The Sun. — London, England, 1860-02-29 00:00:00

, Cam came ;nee, it to only . in the of the en col- d have tkrupt s ten out a bank ley had parrel to they voidable but as o objeo but he [th any I ease of rried on to New) Idonian- 'Ler, and m to the nv debts Assets, realise Poplar, ation on 'secured e about , draper, rich was rner not L the i11£15,000. £15,000. P which pon. and de mo ocea him if ha need 11 ay Levy aything. to would arc!, and pint of declared plaintiff ice as to not been ,the ago, efendant the biU received Dy in th• the jury lect. Day.) for com askerell. offence, an' im. oxiously 20, with Baik of r. T. B. the pri of Nor • is Bank Bate change [ to be a cott the 3ry, but person fleas in L.-street, uantity I wi;e t them. e.Grot• )risoner lelivery re sine. ass. mongst bought trained pea of A was foam.. , itree of a folio 3xami -1 been ►e pri 31ume. plicate ,unt of e pay. SerVi• 17T NEWS. VIA RE MA CITY, Two o'CLocK. There is a steady demand for discount accommo dation in the general market, where bills can still be negotiated on lower terms than at the Bank of England. The preparations, how• ever, for the 4th of the month may stimu late the enquiry, and impart greater firmness to the quotations, for recent experience has shown that the market is very sensitive, and whenever the applications have increased, bankers and others have curtailed their operations, or exacted enhanced terms. No alterations of importance were apparent in the Foreign exchanges yesterday, although the Austrian rates were again rather higher. A sum of £30,000 was withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday, which, with the £20,000 by the Asterope, was taken for exportation. The Roxburgh Castle has been announced this morning from Australia with £89,120 in specie. Letters from Liverpool state that in the Cotton Market yesterday the transactions were very re stricted, and prices exhibited no change of import ance. The sales were 5,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed with more animation, and quotations were well supported. The directors of the Agra Bank have announced a dividend of 10 per cent. and a bonus of £1 per share, being together at the rate of 12 per cent. per annum. At the meeting of the Atlantic Telegraph Com pany, held this day, the report was unanimously agreed to, as was also a resolution to the effect tint an additional capital of £20,000 be raised, to at tempt to bring the existing cable into working order, or in the event of failure, to recover and sell it. A moderate amount of business has been trans acted to-day in the market for public securities, but the liquidation of the account in foreign stocks and railway shares has again occupied the attention of the dealers. Consols, however, have been well maintained, viz., at 941 Z- for money and account. Very few transactions are reported for investment, and as speculators still limit their operations, the market appears inactive. The New Threes and the Reduced remain at 951 ; Indian New Loan is 1041; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper has declined to 971 7 ; ditto 51 per Cent. ditto, to 103,1 104 ; and the Debentures are 971 ; Bank Stock is heavy, at 230. Business in the Foreign Market is moderately active, but prices generally are heavy. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 79 to 79i ; ditto New, 651 to 651 ; Sardinian have receded to 851 ; Mexican to 214 22k; Spanish 3 per Cents, remain at 441 ; ditto Deferred are depressed, viz., 339 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. are firm at 83. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are at 2 3 prem. ; the Universal ditto area prem.; and the London and Provincial ditto, I- 7, prem. ; the Canadian Loan is 2k prem.; the third instalment of 8 per cent. is due to-day. The Foreign and Colonial Markets are dull. Lombardo-Venetian have receded to 111, and Great Luxembourg to 7. East Indian are flat, at 101, and Great Indian Peninsula at 99. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are quiet, but at late rates. Union of Australia have improved ss. to 10s. ; Ottoman Bank, ss. ; and Royal Mail Steam, 10s. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been on a very moderate scale, but prices gene rally are well maintained. South Eastern have advanced ss. to lOs ; North Eastern (Berwick), 15s. ; and North:British, 15s. Midland declined ss. ; and Vale of Neath, £l. Great Western, North Western, Great Northern, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, realised about previous values, with the exception that they are now quoted ex div. Shire BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95/ 5 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 95/ 5 Long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 — Ditto for 30 Tears, expire sth April, 1885 17/ 13-16 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. .. 104 1 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto 5t per Cent lO3l 4 Ditto Debentures, 1858 Ditto, 1859 Ditto Bonds, £l,000 Ditto under £l,OOO Consols for Account (March) 941 5 44 Exehaquer Bills. £l,OOO, 11d.. Ditto Advertised PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent B3 Wade= 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Peruvian 4f per Cent 951 Itussian,_lB22, £ St., 5 per Cent _ _ Ditto,'3 per 'Cent.; 1859 65 Sardinian, 5 per Cent B5l 5 iipanish 3 per Cent Ditto Deferred 3 per Cent. Turkish 6 per Cent I /Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Datch Exchange 12 Guil. 21 per Cent — Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s 801 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money - 944 Ditto Account (March 8) 941 THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 29.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.; moderate broose, and fine. PLYMOUTH, Fob. 28.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Martha, from Havana—H.M.S. Mersey, from the eastward. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 28.—Wind S.S.W. to W.N.W,/ blowing hard—Arrived—Birehgrove f r om Calingapataff. The gale has continued all last night and to-day from S.W. to W.N.W. The barque and brig reported last night as having brought up in St. Helen's Roads, have shifted to Spithead, but there is too much sea on to communicate with them. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.N.W. (BY SIIBM.ARINB AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind W.N.17.; tide three hours' ebb ; weather fine. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.W. by W., moderate. No arrivals. Piccolomini is married. She sang on Saturday week at the Crystal Palace, and then left for Dublin where the knot was tied. The happy possessor of the fascinating singing bird is an Italian Prince, of Roman birth, and a re lative of one of the cardinals. He does not, as in many instances, marry for the round sum realised by the vocalist, but is a man of some fortune—for Italy. .......... ... ..... _ THE WEATHER OF YESTERDAY.—RESCUE OF A MOTHER AND FOUR CHILDREN.—About 12 o'clock esterday forenoon some of the chimneys belonging to the house of Mr. Moore, 108, New-cut, Lambeth, fell en the roof and forced the debris into the second-floor rooms when five persons (Mrs. Moore and children) were with difficulty and after some moments of awful suspense, rescued from the rubbish, and wonderful to relate, none of the five were seriously injured, though for a time totally unconscious of their safety. Many similar accidents also occurs ed from the falling of sign -boards, chimney- pots, &e., on the Sur rey side of the Thames, and , it is fe ar ed , attended with bad results. LAMENTABLE OCCURENCE.—On Monday evening a frightful and fatal accident to'k place at the extensive factory of Messrs. Learmouth and Roberts, leather. dressers, in Swan-street, Bermondsey, in which Mr. Thomas, the principal engineer, lost his life. It appeared that the de ceased was preparing to go to his tea, and was in attendance on his engine,-when tie fell (supposed to be in a fit) amongst the machinery, and was instantly crushed to death. The intelligence of the melancholy occurrence created a feeling of much commiseration, as the deceased was extensively known, and much respected in the neighbourhood. GOLD IN PEEBLESSHIRE.—An interesting dis eovery has been made in Peeblesshire. Gold has been found among mountain rivulet quartz detritus in Glengaber burn, a small and a hal f from St. Mary' yivulet which falls into the Meggat about a mile understand, the division' s Loch, and which forms, as we of the Earl of between lienderland and the pro pertyis in weight Wemyss. The gold is in small nuggets, some of them resembling flattened split peas. The quantity piCked up equal t to half a sovereign. Whether on minute investigation worth working remains tole f e old will be found to an extent seen when the state of the season permits. The discovery, r so far, is duo to Mr. Mac alister, schoolmaster, at He which he has been able to collect have and the specimens n been remitted to the museum of the Chambers Institution, Peebles, where they may be seen by the curious.—Peeble ssl • tire Advertiser. THE MURDER OF WILLIAM SANDS.—Notwith standing the great exertions of the police, the so lu t ion of the 1 mysterious murder of Wi lliam Sa nds , at Camilor* n Win chelsea, Sussex, seems as d istant as ever. Last w , eeez• a name William Stredwick was brou g ht up at the town-hall man at Winchelses, charged wit h bein g concern ed in the murder. The only evidence offered ag ainst him was t hat at about the . time of the murder he presented himself at his lodgings w i t h every appearance of having been engaged in a struggle. H e also offered at the same time two duplicate tickets of watches tor sale for s s . The prisoner was discharged on that charge, ut was afterwards a rehended on suspicion of stealing the watches. Go v e rnm ent has offered a reward of £lOO to any srson who shall give such information as shall lead to the d iscovery o f th e mur d erer or m urderers, and Sir George a Lewis will advise the grant of her Majesty's free pardon to y accomplice not being the who actually committed person the murder who shall give such information as shall lead to the same .—.M . ' re ult s atdstonq gazettc. ORDINARY SHARES Itailways. 12.10 13.14 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock amberg., Aottnig. Bust. 1111 and Eastern Junction Bolfa6t and Baliymena Bir., Wol., and btr. Val ' B irk., La., and Ch. June Blackburn Bluth and Tyne Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Coun Bristol and Exeter f7;tledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrook,&Passage Cornwall A roves. no div Do. B P ! ' 41 ' Do. A Cuntilli c eran - • hasbeeu pd.toß. Dublin andlielfast June. Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock! Do.Nw. A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction, Furness Glasgow & South Westn 1 Great North of Scotland) Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.VLltail Gua.Stk ~ [rish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire' London and Blackwall., Lon.,Brighton JzS.Coast, Lond. Chat. and Dover, London & North Westn' Do. Eighths London& South- Westn I L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen / , Wan., net, & Lincoln iMaryport and Carlisle . Do. do. Shares.... Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby , Mid. Gt. West.(lreland) Do. Shares 'Mid Kent Do. (Cray Line) Nev. oastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd, Newry & Armagh (aet.) Newry, Warpt., & dos Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dey.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock ... North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds 'Do. York I North London (North Staffordshire No. & Sou. W. Junction, lOxford, Wor.,& Wolver :Peebles Portembuth Rhymney Scottish Central I Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock, Do. Scottish Mid. Stock , Shropshire Union (South & Sheer ISouth Devon South-Eastern 'South Wales SouthYorks.&ltiy.Dun ,Staines, Wok., & Wok 'Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 'Stockton & llartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThameellaYenDkdr Rail' Ulster Do. Do. Stock Vale of Neath 10 Victoria Station & Pim Stock Waterford Az Kilkenny 50 Waterford & Limerick 20 'West Cornwall 20(West London 10 IDo. Ist Class 20 11)o. 2(1 Class Faid. PREFERENCE SHARES. MONEY 11A 'HIS DAY.) .ND FITOCKS. Closing Business Prioe. 6 i 6* - - f i Si 73 74 11+ 12k 64 7 1044 105! 925 93 6 6. 74 8 14 15 57 68 39 41 27 29 814 824 281 al 101 103 169 i 1101 99 101 133 135 111 112 691 701 60 65 100} 1001 C,13 69 110 112 14 13 99} 99 d 911 62 8 10 40 41 Stock 121 10 Stock Stock Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 60 25 ! 12 10 , all 100 31 100 100 2} 154 [095 1095 87 89 91 104 58 60 34 3 d 614 614 021 92f 11 I}d 46. 17 76 761 108 110 31 d 9 9} PS 40 81 14 16 41 1 1 001 i 82 II 761 i 106 ,14 i 392 9 114 116 274 284 85 87 48 49 4 3d 42 14 86 884 E 8 71 70 72 6 8 39 4 0 81 91 pi 164 100 100 0 8 1 1 ~4 ~`.f 55i 564 25 34 p ip 59 61 LO4 11If 5- 1 ' -6 i Share ! Paid. I Closing BusinessSailwaye. Railways. ] Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tync It per c. pref. (issued at £5O) f Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares Stock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. 61 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun Stock E.A ngn. Class A 7& spc Stock,Do. do. Class B 6 pp Stock. Do. do. Class C 7 p 5 Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Stock I D°. do .. N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per et. Stock Stock, Eastern Union, 4 per et.!, Y•tock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stock Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stock, Furness, 5 per cent .... Stock ,Glas. &S West. a. 5 pe. Stock Great Northern, 5 p. et. Stock I Do. 5 peßedm.,lop.c.pm l Stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 10 'Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 1 p. et. pref. Stock 1 Great West. (Berke and I Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 41 p et ' Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct 1 Do. Irredeemable, do 1 Do. sp. et. Redeem. Pref I Do. Birm. Prof. Shares Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.sh. Do. do. 5 p. Ct. pref Do. Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock, Do.Barnsl.St.£s 3810dpc, Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan) Lon.&Brig,.spc. gu. No.l D0.,5p.c No. 2 Do. gua., 6 p. et. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. Do. 41 per cent Do. do. 41 per c. shares Do. 7 percent_ Pref. St.' D 0.6 p.c. d0.(W.E.&C.P.) 1 D 0.4 p.c S.(div.def.til'6s) iLond. Chat. and Dover I Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. et. Len.&S. W, 7 p.a. stock, Londondy & Cole, she. Londondy.& Ennis 1 sh. 141an.,5h., & Lin., 6 p. et. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent 91 97 1 102 lot 55 6 99 101 112 116 105 107 114 116 113 115 128 130 82 84 111 113 90 92 77 78 stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 26i 13} 20 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock! Stock, Stock, Stock Stock 12 12 Stock all 1100 Stock 1 121 123 120 122 112 114 106 108 87 89 Stock Stock Stock 96 98 1011 07 99 86 88 91 100 102 10 tai 1 17 18 101 101 76 77 20 21 10 101 15 151 139 141 116 118 116 118 140 145 118 118 154 158 132 136 66 68 214 224 !117 119 Stock 125 126 1 il. 66 68 I 11, Do. Ind. Con. 6 p. o. Stock Do.Con.l3ris.&l3lr.6p.ct Do. 45 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. I.eic. & st. Newport,Aber,&c.pret .5 p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Do., till 180 Nerfik 5 p.c. Ex.Stk,lB44; Do. 55 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. 5 WavVal. Ex. Sk 1847 North British, 5 percent , Do. New, gua. 5 per cent ; Nth.Dev.ltail.& N-East.Cons. Pref.4p.c. Do. Berwiek, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 to. York, H. & S. Punch. North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. Redeem., 2d fr,lla Do. Irredeem., 2.i gua. Illiymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pi .scottish North-Eastern 35 per c. pref. stock Do. Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. C. pref. stock. 'South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4I percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) Do .44 per cent Do. Fixed 45 p.a. Ist is South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 45 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.c Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd do Kilkny, Op.o, 12 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 81 Stock Stock Stock Stock 10s. 1.0.6. 7i 1 10, 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock W2l 103 100 Stock, 20 Sto. Stock r 100 100 100 100 100 Stock 139 141 102 103 ol 95 p 10 104 I'2 121 par i p 11l 113 110 111 90 92 95 96 1 1d 1 id 23 24 121 123 115 117 176 78 ,123 125 125 130 11 11} 24 244 101 103 101 103 90 92 101 102 85 88 28 29 33 34 32 33 50 55 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Bediord and Bietchley all Ln &N. W Buckinghamshire—. 100 Ln& N.W Chester & Holyhead 100 Do. Do. do. 54 p. et 100 Do. Do. do. sp. et. ClydesdaleJunetion lOO Caledonin Colchester, Stour Val all E.U..4zEC' E.Lincolnshire,g.tip.e lOO Gt. North. E Union,HarwichAs all E.Counts. Do. Woodbridge Gls.llarr.&Neils,Drct ; 100 Caledonin Do. New ; 100 Do. Gloster& Dean Foresti all 'Gt. West Hartlpool.DekAltail.: all 'Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby ' all Yk.N.Md. Do. Shares ; all IDo. 4; Do. # Shares ; all Do. Lanc.&Carl.g;ua.s 100 Ln&5V London&Gree nwich p.c. .1 100 S. Eas NT t Do. Preference ; 100 ;Do. Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. I 100 'Peto &Co Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et. 100 ;Norfolk Do. 6 per cent ; 100 i Do. Mane., Iluxtn. & 3iatk 1 all LN W&3l Mid. Bradford Prefer-, ence Stock N ew markt.,Buryhx 1 5. 5. 6. E.Cotmts c. guaranteed 5 p. NorthnA Eastn. 5 p.c all 'Do. N or th Western D n o o. . d F o i ' all Midland . 1v S e d P ( 5 1. p c e e r n t een . V ; all al all I D ) g : I ' L& N W 1 mi Preston and W . i all At L. Yk. 3 Do. a Shan s A. all Do. Do. Do. ; 1 ' .. • • 6 R l?r Y , s ‘ t v n s b i r l y i-t & e l II' (.. , ri' '' ' f l o li r l d ' ; 1 1 00 00 ( T 4t. l3 N ra ° s r s t e t } : South Staffordshire ..,' all M'Clean . Wilts and Somerset..', 100 Gt. West Wimbledon& Croydn.l all L.Arßrginl DOCKS. Leasing Closing( Business Co.'s. Price. I Done. 46 lei I 51 514' 124 126 113 115 103 105 15i 164 140 142 44 4i 21 2il 96 98 I P 57 59 14i 15 ,135 137 104 108 - 101 1 1 ' 7# 84 90 92 Closing Business Paid trios. Dose. 100 100 100 100 ICO 100 100 1 102 104 2 Share Docks. Stock iCotruncrcia , Stock IDo 4 per Cent Prot StockStoclt Walt India Stock St. Katharine Stock Southampton Stock Victoria • ... AI 41.• I.& • 00 • • 40 DO New ...... 107 f B 100 99} 6 9 1 9 1 111 113 ,210 214 6k 66 115 120 193 95 THE SUN, tONIDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 29, 1860. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. I Paid. Closing , t u ria inees done Price. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(Tms DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the Highway Bill, abolition of church-rates, &c. WAYS AND MEANS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER appealed to hon. members who had motions on the paper not to press them until the house went into committee of ways and means. His only object was to secure the passing of the resolutions in reference to the duty on spirits. He trusted the house would pass these resolutions as a matter of form, and by doing so they would not bind their hands, and the subject might afterwards be fully considered. He would move, therefore, that the motions and other orders of the day should be postponed until he had brought for ward his resolution. Some hon. members having signified their assent to this proposition the motion was agreed to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved the following resolution : —That, towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty, in addition to the duty now payable on spirits distilled in the United Kingdom, there shall be charged on every gallon of such spirits at proof which, on or after the 29th of February, shall be distilled or be in the stock of any distiller, or in any duty-free ware house, or removinz to such warehouse, the additional duty of ld. The resolution had reference to the duty about to be fixed on foreign spirits, and its being agreed to would have the effect of protecting the revenue from loss, but it might be modified afterwards if the house deemed it expedie.v.t. The resolution was agreed to and the house resumed. QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICES BILL. The adjourned debate on the motion for the second read ing of this bill was resumed by Mr. NE WDEGATE, who stated that he would not in a house so scantily attended move any amendment. The bill was then read a second time and ordered to be committed. MASTERS AND OPERATIVES BILL. Mr. McK INNON moved the second reading of this bill He contended, that in consequence of the unfortunate dif ferences that had arisen between masters and operatives, it was necessary that a measure: such as the present should be adopted. When any difference occurred between the House of Lords and the House of Commons, a very simple proceeding was resorted to, namely, a conference between delegates on both sides, and it was to establish a similar method of settling disputes between workmen and their empl o y ers that the present bill was intro duced. If it were read a second time he proposed then that it should be referred to a select committee with a view to render it as effective as possible. Mr. SLANEY seconded the motion. He said the work ing classes were rapidly increasing in numbers and intelli gence, and it was most desirable that the misunderstanding between them and the capitalists by whom they were em• ployed should be terminated. Ho believed that result could be effected if friendly mediation were resorted to in a spirit calculated to elucidate and settle the mutual differences be tween the two classes whose interests were so closely identified. He believed the effect of such mediation as he suggested would have the effect of doing away with the influence exercised by members of the working classes who were actuated, in many cases, by pride or other evil motives. Mr. WALTER did not consider the bill would prove effectual in settling disputes between masters and men, but as it was to be referred to a select committee he would not oppose the second reading. Sir G. C. LEWIS said he did not consider the bill would effect the object which its framers contemplated. The first clause proposed that the two classes in question should ap point persons to arrange their differences, who were to have the authority of arbitrators. He contended there was no thing in that clause that added to the existing law, and it was therefore either useless or imperfectly expressed. The second clause related to the formation of councils, with re ference to which the Queen was to be petitioned, and the Home Secretary to license these councils under a certain condition, which license was to last f or t h ree years. .He thought ds bill would have the effect of fostering a delu sion on tke part of the working class, and therefore it would not receive the support of the Government. He had no objection to the appointment of a committee to inquire into the circumstances connected with strikes, but he trusted the hon. member (Mr. M'Kinnon) would not press his motion. Lord R. MONTAGUE defended the bill and referred to Coaseils de P,•udlaornme in France, and other tribunals on the continent, to show that the principle and practice of arbitration between workmen and masters was in full and beneficial operation. The practice of arbitration prevailed amongst different trades in this country, and with great advantage both to workmen and employers. Mr. ED WIN JAMES strongly advocated some attempts at legislation on the subject, but objected to the machinery of the bill. However, he approved highly of its principle, and considered this question should be referred to a select committee. Mr. HENLEY considered that the terms of the bill IA ce too vague to be practical, and that they should pause before legislating on a matter which might have the effect of injur ing instead of benefitting the classes for whose advantages k was designed, Mr. E. COLE BROK E considered that the bill would not produce any practical effect, and suggested to the hon. mover not to presa the second reading. After some discussion, in which Mr. Black, Mr. P. Urquhart, Major Edwards, Sir F. Goldsmid, the Solicitor- General, and Sir M. Peto took part, Mr. MACKINNON repli, and contended that the question, so far as related to his bill, was not understood. In deference to the views of the house he would postpone his motion for four weeks, and would then move that the subject should be referre i to a select committee. Mr. CROSSLEY made a few observations, and the mo tion for the second reading of the bill was postponed. (LEFT SITTING.) POLICE INTELLIGENOE-(THIS DAY.) Railways. Ghare, Atlantic & St Lawrence cent ) Leased at 6 per nt Bom.,Baroda& Cent. Ind gu. 5 percent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 6 p. Ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 IDo. do. 1 June, 1874 :Clcutta.&S.Eastrn. Lim. Cape,Eastn.Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c I Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, ,cru. 5 p. c Do. I` Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 44 p. c. Debentrs ! Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1861 1 1G eelong& Melbourne I (Geelong Corporation 6, per cent. I3otds Grand Trunk of Canada ) 'Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 per cent. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867.... IDo. do. 1872 .... 1 0t. India Penin .gua.sp.c. Do. New, gua.s per cent. I Gt.South. of Ind.Lim.--- ; guaranteed 5 per cent IGt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New IDo. Bonds pay. '76,witlij @pt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '/3 without opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do ,Madras, guar., 4} p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4 P. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c ;Do. Fourth do. 1 Do. do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ity.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land d 0... Do. do. B. Capital do. Do. do. Land d 0... Oude (Limited) Scinde ci ai Do. New g Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo. W I A , St. Andrews & Quebec ,Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 20 20 10 100 I 100 100 i# all lil°° I all all all }lOO 100 100 1.3 0. '3i. Od all 100 all 1 all ss. all 15 5 all 18 1 MAILLI3 011.0 U GUI • STREET. UNSEASONABLE VISITORS.—Thomas Spencer, Stafford place, Vauxhall-bridge-road, musician, George Ellis, of 33, Raphael-street, Brompton, jeweller, and Mary Jack son, were charged before Mr. Beadon, the former with violently knocking and ringing at the doors of houses in Piccadilly. From the evidence of Morris, 171 C, it appeared at an early hour that morning, while on duty in Piccadilly, near the Green Park, he heard a loud knocking at the doors, and on going to the spot he found Spencer violently knock ing at a door, and the defendant, Ellis, knocking and ringing at No. 152. On seeing the defendants at the doors he told them that if they wanted to see anybody they had better wait, upon which they became very abusive and menacing, and the woman being very drunk they were all taken into custody. _ _ _ Mr. Beadon having cautioned the defendants, fined Spencer and Ellis 10s. or seven days each, and Jackson ss. A SKELETON REY APPAIR.—John Smith, a lad, was charged with being found in the house, 20, Stephen-street, Tottenham Court.road, for the purpose of committing a felony. It appeared that at about a quarter past six this morning while Henry Smith, nephew of the proprietor of the house, was in the workshop he heard footsteps, and on turning round saw the prisoner, who made a hasty retreat but was caught, and in answer to - why he was there said he had been to the water closet. On being taken into custody , a key was found on him which opened the door of the pro secutor's house, and some lucifer matches. Mr. Beadon said he would remand him for a week for inquiries to be made. THAMES IMPORTANT PROSRCUTION RY THE REGISTRAR-GE NERAL OF SEANIEN.—WiIIiam Robert James Rogers, chief mate of the ship Theresa, lately arrived, and which was paid off yesterday, was brought up on remand before Mr. Yardley charged with fraudulently using a master's certificate of competency to which he was not justly en titled, and which had been altered from April 1855 to January 1859. This was a prosecution instituted by Mr. M. Everard Home Coleman, clerk to the marine dept xtment of the Board of Trade, Adelaide place, London•bridge, by order of Captain Brown, Registrar-General of Seamen. The offence with which the prisoner stands charged is de clared to be a misdemeanour in the 140th clause of the " Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," and by the 518th clause of the same Act any police magistrate tan act summarily in the matter, and sentence offenders, to any period of imprisonment not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour, or inflict a penalty not exceeding £lOO. - Mr. Charlet Young, solicitor, defended the prisoner, who was residing at the time of his apprehension at No. 16 A, P)rtland-street, Commercirl-road East. Captain George Dunlop, the shipping master at the Sailors' Home, Poplar, said the prisoner came to him at the Home on the 3d of May, 1859, to be shipped as chief mate of the Theresa, and then handed to him the master's cer tificate of competency now produced. Since the arrival of the Theresa he had received a communication from the Registrar that the certificate had been defaced and altered. He sent his messenger to the prisoner, who accompanied him to the Registrar. The prisoner was there given into custody. The name and number on the certificate was entered in the - usual manner by his (Captain Dunlop's) clerk, under his own eye. In answer to questions by Mr. Yardley, the witness said that the prisoner would not have been allowed to have shipped as chief mate of a shit if he had not produced a certificate of competency. The one produced by the pri soner was a master's certificate ; but many persons after passing examinations in the higher capacity of master, went out in ships as chief mates only, and that was perfectly legal. Mr. E. R. Coleman, the prosecutor, said the certificate by which the prisoner was enabled to ship and act as chief mate had never been issued to him. The certificate had been altered in many important respects, and had never been issued by any local marine board it the state it now was. It was numbered 12,179 when it left his office in April, 1855—it was now numbered 12,176—and bore the name of John Scott. That same bad been erased for the prisoner's name, ,4 William Robert James Rogers." It had also been altered in various parti culars. The certificate, No. 12,179, was issued to Peter Wanless, and not to a person named R(gers. Mr. Cole man then produced the parchment certificate which the prisoner is accused of altering. The eragires and altera tions were palpable. The name John Scott, which origi nally appeared Dn the certificate No. 12,176, is supposed to have been erased by some chemical proce. Mr. Coleman also produced a counterpart of the original certificate, No. 12,176, issued to John Scott. Mr. Yardley—You have no hesitation )3. saying the cer tificate of competency has been altered ince it left your office ? Mr. Coleman—None whatever. The prisoner, in defence, said he had pissed his exami nation, and received the certificate of a properly authorised officer at Leith. ILL Yardley remanded the prisoner unti. Monday next. FR 0131 THE G. LAST NIGHT ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 23. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Francis Leopold 11.1.‘Clintock, Captain in the Royal Navy, LL.D. WAR-OFFICE, FEE. 25. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Andrew Buchanan, Esq., C. 8., her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary to her Majesty the Queen of Spain, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. GENERAL ORDER. Dated Horse Guards, Feb. 28. In consideration of the eminent services of Major-Oene ral Sir Hugh Rose, G.C.8., during the late operations in India, her Majesty has been graciously pleased to promote this distinguished officer to the rank of Lieutenant-General in the army.—By order of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in. Chief, (Signed) G. A. WETIIERALL, Adjt.-Gen. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 28. BREVET.—Major-Geueral Sir Hugh Rose, G.C.8., to be Lieutenant-General. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 27. Rear Admiral of the Blue James Hope, C.B , to be Vice- Admiral of the Blue until further orders, and while em ployed as Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels within the limits of the East India Station. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. County of Aberdeen—Colonel Charles Fraser to be Vice- Lieutenant. County of Somerset—Robert James Elton, Esq., to be Deputy Li eu t enan t . I st S omerset Regiment ofMilitia Henry Gully Foy, Esq , to be Surgeon, vice Hugo, de ceased. Bridgewater, or sth Somerset Company of Volunteer Rifle Corps—John Masters, Doctor of Medi cine, to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon. Keynsham or 7th Somerset Company of Volunteer Rifle Corps— James Ireland Clayfield Ireland, Esq., to be Captain ; Charles John Simmons, Gent , to be Lieutenant ; Han ford Lyne, Gent., to he Ensign. Williton or 9th Somer set Volunteer Rifle Corps—John Halliday, Esq., to be Lieutenant ; John Blornmart, Esq., to be Ensign. Wells or 10th Somerset Company of Volunteer Rifle Corps—John Nicholls, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant- Surgeon. Stogursey or 11th Somerset Volunteer Rifle Corps--George Fownes Luttrell, Esq., to be Lieutenant; Robert Guy Evered, Esq., to be Ensign. City of London.—London Rifle Volunteer Brigade—His Royal Highness General the Duke of Cambridge„ K.G., to be Honorary Colonel. County of Rutland.—Rutland Militia—John Thomas Keal, Esq., to be Surgeon. County of Cumberland.-2d Cumberland Artillery Volun teers—Thomas Salkeld, Esq., to be Captain Comman• dant. Ist Cumberland Rifle Volunteers—Robert Ferguson, Esq., to be Captain Commandant. 3ti Cumberland Rifle Volunteers—Major Charles Hamilton Wake to be-Cap tain Commandant. County of Berks.—Berks Rifle Volunteers-Ist Corps, Ist Company—Henry Bilson Blandy, Gent., to be Lieute nant, vice Charles Stephens, promoted. Ist Corps, 2d Company—Lieut. Charles Stephens to be Captain ; Henry Adolphus Simonds, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Blackall Simonds, Gent., to be Ensign. County of Oxford.-3d Oxford Rifle Volunteers—Timothy Edward Cobb, Banker, to be Lieutenant ; John Potts, Gent., to be Ensign. County of Sussex.— 6th Sussex Rifle Volunteers—The Hon. Percy Scawen Wyndham to be Lieutenant ; the Hon. Edward Tumour, commonly called Viscount Tur nour, to be Ensign. 4th Sussex Rifle Volunteers.— Inig,e Gell to be Lieutenant ; William Beard to be En- sign. Bth Sussex Rifle Volunteers—Sir Charles Goring, Bart., to be Captain. County of Carmarthen.-Ist Carmarthenshire Rifle Volunteers—The Viscount Emlyn to be Captain; John Lewes Thomas Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Frederick Lloyd Philipps, Gent., to be Ensign. 2d Carmarthen shire Rifle Volunteers—David John Browne Ed wardes, Esq., to be Captain. County of Devon.—Exeter and Soutli Devon Rifle Volun teers—George Henry Courtenay to be Captain ; James Gordon, to be Captain ; John Win. Barris to bo Lieu tenant ; Herbert ltocke to be Lieutenant ; George Wick ender Cumming to be Ensign; Peter Merrick Hoare to he Ensign; Sir Edmund Prideaux, Bart., to be Lieu tenat-Colonel ; Arthur C. Chichester to be Major; Thos. Holman to be Captain; Chas. Fox to be Lieutenant; John Lempriere de he Garde to be Surgeon, vice Harris resigned. Bth Devon Rifle Volunteers—William Porter to be Cap tain ; Hon. Colin Lindsay to be Lieutenant ; George Newman to be Ensign. sth Devon Artillery Volunteers —John Eyre Kingdon to be Captain ; William Tombs to be First Lieutenant ; William Wilcocks to be Second Lieutenant. 4th Devon Artillery Volunteers —Edward Vivian to be Captain ; Briscoe Hooper to be First Lieu tenant ; John A Hay to be Second Lieutenant. 2d Devon Ri'te Volunteers--M. J. Collier to be Lieutenant, vice Dement, resigned ; Thomas Butcher, to be Ensign, vice Collier, promoted; Frederick Dufty Bewes to be Cap tain ; Joseph Norrington to be Lieutenant ; John Hawker to be Ensign. Royal Ist Devon Yeomanry Cavalry— Henry William Clarke to be Lieutenanit, vice Robert S. Dykes, deceased ; John Northmore to bo Cornet, vice Clarke, promoted ; Richard Preston Bishop to be Cor net, vice Jas. H. Buller, promoted. 2d Devon Artillery Volunteers—T. H. S. Pullin to be Honorary Surgeon ; 13th Devon Rifle Volunteers—Horace Vibart Mules to be Captain; George Hutchings Jerrard, M.D., to be Lieutenant ; John Robinson Rogers to be Ensign. 3d Devon Artillery Volunteers—Maitland Rossiter Coleman to be Second Lieutenant, vice Cotton, resigned. County of Northumberland.-Ist Corps of Northumber land Artillery Volunteers—Captain Potter to be Captain Commandant; Second Lieutenant Filter to be First Lieutenant. Ist Corps of Northumberland Rifle Volun teers—Mr. Henry Bell to be Captain ; Mr. George Fawcus to be Lieutenant; Mr. Charles Alexander Adam son to be Ensign. Cpun Ey Palatine of Lanedteter Artillery Ftcs - itileut of Royal Lancaster Militia—Win. Skirving, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Thos. Christie, promoted. Bth Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—Captain ohn Hutchinson to be Captain Commandant; Lieut. W. Hardman Price to be Captain; Ensign Oliver Ormerod Walker, jun., to be Lieutenant, vice 'William Hardman Price, promoted ; T. Lloyd Price, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Chas. Walker, Gent., to be Ensign, vice 0. Ormerod Walker, promoted. 14th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—Captain Tyndal Bright to be Captain Commandant; Lieutenant Charles John Brady to be Captain •, Ensign Henry Jones to be Lieutenant, vice Charles John Brady, promoted. 23d Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—Ely Andrew, Esq., to be Captain; Joseph Moxon Clementson, Gent., t o b e Lieu tenant ; John Nield, Gent., to be Ensign. 41st Lanett shire Rifle Volunteers—Richard Patchett, Esq., to be Captain; Hugh M'Monagle, Gent., to be Ensign. County of Stafford.—Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, 6th Company—Joseph Walker, Gent., to be honorary Assistant-Surgeon. 10th Company—Michael Mole Ashwell, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant. Surgeon. 16th Company—Joseph Knight, Esq., to be Captain ; Wil liam Henry Dutton, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; John Smith Mayer, Gent., to be Ensign. 17th Company-- George Pudsey Aston, Esq., to be Captain. 18th Com pany—Joseph Barrows, Gentleman, to be Lieute nant; Joseph Pearson, Gentleman, to be Ensign 20th Company—Thomas Bagnall, jun., to be Captain ; Henry 'Williams, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; E. Hooper, Gent., to be Ensign. 21st Company—Newton J. Lane, Esq., to be Captain ; Josiah Spode, Gent., to be Lieute nant ; Robert Lander, Gent., to be Ensign. 22d Com pany—John Harrison, Esq., to he Captain ; Wm. B. Harrison, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Robert N. Boyd, Gent., to be Ensign. County of Chester -4th Company of Cheshire Artillery Volunteers—Henry Anthony Grey, Esq., to be Captain ; Kenneth Fowles, Gent., to be first Lieutenant ; William Symson Briggs, Gent., late Corporal in the 3d Company of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers, to be Second Lieutenant. 13th Company of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers—Francis Dukinfield Palmer Astloy, Esq., to be Captain ; Charles Charles James Ashton, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Thomas Bazley Hall, Gent., to be Ensign ; Alfred Aspland, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant. Surgeon. County of Middlesex.. —South Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps—Evans Macpherson, Esq., late Major 68th Regi ment, to be Captain ; the Hon. William Edward Fitz maurice, late Major 2d Life Guards, to be Captain; Francis Henry Atherley, Esq., late Major Rifle Brigade, to be Captain ; John Walrond Clarke, Esq., late Captain 10th Royal Hussars, to be Captain ; Hon. C. S. Vereker, to be Captain ; W. H. Wylde, Esq., to be Captain ; Hugh Hamnsersley, Esq., late Lieut. Uxbridge Yeo manry Cavalry, to be Captain; Chas. Appleyard, Esq., to be Captain ; Charles Frederick Hawker, Esq., to be Cap tain; Charles Townshend Murdock, Gent., to be Lieute nant; Henry Langley, Gent., late Sub-Lieutenant 2d Life Guards, to be Lieutenant; Henry Arthur March, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Fredk. Cox, Gent., to be Lieute nant; St. Pierre Butler Hook, late Captain 83d Regt. of Militia, to be Ensign ; Herman John Richard Gaskoin, Gent., to be Ensign ; George Charles Silk, Gent., to be Ensign ; Thomas Bramah Diplock, Gent., to be Ensign ; Frederick Dawson Gilly, Gent., to bo Ensign; William Henry Lammin, Gent., to be Supernumerary Lieutenant ; George Frederick Parratt, Gent., to be Supernumerary Lieutenant. West Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps—Laurence Oliphant, Esq., to be Captain. 21st Middlesex Rifle Volunteers—Will. Adams Dewar, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Thomas William Angell, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Edmund Yates, Gent., to be Ensign ; d G i e e o se rg x e D R u ifi n e iel v de o n lu g n er eee G rg e — nt i ., ‘h te e b n e o E n ns l ig li n. oma 3 s 2n c d h l4 a l r i l d es . Bruce to be Captain Commandant ; James Thomson, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Edward Frederick Devenish Walsho, Gent., to be Ensign. County of Kent.—Kent Rifle Volunteers-12th Company —Thomas Horn Fleet, Esq., to be Captain; Charles E. Rashleigh, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; T. Butler, Gent., to be Ensign. 13th Company—John Robins Harris, Esq., to be Captain ; 'William Bristow, Gent., to be Lieu tenant ; Thomas Wm. Merchant, Gent., to be Ensign; William Scott, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon. 15th Company—The notice of Commission of Ensign Balston, inserted in the Gazette on 21st February inst., should have been as follows :—Thomas Balston, Esq., M.A., instead of Thomas Balston, Gent. 18th Company Henry Bowden, Esq., late Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Captain ; Clement Satterthwaite, Gent., to be Lieu tenant; Frederick Henry Norman, Gent., to be Ensign; 25th Company—John Blaxland, Esq. late Colonel 55th Madras Infantry, to be Captain; William P e t er J o h n Rogers, Gent., to be Lieutenant; William Barnes, Gent., to be Ensign. County of Southampton.-2d Company of the Hampshire Rifle Volunteers—Thomas 'Willis Fleming, Esz., to be Captain. 4th Company of the Hampshire Rifle Volun teers—William Stedman, Gen., to be Honorary As sistant Surgeon ; Charles John Longcroft, Gent., tc be -Lieutenant ; George Birt, Gent., to be Ensign. County of Cornwall-2d Cornwall Artillery Volunteers— William Henry Box to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon, vice William Thomas Alexander Pattison, resigned. 6th Cornwall Rifle Volunteers—John Dingly, Esq., to be Ensign. County of Surrey.-7th Surrey, or Southwark Rifle Volun teers—Captain Francis Marcus Berosford to be Major Commandant; Evan Wynne Roberts, Esq., to be Cap tain ; John Pone Cox, Esq., to be Lieutenant ; Charles Vincent Boys, Esq., to be Ensign. 9th Surrey Rifle Volunteers—Lieutenant Octavius Gin maney to be Captain; Ensign Edmund Belfour to be Lieutenant; Alfred Chaworth Lyster, Gent., to be Lieu tenant; Thomas Hardwick Merriman, Gent., to be Ensign; Harold Englebach, Gent., to be Ensign. 15th Surrey Rifle Volunteers (Chertsey Subdi vision)—Robert Hay Murray, Esq., to be Lieutenant ; County of Northampton.-4th Company of the Northamp tonshire Volunteerßifle Corps—William Griffiths Hollis, Gent., to be Lieutenant; George Norman Wetton, Gent., to be Ensign. County of Edinburgh.--Leith Rifle Volunteer Corps — James Struthers, M.D., to be Surgeon. City of Norwich Rifle Volunteer Corps.—Simms Reeve, Esq., to be Captain Frederick Thomas Keitb, Gent., to le Lieutenant John Goodwin, Gent., to be FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 41 20 lArthnnes all parr 5 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 7 f d p ar 5 'Belgian East. Junction all 4 1 20 lßeziers to Graissessac all 6 'Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 21 21 100 ,Copiabo ,10 Ditto Extension _. , all 1/ / d 20 Dutch Rhenish i 15 54 41 d 20 Eastern of France 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. p 20 Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c 6 20 Great Central of France all 20 ,Gt. Luxem., Con. she., all 64 71 7 20 Italian Junetiou .. —. all 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 , Lierre and Turnhout all 20 'Lombardo Venetian lO 14 10p; 114 20 Lyons and Geneva 331 Maria Antonia all 10 , Do. do. New 20 INamur and Liege all 8 84 81 1 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 19 191 16 Northern of France all 36 361 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 9 10 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit all 35 351 20 Paris and Orleans 20 I Recife& S. Fran. (Porn.)) 1 13 11 11 d gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunabur!,• lO -- 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 13 15 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all 5/ 6 10 Da. 54 per cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France 84 West Flanders all 51 4 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 22 231 20 Western of Austria 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can.Gov.6p.e Ja. & July 100 113 115 115 Do. 6p. c. 1.13. &Aug. 100 109 11l Do. 6 p.c.Mr...it Sep. 100 113 115 Do. 6 per cent. 1879 10* 1121 Do. 6 per cent. 1880 100 Ill2i N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja. &July 10C 109 110 Do. 6p.c..Ati. &Oct.! 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c Deb.' 106 99 4 100 D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1976' 100 99 100 Do.sp.een.lBBB and up 100 99 100 964 160 NovaScotlaGov.6 p.c. S:. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 108 109 —. S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 109 111 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 - Do. do. April & Oct. 100 111 112 1111 12 114 MISCELLATIEOUS. 10 !Anglo-Mexican Mint ..I all 114 15 1000 !Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 1120 160 25 'Australian Agricultural 19 132 23 10 !Australian Roy al Mail . all ' 19 Berlin Water Works ...1 all i 44 5 50 British American Land" 46 50 Brit. &Irish Mag.Tel.A.l all 38 40 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862.. all 120 22 20 Do. C... all jl5 17 100 Canada Laud 324 122 127 10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) all 8 9 Stock Cop.MiE.of Eng.&Smitg all 15 20 25 Do. Preference 71 per ct all 24 25 Stock Crystal Palace. lOO 274 321 36 5 Do. Preference al 100 1001 Stock IDo. 6p. c. Perpet. Deb lOO 102 105 :1031 Stock'Electric Telegraph lOO 102 104 25 Do. New 5 'English 4 Aust. Copper all 21 21 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 1 Great Ship (Limited) all 4 4 20 'lndian & Aust. Telegr 2s. 5 , London District Telegr 2 1 4d 20 'London Discount 5 14 1 d 4 ,Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co all 14 1 20 'Madras Irr, and Canal 1 11 21 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4 25 National Diseount Co 5 11 i d I 10 ,Netherlands Land all 6 DoBp.c.Pref.,iss.atldis. all / 4 100 , N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand , 80 1 .N.B.Australasian(Lim4 all 4 4 1 [Oriental Gas ' all 1 1 1 Do. New Shares lss. ,4 d par 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A 6 ! 10 Ditto B 6 ' 10 Ditto C 2s - Stock Peel River Land & Min. 100 49 51 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam. all 78 80 $0 50 Do. New l5 13 15 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. 15 4 1 60 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 6 7 100 Royal Mail Steam Stock' Scot. Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) , I 100 120 130 25 South Australian Land. ! all 35 37 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all I 4 1 1 Do. do Registered all t 1 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr.Can. 5 100 Van Diemen's Land . 284 11 12 BRITISH MINES. --- Share Mines. p aid. Cgr o n e! B D ll4 o lE nc e MI --- - ---- Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.18 34 4 TO British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) 1 455 465 East Bassett (Mogan) 3O 150 160 157 9/ East Caradon E. WI Russ' (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 114 111 G am.StSt.Aubyn(G wen.) 542 50 53 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 14 141 - 'G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) 12.4.2 I 14 —G. Wheal Vo r (lI e l s t on ) 91 •• • • Grenville 5 3 34 Herod's-Foot Bl 25 2 7 28 1 Ifingston Downs 4.3.6 4i 5 Lady Berth a Margarat (uny Lelant) 9; 51 44 4 di 6 North Do wns ••- North France s i Mogan) 10 5 6 N.'Wh'l Basset (Mogan) 5 5 6 North 'Wheal Crony.. 7.9.4 84 94 10 10 Par Consols (St. Mazy) . 11 13 14 :-. Providence (Uny Lelut) 10.6.7 47 49 48 Sortridge Cone. Min. Co., 10s 1 i SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 11 255 265 South C. Brea( Mogan). 2 3 ,Srimnw:cnrieona:-..er.7.: Stray Park ..... . aa a a il l 111 l 421 2 40 d i 2(11 11 1 i 5 Tamar Silver and Lead 10 Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d 1 i West Basset (Illogan) l4 20 21 —W. Caradon (Liskeard) lO 80 83 West Seton . . . . VI 390 400 Wheal Basset.(lllogan). 4 160 170 IWheal Buller (Redruth) 6 85 95 I Wheal Edward (Cals.). 11 2 !Wheal Kitty(U. Lelanl 1.7.2 14 15 Wli'l 3laryAnn(Menhe 8 ,27 29- ..... I Ong Trelawney (Usk. 144 i 29 31 : FOREIGN MINES XV [Australian 7l 4 par 35 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 158 4 d par 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 274 _ 20 IDo.St.Jolindelßey,Lim. 15 21 22 4 5 01 1 , c g o o a.b . r L r.e,n an cci d oonp a p ikd orn M s i . n m in i :C c o o .. laa6llll 44 ... 74,;id 'Copiapo 2 id par 5 Lusitanian all 1 1 Mariquit a Aus.L its. i d i P 1 N.RhineCop.of S. 2 2 2 3 01 Gt. GDL For tunaieu n nn N a el * r ri . Ilu Cop. n.o o ° f P .S. j A n u g s . C t ° r 5 Port Philip Australis.(L.) CI 1 6 i d i p all l l 2 44 20 : 18 . 2 2 51 . 81 P U ill Scottishtt ge M in i n gi b a l ad c n x Sd i i I va Smelt ncr e a d JOINT-STOCK BANKS. - - - - - - - Closing Business Share Joint-Stock Banks. I Paid. p r i ce. Done. Agra&UnitedServiceßk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo ' British North American I Chtd. Bank of India, &o ff Cli.Mer.ot In. Lon.&Ch City jColonial Corn. Bank of Canada .Commercial of I.mdon lEng ' Scot., & Aus. Ch.l :Gen Bk. of Switzerland ILon.Char.Bk.otAustral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster Nat. Prov. of England Do. new 'National Bank .New South Wales Orient .Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank IProvincial of Ireland IDo. New , South Australia Union of Australia Union of London 'Unity Mutual • 77 79 24 241 51 53 77i } 201 21 31 33 38 39 20 21 16} 17 22; 23 40 41 19 191 28 29 i iR 20.11 100 88 90 96 96t1 ;d f 6 5 61 7 83 88 78 82 75 80 par p 11 Idl 1 id Id d, 101 1011 par ip ar ip 10 p 0 100 i 104 102 I 20 21 344 351 94 95 73 74 85 87 75 77 74 76 981 901 id 1 d 11 id 12 12} 81 71 d 95 ICO 95 ICO 95 100 90 93 87 90 974 98 91 93 Id Id 5 7 5 7 191 20 id par, 9 ileth Id id 1011 1911 19i Ensign. Ist Norfolk Artillery Volunteer Corps—First Lieutenant William James Foreman to be Captain; Alfred William Morant, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, vice Foreman, promoted. Warwickshire Rifle Volunteers,-Ist Company—Charles Thomas Burt., Gent., to be Ensign, vice Gem, promoted. 6th Company—Chas. Reeves, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Barnabas Chesshire, Gent., to be Ensign. 7th Company —Edward Flower, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Wrn. Henry Hunt, Gent., to be Ensign. County of Lanark.—lst Lanarkshire Artillery Volunteers —B th - Company—Donald Matheson, Esq., to be Captair. 59th Company—John J. Alston, Esq., to be Captain ; John Bankier, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Patrick Robert son, Gent., to be Ensign. 63d Company—J. Ure, Esq., to be Cap tain ; James Sinclair, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; David Watt, Gent., to be Ensign. 17th Surrey Rifle Volunteers (Godstone Subdivision) — Charles Hampden Turner, Esq., to be Lieut. Command ing; Granville Levison Gower, Esq., to be Ensign. South London Rifle Volunteer Corps—Major John Boucher to be Lieut.-Colonel ; Henry Kimber, Gent., to be Ensign. BANKRUPTS. David Cahn, merchant, Leadenhall-street, to surrender, March 9, at two, and April 13, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Thomas Clark, paper merchant, Bradford, March 22 and April 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. John Slater, retail brewer, Small Heath, near Birming ham, March 15 and April 5, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. John Herd. corn merchant, Liverpool, March 15 and April 2, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Jonathan Brignall, dyer, Manchtster, 15th and 29th of March, at twel ve , a t th e Di s t r i ct C ourt of Bankruptcy. Emma Newstead, licensed victualler, Bedford-street, Bedford-ro w , March 14, at one, and Ap r il 11, a t t we l ve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Joseph Allison Crane, merchant, King-street, Cheapside, March 13. at half-past two, and April 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Henry Clemerson, ironmonger, Loughborough, Leices tershire, March 13 and April 3, at the Birmingham District Court. William Mullet, grocer, Brookland, Kent, March 9, at half-past twelve, and April 13, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Rodgers, draper, North Shields, March 7 and 30, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. James Lane, sharebroker, Kingsland-place, Kingsland road, Mai ch 13, at half-past two, and April 17, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Minton, manufacturer of materials for wax flowers New Bond-street, March 10, at twelve, and April 16, al eleven, at the Court of Bankrunptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUTS. James Laing, horse dealer, Edinburg P h. Robert Smyth, brewer, Edinburgh. George Hart, auctioneer, Glasgo-r. Robert Walker, innkeeper, Hamilton. Joseph Turnbull, fruiterer, Glasgow. William Allison, joiner, Bishopton, Renfrewshire. Alexander Stewart, house carpenter, Tarland, Aberdeen • shire. 7 HIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Our market to-day was scantily supplied with English wheat, in, for the most part, middling condition. For all kinds the demand riled steady, but far from active, at Mon day's currency. There was a fair inquiry for foreign wheat, in which, however, the business done was limited. In prices no change took place. The imports are only 450 quarters. Floating cargoes of grain supported last week's quota tations. We had a steady inquiry for all kinds of barley, at fully late rates. There was very little inquiry for malt ; nevertheless, factors were firm in their demand. The arrivals of oats continue very limited. The demand for them was steady, at extreme rates. Both beans and peas were in short supply, and fair re quest, on former terms. In the value of flour no change took place. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat. Barley Malt. Oath English 1,370 1,390 1,220 80 i Irish Foreign bls. 460 50 aka. I Fleur. 980 BOROUGH HOP. There is very little business doing in any kind of hops, yet prices are fairly supported. WPIITECHAPEL. The trade generally is inactive, as follows : Beef, from 3s 6,1 to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to N Od ; veal, is Od to 4s thl ; and pork, 3s 6d to 5a Od per 81b., by the carcase. COUNTRY MARKETS LIVERPOOL-FEB. 28. Since this day week there has been a good inquiry for wheat, chiefly for Ireland, and in sore instances Id per cental was obtained on the best red. Indian corn offered at 3d lower. To-day wheat was in moderate request, and the advance of Friday was not maintained. Oats difficult to dispose of. Flour confined to retail. Barley, beans, and peas as before. LEEDS—FEU. 28. The supply of wheat was large, and a more active de mand pervaded the market than of late. The detained vessels have now made their passage. Barley and oats in demand, at full prices. Beans and other articles were un changed. Arrivals this week : Wheat . Barley Oats Rapeseed Beans Linseed • . Flour . 1,733 qrs. 422 127 sacks. Averages for the week : Wheat 5,539 qrs., at 46s 21d Peas •• 7 5 I, 37s 7id Beaus Barley.... .... 1,811 4le 91d Oats 425 „ 2ss lid Rye - ~ Oi SHEFFIELD—FEB. 28. There was a fair supply of wheat this morning, and a moderate business was done at last week's rates. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels 16s 6d to 17s 6d White 11 ff lBs 6d to 198 6d New red l7s Od to 1880 d IP If New white If lBs Od to 19s 6d ff Beans l6s 6d to 20s Od Peas, per qr l 9 91 42s Od to 48s Od Grinding barley, per qr Malting ditto, „ 37a Od to 43s Od Oats . 22s Od to 30s Od 91 Millers' prices for flour-1s 7d, is 9d, and is 11d per 141 b. NORWICH CATTLE—FEB. 25. Our market to .day exhibited a good show of store cattle, comprising Scots, shorthorns, and Irish. A very slow trade was effected, although there was a tolerable attendance. At the close fully one• fourth of the stock remained unsold. Scots, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; shorthorns, 3s 6d to 45 ; Irish, 3s 3d to 3s 6d; Devons, Os Od to Os (estimated weight when fat). Fat beasts a dull sale, at 78 6d to Ss Od per stone. Sheep—There were fair supplies of sheep in the pens. Fat sheep, 8s Od to 8s 6d per stone ; prime, Ss. Pigs—A poor supply. Store pigs 25s to 30s ; fat pork, 7s 6d to 8s Od per stone. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTIRDAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — II 151 11 15i Antwerp Brussels — 25 17 f. k 25 25 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles Praukfort on Maine —117 a Vienna Trieste Potersburgh — Madrid Cadiz — Leghorn — Milan Genoa — Naples Palsrnib -- Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) 491 49 1 30 25 25 34 491 49k 30 371 25 45 25 42} 40k 121 122 621 63 •• •• .por oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Balms •••• •• 0 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) t f South American Doublous FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. :n the following table E signifies that letters are despatohei by evening mails from London, and M by morning mails. Next DESTINATIONS. Despatch Port of Mail of Mails. Despatch. due. Australia and Mauritius, via! --"-- Southampton I Mar. 12,M Southamp. Mar. 11 Ditto, via Marseilles I Mar.l9 , E March 5 Bahamas and Havana via New York Mar. 5, E Liverpool.. Mar. 15 Canada, &c. (by Cauadn. pckt ) Feb. 29. E Liverpool.. Feb. 29 Cape of Good Hope, Ascen sion, and St. Helena China, Penang, and Singa- Mar. 5, E Devenport March ? pore, via Sout hamptonl Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton 2277. 1i:i5..0.u.t.tian...w.... overdue Honduras and Blewfields India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, via Southampton Feb. Feb . 27 ,27 Ditto, via Marseilles E............ overdue Mar. 3 India (Bombay), via South ampton Feb. 27, II Southamp. overdue Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres , and F. Islands ............ Mar. 9, MSouthamp. Mar. 5 Lisbon, Vigo, a nd 0p0rt0.... Feb. 27, 31 Southam p . ove rdue Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton .............. Feb. 20, M Southamp. overdue Ditto, via Marseilles ...... Feb. 27, E Feb. 26 Mexico and Havana ...... .. Southarnp. N ew f oun dland . . ............ Mar. 2, 1 . E' Liverpool _ United States and British N.l America (19r British packet) Mar. 2, E Liverpool Mar. 3 Ditto (by U. s. packet) .... i Feb. 28, E Southamp — West Coast of Africa, Ma-1 deira, and Teneriffe Mar. 17 W e st India, California, 't ene- E Liverpool, Mar. 10 zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey town, New Granada. &c. thamp. Mar. 1 The half-yearly meetin g o f t h e General s team Navigation Company was held yesterday afternoon, when a dividend of 14s. per share, being at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum, and the usual bogus of 2s, 64., were declareg, free of income tax, .. -y..,-- , WRONGS THICK GRY FOR RADRESS Mr. Crook's bill for the Protection of Women and Children employed in Bleach Works, &c., will be proposed towards the end of March. If, be tween this and then, popular opinion is not brought to bear on this most atrocious question, it shall be no fault of ours. We purpose that this article shall appear in our columns frequently, until the bill has again been brought before the house; and we implore our brethren of the press to help the country, and especially the Lugislati , -e Body, to a right way of thinking on these horribly cruel mat ters. Our extracts are taken almost at random from Mr. Hopley's pamphlet : Samuel Price examined—" I was in the employment of Messrs. Ainsworth, near Bolton. They employ about four hundred people. It was mostly from eleven till two o'clock in the morning before we left off. In the last yeai I was with them, from April, 1853, to April, 1854, we were busy, as well as I can remember, through the spring and through the summer, for six or eight months of the year; that is, we went to work from six to half past six, sometimes at four, and left off from ten to twelve, one or two in the morning, and some ti mes a f ter that. * * * All the people in the works averaged these number of hours—some even more." ee,exceptionalht sh: eoifact.fftah springes uyd G edaa i e r rud n l s [Observe that thi s d readful toil was not an occasional or a th n r d oug bo h ys th w e e s r u e m t m h e u r s , for s " Order has come, we have not b een in bed snore than 16 or 18 h ours in the week (averagin g more than 211 hours of unr es t ou t o f the 24 durin s g n s i e e ve c l; successive days and n i g ht s f or g i rls and boys, o them no more than 12 years old). '— Report of the Com missioner appointed to inquire how far it may be advisable to extend the Provisions of the Acts for the better Regu lation of Mills and Factories to Bleaching Works, pp. 10, 11, Nos. 81-81. William Johnson, finisher—" I am twenty-four years of age. I was eleven when I first went to work. I worked first for Mr. Fletcher, Leylands, ten years. At my com mencement" (that is, when he was a child of eleven) " I began at twelve o'clock on Sunday night, and worked till eight on Monday night (20 hours) ; then we started at six o'clock on Tuesday morning, and worked till 12 a: night (18 hours) ; and we did that for two or three months without stopping. * * * I have been at a worse place than that for long hours since; at Mr. Whowell's, Twe Brooks. * * * There were a deal of young girls, one or two under ten years of age.—lbid., p. 9, No. 68. [To have a full perception of the severity of this toil, it should be borne in mind that a very large number of the workers in these establishments are standing and " work ing hard" (as rapidly as possible) during almost the whole of these lengthened periods. It is shown in evidence that sometimes for days in succession the girls and boys have no opportunity whatever of sitting down (save for their hastily-snatched meals during the whole of the time spent at the work e.—Reports, passin .]l John Hamer, finisher—" I have been 15 years in the bleaching trade. I was employed at Messrs. Holli ns ', Tootle Bridge, Bolton. * * * Ono morning we went to work at five o'clock and worked till six the morning after" (2.5 hours.) " All the sets were working the same hours" (the young with the adults). * * * " I have been so tired, though I am a strong and healthy man, that I have often to sit at m y b e d- s id e w h en I get up f a morning, and my fingers aro so stiff and sore that I cannot dress my self. If I feel thus tired, what must the young girls and boys feel ?"—lbid., p. 8, Nos. 61, 61. [The frightful state of prostration—often ending in death —to which the young girls and boys are reduced in some of these establishments will be touched on presently ] Ann Simpson (14 years old), Elizabeth Hilton (15) Sarah Higson (16)—" 'We came to work last Friday morn ing at half-past six" (at Mr. Ridgway Bridson's Bleach works, Bolton). "We worked all Friday night till half past five on Saturday morning" (twenty-three hours.) '"We did not sleep any time in the night, except on Saturday morning at half-past five we laid gown to sleep on the hooking-box, and slept till a little after seven" (less than two hours' sleep—and with the clothes still on—aAer twenty-three hours' work) ; " then we went to breakfast for half-an-hour, and then came and worked till ten minutes past eleven."—lbid., re 25, No. 236. William Crompton—" I am 17. I have been four years and a half" (that is, since he was twelve years and a half old) "in the dressing-shop. We go on till different hours, sometimes early, sometimes late. I worked once three days and three nights" (he is only one, remember, among mul titudes—children as well as adults—who toil in the same way) ; "and not lung since I began work an Friday morn ing at four and worked till five on Saturday night" (37 hours). " I mostly slept at meal times, and only stoped one hour for meals; the rest I ate while I was working. " -- Ibid., p. 26, No. 246. Surely all this is very terrible. But read on : " James Thomson (Mr. Wallace's Bleaching, Scouring, and Finishing Works for Cotton and Woollens, Burn bank, Glasgow)—" I am manager of these works, and nephew of the owner. In summer scene of the hands work occasionally from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m." (18 hours) "the whole week through; we did this last summer several time.. Three days we worked 20 hours each day. The ages of most of our girls is from 10 to 18." (Observe these ages—some of the girls mere children.) " The stove-rooms in which they work are in winter heated up to 100 or 110 deg. ; in summer the heat is from 120 to 130 deg." (and at times very much higher, as stated by the same witness in evidence given at a subsequent page.) " I feel. when lam urging the females to work these long hours that I am doing what is not right, but I have been urged to do it to get a lot of goods finished. Sometimes they stay here all night, and then we snake a place for them to tie down upon in a store room upon the pieces of goods unfinished. Sometimes 14 or more girls will pass the night in this manner, after work ing 19 hours, and coming-out of those hot places dripping wet with perspiration, and their clothes wet through with p 59, Nos. 643-645. And this in the country which is energizing through the world to put down slavery ! Alexander King.—" I work at Mr. Tames Young and Son's bleachworks, Auldhousefield, Pollockshaws. There aro about 300 hundred hands employed ' - of these 250 are females. When we are busy the number is about 400. * * * Sometimes, about once a week, one shift will be• gin at 6 a.m., and go on till 6 the next morning" (24 hours). "This has happened once a week on an average for the last six months. The females all work in the stoves."—lbid., p, 61, Nos. 682, 683. `What a spectacle—what a hideous, sickening spectacle— must 400 workers present at the close of their 24 hours' toil! " The females all work in the stoves! " ♦mong them " will be some from 10, 11, to 13 years of age ; the real, chiefly between that and 20 ;"—toiling, bear in mind, in a temperature, exceeding, by some 20 dee , . er 30 deg., the general temperature of an Indian summer 2 Elizabeth - Henderson (Mr. Clark's Bloachfield, Burnbrae, Millengood).—" We sometimes begin at one o'clock upon MOnday mornings and work sometimes till nine o'clock on Monday night" (20 hours), "and sometimes even all Mon day night, and get home at six o'clock on Tuesday morning" (29 hours from the time of commencing work).—" Home for four hours and out here again at ten o'elock, and work up to 11 and sometimes 12 o'clock that night. The next day we should come out atsix and work the regular hours ; that may go on kr a few days or a week, and then we should commence, as before, at night-work, going home at seven in the evening for one hour, and working through the night. We stop from 12 till one in the night for re freshment. It was rather before the new year when we commenced to be so busy, and it has been going on this way up to this time (March 24)."—A quarter of a year of such toil as P. 66, No. 783. , , Elisabeth Edge—" lam 14 years of ag e . I h ave wor k e d here" (at Mr. Sodden s, Breightmet Bleach-works) " four years. Three months since I worked" (and of course she was not working alone upon the occasion) " two nights and two days. I slept four hours the fit st morning, and not at all the next night. I have very often worked till twelve." —lbid., p. 49, No. 491. If there be any one thing which more than another adds to the enormity of this national iniquity, it is the fact that there is not—nor ever has been—even so much as a diffi culty,' worthy of the name, to prevent a stop being put to all these terrible shames by just legislation. Mary Ann Smith.—" fast Saturday I was 12 years old. * • * 1 came here nearly three years ago. Six times in that time I have worked from six in the morning till half -past two the next" (twenty - hours and a half). "Once I worked from six one morning till six the next mzr e Lin re g'; (24 hours). " I have to rub my instep every f cannot being cut can get my clogs 44. The skin cracks, sometimes. One of my fingers is gatheying; and e nigh o t t abide it ro n _ by tho selvage, and tho other is runni ng. p. 47. 457. Contemplate the condition of this poor child. It has been at work since it was nine years old. And it has to go on hour after hour, day after day, the skin of its instep still cracking and festering, the selvage still sawing against its gathering, running sorer. Woe to the nation that shall hear such things and will not raise its voice ! Amelia Wood (15 next July).—" I have been at this work about three years. We oftenest begin at 50r6 in the morning, and oftenest leave off at 11 or I'2. * * Sometimes we do not leave off till 3 or 4 in the morning. My fingers aro often very bad ; the cloth wears them through."—lbid., No. 158. Think of it, reader. It is the every-day complaint of suffering :Altitudes : "The friction of the piece, in hot ki2g, cuts their fingers and makes them very sore, their skies being soft. `Whose finger is bleeding,' is net an uncommon expression as the blood stains the pieces; they then have to have their fia gers tied up."—lbid., p. 43, No. 411. As the bloodstains the pieces Sore feet, likewise, —the natural consequence o s t of stand ing so many hours, and frequentlytunyeryitt floors, — are very general, especially among oo littl e g " (No. 228) : "My feet are almost always t. re (No. 2q6.)—" H a ve had 'the aching legs' 'early a time ."A n kle bone was growing out" (No. '273).—" The skin comes off, and they are very sore" (No. 274).—" I have often sore " feet; they bleed sometimes,, , a,ad my ankle b one h as been grow i n g out" (No. 277). The skin is off very often, and. the soles of my feet , are foo d- ra wfi (No. 279).—" M y feet are often blood - raw' [How can we comment upon facts like these n "are often blood-raw, and they pain me" "My are feet blister at bottom, an d a • (No. 221.) very sore. Mother p u ts some snuff to them that ma k es the • 285).—" I have always new skin come" time" (No. 533.)—t“ _ sore feet in summer My feet are often sore winter and summer" (No. 636).—" Feet often so sore that the skin comes off with my stockings" (No. 504).—" If you could have seen my feet last n i g h t " (No. 491).— " Worked when the s k in was off my feet very badly" (No. 492) " I often had the skin off my feet" (No. 232).—" Her feet very often getraw" - (1\ o. 448).—" My feet were always sore in summer : they were blood-raw at bottom, and my ankles are swelled with a deal of pain" (No. 463). Equally painful to contemplate is the "dead-beaten" state of the workers : " I have scores of times seen both men and children asleep at their work, and very dangerous work too" (No. 10).—" Very often they go to sleep over their work" (Nee 51).—" I have almost every day to take a board and beat it on the table to waken them, as they were slumbering at their work." (Observe the expression, reader—' at their work'). " At that time they would be hooking cloth; and while they should be doing it, I see them nodding . and trying to catch the hook" (No. 83).—" As to the older ones, I have. often and often seen them down asleep, not being able tc s hold up for their work. If the manager hied gone out, th?,y would drop down in a minute in the packii ig-boxes ant.), go to sleep" (No. 68).—" We have often gorse to sleep era the tables, or with our heads on the wet cloth, or any w h ere where we could sit still" (No. 378).—" The little on es ver y often fall asleep standing to their work"— Mr. Crook's Bill will be brought forward for a awn a reading towards the latter end of Marc IL ~~ P.) •CLAS f 931 3 991 69 1 9& 71 174 20 8 tock Stock