience supplied by the war in Italy, and the employment of new and powerful fire-arms, will give rise to some very important manoeuvres which will ex cite no common interest throughout Europe. The camp'at Chalons, like those of St. Omer, Boulogne, and Satory, will be visited by practical military men, sent there by the varkus Governments of Europe to witness the manoeuvres. The Emperor will visit the camp of Chalons after his re turn from Savoy, unless his journey there should be post poneduntil the month of October, as is reported. have occasioned no surprise, but if that absence extended to fifteen she would be alarmed, as Mr. Hatch was subject to attacks of cramp. Mrs. Plummer had plenty of opportu nities of talking with Eugenie when she brought the child Stephtnie. She could have done so in the kitchen garden. On the 25th:August she was positive she saw Eugenie and her mother alone some time previously to Mrs. Plummer leaving. The court then adjourned for a short time, and on the iudges taking their seats, TILE CASE OP DOWNES was taken up. The prisoner, it will he recollected, was found guilty of taking away a girl, named Langleis, under 16, from the care of her parents. Some points had arisen during the trial, which had been referred to the judges. As they were not able to agree, it had been thought proper to discharge the prisoner on his entering into his recognisanees in £BO to appear for judg ment, if the decision of the judges rendered it (necessary. The required sureties were entered into and DoNc;nes left the Court. THE CASE OF RICHARDSON'. On the application of Mr. Giffard, this case was ordered not to be put on the paper for trial before Saturday. NIL HATCH'S CASH was then proceeded with. Miss Howe, the governess, was called, but her evidence was merely confirmatory of that given by the previous witnesses. Mary Ann Read, a domestic servant late in the service of Mr. Hatch, said—She recollected the Plummers coining to Mr. Hatch's house at Wandsworth. She saw Mr. Hatch and the children running. round the gar den. She waited at the door until they entered the house from seeing Mrs. Plummer off, and saw the whole party all the time. Mr. Hatch never put Eugenie's hand into his trousers' pocket. She used to brush Mr. Hatch's clothes. There was no hole or slit in the pockets. The towels she placed in the morning in Eugenie's room she always found undisturbed in the evening. She never remarked any strange marks on them. It was no part of her duty to mend Mr. Hatch's clothes. He never asked her to set aside a pair of trousers to be mended. Mrs. Hatch used to repair her husband's clothes. Two towels were allowed to children for the week. They used to rim about a good deal out of school hours. They were washed regularly twice a-day, and on each occasion one of the towels was used. She never suspected anything, and therefore never looked particularly at the towels. She recollected Mrs. Plummer leaving, and the children run ning after Mr. Hatch. She was positive Mr. Hatch never jumped over the flower beds. He ran round. She must have seen him if he had done so. Several other witnesses were called, but the evidence was merely to contradict some of the minor statements made by the defendant in her evidence at the trial of Mr. batch. The proceedings were again adjourned. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY. The trial of Edward H. Weltzenstein, Eliza Weltzen stein, Hermann Frick, and Madeleine Jourdan, was re sumed this morning. The prisoners were indicted for conspiring together to obtain £3OO from Joseph Stohwasser, a foreigner, carrying on business in Conduit-street, Regent-street. There was also another indictment against the prisoners, in which they were charged with consp i r i ng t o i mpe d e the course of justice, by giving false evidence in the Court of Queen's Bench, in which Stohwasser was defendant. The Jury found all the prisoners guilty, and sentence was deferred. A number of the leading bankers, including Messrs. Glyn and Co., and Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co., have given official notice that on and after the 19th inst., their establishments will close for business on Satur day at three o'clock instead of at four, as at present. As it is respectfully requested that drafts intended for the clear ing on Saturday may be paid in before two o'clock it is still thought the endeavour will be made eventually to accom plish the closing at the earlier hour, in accordance with the original suggestion. THE PULLINGER FRAUDS.—The Committee of the Stock Exchange are still vigorously prosecuting their investigation into the late transactions disclosed through the serious banking frauds, and the attendance of the mem bers is very punctual. Few absentees it is said are to be discovered, so absorbed the majority seems in carrying out the inquiry. Although nothing definite is allowed to trim • spire it is reported that the examination of the several ope rations entered into on behalf of Pullinger is of the most searching character. What the committee may be supposed to be driving at is to trace, if possible, the amount really paid to members of the establishment, and should this prove to be the case they will have to go backwards for a considerable period. The transactions of the delinquent during the panic this time last year, and when some of the heaviest of his losses must have ensued, will necessitate the opening of the affairs of a failed firm, who at that date were supposed to be placed in difficulty through the default of "a principal" in Paris. These and other facts may, with patent inquiry, be arrived at, but then it appears scarcely probable that it will be found so large a sum as the amount dealt with has been dissipated in speculation. THE CATTLE TRADE.—Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May B.—There were 816 fat cattle, 5,780 sheep and lambs, and 714 pigs at market to-day. he demand for beef was good, and about 6d. per stone more money than last week was obtained. For both sheep and pigs the sale was rather slack, and the former declined Id. per lb., and the latter 3d. per stone. Lambs sold freely at from £1 to £1 16s. per hehd ; beef, 6s. 6d. to 9s. per stone; sinking offal ; pork, ss. 6d. to 75.; mutton (shorn), 71d. to Bd. per lb. Inn eference to the cattle trade one of the newspapers of this town says : " For some months past sheep have been realising from ld. to 11d. per lb. more money in our market than in the metropolis, in consequence of which a truck of sheep, 35 in number, prime Downs, was purchased in the London mar ket last week for a butcher of this town. This is somewhat startling, and half a century ago it would have been placed in the category of impossibilities. The mutton was of the finest quality, and, sinking the offal, it would not be higher by the lb. than the most inferior sorts at our own market. Railways are making great revolutions, and in nothing have they caused a greater change than in the cattle trade, which is exhibited in the immense quantity of dead meat conveyed to the London markets," 12.10 I TEIIII 1) ' EI)TTION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LDRDS—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five O'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Buckley and Connah's Quay (Flintshire) Railway, the Tenbury and Bewdley Railway, the London and South- Western Railway (new line to Bristol, Exeter, &c.), and the Horshara and Steyning and Beading Roads bills were read a second time. The Kilrush and Kilkee Railway, the Poalnasherry, the Manchester and Buxton Road, and the East Somerset Railway bills were read a third time and passed. INDIAN FINANCE. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE hoped that the Go vernment, so soon as possible, would present their lordships with copies of the minute issued by the Geverr.or of Madras with reference to the new scheme of Indian finance. The minute had been published in many of the Indian newspapers, and there could not be any ob jection to furnishing the paper. The Duke of ARGYLL said there would be no objec tion to produce the minute alluded to by the noble marquis. PAPER DUTY REPEAL BILL. This bill was brought in and read a first time, on the motion of Lord REnnsnALE. Lord MONTEAGLE said he took this, the earliest, op portunity of giving notice that, on the motion for reading this bill a second time, he should move that it be read a second time that day six months. (Hear, hear, from the Opposition.) The Earl of WICKLOW said he hoped the Government would allow plenty of time to consider the bill before the second reading. He was adverse to seeing bills that had been agreed to by the other House of Parliament rejected by their lordships, yet there were some exceptions to that rule, and the present measure under discussion was one of them. If the Government persevered with the bill, he trusted therdships would refuse to give it a second read ing. (Hear, hear.) HORSE RACING BILL. Lord REDESDALE said he had given notice of the second reading of the bill, relating to horse racing for Tuesday next. He had, however, been informed the noble lord the president of the Jockey Club would be de tained at Bath races, and therefore could not be in the house that evening. Under these circumstances he should postpone the second reading until Tuesday week. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS BILL. This bill, on the motion of the E ad of SHAFTES BURY, was read a second time. PETITIONS OF RIGHTS BILL, This bill was read a second time. CONSOLIDATION OF CRIMINAL LAW. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved that the Offences against the Person Bill, which was the first of the seven bills introduced for the purpose of consolidating the crimi nal law be committed. After a short discussion, in which Lord Brougham, the Marquis of Westmeath, Lord Cranworth, and the Lord Chancellor took part, the motion was agreed to, and the house went into committee on the bill. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Trus EVENING-) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Manchester Improvement Bill were considered and agreed to, and the bill was ordered for third reading. The following private bills were read a third time:— Belfast and Ballymena Railway; Bucks County Rate; Great Northern and Western (of Ireland) Railway, and Limerick and Ennis Railway. The Abergavenny Improvement, and Leeds Township Bills were considered, and ordered for third reading. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the Wine Licenses Bill, the Registration Bill, the Medical Relief Bill, the Census Bill, &c. NATIONAL DEFENCES. Mr. F. SMITH gave notice that on the motion for the adjournment of the house to •morrow evening, he would ask the Secretary for War certain questions relative to the na tional defences. SCOTCH AND IRISH REFORM BILLS. Mr. BAXTER asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in consideration of the committee on the Reform Bill for England and Wales having been deferred till June, and with a view to expedite the passing of that measure, he would agree to postpone the Scotch and Irish Reform Bills till the next session of Parliament ? Mr. SCULLY asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether he would agree to postpone going into committee on the Representation of the People Bill until after the second reading of the Representation of the People (Ireland) Bill; or whether, with a view to uniformity of legislation, he would introduce provisions applicable to Ire land into the Representation of the People Bill, so that Parliamentary Reform for both countries mayproceedpari passe Lord J. RUSSELL said that it wou ld b e mos t i nconve• nient to proceed further with the Irish Reform Bill until after the English, Reform Bill had been into committee. It was then proposed to proceed with the second reading of the bill. As regarded the Scottish Bill he could not say when it would be brought forward again, but he would in form the house previous to going into committee on the English Reform Bill. HYDE PARK. Sir ➢T. PETO asked the First Commissioner of Works whether, in the event of the Government entertaining the proposition of connecting the north and south sides of Hyde Park by a road, he would lay plans, sections, and estimates of such proposed road upon the table of the house prior to any vote being taken to carry the same into effect ? Mr. CO WPER said that the subject was receiving the most careful consideration from the Board of Works, and before asking for a vote in reference to a matter of such importance he would lay the estimate for the works before the house. POOR •LAW BOARD. Sir M. PETO asked the President of the Poor Law Board whether, as the powers of the Poor Law Board expired at the end of the present session of Parliament, it was the intention of the Government to introduce in the present session a bill for the renewal of those powers ; and, if so, when such bill would be introduced ? Mr. VILLIE RS replied that it was intended to introduce such a bill this session. TROOPS IN CHINA. Sir DE LACY E VANS asked the Secretary of State for War, the number of - regiments or numerical strength of the garrisons of Hong Kong and Canton, Europeans and natives of India, not included in the amount of forces stated by the Secretary of State as proceeding to or ar rived in China. He also asked the Secretary to the Ad miralty the number of marines and sailors now on the China stations? Lord C. PAGET said that an answer had already been given in reference to this subject, to the effect that it would not be expedient to make the information required public. As far as he (Lord C. Paget) was concerned, he would be happy to give the hon. and gallant member in private all the necessary intelligence he might wish to obtain. WINE LICENSES, &c., BILL. Mr. AYRTON asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he was willing to move that the Refreshment Houses and Wine Licenses Bill be committed pro forma, for the purpose of introducing his amendments therein, and having the bill reprinted ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he could not accede to the proposition of the honourable and learned member. The debate on this subject had extended over a long period, and the fact was that there was no necessity for any material alteration in the bill which had been submitted to the house originally. The amendments in no way touched the principle of the bill, and he had al ready made an ample explanation on that subject. inconvenience would arise from the course the Government proposed to pursue in reference to this bill. COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS. On going into committee of Ways and Means, The CHANCELLOR of th e EXCHEQUER moved the resolution which he had previously brought forward, in re ference to the licensing of houses. With regard to this re solution he did not wish to press on hon. members the adoption of the particular description of house to be taxed under the bill. The questions which the house wouldhave to decide upon would relate to the different places, the ifferent values, and other circumstances, in reference to what would constitute a house that should be properly licensed. The hon. member for the Tower Hamlets (Mr. Ayrton) proposed that no house should be compelled to take out a license. Hav ing referred to the committee appointed to in quire into public-houses some years ago, the right hon. gentleman contended that some of those houses which did not profess to sell strong liquors did so surreptitiously, and it was necessaryin many cases the taking out of licenses should be rendered compulsory.Th e practical operas ion would be that such hon es would form a symbol to the police, under whose surveillance they would be placed. Mr. AYRTON complained that at present the licensing system proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer was rendered more obscure than it had yet been. In the first place, they were called on to adopt this system as a part of the financial scheme of the right hon. gentleman, but from what he had just stated it appeared that it was merely a matter of police. The argument as to repressing the illicit sale of strong drink by the imposition of licenses would be inoperative. In support of that state ment he also adverted to the select committee on public houses, and from the evidence adduced before them it was quite clear that such sale could be repressed only by the intervention of the police, and could it be expected that these parties would come forward and avow the illegal practices in which they were engaged. It was quite absutd to expect such a course o n th e i r p ar t, and how then could it be supposed that these persons would not endeavour to evade the payment of a license ? He also objected to the amounts of the licenses. There was a further objection, and that was imposing this tax on the country when its object was only to carry out a matter of of police regulation. That proposition, he considered, came with a very bad grace from the right hon. gentle man, who, when a Chancellor of the Exchequer iu expectation, took an opposite course in reference to a similar subject, and refused to consent to a national charge for police, which body should be a mere locAl charge. On financial grounds, therefore, they were not called on to agree to this resolution for taxation in reference to these licenses, and he contended that the operation would be most unjust instance? a a very large class of the communit. For nstance- 7 a number of houses situated in the metropolis would be obliged to pay this tax, whereas houses of a similar class in this country would be utterly exempt from its imposition. He referred particularly to coffee houses and lodging houses. The hon. and learned member concluded by moving the omission of the license tax on refreshment. After some discussion the house divided on the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which was as follows : "That, towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty, there shall be charged, levied, and paid, unto and for the use of her Majesty, her heirs and successors, for and upon the several licenses hereinafter mentioned, the respective rates and duties fallowing, that is to say :—. If the house and premises in respect of which such licence shall be granted shall be under the rent and value of £2O a-year, 10s. 6d. And if the same shall be of the rent or value of £2O a-year or upwards, £1 Is. And for every license to be granted as hereinafter men tioned to any licensed keeper of a refreshment h ouse to sell therein by retail foreign and British wine to be consumed in such house or on the premises belonging thereto— If such house and premisees shall be under the rent and value of £5O a year, £3 3s. And if the same shall be of the rent or value of £5O a year or upwards, £5 ss. And for every license to be tak en out b y any person for i the selling by retail n any shop of _foreign wine not to be • To-day's market was scantily supplied with beasts, in t for the most part, very middling condition. Home breeds moved off steadily, at fully Monday's currency. Otherwise, the beef trade ruled heavy, on former terms. We have to report a fair demand for sheep—the show of which was mo derate—at full quotations. Lambs commanded extreme rates, with a healthy inquiry. About 300 came to hand from the Isle of Wight. The supply of English calves was limited—of foreign, good. The demand for them was inac - five, yet prices were supported. Pigs and mulch cows sold at full quotations, but the sale for them was far from active Per Blbs to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 Lambs, 5s Suckling calves, 19s to 22s 238 to 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts _. 792 Sheep and lambs 6,529 Calves Pigs s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool do. 4 6 4 10 Pme. S'thdown do. 5 0 5 2 Large crse. calves 4 6 .5 2 Prime small do 5 4 5 6 Large hogs 3 6 3 10 Small porkers id to 7s 2d. and quarter 'old store pir. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts l7O Sheep Calves Pigs - MEAT MARKETS. NEVGATE AND LEADENHALL.—Fair supplies of meat are ou offer in these markets. The demand may be consi 'dered steady, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 4s Od to 4s 10d ; lamb, bs 4d to 6s 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs. by the car case. SOUTHALL, May 9.—The supplies of fat stock here to day were moderately good, and the trade generally ruled firm, at the following quotations : Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 3s 8d to ,5s Od ; lamb, Os Od to 7s Od ; veal, 48 Gd to 6s 2d ; pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs to sink the offal. ROMFORD, May 9.—The market is steady, as follows : Beef, from 3s Gd to 4s 10d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 2d ; lamb, 6s Od to 7s Od ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 10d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 15s to 19s ; quarter old store pigs, 22s to 29s each; and milch cows, £l4 Os to £l9 5s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--INIMIOW hay, £3 08 to L 5 08 Od ; clover, £4 Os to f 8 Os Od ; and straw, Z 1 7s to L 1 14s per load. Trade less active. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 3s to £5 5s ; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 82 to £1 14s per load. A fair demand. WHITECHAPEL.—'Meadow hay, £3 Os to £5 Oa Od ; clover £4 Os to £6 Os ; and straw, 7s to £1 14s per load. Trade rather dull. COAL MARL (Prices of Coal per Ton al 0. d. Byass's Bebside West Hartley ..15 9 Flolywell 15 6 Howard's West Hart- ET-MAY 9. the close of the musket.) Walla End. a. a. Heugh Hall 17 6 Framwellgate l7 6 Whitworth 15 9 Tunstall 17 0 Eden l7 6 Braddyll'a Hetton 17 9 Haswell lB 3 Thorpe . ......17 0 Hetton lB 6 South Hartlepool.... l7 6 Kelloe lB 0 Russell's Hetton 17 9 Eden Main ..17 0 ley _ _.. 15 9 Wylant l6 0 ranfield Moor l3 3 ranfield Moor Butes 13 6 West Hartley 15 9 Walls End Acorn Close ..16 6 Thornley 16 6 Stewart's 16 6 The French Government is adopting measures to accelerate the journey from Paris to its newly ac quired possessions in the county of Nice. The distance from Paris to Marseilles is accomplished in 18 hours by the mail train, which leaves Paris at 8 p.m., and arrives in Marseilles at 2 p.m. This mail train is in future to arrive in Marseilles at 12 o'clock. At the same time a fast mail coach will be established at Toulon to run to Nice, so that the inhabitants of the latter town will receive their Paris letters several hours sooner than they do at present. OPENING OF THE CENTRAL LINE TO SHER.- BORNE.—A.nother link in the chain of railway commanica tion between London and Exeter, through the centre of the country and over the line of the Roman road, has been gained thatthrough to in the completion to Sherberne of th e S alisbury and Yeovil n l i e n s e t , w o f h i t c h h e w s p a s e e d o y p e o n; de n n a M e o f n tdhae r t on e yw n —itsanenetairre course to Exeter. The like has for some time been opened as far as Gillingham ; between that town and Sherborne there existed a formidable obstacle in the shape of Gillin ham tunnel. This, however , has been surmounted g er, satisfactorily. THE RHINE AS A FRONTIER —A new pamphlet, from the pen of M. Jourdan, of the Siecle, was on the point of appearing. It was entitled, " Les Frontieres du Rhin," and it s o bj ect was to demonstrate the absolute ne cessity of France taking pacifically the Rhine as a frontier. If not pacifically, I suppose the other alternative was to be recommended —" Si possis recte ; 8i WM. quocun que modo." The authorities, however, did not think the moment propitious ; in other words, the pear was not ripe, and it would be imprudent perhaps toexcite attention too soon to the subject. Be this as it may, it was intimated to the publisher, or th e author, or both, that the pamphlet could not appear just now, and that if it appeared it would infallibly be suppressed. An indemnity was offered to cover the expenses of paper and printing. THE SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY IN HOUNDS DITCH.—We are glad to find that the Saturday half-holi day, which is becoming so general, and which i s about to be adopted by the banks, is extending itself into many loca lities and trades hitherto unconnected with the movement. The proprietors of the wholesale Birmingham, Sheffieyg, and foreign fancy goods warehouses in Houndsditch, scarcely an exception, have agreed to close their establish manta at two o'clock on Saturday afternoons, from the thred Saturday in May until the last in September, Consumed in the house or shop or on the premises where sold :—lf the house and premises sl a'l be unfit r the rent or value of £5O, 2s. 2s. ; and if the same shi 11 be of the rent or value of £5O a-year or upwards, £3 3F. The numbers were— For the moticn Again: t. . .... .. Majority ... —7o (LEFT SITTING.) e.arsßß~ l C~'S.—(Thisßay.) [BY ELEcran TELEGRAPH.] CITY BOWL. Apollo CRAVEN PLATE. Chore Arnie. Romsey .... 1 Ten ran. WILTSHIRE STAKES. Rajah Brooke. Seven ran ENTRY FOR QUEEN'S PLATE---(Run To-morrow.) — Brownstone, Actress, Pan, Rattlebone, Promised Land, Claire, Margery Daw, Petra; Eskdale, Tame Deer, St. James, and Australian Maid. LATEST BETTING. THE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Thormanby (taken) 1 ORK RACES.—(This Day.) -.- [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CRAVEN PLATE. Jack Spring 1 Prologue 2 Stockton 3 Three ran. ZETL AND STAKES. Walloon .... Lopcatcher Maid of Masham colt Eight ran. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. Ben Webster Pax First Lord T welve ran. 'RES FOR 1860. Manchester 3O Hungerford 3l NE. Bibury Club Stockbridge 21 Winchester 22 Chelmsford 26 Newcastle 26 LY. Nottingham 17 Stamford 19 Marlborough Goodwood 2-I Oxford l6 Plymouth 21 York 22 1 Lichfield 27 Stockton 2B Derby :MEIER. Monmouth 2O Manchester Autumn 21 Newmarket F.O. .. 25 Pan . RACING FIXT' Harpenden 18 Epsom 22 Ascot .l J s u: Hampton l3 Newton 13 Odiham l9 Beverley 2O I Ju Newmarket J. 3 Car lisle Worcester 5 Liverpool .. 9 Abingdon .. 12 Brighton 1 Brighton Club. . 3 Wolverhampton Reading 8 Radcliffe l3 Egham l4 SEPTE Warwick - 4 Doncaster 11 Chesterfield l7 Leicester XST. NOVEMBER. Hereford _ • 1 Shrewsbury Autumn... ,13 I Liverpool Autumn 7 IRELAND. JUNE. - - Wicklow 5 I Curragli .. AUGUST. Hcath of Maryboro' 7 f Roscommon 21 Galway l4 THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. 131/ ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 52s 6d ; barley, 37s M ; oats, 25s 6d ; rye, 348 Od ; beans, 42s 4d ; and peas, 398 9d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 498 6d ; barley, 37s 3d ; oats, 248 4d ; rye, 33s lid ; beans, 40s lld ; peas, 38s Bd. . , ' ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 101,914; barley, 10,8$8; oats, 7,148; rye, 228; beans, 3,616; peas, 679 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. stock stock stock stock stock stock 26 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 124 12,7- stock stoc': 12 121 stock stock stock stock 10 I 10 121 stock stock stock stock stock 10 1 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10s. stock stock stock stock stock stock [2 101 fin 1100 all 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 all all MI i 21. 2 110 1071