The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAT 10, 1854.

CHESTER RACES.

(THIS DAY.),

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(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPB.)
LATEST BETTING.
CHESTER CUP.
10 to 1 agst Baalbec.
12 to 1 agst Acrobat.
14 to 1 agst Aldford.
15 to 1 agst Dr. O'Toole.
16 to 1 agst Indian Warrior.
16 to 1 agst Peggy.
16 to 1 apt Jack Frost.
20 to 1 agst Cobnut.
20 to 1 agst Tom.
25 to 1 agst Eva.
30 to 1 agst Catspaw.
33 to 1 agst Annie Sutherland.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. I
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HOUSE OF COMMONS--(THIS DAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were considered and agreed to, and
ordered to be read a third time :—Bradford Waterworks ;
Burnley Improvement ; Birmingham Improvement ;
Kingston-upon-Hull Improvement ; West Bromwich
Improvement, &c. ; and the Edinburgh Police and
Improvement.

PETITIONS.
Petitions were presented by Mr. Dunlop, from places
in Scotland, against the Education Bill ; Sir Edward
Filmer, from Sittingbourne and other places in Kent,
against the opening of public houses on Sunday ; by
Mr. Brotherton, from Salford and other places ; Mr.
L. Heiworth, from Derby ; Mr. Milligan, from the
Burnley districts ; Mr. T. Duncombe, from Spitalfields
and other places in the metropolis ; Mr. Wickham, from
Bradford ; Mr. Brown (37) from places in Lancashire
and Cheshire ; Lord Dudley Stuart, from a MarFlebone
burial society; Mr. Fagan, from Dublin and other places
in Ireland; Mr. Heywood, from places in Lancashire; Mr.
Hadfield, from societies in Sheffield ; Mr. Hindley (40)
from places in the manufacturing districts, signed by
30,000 persons ; Sir George Grey, from Morpeth ;
Alderman Kershaw, from Stockport and other places ;
Mr. W. J. Fox, from the Oldham district ; Mr. Cob-
bett, from the same locality and Manchester ; Mr. Cob-
den, frorn places in the West Riding ; Mr. Adderley,
(40), from the neighbourhood of Manchester ; Mr.
Hume, from places in Scotland ; Mr. Bright and Mr.
M. Gibson, from Manchester ; all against the Friendly
Societies Bill, but especially the third and fourth clauses.
By Mr. Sullivan, from Ballyouskel, co. Kilkenny,
against the Nunneries and Mr. Whiteside's bill. By
Mr. F. W. Wickham, from the members of the various
lodges in the Horton district, and other parties inte-
rested in benefit societies ; from the lodges in the Wit-
ney district ; from the lodges in the Bradford district ;
from the Bradford district of United Free Gardeners ;
against the Friendly Societies Bill.

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FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL. 25
On the motion for going into committee on this bill, St.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE suggested the propriety of re- 82
:erring the whole of this subject to a committee up St.
stairs, where it could be fully investigated, and evidence 60
taken upon it. 25
Mr. BRIGHT seconded this suggestion, and took too
the opportunity of bearing his testimony to the conci- St.
liatory manner in which the hon. member (Mr. Sotheron), 6
who had charge of the bill, had dealt with this subject ; 25
but at the same time he was bound to tell him that, if 50
the bill passed in its present shape, it would create a 20
revolt amongst the working classes in the manufactur-
St:
ing districts. He therefore moved that the bill should 50
be referred to a select committee. St.
Mr. HUME approved of the proposal for referring 16
the whole subject to a select committee, and hoped the 1€
Government would accede to it.
Mr. EGERTON supported the amendment, though E
he believed the bill had' been prepared in the best EK
spirit. 1(
Mr. BROTHERTON 'never recollected so much ex-
citement prevailing amongst the working classes as 21
prevailed now with reference to this bill, and he hoped 21
it would be referred to a select committee.
11
Sir G. GREY had no objection to refer the bill to a li
select committee, but he decidedly objected to referring
the whole subject of Friendly Societies to such a tri- S
bunal. He suggested that the bill should be committed
pro forma, in order that they might see what amend-
ments
the promoters might introduce into it.
Mr. W. PATTEN did not think there was any neces- S
sity to refer the whole bill to a select committee ;it Si
would be enough to refer the third and fourth clauses to
a select committee. 1
Mr. ROEBUCK remarked that the bill was now in 2
the hands of the Home-office, and it ought to be re-
ferred to a select committee in its entirety.
Mr. FITZROY, on behalf of the Home-office,
thought it would be desirable to refer the whole subject
to a select committee, as it was indispensably necessary
to obtain further evidence upon it before they could re-
sort
to legislation.
Capt. SCOBELL took a similar view of the question,
believing that the working classes, who were members
of these societies, should be heard before a bill of this
nature was passed.
Mr. CHEETHAM, Mr. LIDDELL, and Mr. LABOUCHERE
supported the amendment.
Sir J. WALMSLEY observed that the second clause,
which limited the maximum allowance of a burial society
at a death to 201., was just as objectionable as the third
and fourth clause.
Mr. ATHERTON; as a lawyer, gave it as his opinion
that the law on this subject was as great a disgrace to
the Legislature as it was unjust to the members of these
societies. • Its tendency was to throw friendly society
disputes into chancery, which, ho need not observe, was
little less than a delusion and a mockery ; and he en-
treated the house to refer the whole subject to a select
committee, who should be charged with the duty of sim-
plifying or consolidating the law.
Mr. HENLEY insisted that the duty of consolidat
ing the law could only be undertaken by the Govern-
ment, but that question was surrounded with so much
difficulty, that he would prefer keeping the inquiry
solely to this bill. The whole subject of friendly societies
had already been fully investigated by a select com-
mittee, and he could not see what necessity there was
for going over that ground again.
[LEFT SITTING.]

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY).

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OLD COURT.
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(Before Mr. Justice Cresswell.) 2
Eleanor Baker, 21, a good looking young woman, was in- 2
dieted for uttering a forged 10/. note, with intent to defraud.
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bayly conducted the prosecution. 2
Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the prisoner.
It appeared that the offence imputed to the prisoner was if
committed under rather peculiar circumstances, and with a
good deal of ingenuity. On the evening of the 17th April,
the prisoner, who had at the time no bonnet on, and had
the appearance of a respectable servant, went to the
Salmon and Compasses, public-house; Penton-street, Pen-
tonville, and . produced a decanter, and said that she had
been sent by her master, Mr. Dixon, a brewer, living in the 1;
same neighbourhood, for a pint of brandy and change for a
101. note. The liquor and the change were handed to her and
she went away, but it appeared that a person was sent after
her to watch her, and she was observed to go to Mr. Dixon's
and ring the bell, and this took off all suspicion and no fur-
ther notice was taken. The note was very soon discovered to be
a forgery, and it was then found that the prisoner had merely
made some trivial inquiry when she went to Mr. Dixon's, and that
she had merely gone there to throw any person off the scent in
case she was followed. It was also proved that the prisoner
had gone to the Island Queen public-house, at Islington, in
the beginning of April, and that she had succeeded in pas-
sing two forged 51. notes to the barman, and on this
occasion she gave a false address. No clue was obtain-
ed to' the prisoner until about a fortnight afterwards,
when it appeared that a German was taken into custody
for passing forged notes, and upon his examination
taking place at Marylebone police-court, the prisoner
came there to see him, and she was identified
by Mr. Rountree as the person who had defrauded
him, and given into custody. It turned out that
the prisoner and the German lived together as man and wife
in Castle • street, Leicester-square, and when the policeman
questioned the prisoner she told him that the German was her
husband.
Mr. Metcalfe made a feeling address to the jury on behalf of
the prisoner, and endeavoured to show that she had been the
dupe of the German, who had seduced her from her master's
home, and had made her his tool to carry on the nefarious
traffic in which he was, no doubt, himself engaged.
Two respectable ladies were summoned who proved that the
prisoner .had been in their service, and that she was a very
good girl during the time sho was so employed. The mother
was also summoned, and she said that the prisoner behaved
very well until about seven weeks ago, when she left her
house, and she ascertained that she was living with the Ger-
man.
Mr. Justice Cresswell summed up, and the jury found the
prisoner guilty, but reccommended her strongly to mercy on
account of her previous good character.
Sentence was postponed in order that some further in-
quiries might be made, and that the case of the German
should be disposed of.

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BUSINESS OF THE PORT OF LONDON.—The genera
business at this port has been very active during the
past week, and the extraordinary magnitude of the im-
portations helps to account for the drain of specie. The
number of vessels reported inward was 355, being 126
over that of the previous week. 'Vie total quantity of
grain imported was 88,646 quarters, including 62,557
quarters of wheat, in addition to 33,812 barrels and
2,842 sacks of flour. Of sugar there were reported
8,968 hhd., 4,764 casks, 9,869 cases, 72,936 bags, and
987 loaves; of tea, 63,270 packages; of rice, 40,515
bags.of paddy, 24,156 bushels ; of coffee, 17,594 bags
;
and ,086 casks ; of wool, 17,854 bales • and of tallow,
2,238 casks. The number of vessels cleared outward
was 109, being ten less than in the previous week. Of
these, 26 were in ballast, and 11 for the Australian colo-
nies.
AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM PRODUCE MARKETS.—
The weekly reviews from these markets mention that
operations have been on a more extensive scale. In
coffee the increase of business had established a slight
advance. Sugar, raw and refined, had been more freely
purchased, and quotatians exhibited firmness. No ma-
terial alteration bad occurred in rice. Tea and indigo
were supported with steadiness.
INCOME TAX.—TITHE RENT CHARGE.—The following
is the official reply given to a query as to the propor-
tionate amount of income tax duty to be deducted upon
payment of the sales of tithe rent char s
thege which became
due on the Ist of May, 1853 A operation of the
Income Tax Acts in Ireland commenced from sth o
April, 1853, the special commissioners consider that so
deduction can properly be made in respect of any por-
tion of an income that may have accrued previous to
that date."

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iraid.l RAILWAYS.

Closing Prices
yesterday.

BIIBIIIC4B done
this day.

,00 'Aberdeen.

22i 2311

8i Nottng. Bost.

andEastn.
all Belfast &Ballymena.
all Birming.'Wolverh. &
Stour Valley . ... ..
28 Birkenhd. Lanesh. dt
Cheshire Junet
all Do. Chesh. & Birk.,
£5O and £25 Cons.
18i Do., £20...

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13 —l2 die

15 17
8 7d

30 Blyth & Tyne original
£25 (issd. at £45)
100 Bristol and Exeter...
100 Caledonian. .......

89 - 91
53i -53 i
134 -

all Chester & Holyhead.
all Cork and Bandon
all Cork, Black, & Pass
12 Cornwall
i Crieff Junction

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45 Dublin&BelfastJunc
all Dundee Perth&Aber•
deen Junction
all Do. New

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all East Anglian--
all Do., (£lB E
all Eastern Counties
all Eastern Union, A

15 - 16

lli - 128

Stock ......
100 De., B. Stock....
8i Do., New A.....
[OO East Lancashire

58 - 60
53 - 55

1100 'Edinburg h& Glasgow)

56 Edinb. and Peebles
100 Edin.Prth &T)undee
1 Forth & Clyde June.
100 Glasgow &S. Western
100 Great Northern Stk.
100 so., A. Stock
100 Do., B. Stock
100 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre )
100 Great Western........
12 Irish South-Eastern.
all Lancaster & Carlisle
11i Do., Thirds
2 Do. New Thirds
100 Lancash.andYorksh
18 Do., Fifths
11 Do., Wst. Riding Un
all Leeds Northern
all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt
all London & Blackwall
8i Lond. Tilb. &Sthend.
100 Lond. Bright &S. Cst.
100 Lond. and N. Westn.
12 Do. Fifths .
1 D0.10t.5h.,M&8...C.

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86 :I, 87
73 75
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88 - 90
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42a Do., £5O
34 Do., £4O
all ALnndrrydrColeraine
all Lndndrry. & Ennisk.
100 Manch.Shef.& Lincln
Do.,Man. & Lin. Un
100 Midland
100 Do. Birmng. &Derby
47 Midld. G. West.(lrs.)
17i Do. Half Shares
all Newcastle & Carlisle
100 Newmarket
56 Do., Bury Extension
17A Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd
7 Newry &Enniskillen
all Newry Warrenpoint,

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36 Northn.Counties
100 North British
16 North Devon, No. 1
all Do., No. 2
all Do., b A Deferred
8 Do., B Guaranteed
all North London
5i Do. New £lO
1/ is N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp-
stead, and City Jn
17 North Staffordshire
all North Western
10 N. &S. Westrn. June
1 Nuneaton, Ilinekley,l

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and Leicester
100 Oxford, Worcester, &
Wolverhampton
2/ 2s Portsmouth
100 Scottish Central
100 Scottish Midland
100 Shrewsbury&Biimg
'lOO Do. L. &N. Western
Guaranteed Sleek
10 Shrewsby. d; Herefd
all Shrewsby. & Gliester
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all Do. Halves,i •
all Do. Oswestry
6/ Shropshire Union .
Do. A, B, C,&

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50 52
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100 South Eastern
all South Wales
15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun
5 Do
2l 2s Staines, Wok. &Wok
all Stockton & Darling
Hi Stockton & Hartlepl.
100 Taff Vale .
8 Do. £lO shares.
100 Do. Pref., No.
21 Thames Haven Dock
and Railway
17 Vale of Neath
all Waterfd. & Kilkenny
all Waterford&Limerick
16 West Cornwall
1 Wost End uf Louth,
and Crystal Palace
all West London -
51s. Wimbledn & Croydon
. 100 YorkNewctl.&Berw.
20 Do. Extensions
135 Do. G.N.E. Purchase
100 York &N. Midland._

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MISCELLANEOUS
5 all Aubin Coal and Iron ... •••
25 174 Australian Agricult. 36i 373
20 14 kustralsn.Pcific.Mail
10 8 Australis. Royal Mail ...
10 4 Berlin Water Works ...
50 40 Brit. American Land ... •• •
5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg.
and Reduction Co . • •••
100 32i Canada 75 80
5 5 Crys,,al Palace Gi 6i
5 4 Do. New - •••
4 2 Crystal Pal.of France •.•
20 3 Eastern Steam — •••
25 20 ElectritTelegraph(A) 16 18 171
25 all Do. (B) •• •••
1 1 Electric Toleg. of Ir •.•
15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat —
20 18 General Screw Steam
20 7. Irish Beetroot Sugar
20 10 Magdalena St. Navig.
1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel
0 3 Netherlands
2 I 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter.
Steam Navigat. Co.
1 all N. B. Australasian... 1
1 A Do. New —
20 10 NAIL dEuropeSteam .
5 all Peel Rr. Minrl. d
50 all Peninsular& Oriental
50 35 Do.
2 all Portland Iron Co — ip
100 60 Royal Mail Steam .
1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 2A
25 25 South Austral. Land 33 35
1 all Submar. Telegraph.. 1
1 all Do. Registered — 1
100 • 28i Van Diemen 14a,nd 1(I _•:-11 1€

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Irish ....
Foreign ..

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all Agua Fria
all Anglo Austrin.
all Anglo Californian
2 Australasian
6 Australian
all Australian Cordillera
all Australian Freehold
all Ave Maria
all Baden (Gd. Duchy of)
all Blaenarvon Ir. &Coal
all British Austrin. Gold
13.5 British Iron
24i Brazilianlmp.(issued
at .£5 pm
all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada
15 Do. St. John Del Rey
Carson's Creek
Clarendon Con. Min.
Co. of Jamaica
all Cobre Copper
1 Colonial Gold
15 Copiapo
all Copper Min. of Eng.
all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent.
all English and Austrin.
Copper Smeltg . Co
all General
all Great Nugget Vein
all Do. Registered
all Great Polgooth
all Liberty
all Linares
all Lond.&Californ.Gold
Quartz Crush. Co.
all Mariquita.
9 Kexican&S.Americn.
all New Granada
all New Linares Mining
and Smelting Co
all Nouveau Monde
all Pontgibaud Silveri

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1 Port Philip
all Quartz Rock
all Rhymney Iron ,
15 Do. New

10i Santiago de Cuba
all South Australian
7 Tin Croft
all United Mexican
all Waller
all West Granada
all West Mariposa
12s. Worthing Mining o

Australia . ..... . :
all I Yuba

JOINT-S'

all ilinstralasia
all [British Colonial Bank

and Loan Company'
all British N. American
5 Chartd. Bank of Asiai
2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India,
Australia, & China
25 Colonial
20 Commercial of Lend
12 English Scottish and

Australian
18 Loud. Chart. Bk. of

Australia
20 London and County
10 London Joint Stock
20 bond. & Westminster
35 National Provincial

of England
10 Do. New

22 National of Ireland.
all New South Wales...
all Oriental Bank of

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5 I Do. New

25 I Provincial of Ireland
all Do. New

1 Royal Australn.Bkg.
& Gold Imp Co
all South Australia __
all Union of Australia
2i Do. New
10 Union of London

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66 - 68
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MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

The show of English wheat in to-day's market, coast-
wise and land carriage, was limited. For all kinds we had
a slow sale ; yet Monday's prices were well supported.
There was rather more firmness in the demand for
foreign wheat, but we have no change to notice in the
quotations. This week's imports are under 3,000 qrs.
The barley trade was very dull, at barely late rates.
For malt there was scarcely any inquiry.
Oats, beans, and peas moved off slowly, on former
terms.
There was a very inactive inquiry for both English and
foreign flour.

Wheat.
610

2,890

ARRIVALS THIS WIER.
Barley. Malt.
320 2,240

Oats. roar.
60 450
2,360
8,810 1,7405 ks
1,520brl