The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-13 00:00:00

MONEY MAR
INTELLIGENC.

'OMMERCIAL
N--(THIS DAY.)
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,500 American
were taken for export. The market was steady
but firm. The sales comprised 5,000 American,
130 Pernam and Maranham at 61d. to 7i-d. ; 100
Bahia at 61d. ; 100 Egyptian at 61d. to nd., and
300 Surat at 3id. to 4/d. per lb. Railway Shares
were quiet but firm.

The particulars of the Indigo sales which com-
menced yesterday, are thus given by Messrs.
R. W. Jewesbury and Co.
" INDIGO.—The quarterly sales of Indigo commenced
this day, consisting of 13,267 chests (including 5,232
chests of old goods, bought in at, or withdrawn from,
former sales, and 1,910 chests in second hands), com-
prising the following. viz. :
" Catalogue A, 7,779 chests Bengal, Oude, &o.

1,152 „ Madrafi.
1,924 „ Kurpah.
38 „ Belniapatam.
75 „ Calcutta, Fig.
5 „ Madras, Fig.
2 „ Pondecherry.
363 „ withdrawn to 11th ins.
19 lots warehouse sweepings.

11,357 chests.

"Catalogueß, 1,910 „ various, in second hands. 1 50

"Total... 13,267 ~
The qualities of Bengal are about one-third good and
fine, and two-thirds mid. and ord.; the Madras, one-
fourth good and fine, and three-fourths mid, and ord. ;
the Kurpah, one-third good and fine, and two-thirds
mid. and ord. ; Beinlapatam, mid, and ord. The sales
opened with a parcel of good Bengal, which sold with
considerable spirit at last May rate, to 2d. per lb.
higher ' • subsequently a parcel of J. and R. W. was
mostly bought in from 4s. 6d. to 68. 10d., being fully
6d. to Bd. per lb. advance upon previous prices.
Madras of ordinary quality ruled 2d. to 3d. per lb.
under last sales, a few chests of mid. quality selling at
par. For Kurpah prices were about equal to May
rates, for the inferior sorts ; the better qualities realised
about 2d. per lb. advance. There was only a moderate
attendance of buyers, both home and foreign. 1,256
chests have passed to-day, of which 374 were with-
dralvn, 215 bought in, and 667 sold. The following are
the highest and lowest prices :

580 Bengal 3s. 9d. to 6s. 10d. per lb.
145 Madras ..... is. 6d. to 3s. 4d. „
157 Kurpah .2s. sd. to ss. id. „
374 withdrawn

1,256 chests."
The public sales of wool commence to-morrow,
and there will be from 50,000 to 60,000 bales
offered.
The latest Sydney papers received here are much
occupied with the news received out, of the furor
in the Australian Share Market, and especially
with the disposition to take shares in companies
founded upon no legitimate basis, as in the case
which had come before the colonial tribunals
where the parties selling the land were deservedly
condemned to make restitution. The purchase of
shares in London at a high premium when the
same could be bought in Sydney at a discount, was
also a matter of surprise, but the crowning theme
was the rise in the Australian Agricultural Com-
pany's Shares. It is remarked that such a sudden
inflation is calculated to bring discredit upon the
colony, because circumstances do not warrant it,
and the purchase of the Peel River estate for half
a million sterling is viewed with a feeling which
shows how little the Sydney journalists anticipate a
return upon the capital invested. In the tone of
these reflections most impartial men will concur,
and they bear in no way against the conclusion
that undertakings projected in England for mining
purposes, started with a fair capital, and not
brought out at, or run up to fictitious premiums,
may pay well, and under prudent management
realise all expectation.
The accounts from abroad are as indefinite as

ever concerning the probable turn in political
affairs, but in the latest letters from Constanti-
nople there is a denial that M. de Bruck has
demanded the payment of any amount due or
alledged to be due by Turkey.
At the annual meeting of the -Union Bank of
London this day, a dividend of 4 per cent. for the
half year, or 8 per cent. per annum was declared.
The net profits of the year were 42,8111. 13s. 4d.
The unappropriated surplus was 10,5941. 3s. 4d.
The reserve fund was 50,0001. After a brief dis-
cussion the report was adopted.
The rates for bills of exchange were yesterday
afternoon rather lower. Paris, 90 days, was taken
at 25.224 to 274 ; Amsterdam, at 11.18 to 181 ;
Hamburgh, at 13.64 to 74 ; and Trieste, at 11.4
to 11.8.

The English funds have been lower, and the un-
certainty under which our Government appears to
labour as to the intentions of Russia, has led to a few
sales. It is reported also that the Bank of England
has sold in order to lend the proceeds to Govern-
ment for the payment of the dividends. This,
however, is somewhat doubtful. Consols have been
971 to 98 for transfer and account. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. bring 1001 to
101 k, and the Three per Cents. 98k /. Exchequer
Bills are ls. discount to 2s. premium, money being
in more demand.

Foreign Securities have been flatter, but with
very little doing. Spanish New Deferred Bonds
have been 22 Mexican Stock has receded to
26g. Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents, have
been done at 83. Equador Bonds are at Sit. The
New Brazilian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are
98i /. Nothing has been done in Russian Secu-
rities. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are
maintained at 64f. The Swedish Loan is slightly
lower, being/ premium. .

Railway gh-a;es a shade lower, but still with very
little business doing, except preparatory to the
settlement. French Shares have been weaker also.
The Gold Mines have been depressed, and also
the Land Companies.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
(From the Official Lid.)

Business done.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ......... ...... 98 A
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 97i 8 7i 8 7i
New 3i per Cent. Annuities lOll- 1031
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5 9-16
India Bonds, £l000
South Sea Stock
Consols for Account 97 8 7i
Exchequer Bills, ld.
£lOOO .
1:500 .
Smal

.
par 2 p 1 d
par 2 p 1 d
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto New, 1852, 41 per Cent 9Bi i
Equador Bonds ... 58
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent. B3
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent.
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto 4h per Cent.
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 94A 3'
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 2
221 i
Swedish Loau
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian Bonds 5 per Cent. 10 Cu. 2....... 863
Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cont.
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ......
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THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols for Opening 19th July 97i 1 a d

11.0.61
MARKET NEWS---(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.
Not •
withstanding that the supply of English wheat on
for all kinds
offer in t0.(17,;,, market was very moderate, the demand
was in a sluggish state, at Monday's prices.
For forward
The import. 0'f",39 next to noth;ng was doing.
note
aireeign wheat have amounted to 5,450
change to in thew" very
quarters.
is per quarter lowerthi:nlat week.
inactive, but we have no
quotations. Floating cargoes were
yn Englishe
rab atrel €.)
Themartilc was firm, at full currencies.
et, and the show of foreign
Malt commanded a steady r
We had a gcod demand for 11:211i17, at late figures.
waNs oonEl
"41,5, at fully Monday's im-
provement in value.
Beans, peas, and flour sold on former terms.
ARRIVALS MS VeESR.
' Barley. Malt.
2,330 I °ats• Flour.
1,140 1,370
5,130 1M03,390
-7

Wheat.
1,190

English
Irish

Foreign

5,450

WHITECHAPEL.
The general demand ruled firm at this market to-day'
at drooping currencies. Beef, 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton
Ss 4d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 10d ; veal, 38 6d t,:;
4s 8d ; pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per Sibs by the carcase.

BOROUGH HOP.
The business doing in our market is by no means eaten-
ye, yet prices are well supported.

INUNDATION AND Loss OF LIFE.-A serious flood,
attended with melancholy consequences, occurred at the
village of Howey, Radnorshire, onjFriday morning, the
9th instant. The bridge was washed down the brook,
below which stood a small cottage, where two persons
resided, a man and his wife, who were both drowned.
A young woman happened to be in the cottage at the
time, and in order to save herself from a watery grave
climbed up the chimney, and with some assistance made
her escape.

RISE IN THE VALUE OF LAND.—Yesterday, at the
Auction Mart, Mr. Daniel Smith, in the course of a
sale of landed property, stated that such was the de-
mand at present for land in the neighbourhood of the
metropolis, that the most unexampled prices were given
for it, and he had lately sold some, which let at 31. an
acre, for upwards of 1,000/. an acre.

10
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SHARE MARKETS.-(TRIS DAY.)

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MINES.

Closing Prices I Mud
this day. this

106 - 108
54 -56

150 - 152
33 -34

1 all Agua Fria
1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold /d par
lOs. all Anglo Californian pm
10 2 Australasian id pa
20 5 Australian
1 all Australian Cordillera id par
1 all Australian Freehold
1 all Ave Maria
1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) id par
1 all British Austrin. Gold id
20 13.5 British Iron
35 243 Brazilian Imp.(issued
at £5 pna 4 4
30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 34 4
20 15 Do. St. John Del Ray 34 —35 341
1 all Carson's Creek
40 all Cobze Copper — • 47
5 1 Colonial
4
14 Copiapo
St• all Copper Min. of Eng 6O —7O
25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent 7 8 p
5 all English and Austrin,
Copper Smeltg.Co. 2 —13 d
1 20 all General
2 all Great Nugget Vein I 4 p 24
2 all Do. Registered
3 all Great Polgooth
1 all Lake Bathurst —
1 all Liberty
3 all Linares
1 all Lond.diCaliforn.Gold
Quartz Crush. Co. a
1 all Mariquita
10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 7 8 71
1 all New Granada par— A p
1 all Nouveau Monde 1
10 5 Nova Scotia Mining
and Copper Smeltg.
5 1 Port Philip id par
1 all Quartz Rock
50 all Rhyraney Iron
15 Do. New 7 9
30 10i Santiago de Cuba
1 all South Australian
10 7 Tin Croft • •••
28k all United Mexican 3 44 4
1 all Waller d par
1 all West Granada d pal
1 all West Mariposa
1 all Yuba
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
40 all Australasia 79iBOix 12 b x bonus
50 all British N. American
20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India,
Australia, & China 4 1 p
100 25 Colonial —
100 20 Commercial of Lond
20 10 English Scottish and
Australian id p
20 123 Lond. Chart. Bk. of
Australia ll 14 p
50 20 London and County
50 10 London Joint Stock
100 20 Lo id. & Westminster •
20 2 London Bank of Aus •
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tralia and India
50 221 National of Ireland x d
25 all Oriental Bank of
Corporation 49 50
25 5 Do. New
100 25 Provincial of Ireland ad & bon
10 all Do. New
5 1 Royal Australn. Bkg
& Gold Imp Co 1 d par
25 all South Australia 4G —4B 471
25 all Union of Australia 7B 79 781 9
21 Do. New B/ 84
50 10 Union of London
•• 4O all Union of Madrid__ •••
MISCELLANEOUS
00 35 Australian Agricult. 66 68 68
20 8 Australsn.Pcific•Mail
10 7 Australis. Royal Mail
50 381 Brit. American Land 6 _ 68 66
00 321 Canada 6B 70
5 5 Crystal Palace 2l 3 p 74 874
4 2 Crystal Pal. of France _ 1
20 1 Eastern Steam .. ... .
1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir
15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat
N 14 General Screw Steam
/0 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar
1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel
LO 2 Netherlands Land id _ pa.r
71 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam
50 all Peninsular & Oriental •
>0 25 Do. Do. •••
•••
)0 60 Royal Mail Steam _
15 25 South Austral,Land 3g 4:.i. 40 39
1 all Submar. Telegraph . 1
5 2 Univeral Emigration •
and Colonization..., _
00 283 Van Diemen's Land 15 17

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274 -- 28,
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TFIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1853.

THE

,AW.

Yesterday, at Bow-street, Mr. John Bigg, fruiterer,
of Covent-garden market, applied for a summon under
the New Hackney Carriages Act, with the view of test-
ing the clause relative to the conveyance of luggage.
The applicant, holding up a fine specimen pine-apple
in his hand, stated for a long time past he had been ac-
customed to employ cabs for the purpose of conveying
fruit of that description from the house of Messrs. Keel-
ing and Hunt, fruit brokers, in Monument-yard, to his
own premises in Covent-garden market. For this accom-
modation he invariably paid 25., which rather ex-
ceeded the fare, even under the old act. On Mon-
day morning he hailed a cab near London-bridge,
as usual, and having put 130 pine apples inside, under
and upon the seats, the driver carried him to Covent-
garden, where witness offered him 2s. The cabman,
however, declined to take the sum, stating that his
fare was 3s. besides the luggage, for which he was
empowered by the new act to charge 2d. per packet.
He then reckoned up the loose pine-apples, regarding
each as one packet, and said he could claim N. ls. Bd.,
if he went to a police-court--that being the aggregate
amount of 130 packets at 2d. each. He took the act of
Parliament out of his pocket, and read the clause to wit-
ness ; but he (Mr. Bigg) of course declined to take the
cabman's interpretation of the new law, and paying him
the 3s. which he demanded for the fare, resolved to apply
for a summons. He accordingly took his number with
that intention.

Mr. Henry said the question as to luggage could not
arise in any case, unless there were more than two per-
sons in the cab. The act provides that " when more
than two persons shall be carried inside with more lug-
gage than can be carried inside the carriage, a further
sum of 2d. for every package carried outside shall be
paid by the hirer, in addition to the fare."
Mr. Bigg stated that some of the pine-apples were put
outside, and although he rode outside himself from choice,
there was ample room for him inside. The man was de-
tained about fifteen minutes in Monument-yard, for
which he was entitled to 6d. besides the fare, which was
not more than ls. or ls. 6d.
Mr. Henry—I must tell you that one of the objects of
the new act is to provide the public with a better class
of hackney carriages, and to have them kept in a cleanly
and decent condition. It was never intended that they
should be converted into market carts. It would not
be very pleasant, for example, to the next person who
engaged the cab in question, after it had been filled
with pine-apples.

Mr. Bigg thought that nothing could be more agree-
able than the smell of pine-apples.
Mr. Henry—But if once the system prevailed of send-
ing about merchandise of that kind in cabs, they might
soon be employed to convey fish, meat, &c. However,
as the cabman in the present instance did not object to
carry the pine-apples, which he would have been fully
justified in doing, he had certainly no right to make a
charge for them.
The summons was then granted.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(From the Registrar-Generare Report.)

The registrar's return for last week exhibits a favour.
able condition of the public health. The deaths regis-
tered in London in the week that ended last Saturday
were 925 • the weekly deaths in June averaged about
1,000 ; the present decrease is, therefore, considerable.
The mean weekly temperature has risen 6 degrees in the
same period. In the ten corresponding weeks of the
years 1843-52 the average number was 919, which, with
a certain proportion added for increase of population,
becomes, 1,011. Hence the actual mortality of last week
is less than the estimated amount by 86.
The following numbers are attributed to the several
diseases in the symotic class :-6 to small-pox (of which
2 occurred to adults), 24 to measles 25 to scarlatina, 44
to hooping-cough, 7 to croup, 6 to thrush, 34 to diarrhoea,
sto dysentery, one to influenza, one to ague, 3 to re-
mittent fever, 43 to typhus, 2 to metria (puerperal
fever), 7to erysipelas, and 3 to syphilis. Diseases of
the respiratory organs, which have now fallen to the
usual amount, number 84. Cancer destroyed 22 lives,
gout one, apoplexy 22, paralysis 20, delirium tremens 4,
epilepsy 5, enteritis 16, disease of the liver 18. Four
deaths resulted from intemperance.
The following six deaths occurred in the London
Fever Hospital :—On the 2d July a labourer, 38 years,
from Willis-court, West London, tubercular pneumonia.
In hospital 33 days. On 2d July, a labourer, 33 years,
from Clement 's-lane, Strand, typhus. In hospital 25
days. On 4th July a labourer, 26 years, from Cable-
street, Saint George-in-the-East, pneumonia. In hos-
pital 12 days. On 4th July a tailor, 29 years, from
Great Pulteney-street, moribund on admission. In
hospital one day. On sth July a baker, 21 years, from
Pringbrook-street, Holborn, typhoid fever. In hospital
6 days. On sth July a man, 28 years, from Stockwell-
street, Camberwell, typhoid fever. In hospital 12 days.
The metropolitan Registrars have in some instances
added remarks to their quarterly reports, and from these
the following extracts are made :
Mr. Leonaad, the Registrar of the Charing-cross sub-
district, observes :—" There has been much typhus
amongst the poor, but from the prompt removal of cases
to the Fever Hospital no deaths from it appear in my
list. The sanitary arrangements are very imperfect and
slow in operation. and the breeding of dogs for sale in
the lodgings of the lower classes is an intolerable
nuisance."

Mr. Watts, registrar of the west sub-district of
Islington, writes :—" The decrease of 53 in the births,
and of 82 in the deaths, during the last three months,
when compared with the numbers of the previous quar-
ter, may in some measure be accounted for by a great
number of tenements having been cleared from the
ground purchased for the proposed new cattle market,
and also by the terminus of the Great Northern Railway
being now opened at King's-cross, causing many families
to leave the neighbourhood of the late temporary ter-
minus, and the dwelling houses to become untenanted."
Last week the births of 709 boys and 735 girls, in all
1,444 children were registered in London. In the eight
corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52 the average
number was 1,253. _

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29'833 in.
The reading of the barometer decreased from 30.11 in.
at the beginning of the week to 29.74 in. by 9 h. p.m
on the 7th ; increased to 29.89 in. by 9h. p.m. on
the Bth ; decreased to 29'78 in. by noon on the 9th ;
and increased to 29.81 in. by the end of the week.
The mean temperature of the week was 64'1 deg., which
is 1.9 deg. above the average of the same week in 38
years. The mean daily temperature was below the
average on the first three days ; on the three following
days it rose 3 deg., 7 deg., and 6 deg. above it ; on Sa-
turday it was still slightly above the average. The
highest temperature occurred on Thursday, and was
81'7 deg. ; the lowest on Sunday, when it was 50.1 deg.
The greatest difference between the dew point tempera-
ture and air temperature was 17.8 deg. on Sunday ; the
least o's deg. on Friday; the mean difference of the
week was 8 deg. The wind blew from south-west on
the first four days ; it afterwards varied from south to
north-west.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 9
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 95
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 3O
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration
84
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
72
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Marormations
4
Premature Birth and Debility 35
Atrophy
Old Age
Sudden
34
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 37
Causes not specified
1 3

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 925
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. sponding week in the
1851. of 1852. Week,
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts
--.— --
Totals

Males
Females..

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males
Females..

Total 1,444

DISASTROUS FIRE AND Loss OD LlFE.—Yesterday
morning, between 11 and 12 o'clock, a most destructive
firetord Headley,
okplace
in h
upon
°n
the vicinity
e farinongf property, belonging
to Warley, near Brent-
wood, which ended in the loss of two, if not more,
lives, and a very serious destruction of property. It ap-
pears that a few evenings back a party of Irish tramps,
haymakers, slept in a barn attached to an off-hand
farm, the house being occupied by a Mr. I3atteshall.
The tramps had left some lucifer matches behind in
a cattle pen, and four of Mr. Batteshall's children going
into the barn to play, they found the inciters. 'Wit',
them they soon struck a light, and as quickly, innocently
enough, fired the place. The straw, which was lying
about in all directions, generally ignited and but for the
prompt and daring action of a labourer,
named Wiley, the
children would doubtless have all perished. Observing
the position and alarm of the little things, he rushed into
the blazing barn, and succeeded in dragging the m hob
four of them out. Two, however, a little boy and girl,
were so shockingly burned, that they survived but a
short time, the other two being hurt. Willey in his
noble exertions, sustained considerable injury, and the
poor fellow continues in a very sad way. The engines
from the barracks of the East India Company at War-
ley, and those of Brentwood, were promptly conveyed
to the scene of the fire, but not in time to prevent the
flames extending to the other parts of the farm. Even-
tuallylthey were subdued, the dwelling house being fortu-
nately preserved. The farm and contents are under-
stood to have been insured.

those children who were neglected by their parents--
the latter being rendered liable for their maintenance.
As to the lack of workhouse accommodation, he did
not think that any apprehension need be entertained
in the metropolis. He did not believe that a very
large number of children would have to be thus dealt
with. It was proposed that the act should be at first
confined to the metropolis, which would be a very fair
experiment. If it were found not to answer, its opera-
tion might be at any time suspended by the Secretary of
State, if Parliament were not sitting. The class to be
dealt with were very young children, who were not yet
contaminated with crime • and he was convinced, that if
they were removed from tile streets, juvenile mendicancy
would, in the course of a few months, be reduced from
50 to 60 per cent. He regretted that their lordships
had taken a hostile view of the bill, because he was con-
fident that it would have been the means of preventing
much misery.
The Earl of ABERDEEN was understood to say that
the object was one well worthy the attention of Parlia-
ment. He thought that, with the limitations stated,
there would be no danger in passing the bill.
Lord CAMPBELL—after complimenting the Presi-
dent of the Poor-Law Board for the excellent and humane
manner in which be administered the law, and especially
for the success of his efforts in preventing litigation—
said that he apprehended no danger from the introduc-
tion of these poor children, of five or six years of age,
into workhouses, where they might receive the elements
of moral and religious training. 'With the power given
to the Secretary of State, he thought the measure
would be a perfectly safe one, and he hoped his noble
friend would press it. He thought it would redound
more to the honour of the noble lord than any one of
the great measures with which his name had been con-
nected. (Hear, hear.)
Earl GREY said he should much regret any limita-
tion that tended to cripple the operation of so excellent
a measure. In many large provincial towns - Newcastle-
on-Tyne, to his knowledge—the evil was a most crying
one ; and the bill would be a great boon to those places,
which had already been stimulated to something like
voluntary association. He believed there was plenty of
room in the workhouses ; there were never so few paupers
in them as at the present time. He deprecated the pro-
posal to limit the operation of the bill to the metro-
polis. The objections of the Poor-Law-Board he regarded
as perfectly futile. Very young children, whether
addicted to mere mendicancy or to crime, ought not to
be regarded as criminals at all ; they were not fit sub-
jects for punishment; having been neglected by their
natural guardians the State ought to come forward and
supply their place. The workhouse was the proper
place for such children, who were in reality nothing
more than destitute children ; the workhouse should not
be looked on as a place of custody, but of instruction.
(Hear.) He hoped the noble lord would not postpone
the bill, but make any amendments now that might be
thought desirable.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE concurred in the expediency
of passing the bill at once. 'Were the objections
stronger than they were lie would overlook them sooner
I than lose the chance of passing so valuable a measure.
The Duke of ARGYLL hoped that the acceptance on
the part of the noble earl at the head of her Majesty's
Government of a suggestion of the noble lord (the Earl
of Shaftesbury), in order to make the measure a more
tentative one, would
.not be considered either by their
lordships or by the country as a proof that there was
any shyness on the part of the Government to apply the
principle of the bill to the country generally. It was
his (the noble duke's) own deep conviction that the bill
was of the very highest importance. He regretted that
it was not to be applied to that part of the country with
which he was himself more particularly connected—
namely, to the whole kingdom of Scotland. The prin-
ciple the bill had been always practically carried out
by Lieut. Watson in Aberdeen ; and the result had
been, that the juvenile delinquency of that large city,
which had formerly been extremely high, had been
almost entirely extinguished, or at all events It had
been reduced to below one per cent. The importance of
the measure bad been greatly increased, as the noble
earl (Lord Shaftesbury) had observed the other evening,
by the fact that they had been compelled by circum-
stances to discontinue, to a great extent, the practice of
transportation.
The Earl of HARROWBY would rather see the bill
extended to the whole country ; but he would prefer its
restriction to the metropolis to its rejection.
After a few words from Lords Kinnaird, Breadalbane,
and Wicklow,
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said he had often been
greatly shocked by the conduct of wicked parents towards
their children. In a recent case he had been compelled
to sentence a girl to be transported for seven years, in
order to prevent her falling again into the hands of her
parents, who had compelled her to pass bad mgtey for
them.

I IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,
1

HOUSE OF LORDS--(YESTERDAY.)
THE RUSSO-TURKISH DISPUTE.
Lord LYNDHURST_My lords, I beg to put a ques-
tion to my noble friend the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs with regard to the document issued
from Peterhoff, to which I referred the other night. I
understand that that document was originally written in
the Russian • language, but that the translation differs
from the original in respect to some important epithets.
I wish to know from my noble friend whether he has a
copy of the original document in the Russian language,
and whether he has any objections to lay it on the
table ? I wish to call my noble friend's attention to
some expressions I made use of with respect to the cir-
cular signed by Count Nesselrode, which have been
made the subject of criticism. I beg to state—and lam
sure my noble friend will bear me out in that—that the
answer to that document by the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of France has completely, both in argument and
in fact, borne out the conclusions to which I came. I
beg further to state, so far as relates to the circular
document from St. Petersburg, published yesterday,
that I think I may safely leave that circular document
without any comment. I beg leave, however, to call
my noble friend's attention to a particular passage. I
understand, according to my interpretation of that pas-
sage, that the Court of Russia has pledged itself that,
until the Ottoman Porte has satisfied the Court of
Russia with respect to the demands made against it,
and until we have withdrawn our fleet from the Turkish
waters, they will not abandon the possession of the
Danubian principalities. I understand that a noble lord
in another place has stated that he does not put that in-
terpretation on that document ; but I have read it with
some attention, and I cannot think it possible that any
other interpretation can be put upon that document. I
therefore wish to know from my noble friend whether
he concurs with me in the interpretation and meaning
of the passage to which I have referred ?
The Earl of CLARENDON—In reply to the first
question put by my noble and learned friend, I believe
there are some differences between the Russian docu-
ment issued for home consumption, for the use of the
Russian people—(a laugh)—and the translation that was
sent abroad. I believe it is more particularly with re-
spect to the word "perfidious," as applied to the viola-
tion of the Sultan's word. I believe there is a Russian
original in the Foreign-office, and if it can be of any
satisfaction to my noble and learned friend to peruse
that document, I shall not object to lay it on the table
of your lordships' house. I can also state that I entirely
agree with my noble and learned friend with reference
to the great ability and skill of the note which the
French Government issued in answer to the first circular
of Count Nesselrode ; and, with respect to the third
question of my noble and learned friend, I believe that
when my noble friend (Lord John Russell) answered the
question put to him in the House of Commons he had
not had an opportunity of reading the note. Ido not
entirely take the same view as my noble and learned
friend appears to do of what is stated in that note. I
certainly can have no hesitation in saying that we do
not consider that the presence of the British and French
fleets in the Bay of Besika is at all similar, or can in
any way be compared, to the occupation of the Danu-
bian principalities—(loud cheers)—and certainly no con-
dition with respect to the departure of the one or the
evacuation of the other will be made. (Renewed cheers.)
Lord LYNDHURST—The interpretation I put upon
that particular passage, or rather the expression itself,
amounts to this, that as soon as the Ottoman Porte does
what they require, and as soon as the English fleet quits
the Turkish waters, then they will withdraw from the
principalities. It does not absolutely say not sooner,
but it implies not sooner.
The Earl of CLARENDON—I think the answer I
gave my noble and learned friend does exactly meet that.
We shall make no condition of that sort.
Earl FITZWILLIAM—My lords, I beg to observe
that the expression in question is a great deal stronger
than my noble and learned friend has stated it to be.
The expression is not "from the Turkish waters," but
"from within sight of the Turkish capital," which I ap-
prehend has a very different meaning from the expres-
sion, " Turkish waters." "The Turkish waters" might
mean what we call the lEgean Sea ; " from within sight
of the Turkish capital" might mean the sea of Marmora.
The English and French Governments are also charged
with having sent their fleets into the Sultan's dominions.
My lords, everything now passing in the east of Europe
must cause extreme anxiety ; and I trust my noble friend
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs will forgive
me if I call his attention to a subject which has been
lately mentioned in the public prints. lam desirous of
knowing whether the Government have received any
information on that subject. What lam desirous of
knowing, my lords, is not for the purpose of gratifying
any idle curiosity, but because I think it is a matter of
deep public import that it should be known whether or
not that statement is founded on fact, and whether her
Majesty's Government have received any information on
the subject, The fact to which I allude is the alleged
passage of the Austrian troops into the Turkish province
of Bosnia. lam desirous of knowing whether her Ma-
jesty's Government have received any information, either
confirmatory of, or contradicting, that statement, which
has been confidently made in many of the public prints,
and which purports to come from the capital of Austria?
Lord LYNDHURST—Before my noble friend an-
swers that question I may be allowed to apologise for
not having been strong enough in respect to that parti-
cular passage ; but my noble friend (Earl Fitzwilliam)
has fallen into the same error, and fallen short, for the
words are, "As soon as the British fleet shall remove
from within sight of Constantinople we will retire."
The Earl of CLARENDON—I think both my noble
friends have used expressions sufficiently strong— (a
laugh)—but as both of them quoted from a statement
that is manifestly incorrect, there can be little import-
ance how strong were the assertions they made in that
respect. (Hear.) The English and French fleets are
neither within the Turkish waters nor within sight of
Constantinople ; and therefore, though it may be so as-
serted in the Russian note, there are certainly no reasons
to take precautions on that subject. With respect to
the question my noble friend (Earl Fitzwilliam) has
asked, if my noble friend had been in the house last
night when a similar question was put to my noble
friend near me (the Earl of Aberdeen), he would have
heard the only information that I am now able to give
him on that point. I believe that this report has arisen
—as many others have arisen—from the electric tele-
graph, which, 1 took the opportunity of saying some
time ago in this house, now transacts, not very correctly,
a great portion of the diplomatic business of Europe. I
have no reason to believe that the Austrian troops have
crossed the Turkish frontiers ; but, on the contrary, my
latest dates from the English Minister at Vienna are the
7th ; and in them no mention is made of the circum-
stance. I have also communicated with the Austrian
Minister at this Court, who entirely disbelieves the re-
port, and who thinks it must have arisen from the cir-
cumstance of some Austrian troops having been sent to
their fortress at Peterwardein, which is about 80 miles
from the territory of Turkey.
The subject then dropped.

The LORD CHANCELLOR defended himself from
the idea that he was averse to the principle of the bill.
On the contrary, he hoped that the measure would be
productive of great good.
Lord BROUGHAM expressed his gratification at the
circumstance that the subject had been brought before
the house. He thought that if the bill, restricted to the
metropolis, should be passed, as he hoped it would, this
session, their lordships would soon be called upon to ex-
tend it to the rest of the country. (Hear.)
Earl FITZWILLIAM could not regard the bill with
the glee which had been expressed by other noble lords ;
for he apprehended that evil would arise from the prac-
tical conversion of the workhouses into prisons.
Lord BROUGHAM said that the bill would either
succeed or fail. If the latter should be the case, the
Legislature would adopt some other plan, and so he could
not but regard the introduction of the bill with pleasure.
The bill then passed through committee.
The Convicted Prisoners Removal and Confinement
Bill passed through committee.
The Public House (Scotland) Bill, and the Pimlico Im-
provement Bill, were read a second time.

BANKRUPTCY (SCOTLAND) BILL.
On the order of the day for the second reading o
this bill,
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he proposed to
take the discussion on the third reading.
After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM,
The bill was read a second time.
CHANCERY SUITORS' FURTHER RELIEF

UNITED GUARANTEE AND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY BILL.
On the motion for the second reading of this bill,
Lord REDESDALE opposed it.
The Earl of HARROWBY asked that it might be
read a second time, in order that it might be sent to a
committee up stairs.
After a few words from the Marquis of Salisbury,
Lord Redesdale, and Lord Beaumont, who desired some
information as to the nature of the bill,
The Earl of HARROWBY said its principal object
was to enable public officers to accept the guarantee of
this company.
Lord REDESDALE moved that the bill should be
read a second time that day three months, which was
agreed to without a division.
The British Electric Telegraph Company Bill was
read a second time.
The Copyholds Bill passed through committee.
The Metropolitan Building Act Further Amendment
Bill was read a second time.
JUVENILE MENDICANCY (No. 2) BILL.
The house went into committee on this bill.
The LORD CHANCELLOR expressed doubts as to
the propriety of taking up children and placing them in
the workhouse. The Poor-law Commissioners objected
to the introduction into the workhouse of a class quasi-
criminal. Nothing could tend more to render the work-
house distasteful to the deserving poor. The whole
matter was at present before the Poor-law Board, and
was the subject of their anxious consideration. They,
as well as the Government, felt that no object was more
mportant than to arrest crime at its source ; but he
feared the present bill would not answer that purpose.
He had looked at it, not hypercritically, but with the to improve it if possible. There was a provision
for sending vagrant childran to the workhouse; but
how long were they to stay there ? For aught that ap-
peared, it might be an imprisonment for life. With our
present machinery, he doubted the possibility of carry-
ing out the objects contemplated by the bill.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY complained that the
objections had not been made a week ago when the bill
was before in committee. By bringing them forward
now, the passing of the bill in the present session
would be imperilled. He contended that the first ob-
jection was unfounded ; workhouses at this moment
were, to a certain extent, houses of detention. The
commissioners themselves had admitted that the work-
house was a proper asylum for orphan children, and he
only sought by this bill to give the same advantage to

BILL.
The report of the amendment on this bill was brought
up and agreed to.
SAVINGS BANKS ANNUITY BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
Their lordships then adjourned at twenty-five minutes
to eight o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.)
INDIAN RAILWAYS.
Sir H. MADDOCK moved for copies or extracts of any
correspondence received by the last mail from the Gover-
nor-General in Council in India, relative to railway under-
takings in that country.—Agreed to.
THE MALT DUTIES.
Mr. E. BALL then moved for a committee of the whole
house, for the purpose of considering the duties on malt,
with a view of making such alteration in those duties that
the farmer may be exempt from the malt duty on such
quantity of malt as he may require for his own use, made
from barley of his own growth.
Sir J. SHELLEY did not rise for the purpose of oppos-
ing this motion, for upon its merits he was favourable to
it ; but even if this were not so, he should not regret to
see it carried, as a lesson to the overnment, who took no
care about a house being made upon Tuesdays. (At this
time the Treasury bench was perfectly empty, and there
were but three hon. gentlemen upon the benches behind it.
The Opposition side of the house was very fairly attended.)
Sir J. Shelley was just concluding his observations, and a
call for a division was being made, when
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER entered.
Castings hasty, and somewhat disconcerted look, which was
the signal for a general titter, around him, the right hon.
gentleman hurried to his place. He then said that ho was
not less surprised than other people appeared to be at find-
ing himself in his present position. Upon all former days,
when he had attended punctually, the first half hour or
more of the sitting had gone over in interpellations ; now,
however, that he was somewhat behind time, the business
upon the paper was arrived at within a few minutes. The
hon. member had made a motion of great importance; but
having made it without stating any arguments or reason
for the step, he did not feel bound to follow him at any
very great length. He hoped the hon. member would not
consider that in so doing he admitted the force of his (Mr.
Ball's) motion. Had the hon. gentleman stated his argu-
ments, ,he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) would have
followed them, and showed the very serious consequences
which necessarily would prevent the Government from ac-
ceding to them. He would, therefore, only state for the
information of the hon. gentleman, that, when he saw his
motion upon the books, it did not to him appear at all clear
whether he (Mr. Ball) intended to claim a special privilege
for farmers, as consumers, or whether he intended that
they should be allowed to make use of malt, exempt from
duty, only so far as regarded farming purposes. Certainly,
reason would lead him (the Chancellor of the Exchequer)
at once to the conclusion that this latter supposition was
the true one. But whether he looked to the reasonable
construction or not—not but what he felt bound to suppose
that the hon. gentleman meant to act reasonably T-he
thought there were valid reasons for opposing the motion.
At the same time he admitted that much might be said in
favour of allowing malt for the purposes of breeding stock
to be free from duty. The arguments against it were quite
conclusive, but yet it was a matter not wholly unworthy
of discussion. Looking
only to who were the parties con-
cerned in it, the hon. member would have done better had
he entered fully into the matter, and ho might then have
explained the terms of his proposition. The motion said no-
thing at all of malt for the purposesof raising stock, it merely
said " such malt as he (the farmer) may require for his
own use." His own use would apply as well to the brewing
of beer as the raising of stock. He was sure that his hon.
friend (Sir J. Shelley), who was expressing his concurrence
in this motion with some warmth when he entered the
house, could not mean to say that ; he (Sir J. Shelley)
could not mean to assert that one class should beprivileged
in its consumption of malt any more than another class.
Why should the farmer be allowed to make beer or spirits
free from duty when all other persons could not do so ?
What would be the effect of giving such a privilege ? The
house would call into existence such an amount of tempta-
tion that, unless hon. members supposed that all farmers
were men not of ordinary, but of supereminent principle,
they would establish a system of fraud so objectionable
that it would demoralise a large body of people, and open
the door for wholesale plunder. But for the present he
would assume that it was only for the purposes of raising
stock that the duty was proposed to be remitted. He
must again regret that the hon.. gentleman (Mr. Ball) had
not made some few remarks in introducing this motion to
explain what his meaning was. As matters stood he (the
Chancellor of the Exchequer) was in a position of much
difficulty. (Much laaghter from the oppcsition, evidently
caused by this last remark being quite apropos to the state
of the ministerial benches, which continued very thinly
occupied.) He would therefore proceed to argue upon tha