The Sun. — London, England, 1865-05-13 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack al the usual hour. PRIVATE BUSINESS. - _ The following bills were read a second time :—Elliott's Trust Estate, Sunningdale and Cambridge Town Railway, Winchcombe Roads, St. John's Chapel (Portsea), Preston Gas Bill, Brierly, Hill Gas, and Newport Pagnell Railway. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Hyde Park-gate Estate ; Llanelly Railway ; Banbury Water and Gas; Chesterfield Water and Gas; and St. Albans Water. - • ----- EMPLOYMENT OF JUVENILE PERSONS, The Earl of SHAFTESBURY rose, in pursuance o f a n o tice which he had given previously, to move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty praying that a commission be appointed to inquire into the employment of juvenile persons. He said that his object was merely to place this question in a tangible form before the house. He drew the attention of their lordships to the fact that children were employed in the country, under what was Called an engaged system of " Agricultural Gangs." The Bishop of LINCOLN thanked the noble earl for hav ing brought the matter forward. He had information of the fact that children were so employed, and one of the effects of field labour was to incapacitate the girls from perform ing the duties required of them at home. Earl GRANVILLE approved of the motion, which was carried. THE ROAD MURDER. The Marquis of WESTMEATH inquired if the conduct of Mr. Wagner had been reproved in respect to his refusal to answer the questions put to him at the trial of Con stance Kent, on the ground that he would be betraying the secrets of the confessional. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the law did not per mit even Roman Catholic priests to refuse to answer a question in a court of law. There was no doubt Mr. Wagner was bound to answer the questions put to him if he had been pressed by the magistrate to do so. Most likely the matter was not deemed sufficiently important by the magistrate to induce him to visit Mr. Wagner with any of those serious consequences his refusal laid him open to. Lord CHELMSFORD remarked that there was some doubt as to the power of the magistrates to compel an answer in this particular instance. Under the Justice of the Peace Act, if a witness were summoned or brought before the magistrates on a warrant, and refused either to be sworn, or to affirm, or to answer any question put to him, they might commit him for seven days to prison. But as Mr. Wagner voluntarily attended, he apprehended that the magistrates would have no power to compel him to answer the questions put to him. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that Mr. Wagner had stated, in a letter to the daily papers, that he had at tended on subpoena. The Marquis of WESTMEATH inquired whether Ministers contemplated any legislation to relieve the Church of England, and protect it from the insults which it was at present sustaining, to the grief and injury of her Majesty's Protestant subjects, in having no power to con trol and punish the apostacy of various officiating clergy men in the Establishment. He complained that some of the clergy were in the habit of departing from the ritual authorised by the Book of Common Prayer, and instanced the cases of St. Albans, Holborn, St. John's Mission, St. George's-in-the-East, St. Paul's, Walworth, Holy Trinity, Vauxhall, St. Matthias, Stoke Newington, Christ Church, Clapham, and other metropolitan churches. Most of the services on Good Friday and Easter Sunday were copied from the Romish Church, and were not sanctioned by the Church of England. Earl GRANVILLE was not prepared to deny the facts stated by the noble marquis, nor was he in a position to confirm them. At present the Government had no measure under their consideration for dealing with tho subject. The Bishop of LONDON said if he were acquainted with any distinct violation of the law in his diocese he should not be deterred by the expense, however ruinous it might be, from punishing the offender. There was, how ever, great difficulty in ascertaining exactly what the law was, and the rule he had laid down was not to interfere unless he was quite sure that he had the law on his side. The Record of Titles Bill, the Sheep and Cattle Bill, and the Union Officers'(lreland) Superannuation Bill, were read a third time and passed. The Isle of Man Diiafforestation Compensation Bill and the Metropolitan Homeless Poor Bill were read a second time. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed":— Belfast Gas, Belfast New Streets, County Antrim and Belfast Borough, and South Devon Railway. WIMBLEDON COMMON BILL. On the motion of Mr. C. FOSTER the order that the Wimbledon Common Bill be committed was read and dis charged, and the bill was withdrawn. DEE AND MERSEY JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL. Lord R. GROSVENOR moved that the Dee and Mersey Junction Railway Bill be recommitted to the former committee,with leave to sit and proceed upon Mon day next. Mr. LAIRD seconded the motion. Mr. HUMBERS TONE objected to the proposition. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said they ought to view with jealousy the proposals to recommit private bills, and he had made it a rule where he had a personal interest in any private bill never to vote on it, but as in the present instance his personal interest was opposed to the course he thought the house ought to take he would just make one or two observations. The bill had been re ported against, as it would interfere with the navigation of the river Dee, and the question for the com mittee to have considered was whether the public convenience of the bill outweighed the objections raised against it. The committee did not consider that question, and therefore he thought the bill ought to be recommitted. Sir R. KNIGHTLEY said when the right hon. gentleman was examined before the committee he admitted he had some property, and therefore he did not think that opinion could be looked upon as impartial. Mr. ROBERTSON said if this motion was agreed to, and the bill passed, the navigation of the Dee would be impeded, and the trade of Chester seriously injured. The gradients for the bridge were all wrong, and he therefore called upon the house to support the referees, and refused to agree to the motion now before them. Mr. CLAY thought the house ought to stand by the re port of the referees and the decision of the committee, and refuse to entertain the proposal for the re-committal of the bill. Mr. BONIIA3I-CARTER objected to the re-committal of the bill. • Mr. DODSON hoped the noble lord the member for Flintshiro would withdraw his motion. The matter had been well considered in committee under the chairmanship of one of the most experienced members of that house, and as their report was adverse to the bill he trusted the noble lord would see the propriety of acceding to his request. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the re-committal ... ... 47 Against it ... ' 144 Majority The motion was, therefore, negatived. THE FRANCHISE. Lord ELOHO gave notice that on an early clay he should move an address to her Majesty praying for the appoint ment of a royal commission to inquire how the parliamen tary franchise can be extended without lowering the qualification. PRIZE MONEY. Colonel DUNNE asked the Secretary of State for India why the third instalment of the Delhi prize money had not been paid according to the recommendation of the Prize Committee, and when it would be paid. Sir C. WOOD said the committee had been considering the advisability of making a third distribution ; but as it had come to their knowledge that there wore a number of prior claims still unsatisfied, the further distribution had been postponed until those claims wore satisfied. EDUCATION. Mr. F. S. POWELL asked the Vice-President of tho Committee of Council on Education when the annual report of the committee would be laid upon the table ; and, When the now minute as to endowed schools would be distributed among members. Mr. BRUCE said he did not think he would be enabled to lay the report on the table before the month of June. s He cussion knew that would be late, w ith respec t t o th e di which might arise on the educational estimates. With respect to the production of the minute, it had been laid on the table that day week, and ho did not know why it had not been produced. The delay must rest with the Queen's printer, and he would take care that the attention of the authorities was drawn to the matter. PIMLIO BUSINESS. Mr. DISRAELI said it would be for the convenience of the house if the right hon. baronet opposite would state the order of business for Monday next. (Hear, hear.) Sir G. GREY said the adjourned debate on the Union Chargeability Bill would be taken the first thing on Mon day next. THE IRISH CHURCH. Mr. S. KNOX asked the bon. member for Swansea When he proposed proceeding with his motion relative to the Irish Church ? Mr. DILL WYN said he should be very glad to bring it on as early as possible if the Government would givo him a day for the purpose. (Laughter.) Mr. S. KNOX asked the right hon. baronet.(Sir G. Grey) whethei the Government would accede to the request of the hon. member ? Sir G. GREY replied that at the present time all the Government days were fully occupied with business. (Laughter.) SUPPLY —THE POST-OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS. On the motion fo r go i ng i nto comm i ttee o f supp ly, c • AVE rose to call the attention of the house to the allowance to Postmasters in respect of post-office saNIDB banks. He said, speaking generally, the postmasters throughout the country were greatly dissatisfied in conse quence of a very great amount of labour being put upon them, and that labour not being properly paid for. He moved that in the opinion of the house it wL , neither just nor expedient that labour and responsibiAty hould be im posed upon public servants without adecuate remune ration. Mr. AYRTON thought that a committee ought to be at once appointed to inquire into the working of the act under which they were established, with a view of discovering how the matter stands with respect to carrying on this new branch of business. If it was found that these banks could not be carried on without a loss the sooner new ar rangements could be entered into the better. He thought that course much more advisable, that it at once met the case by an increase of expenditure. Mr. SCOURFIELD thought the hon. gentleman who had brought the matter forward had made out a case for the favourable consideration of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. Mr. F. PEEL said it would be a very bad sys tem of payment for public servants if the sala ries were made dependent upon the surplus of any particular sum after the payment of the expenses. Ho thought that the proper system was to make that payment irrespective of that, because then the pub lic servants would all be quite independent of the success or non-success of the system they might be engaged in carrying out. There were about 3,000 post masters engaged in carrying out the Post-offices Savings Bank Act, and of that number 2,200 were sub-officers, and 800 men were of a higher de scription. The remuneration paid was according to the work done, just as was the case in the Post-office money order offices. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that his hon. friend the member for Oxford made his. teeth water when he talked of a profit of 10 per cent. upon those trans actions, and if his hon. friend would show the Government how they could realise that calculatian he would do them a very great service. It was no doubt an important ques tion how far the Post-office savings banks were at present self-supporting. The Government, in proposing the mea sure, intended that they should be self-supporting, and he believed that they were so ; but the house ought not to as sume the existence of so large a surplus as the hon. gentle man opposite (Mr. Cave) imagined. The fact was, the system was so novel and so complex that it was as yet im possible to ascertain the precise nature of the results. In any case he did not think the existence of a system had appreciable relation to the ' question under the notice of the house. If there was a surplus the question which the Government would have to consider was whether they could afford to increase the rate of interest to the depositors. His hon. friend the member for the Tower Hamlets drew a lamentable picture of the operation of the system, and he told them that the depositors received less interest than they had expected. But if that were so, it was a very extraordinary circumstance that the number of depositors was constantly increasing. (Hear, hear.) Wiht respect to the proposal immediately before the house, he should observe that no one could object to it as an ab stract proposition ; and it had been the desire of the Post office authorities to act upon it as far as possible. Not less than 2,200 postmasters were paid according to the amount of work which they performed ; and the cases of those postmasters who were not so paid, and on whom any addi tional duties were imposed, were undergoing constant re vision. No sweeping plan ought to be adopted, and a fair and careful application of the system was necessary. The motion was then withdrawn. WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION. Sir W. GALL WEY called attention to the expenditure and working of the Westminster Improvement Commis sion, especially with reference to the intended demolition of a large number of houses in Westminster exclusively in habited by the poorer classes. Mr. TITE, as chairman of the commission, described the proceedings of that body, and explained that it was not the industrious work-people living in the district who would be affected by the contemplated improvements, but a low and non-industrious part of the population. A short discussion followed, in the course of which several hon. members bore testimony to the value of the improvements which had taken place under the adminis tration of the present commission. Mr. D. SEYMOUR directed attention to the position of the civil assistants on the ordnance survey in regard to their remuneration, and asked upon what grounds the principle of classification adopted in the Irish valuation and other Government offices was denied to this depart ment of the public service. Observations were also made by Mr. Alderman BOSE and Mr. B. COCHRANE. The Marquis of HARTINGTON said there was no analogy between the class of employes and other civil servants, while under the present system and rates of pay the department was able to get with ease exactly the kind of service which was required. THE WYCOMBE UNION AND THE POOR LAW BOARD. Mr. DISRAELI rose to call attention to the conduct of the Poor Law Board with reference to the High Wycombe Union. The right hon. gentleman said he hoped the house would not be unwilling to grant their attention to the question on the ground that it was one of purely local in terest. He could assure them it was one of general interest —nay, of universal interest, for it concerned every board of guardians in the kingdom. In the case which he was about to submit to the house, it appeared to him that there had been great and most injurious neglect. He would not say that he had not formed an opinion as to the body to whom that neglect should be attributed ; but at the same time he was anxious in all candour to afford the Poor Law Board the fullest opportunity of entering into such explanations as would remove the great discontent and indignation which existed in a very considerable dis trict. The union to which his observations would apply consisted of thirty parishes, and contained a population exceeding 35,000. The union hoiise was situated at a place called Sanderton ; and at six or seven miles off, at a place called Bledlow, there was the union school. Within the last two years a person named Stallwood was appointed master and his wife matron of the union school. Stall wood was apparently a man most qualified for the post ; he was a person of fair fame, of very good abilities, and of considerable ability in the administration of the poor law. Still occurrences took place in the union school which could hardly have been expected under the efficient system of inspectorship which he admitted. At the beginning of the present year a rumour got afloat that very great bar barities had been practised upon a boy in the union school. So strong was the feeling in the neighbourhood that the mother of the boy referred to obtained her dis charge from the Sandorton Union, and went over to Bledlow. On the following morning she obtained an audience of the chairman and some of the chief guar dians, and in consequence of the communications she made to them they caused a general meeting of the guardians to be held at Bledlow. Upon that occasion the matter of the tyrannical and cruel punishment of the boy was gone into, as also the cases of several of his companions who had been treated with extraordinary cruelty—evidence being taken down from the boys' own mouths. It came out-at the examination that these acts of cruelty, that these severe punishments on the part of the master, were rather influenced by a desire to establish a system of terrorism than through a desire merely to practise cruelty. It seemed that the boys had heard rumours of the indecent conduct of the master towards female paupers who were inmates of the institution, and were under the direction of the matron. It appeared that periodically this thing was talked of among the boys ; and that thereupon the master had recourse to punishment of a most outrageous character, even to placing knives at the boys' throats with a view of terrifying them, and suppressing their conversation. This led to a further investigation, and it became necessary to examine the girls of the school. The result was to establish a course of pro fligacy of the most heinous description against the master, extending, too, over a long period of time. However, it was not necessary to go into any further details, as there was no controversy between the board of guardians and the central authority as to the nature and character of the of fences of the master. Both agreed thathis conduct had been most profligate and indefensible. Nor could it be said that the evidence against Stallwood was ex parte, for he was present throughout, and was permitted to say what he liked. However, in general ho kept a strict silence, and contented himself with affirming that the boys wore telling lies. The board of guardians were of opinion that the evidence should be forwarded immediately to the central authority, and that they should Lb° asked to send down some one to inves tigate the case. For himself, ho believed it would have been better if the guardians had acted with more decision, and had brought the man before a magistrate, and had him committed for trial. However, that was not a view which could be urged by the central board in London, for they never acted upon it. At the same timo the absolute autho rity of boards of guardians was very slight compared with the importance of the duties which they administered. For example, they had no authority to dismiss a subordinate officer. But a short time previous to the transaction to which he was now referring this very board had dismissed an officer who had behaved in a very improper manner, and'they were at once reminded by the central board that they had no authority to do so. These events were re garded in that part of the country with great alarm and dissatisfaction. A week elapsed, and, at the next meeting of the guardians at Sanderton, it was found that no answer had arrived from the Poor Law Board. A letter, however, awaited them from Mr. Harold Stallwood, the schoolmas ter, whose conduct had been so impunged, who resigned his office on the plea of the illness of his wife, and who re quested the guardians to give him a general certificate of good conduct. Well, the board was in a very embarrass ing position. No answer had come from London, and they therefore determined not to accept the resignation of this man, but they informed him that he was from that moment suspended from his office. Without delay they despatched c o vd a letter t o th e central board stating the course they had a e d i p e te d t . o thTehliestwtears. o w n o t w h t e he 2O gu th a , r b di v a t n no be a si ns d w es er su w spe as n r d in e-- • g this man f rom hi s office, appointed :committee of their own body to visit the schools at Bledlow daily, and to report on the state of affairs at the next meeting of the guardians, which would be held on the 27th. Before that day, however, the Poor Law Board, without replying to either of the letters of the Board of Guardians, sent down the Poor Law Inspector of the dis trict, Mr. Kaye, who proceeded to Bledlow, and there on his own authority and responsibility directed Harold Stanwood, the master, and his wife the matron, to give him written and unconditional resignations of their offices. He afterwards either casually or by agreement attended a meeting of the committee of guardians, and told them that the whole affair was at an end, as the offices of Stanwood and his wife were vacant. He gave the written resignation to the committee, who handed them to the Board of Guardians at their next meeting. Before ad verting to what then took place, he (Mr. Disraeli) would make a few remarks on the conduct of the Poor Law In spector. Now he gave that gentleman full credit for hav ing been actuated by good motives—but it should be re membered that the best motives were often most erroneous in point of policy, and the present case was certainly no exception to that principle. Mr. Kay possibly may have thought it best to hush up so disgusting and offensive an affair. Now, hushing up a private scandal might be an act of wisdom or of charity, and an act of charity was ge nerally an act of wisdom ; but when a scandal is a public one, the act is of a very different kind. It was indeed a very foolish act, because enough was always known of a public scandal to attract a great deal of attention ; and, unless the matters be investigated, they assumed in the popular imagination more horrid features than they really possessed. In the present case it might be said that the in spector may have thought that the evidence against Stall wood was not strong enough to secure his conviction by a jury ; but, however this might be, how could the central board justify their conduct in acting contrary to the Board of Guardians, who would not acceptthe resignations ? How could they justify their conduct in recommending the re signation of the schoolmaster and his wife ? The moment Stallwood's resignation was accepted neither the board of guardians nor the central board had any authority over him, and he might at some future time, when the circum stances of this case had been forgotten, or at some place where he was unknown, be elected to hold some office under the Poor Law Board. The central authority by accepting the resignation absolutely freed him from the only penalty which he could incur if he were not pro secuted for his heinous conduct. Well, under these cir cumstances, the Board of Guardians met for the third time on the 27th of February. In the first place a new charge had been made against Stanwood. A young woman, one Anne Allen, who was about to leave the Union House at Sanderton, paying her farewell visit to the master and matron communicated to them that she was in the family way, and that the father of the impending child was the schoolmaster at Bledlow, where she had been a pauper pupil some years before. She stated that the in timacy commenced at that time, and had since been re newed. This evidence was taken down in writing, and it: was determined to send it immediately to the central board, from whom they had not as yet received any letter. (Hear.) The next business was to receive the report of the commit tee, but they refused to accept that report, and protested against their conduct in confirming the resignations of the schoolmaster and his wife. They then sent a third letter to the Poor Law Board, and made another earnest appeal for advice and instructions. At last they received an answer. It was dated Whitehall, March 4, and informed them that the acceptance of Stallwood's resignation by the guardians was not necessary to give legal effect to it, and that, as Stall wood was no longer responsible as officer either to the guar dians or to the central board, the board could take no steps in regard to his alleged misconduct. A very strong feeling of indignation was aroused by this communication, which seemed to terminate the business. However, the matter was subsequently mentioned in the house, and he believed the board of guardians passed a resolution that they looked upon it as altogether unsatisfactory, and they informed the Poor Law Board that they should consult their represen tatives and take their advice as to the best course they ought to pursue in order to obtain redress ; and he did not see why men should have members of Parliament if such incidents as this were to be allowed to take place with im punity and silence. On the 15th or 20th March a letter was written to the clerk to the board of guardians, and it was written in such a way as if no previous communication on the subject had taken place. In this letter the guardians were referred to the several statutes bearing on the offence in question, and were directed to take such legal proceedings against Stallwood as they might deem necessary under the circumstances. Such were the facts which he had occasion to bring before the house, and he could only say that the amount of indignation which had been visited upon the guardians of Wycombe had made them anxious that the matter should be laid before the house. What they com plained of was, first of all, that their letters of the 14th and 20th, when they sent up the evidence they were able to produce, had never been noticed at all ; secondly, that the poor law inspector, without conferring with the guardians or clerk, went down to the place and occasioned the resig nation of Stanwood; and, thirdly, for informing the guar dians in the letter of the 4th of March that no proceedings could be taken in the matter, and then by the letter of the 15th of March informing them that they might prosecute the man, and offer if necessary a reward for his apprehen sion—which was very necessary, for Stallwood had long ago absconded. At the present moment things were in such a state that no proceedings could be carried on, and when after a while the witnesses were scattered, and the facts of the case were partly forgotten. Stallwood might appear without the slightest stain upon his character as a public servant who had resigned his situation, and there 'fore there was no reason why he should not again be em ployed as a relieving officer or in some other capacity. Having read an extract from a letter written by an inmate of the workhouse, on his own behalf and on behalf of the other inmates, praying that justice might be done in the matter, and for protection against such offence; the right hon. gentleman concluded by moving for the copy of a let ter from the Poor-law Board signed H. Fleming, and dated March 4, 1865. (Hear, hear.) Mr. VILLIERS justified the course pursued by the cen tral board as consistent with the law and practice. The papers, on their receipt from the guardians, were the same day transmitted to the inspector of the district, who in four days afterwards had the man before him, told him the nature of the charge against him, that an investigation would take place, and that he must attend and defend him self, or admit his guilt and retire from his situation. That was the course laid down by the law, and that was the limit of the duty of tho central board. They were to see that no unfit or improper person remained in any office in a union ; whilst the proceedings for the punishment of the offending person were entirely in the hands of tho guar dians. In this instance a committee of the guardians in vestigated the case, the master gave in his resignation un conditionally and absolutely, and the committee -made no objection. With regard to the conduct of the inspector, he was satisfied that he had acted from the best of mo tives, and, indeed, he could have had no object in dOing otherwise. After this explanation the motion for the production of the letter was withdrawn. In reply to a question of Mr. COX, relating to the dis graceful proceedings which have lately taken place on Sunday evenings in the Upper-street, Islington, Sir G. GREY stated that, in order to prevent their re currence, the number of policemen doing duty on the spot had been increased to six. The house then went into committee of supply, and agreed to several vot es f or th e c i v il service. On the vote of £9,500 towards completing the Nelson Monument in Trafalgar-square, Sir-W. FRASER inquired when the work of completion was likely to take place, Mr. COWPER once more repeated the old story that Sir Edwin Landseer had finished the cast of one of the lions, and that it would soon be reproduced in metal. The remaining three would, ho hoped, be speedily finished. Among the votes agreed to was one of £lO,OOO, being a contribution towards the maintenance of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. The Customs and Inland Revenue Bill passed through committee. The Dogs Regulation (Ireland) Bill, the Local Govern ment Supplemental (No. 4) Bill. the County of Sussex Bill, and the Ecclesiastical Leasing Act (1858) Amendment Bill were read a second time. Tho house adjourned at 10 minutes past 12 o'clock. The Metropolitan Board of Works. Tho usual meeting of the Board was hold yesterday at the offices in Spring-gardens. FINANCE. The cash statement for the current week shows a total general balance of X 459,919. The Main Drainage Committee, recommended that the sum of £lO,OOO be granted to tho engineer and his three assistants in recognition of their services in connexion with the main drainage works. The consideration of the report was adjourned. THE STATE OF LEICESTER-SQUARE. A report from the medical officer of health of the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields on the condition of Leicester square was referred to the Streets Committee. The report was as follows :—" I have several times since the hot weather commenced observed the state of Leicester-square. On the 17th of April I saw within the railings three dead cats, two dogs, a hare, and a cod's head, all in a putrefying state. There was also a large heap of decomposing vege table matter, and a collection in a newspaper of what ap peared to myself and to the watermark-the emptying of a close-stool. During the summer I think somebody should have authority to remove offensive matter from the square at least once a week, or we shall have nuisances established which may be injurious to health. Since writing the above I saw yesterday the remains of four dead animals, two being cats, and the others too much decomposed to be distin guished. One body was close to the railings, and so dis gusting that a delicate person passing might . be made sick at the sight ; and in hot weather this - would in many cases induce diarrhoea, so that it is no exaggeration to say that the condition of Leicester-square is s nuisance andinju rious to health." THE HACKNEY CARRLIGE DUTIES. An application made by the Chairman of the Board to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for a portion of the metropo litan hackney-carriage duties to ber applied to metropolitan improvements was refused. It was notified to the Board that the Wimbledon-park Bill had been withdrawn. Tho routine business was dispose() of, and the Board adjourned. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 186, Extraordinary Assault by Manufacturers. _4.-___ On Thursday an Under-Sheriff's Court was held at Leeds, before Mr. Wheelhouse, barrister, to assess the damages in an extraordinary case of assault and battery. Mr. Shaw, barrister, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Maule was for the defen dants. Plaintiff, Mr. Walter Shaw, is a bobbin maker at Dewsbury ; and defendants, Messrs. John and James Gomersall and William Thackray, are manufacturers residing in the same town. On the 18th February, plaintiff being anxious to pay his addresses to the defendant's (Gomersallts) sister, and not having been introduced to her, although he lived in the same street, and had known the family all his life, adopted the plan of writing a letter to her, with the object of apprising her of the state of his affections. This love-epistle was couched in the following terms : "Feb. 19th, 1865. " To Miss Sarah 3. Gomersall. "I hope you will excuse me riteing to you, but as I never meet you in compuny I thouht it would be the best I wish to see you some time this week about Thursday night iff you leve your house about halfe past two and go up Wakefield road I will wate for you about the bar. The fact is I am going down to York and now a young lady there and I wish to see you before. An answer will oblige by Wednesday morning first.—l am respectfully yours, " WALTER SHAW." It would appear that the young lady, on receiving this letter, showed it to her brothers, the defen dants, and the latter determined to punish the love-sick bobbin-maker for his impertinence. They accordingly concocted the following reply, and got a young lady to write•it in her most approved femi nine style of caligraphy _ _ _ "Dewsbury, Feb. 21. "My dear Sir,—l received your letter yesterday evening, but I am sorry to say I cannot meet you up Wakefield road, as I never go out during the day without my sister is with me, but if you will come to our house on Thursday night, about 8 o'clock, I shall be in the house by myself. But if any of our people should be in I will send the ser vant to the gate, so that you will know, not to come in if she is there. If you don't see her you must come through the yard to the side door. If this arrangement does not suit you, please say by return. 4t S . J. 17 This arrangement, however, appeared to suit the plaintiff perfectly, and on the appointed night he hied off to keep the appointment. No abigail was at the gate to check his progress, and he joyfully opened the wicket, but he had no sooner got fairly into the yard than the gate was fastened behind him, and he found himself in the presence of the three defendants. John Gomersall inquired what he wanted there, upon which the plaintiff asked him what he had to do with it. John Gomersall then demanded to know whether it was he (plaintiff) who had written a letter to his sister, and Mr. Shaw re plying in the affirmative, John exclaimed with an oath, " Then I will give it you, come along chaps." The other defendants then came up, Shaw was seized round the waist and carried to the horse trough in the yard, and soused in the water time after time. At length he managed to crawl out of the trough, but he was again seized, his necktie torn away, a horse-pipe introduced near the spinal column, and the full force of the town's water on the main turned on, the effect being that his body was completely saturated, and his clothes torn nearly to shreds. The defendants practised this hydro pathic treatment for about ten minutes, and sub sequently the gate was opened, and plaintiff was allowed to depart, his movements being quickened by a kick. His hat was pitched into the street after him, but he did not recover it. He estimated his spoilt wearing apparel to have been worth £5, his hat 13s. 6d., and his cravat 2s. 6d. ; but he had also suffered from a severe cold, and from rheumatic pains in the left leg. Mr. Maule addressed the jury in mitigation of damages in a humorous speech. He did not deny the facts as stated, but he urged that the defendants were young men, that the two Gomersalls were in dignant at the coolly impertinent tone of the letter plaintiff had addressed to their sister, and that what they did was by way of punishing him for his pre sumption. 11Ir. Shaw had no business to write such a letter to a young lady to whom he was unknown, and to whom he had never been introduced. Mr. Shaw having been heard in reply, The assessor summed up on the law of the case, the facts being undisputed. The jury, after about two hours' deliberation, awarded £BO as damages to plaintiff. The case created considerable amusement in court. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. --...- TIMES.—Lord St. Leonards has recently called the attention of the Legislature to the aspect now presented by Trade Disputes between masters and men. The subject, indeed, has a twofold importance at this moment, for the controversies in question have assumed an intolerable form and the capacity of the working classes for political power will natu rally be estimated in some degree by their conduct in these disputes. At the same time it must be universally felt that the efficacy of any legislation in such a matter is exceedingly doubtful. No law can well interfere with private contracts. One man is free to invest his money, and another to sell his labour, on such terms as he pleases. Lord St. Leonards is perfectly aware of all this, and, indeed, appears by no means sanguine as to the effect of his own proposal ; but he sees at the same time that if the remedy is obscure the evil is overpowering, and so he offers an alternative. That, in fact, is all that can be done. There must be differences be tween masters and men, and there must be some method of trying the issue. Hitherto the method has been by " strikes" and " lock-outs," and that method, as even the men confess, has been brought to such perfection as to have become impracticable. It cannot be endured that a local quarrel should paralyse a national trade. Combination has been carried too far. The men have organised them selves with such success as to force the masters into an organisition at least equally powerful, and so every dispute brings about a dead-lock and threatens a suspension of industry over the whole country. Cannot the disputants, then, if they must occasionally disagree, resort to some less de structive method of conducting their controversies ? The recent dispute in the Iron Trade has undoubtedly shown that the men are not yet really disposed towards arbitration. We do not impute any insin cerity to them, but merely an inability to look fairly at the subject. They consider their own side of the question only. They conceive that their labour is worth so much per day, and main tain that opinion without thinking of the fund from which their wages come, or the way in which it may be affected by the state of the trade. They contrast their own earnings with the profits of their employer, and think that he will easily bear a little curtailment for their benefit. The rulers of the Trade Unions, indeed, seem to regard a master as a milch cow, out of - whom as much is to be got as possible by any available means of coercion. Such means of late have been very successfully applied, and the prospect seemed altogether promising, when suddenly the masters appeared in the field with similar weapons and even greater power. At this the men were frightened, and began to talk of some alternative ; but it was evident from their speeches that their ideas were still the same. In North Staf fordshire the ironworkers refused arbitration abso lutely and in every possible form, and they refuse it to this clay. Their position deserves to be well un derstood. The masters reduced the rate of wages, on which the men " struck." Then arbitration was proposed, pending which the men were to resume work, but they have resolutely declined to go to work again except at the original rate of wage. This means that masters are not to be allowed to name the terms on which they will give employment to men. If the " strikers" are successful, and can esta blish their demand as a rule of the trade, no iron master can lower his wages, let the market go how it will. It is not for the mere difference of pay that the men are on " strike." If it had been, they would have accepted Lord Lichfield's equitable proposal, to which the masters assented—viz., that they should resume work, and draw wages on account, with out prejudice to any claims whatever. This would have been an unobjectionable mode of settle ment, if the men had merely wished to have the question of wages fairly argued. But they wished for something more ; they wished to make the masters yield on the original point, and by yielding admit that they could not take the initiative in fixing a rate of wage. They were told that if they would resume work at the new rate of wage, and the arbitrators should pronounce in favour of the old rate, the difference should be made up to them for every single hour of labour. But they would not agree ; they had " struck" against a reduction, and that reduction should be cancelled before they would go to work again. The masters must give way, and confess that they had exceeded their rights by pre suming on their own authority to lower the pay of the men. Now, is that position justifiable? Does such a demand on the part of the men indicate economical intelligence, or unreasoning combina tion ? We do not observe that any advocate of a new electoral franchise attempts to defend the general proceedings of the working classes in their management of strikes. Mr. Bright himself once said that hardly one strike in 20 could be fairly justified as reasonable or expedient ; and yet, except for the unexpected impediment of lock-outs, strikes would have been everywhere the order of the day. The men have either persuaded themselves or have been taught by their leaders that they can never do wrong in claiming to have their wages increased, or their hours of labour reduced, and that coercion by means of concerted action is the instrument by which their claims can be best enforced. It is plain from the demand of the North Staffordshire men that the old idea of ruling the destinies of trade by means of trade unions still survives. If the men, indeed, had succeeded, the trade would have been in their hands—that is, unless it had perished altogether. Yet it is plain that the calculation of wages must be left, in the first instance, in the employer's hands. He alone knows all the circumstances by which the product of capital and labour —or, in other words, the fund from which both profits and wages must come—is likely to be determined. That the workmen should have a voice in the question, and that labour should be protected by combination against thepos sible tyranny of capital, is perfectly fair. But the North Staffordshire men go beyond that demand ; they will not allow that the masters could have had any right to reduce a prevailing rate of wages, and until the reduction which is made is cancelled they will listen to no terms whatever. That is not the spirit of compromise by which political differences are ad justed and political controversies rendered harmless. The suggestions made by Lord St. Leonards that Courts of Conciliation shonld be appointed will cer tainly not satisfy the desires of men like the North Staffordshire ironworkers ; but, then, on the other hand, it was proved by the late " lock-out," and the attitude of the masters generally, that such de sires were not likely to be satisfied at all. The Trade Unions have been stopped in their career, and they know it.- They can no longer attack the mas ters singly, and overpower them in rotation. The masters have been frightened into a combination of their own, and the men can no longer count on winning. It is just possible, therefore, that they may consent to adopt some new machinery, and the proposed Courts will offer them a fair alternative. A Court of Conciliation or Arbitration will, at any rate, do this much for them—it will provide them with a public tribunal and a right of public appeal. Even if the Court itself should do them less than they think justice, they can fall back upon their countrymen, and it is scarcely probable that they should fail in establishing any really reasonable de mand. Lord St. Leonards thinks that, " with all their intelligence, they do not seem to estimate their own just position." Perhaps we should say that they have been led by recent successes to miscalculate their power. We suspect that since the late " lock out" the men have begun to estimate their position more correctly ; but if they wish to establish a cha racter for practical intelligence and moderation they cannot do better than forsake for some reasonable alternative the tactics to which their leaders have lately habituated them. HERALD. Ireland has been welcoming the recep tion of the Heir Apparent on her shores with a greeting dearer than even the outspoken love of her children—the contemporaneous success of one of the greatest of her works, the International Exhibition of 1865. The large blank that has been so long lying open in the industrial history of a country called by so many blessings of Heaven and so many gifts of man to take so large a share in the pros perity of the greatest of modern empires, is receiving another of those instrumentalities of good and filling it up with another of those earnests of enterprise which make it almost impossible that Ireland will remain much longer the least favoured member in the national confederacy. With its brilliant Court, the presence of the future Sovereign, and the pos session of the new International Exhibition, the capital of the empire is transferred for the moment to the banks of the Liffey, and Dublin may claim to be offering to the world the most interesting of the contemporaneous spectacles that can attract the curiosity or reward the study of other nations. The fourth in the number of these Industrial Exhibitions which Dublin has given us, the inauguration, under such illustrious auspices, of what is to be a perma nent ornament of the city as its Crystal Palace and Winter Garden, makes this the Exhibition par ex cellence; and Dublin—as she smiles upon her visitors in new riches of public buildings—is more than ever what the Americans, in their fine manner, would call the " city of monuments and capital of fine architecture." So great a work, which could have been achieved only under very disheartening diffi culties, may be accepted as pleasant evidence of the latest spirit and enterprise of an intelligent and ac complished people in their struggle against influences they have not wisely appreciated, and it would ill become the English press to speak with ill-temper or faint praise of such an epochal event in its history. As it is difficult not to wish to be pleased with it, so is it impossible not to feel satisfaction in the assur ances of everybody that the managers have been able to secure, within the limitations of their tie, more than the general effect that might reasonably have been expected from them. We owe Ireland much ; if asked " how much ?" we should answer, "Only less than what Ireland owes herself ;" and the illustrious Prince, who, on behalf of the empire, is now giving his assistance to its national festival may be considered to be there offering its inhabitants, in the most practical of forms, our acknowledgment of the debt and the assurance of our readiness to pay it. The enthusiastic reception and brilliant series of il luminations, banquets, balls, and reviews, are all well in their place, but, in our opinion, are after all, magnificent as they have been, but the accessories of the visit. The true interest of the business is some thing far higher, and is suggested by the assiduity with which his royal highness studies the display of industrial ingenuity laid before him, and addresses himself to the consideration of the actual needs and means of the people around him. Those who are heedful of these matters would probably find that the Prince is not the least hard-working of the thou sands of visitors who are daily examining the Exhi bition with a less public object. As his influence is vast, we may believe that in that proportion has he been taught to rate his responsibilities, and it would be a happy circumstance if this remarkable exhibi tion of international art and industry should so direct his studies to the resources of the country, and the misuse that has been made of them, that we might owe to his visit that mastery over "the question of Ireland" which would insure it the ad vantage of that steady interest and powerful pro tection all important to its happy solution. Fortu nately or unfortunately for Ireland its wealth is still most of all a thing of the future. Fo r th e pre sent the Prince finds himself surrounded by para doxes in material existence, which answer to what the vernacular of the same country commends to us as " bulls." With all the means and agencies of wealth he finds Ireland poor. With a population about him the most active in Europe he sees comparatively little industry. - With the most essentially agricultural country in Europe spread before him—the population being by no means dense—he finds it importing corn in a proportion that will remind him of England. And finally, in an exhibition of Irish industry and manufactures, he will be obliged to conclude that the most remark able specimen of all is the building which has been erected to contain them. What is the want which makes worthless so much wealth, paralyses so much intelligence, and sterilises so much usefulness? Why is a country unrivalled for its poplins and linens obligedto import nearly every other article of manu facture, down to her coarsest crockery ware ? As in the case of some of our over-scientific farmers, nothing is wanting but the one thing desirable— products. The sea is there ; and rivers, canals, railways, and roads reach it everywhere, running about and around you in all directions through a soil of unequalled fertility. There are plenty of able and intelligent men, too, generally underworked, always underpaid and often underfed. There is likewise a plethora of capital unused. Everything, in short, is there except—the use of everything. The noble building, raised by Irish skill and enter prise as by magic, which received the Prince on Tuesday last, has the value beyond all that was in tended for it of showing him that all this need not be so. As with it formerly, the fabric of Irish pro sperity is absent not from want of materials, but of the able and enterprising architects who know how to use them. Those who know the country would pro bably sustain his Royal Highness in the opinion that with a revival of agriculture we should have the only basis on which we may hope to erect the edifice we want. Blessed with the most fertile soil under heaven, situate near the best markets in the world, Ireland needs but that perfect cultivation of the land which the industry and number, of its inhabitants might so easily secure it. That given it would be as prosperous as England, and at least as happy. It is as incontestable as a mathematical axiom that there exists in the land more than remunerative em ployment for all the labour of the country, and all that is probably needed to bring it into play are moderate rents, long leases, and a size of hold ings suited to the capit a l an d intelligence of the cultivator. Set the agricultural mind of Ireland in healthy and full movement, and there will be a corresponding influence on every division of Irish industry and enterprise. Among a people subject to the dwarfing influence of provincial isolation, envenomed by a system of absentee proprietors, the action of their rejuvenescence, like that of their decay, will be general or not at all ; and clearly a solid renewal and extension of their interest in the land—the source of wealth and prosperity for all— is the only means to which we may look for so in estimable a result. Even the fine arts, for which he emotional and imaginatiye nature of a Celtic people ever yearns, pine without this pabulum, and have no more than the sickly existence of exotics pressing themselves out of time and out of place on an admiration not attuned to their appreciation. Happy indeed will have been the prolonged visit of the future Sovereign of England to the most un fortunate member of the;dominions owning the sway of his august mother if it secure us that vinculum between its resources and their employment which is all that is necessary for its permanent prosperity. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, CHESTER RACES-FRIDAY. Ladies' Purse of 3 sovs each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds and upwards ; weight, for age, with selling allowances ; three-quarters of a mile. 8 subs. Mr. T. Cliff's Qui-va-la, 2 yrs, sst 131 b (£4O) (Kenyon) 1 Captain Machel's Birague, 3 yrs, Bst 111 b (£4O) (A. Edwards) 2 Mr. Johnstone's War Whoop, 3 yrs, Bst 21b £4O) Doyle) 3 Lord Coventry's King of Clubs, 4 yrs, 9st 81b £4O) (J. Adams) 4 Mauvais Sujet and Sympathy also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Sympathy, 3to 1 agst Biraguo, 4to 1 each agst Qui-va-la and King of Clubs. Sympathy got away in front, closely followed by Qui va-la to the Grosvenor turn, where the latter struck into her heels and brought her to the ground. Challoner, who was following on Mauvais Sujet immediately in her track, being unable to pull off, also came to grief ; both riders fortunately escaped injury, and were soon remounted. This mishap gave Qui-va-la a long lead, which she re tained to the end, and won in a canter by five lengths ; a bad third. Cheshire Stakes of 5 sous each, with 150 added. Grosvenor Course. 39 subs. Mr. T. Wadlow's Moulsey, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Loates) 1 Mr. E. Buckley's Success, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (car. 6st) (J. Mordan) 2 Mr. Barber's Macbeth, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (inc. 31b extra) (H. Covey) 3 Mr. T. Wadlow's Dean Swift, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Jones) 4 The following also ran :—Brindisi, Welbeck, Grinder, and Exchequer. Betting-5 to 2 agst Exchequer, sto 1 agst Macbeth, and 8 to 1 agst Moulsey. The last-named got away in advance, followed by the Grinder, Brindisi and Eichequer abreast, Dean Swift and Success following next, with Welbeck in the rear. They ran in these positions to the Dee side, where Macbeth took the second place, and followed the leader into the straight; Success then passed Macbeth, but was never able to reach Moulsey, who won in a canter by three lengths ; Mac beth finished a bad third ; Dean Swift fourth ; Exche quer fifth ; Welbeck sixth; Grinder and Brindisi were the last two. Handicap Plate of 100 soy& Half a mile. Mr. Wadlow's Gipsy Girl, 5 yrs, 6st 71b (Carroll 1 Mr. Barber's Cutaway, 4 yrs, Est 101 b (H. Covey 2 Marquis of Hastings's Attraction, 4 yrs, Bst (Morns 3 Mr. H. E. Handley's Viola, 3 yrs, 6st_ (Kenyon 4 The following also ran :--flesper, Light, and Biondella. Betting-3 to 1 each agst Light and Attraction, 100 to 15 agst Gipsy Girl, 7 to 1 each agst Hesper and Biondella, and 8 to 1 agst Cutaway. Three-quarters of an hour was lost at the post before Mr. 31‘George could lower his flag. On his doing so, Attraction, Hesper, and Cutaway got off in front, and as they rounded the Grosvenor turn, they were joined by Gipsy Girl and Viola. This lot ran in close company into the straight, where Hesper dropped back, and his place was taken by Gipsy Girl; at the distance, the last named headed Attraction, who came on with a slight lead of Cutaway, and the three finished a close race home, Gipsy Girl winning cleverly by half a length ; three quarters of a length between the second and third, and half a length between the third and fourth, Light was fifth, and close up with him were Hesper and Biondella. The Badminton Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added, for two-year-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings Bst 61b ; penalties and allowances. Half a mile. 30 subs. Mr. J. Graham's Tina, Bst 61b- (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Saxon's Miss Harriette, Bst 111 b... .C , lements) 2 Captain Gray's Castanet, Bst 61b Custance) 3 Mr. Lincoln's Carnizette, 7st 61b ( l halloner) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Castanet, 2to 1 agst Tina, and 3to 1 agst Miss Harriette. Tina jumped away with a clear lead of Miss Harriette and the favourite. The three as they approached the dis tance joined issue, and finished a close race home, Tina winning cleverly at last by a length. Half that distance separated the second and third; a head between the third and fourth. Selling Handicap of 3 soya each, with 25 added. About a mile. 7 subs. Mr. T. S. Dawson's Carnbroe, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (Cameron) 1 Mr. G. H. Moore's Lyra, 4 yrs, Bst 4lb (H. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Crook's The Abbott (h b), 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Taylor) 3 Lord Coventry's King of Clubs, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (J. Adams) 4 Mr. T. Smith's Garibaldi, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b (Loates) 5 No betting. Lyra made the running, followed by Gari baldi, to the turn into the straight, where the pair were headed by Carnbroe, who came on with a clear lead, and won in a canter by a length and a half. Bad third. The winner was sold to Mr. Rickards for 56 guineas. Stewards' Cup of 200 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age, with penalties and allowances. 1 mile 7 furlongs. 21 • subs. Mr. C. Smith's Lion, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Cranshaw) 1 Mr. Barber's The Clown, 4 yrs, 9st (inc Mb extra) (J. Snowden) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's King Arthur, 3 yrs, Est 1211)„.(Carroll) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Lion, and 6to 4 agst The Clown. The favourite made all the running, and won by a length. Handicap Plate of 30 sovs. Half a mile. Mr. T. Wadlow's Queen of Trumps, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b (Challoner) 1 Mr. Pardoe's Tragedy, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (Carroll) 2 Mr. Ballinger's Aline, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (lleartfield) 3 Mr. Clayton's Yellow Girl, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (carried 6st) (S. Mordan) 4 The following also ran :—Peignoir, Sophia, The Squire, and Prenez Garde. Betting-5 to 4 agst Queen of Trumps, 3 to 1 agst Tragedy, and 6 to 1 agst Aline. The favourite made all the running, and won easily by two lengths ; the same distance between second and third. Stamford Welter Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 100 added. Once round and a distance. 23 subs. Mr. Barber's Helen, 4 yrs, lOst 21b (Mr. W. Bevill) 1 Mr. W. Scott's Stanton, aged, list 71b (includ 71b ex) (Mr. Edwards) 2 Betting-6 to lon Helen, who lay off to the distance, when she came away, and won in a canter by a length. Handicap of 50 sous. 7 furlongs. 12 subs. Mr. Barber's Lady Bohun, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Covey) 1 Mr. Wadlow's Danaus, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Carroll 2 Mr. C. Glennie's Peignoir, 6 yrs, 7st 81b (S. Adams 3 Mr. R. H. Jones's Kapunda, 4 yrs, Est 101 b (Cranshaw 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Lady Bohun, 9to 4 agst Peignoir, 3 to 1 agst Danaus, and 7 to 1 agst Kapunda. The favourite lay off to the bottom turn, when she came away and Won easily by two lengths ; three lengths between second and third, and a length between third and fouith. Match-100 sous, Bst each; once round. Mr. Griffith's Active (Foster) beat Mr. Williams's Rumplestiltskin (Smethurst), after a good race, by a length. LATEST BETTING. THE DERBY. 1000 to 200 agst Gladiateur (taken) Bto 1 agst The Duke (offered) 17 to 2 Archimedes (offered) 12 to 1 Wild Charley (taken) 13 to 1 agst Breadalbane (offered) 15 to 1 agst Broomielaw (taken) 15 to 1 agst Longdown (taken and offered) 1000 to 50 agst Oppressor (taken) 1000 to 45 Christmas Carol (taken) 40 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken) 40 to 1 Ariel (taken) 40 to 1 agst Kcenig (taken and offered) 5000 to 25 agst Nothing More (taken) 3RES FOR 1865. Cork 22 Bath 23 Harpenden 26 Epsom 3O rNE. Hampton 2l Newton Newcastle Curragh Odiham Bibury Stockbridge TLY. New Forest Hunt l4 Winchester lB Nottingham Southampton l9 Chesterfield Cambridge 2O Goodwood Down Royal Corp 25 [UST. Oxford l7 York Yarmouth Plymouth Lichfield 2B Devon and Exeter 29 Derby Summer 3O Ipswich Weymouth 3l :MBFIt. Brecon Richmond l9 Monmouth 2l Manchester Autumn Newmarket Ist Oct 26 Walsall BEE. Curragh l7 Newmarket Ho. Id Worcester COUNTRY MARKETS. ,t.......____ LIVERPOOL.—FRIDAY. We had a fair attendance at our market to-day, an d 11 firm feeling throughout. Wheat had a good inquiry at the prices of this day week. Flour in better demand at former quotations. Oatmeal slow at late rates. Indian corn in limited request at Tuesday's rates. • WAKEFIELD.—FRIDAY. The wheat trade is quiet. Factors are not generally 6 5 ' posed to make any concession in price, so that millers buY sparingly. Barley rather lower. Averages, May 8 :—Wheat, 2,947 qrs, at 42s Old ; , 1)81- ley, 100, at 33s 9d ; oats, —, at —s Od. LINCOLN.—FRIDAY. New white wheat, 42s to 45s ; new red, 38s to 41s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 328 to 34s per qr ; grinding, Ns to 31s per 30 stone. Oats, 22s to 255. Beans, 420 to 46s per qr. DERBY—FRIDAY. A 6 Now white wheat, 46s to 50s ; new red, 89s to 4 40 P er - stone. Barley for malting, 32s to 35s per qr. ; grin ding ' 28s to 30s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 21s to 255; old, 25s to 28s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 40s to 455; new, 38s to 410 per qr. S T _ULF ORD.—FRIDAY. New white wheat, 415.t0 445; new red, 36s to 39s Per„! stone. Barley, malting, 31s to 335 ; grinding, 28s to 0"' per qr. Oats, new, 22s to 26s ; old, —s to —s per 24 sto ne. Beans, 36s to 40s per 38 stone. Peas as heretofore. BRISTOL SUGAR.—FurDAY. The sales of the week have been small, and in some cases rather lower rates have been taken. Refined sug'''' are dull of sale and Gd cheaper. Rum sells steadily at for mer value. RACING FIXT York Spring St. Columb: l6 Salisbury lB Noith Herts Yeomanry 19 Redditch Chelmsford 7 Manchester Summer 7 Maid tone Ascot l3 Beverley l4 Liverpool Newmarket July Carlisle Jersey 5 Worcester Pontefract Abingdon Hungerford l3 Stamford l3 AUG Brighton 1 Brighton Club Knutsford 3 Lewes 4 Huntingdon Wolverhampton Reading Radcliffe l4 Egham , 15 Stockton l5 SEPT}' Warwick Curra,gh 5 Dover 7 Hereford Leicester 7 Doncaster OCTO Bedford Royal Caledonian Hunt 4 Northallerton 5 Newmarket 2cl Oct.. 9 COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. 0. cl• Hetton Braddyell's Hetton.... 16 6 Lambert's W. Hartley 6 16 " South Kelloe Heugh Hall l6 9 West Hartley ......... 17 0 Hartlepool East Hartlepool 15 13 6 Hetton Lyons l5 6 Tunstall Holywell Main l7 0 Walls End Haswell... 18 Ships at market, 41; sold, 41. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Miles Opened. Bees l P"' • Railways. 1865. 1864. 1865 18 64 * .£ A Belfast and N, Counties lOO 100 2 1 ,913 •••• 757 Belfast and County Down 49 49 837 77 o 001 Blyth and Tyne . 28 28 2,4 t• 2 Ao ~ Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian 281 41 2 94 1' . 1 62 2 8 1 i 4 4 19 6 1 :, 6 7 ; 59 , ! I!, :: 2 Cockermouth K & Penrlth - 215 . 0 6 Cockermouth and Workin 458 416 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 15 9 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 64 64 15' 1.04 Cornwall . 655 651 1,7 9 32 2 D D e u e b s li ld n e & Belfast Junction 6 317 17 354 3 Dublin and Drogheda 75 Dublin and Meath Dub. &Wicklow and Wextd 9ll 9 r 1 151 .5 316 1 4 1 . 144 r 55 6 4 563 Furness, &c 5O 5 , .) 3t 97 .„ , "„A Glasgow & South-Western ~ 4 2 Gt. Eastern,Nrf k.,&E.Union - / co 7 1 Great Northern 404 365 34,422 .. ,9 7 0 75 Great North of Scotland 99 99 2,905 .-+- 709 U t..N orthn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 733 9-t.Southn. & Westn.arind.) 3871 3735 9,3 0 9 . 2 4 Great Western 1268 1225 69,649 es , ' ..-• Hni & Hornsea - 162 Inverness & Aberdeen Juno 1174 1171 1,334 1 -,280,03 Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 1191 3,782 1, N 2 Irish North-Western 145 145 3,811 6 ", 0 Kent Coast 27 27 1,360 ro Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 402 39,114 3 S. .3 Limerick and Ennis... 244 241 168 1 0 '3 Limerick and Foynes . 264 261 130 • - 9 Llaneliy 461 461 683 Cri .n Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London and Blackwall • 5/ London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2674 2611 20,628 e 6 London, Chatham, & Dover.; 724 721 5,728 a.', 0 Do. Metropolitan Extension 111 104 2,250 I +, - ; 6 Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,Sheffieid. & Lincolnsh Manch. S.J unatt Altrincham 95 94 1,441 I +'"7 Ilaryport and Carlisle 28 , s ' t a Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6631 641 45,101 14,4,,t; Midland Gt. Westn. of Irind 262 262 4.930 5 . 4 " . g 0 Monkland 7ll 711 1,631 ,1 , %,,3 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 • 44 3,276 4, ' North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Dart. 1 6 09 25 1 9 5 4 4 1 5 2 09 8 59 5 3 9 4 2 60 2 i : 9 0 1 2 2 7 4 7 2617 8 ; , .. ° 1 North London 9 North Staffordshire Rhymney l9l 191 1,058 N l 6 t o &offish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B 138 5,640 5,_ Somerset and Dorset 66 66 - 21 5 South Devon ... .. 795 751 4.057 - , 0 1 97 South-Eastern ' 308 306 23,617 2 9 . 0 °,0 Taff Vale 57 57 5,465 5 +,1'4 Ulster lO5l 1051 2.725 u, 4 6 Vale of Clwyd 1 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 499 35 3 Waterford and Limerick 77 West Cornwall 274 27 77 5 I ' 6 8 1 9 7 2 '8.33 W.llaztlepoolllarbr.&Rail 521 52t 4,751 4151 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10 783 °2 ~ 3 Whitehaven J unction l3 13 913 .+- 1 3.7 Wiiitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 803 1 ,- 0 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B 828 39,74) 26,°"307. 1 .Bahia and San Francisco 33 Belgian Eastern J auction 264 261 358 i Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 1851 5,387 3,83- ~ 652 -, Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 5,827 / Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1(81 5,397 4, ,904 33 Eastern o 1 France 1176 1128 67 6 i' 7 :10 Eastern Bengal elhe llO 110 4,156 -+ East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1333 22 5.3 2 4 •, 9 1 Great Central of Belgium 295 2:2 6,423 4, ''' • ; 13 Great Indian Peninsula 590 5531 25,439 12 ,*., 1 o Great Luxembourg 134 134 5,115 7 ,9 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 315 14,899 14.,8491 Madras Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant (8) 650 11+,,03 23. Northern of Canada Northern of France 728 7 6 2 4 8 57 2 ,71 5 : 1 : 84 :0 17 Norwegian Trunk 433 Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1967 1781 142,664 1. , - - 10 2 16 Paris and Orleans lO6 1611 72,453 - .•, 4 3 Recife and San Francisco, &c 775 774 1,349 ~..' i t Scinde.... Do. Punjab, &c 32 32 272 „1 3 3 South Austrian, &c 1651 1527 5%565 5 t 4 ' 8 8 Southern of France 623 770 28,213 2% 11 Victoria Welland . 25 25 1 9 „',B West & N-Wn. of France • Foreign Mail Packet List. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Ire)" 1 , 9 " Ditto, via Marseilles May 1 2 7 Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet June ' Ditto, by French packet • May 22 " Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena May 21 China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—MaY 13. Ditto, via Marseilles may 13' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, v i a Southampton—MO 1— Ditto, via Marseilles . India (Bombay), via Southampton 31aY 1 2: Ditto, via Marseilles May 2.. ;: Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseite 3... . Newfoundland Ma Y 2 Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet ........ • .•MaY 18 Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp ton . Ditto, via Cork . .. Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Lond on d err y. • — lO- Or IL4 West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Ma/ 1 3 ' West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Ma y 15' Bahamas, via New York. June Bermuda, ditto June 7 ' Cuba and Mexico Dial 29' Of [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills.—Protecw.- Health.—ln the hand-to-hand struggle for existence in t T present day good health is everythi ng . H o ll owa y's 1 312 r": fying, digestive, and gently l axa ti ve Pill s are a dmirably adapted for restoring soundness to invalids whose fu n d tions are so feebly performed that life itself seems 111 ", i precarious. The stomach has its many maladies renovoci by a judicious use of these Pills, the torpid liver is roil . by them to active secretion, and every other organ serving digestion is placed at its natural standard and bstwi fitted for its duties. 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Beazley, aged 82. r OFIAMLEY.—On the 11th inst., Braithwaite CharoloY, -3 tain 17th Lancers, aged 30. g yOrC i l CLEGHORN.—Mr. George W. Cleghorn, ela of D Westminster, aged 53. c o Of DEANS On the 12th inst., at Homey, Catherin e, W ' John C. Deane, Esq. doll FESTING.—On the 10th inst., suddenly, at his re, Bl ,g 0 Weymouth, Benjamin Morton Festing, 1C.11., 11 '''' . ' 71. „,„ 0 MArnows.—On the 11th inst., John Matthews, xli'oet, 15, Clarence-road, Kentish-town, late of Ber wick -s Soho, aged 74. , . 2 ~; 10 , London : Printed and Published by WIL LIAM AN 112, of No. 112, Strand, Puinter, at of THE SUN OiliCe, i'v Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the CCP° o , aturday, May 13, 1805.