The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-19 00:00:00

MARKE IS-YESTERDAY.

LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY.L—There was a
limited attendance of buyers at Mark-lane to-day, and the sales
effected were still less numerous. Owing to the brilliant
weather the wheat trade was very dull, and prices had a further
downward tendency for both red and white samples. Foreign
wheat was lower to sell, especially for Russian and American
qualities. The inquiry for spring corn was far from
active. Barley was steady in value, while oats
and maize changed hands to a fair extent on former
terms. Beans and peas were firm in value, but flour
was very dull of sale. English and Scotch wheat, 290 ; barley,
100 ; peas, 20 quarters. Foreign : wheat, 11,920 ; oats, 12,860
quarters ; flour, 260 sacks and 11,640 barrels.
LONDON TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.—The tallow market
has ruled flat, at 445. 4d. spot, 445. 4d. June, and 435. 90. last
three months. Linseed oil dull, 325. to 325. 3d.; London, 31s. 72d.;
Hull, spot. English brown rape steady, 435., but dull forward.
Petroleum flat, buyers at ls. Bd.

LONDON COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—
The coffee auctions to-day were large, but have progressed
steadily. Telegrams from Holland quote rather .lower rates.
For sugar there has been a good inquiry, and values have been
supported for all fine dekriptions. Low qualities, however,
have continued dull of sale. Good full grown Porto Rico,
325. 6d. to 335.; good middling, 31s. to 31s. 6d.; fine white
crystallised Mauritius, 365. 6d. to 375. 6d.; Madras, 21s. Red-
leaf teas have sold at lid. to ls.; Souchong rather easier ; green
teas have ruled firm in value. Sago dull ; 206 boxes small grain
bought in at 18s. to 18s. 3d. Rice very inactive.
BOROUGH HOP MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The hop market
has continued extremely dull and depressed. The few transac-
tions reported have been concluded at nominal rates, and gene-
rally at a considerable reduction in prices.

LEEDS CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—There were in the
market—Beasts, 600 ; sheep, 4,500. The cattle shewn to-day
were of good quality, and the market ruled in favour of the
seller. Prices for best beef, Id. to 74d. per lb. ; second quality,
7d. ; sheep from 7d. to 7id. There was a good attendance of
buyers.
EDINBURGH CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The supplies
were good, with a slow sale, at is. per quarter decline. Barley,
sales heavy, at last week's rates. Oats, sales dull, without
change. Beans, a ready sale at full prices.
EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The supplies
of cattle and sheep were much smaller than last week ; the best
class of sheep were much the same as last week. Beef was 3d.
per stone dearer. Current prices : Bs. to Bs. 3d. ; secondary,
6s. 9d. to 7s. 6d. per stone. Store cattle moved off slowly. Cows
were a dull trade : Ayrshires, from £l3 to £2l ; short-horns, from
£l7 to £25. Fat pigs, from 6s. to 7s. per stone ; a quick clear-
ance of young pigs at an advance of ls. per head ; and fair pigs
would range from 18s. to 245. a head.
LIVERPOOL COPPER MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Bars, 67 to
67s ; ores, 13i to 13i.
WAKEFIELD CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The show
of cattle to-day was not so large as last week. Trade
was rather heavy, and at the close a moderate clearance was
made at last week's rates. Number of sheep 8,140, beasts LOW,
pigs 1,700, lean stock 150.

SOUTHALL CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The supplies
to-day were of good quality, but short in numbers. Sellers were
unable to realise last week's rates, and all were sold.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Market
quiet. Sales 10,000 bales, of which 2,000 on speculation.

HA VRE COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Market dull at
drooping curriencies. Orleans, 130 f.
BERLIN, MAY 17.—Rape oil—May, 141; September-December,
13.02. Spirits—May, 15.19 ; August-September, 16.10.
HAMBURG, MAY 17.—Rape oil, spot, 311; May, 311; October,
271.

AMSTERDAM, MAY 17.—Petroleum, 25/ ; Banca tin, 78/

PARIS, MAY 18.—Rape oil, current month,- 127'50 ; September-
December, 108.50.

ST. PETERSBURG, MAY 17.—Tallow, spot, 50 ; 3 eds., 501
clean hemp, 381 forward delivery.

HAVANA, MAY 17.—N0. 12 sugar, 141; Muscovado, 7i,

THE GREEK BRIGANDS, LIKEWISE THE

ITALIAN.

There is a pressure upon the great Powers of Europe to
urge them to compel, on the part of Greece, the extirpa-
tion of the brigands, so that such outrages as the recent
murders of Englishmen may not occur again. From
the practical travellers' point of view this is a good idea.
It is. no doubt, when one goes on his travels, a great
deal better to go with the certainty that he
may come home with his head ail right so
far as the brigands otherwise might damage it.
But then imagine the historical respectability
of the class it proposed to destroy. How can Conserva-
tive John. Bull think of the thing ? Why, there are the
real ancient Greeks. Achilles himself was one of those
Yellows, Witness his carrying away the fair Briseis,
whose father followed to " ransom his daughter with the
richest ransoms." Thereus also, who was of the same
kidney in his hot youth, gained some good fame in later
life by making the roads safe by the example he gave in
the punishment of Sinius, the pine bender. Sinius used to
catch unwary wanderers just as the brigands recently caught
the pleasuring Englishmen. Then he used to bend down
the main stems of the young pine trees and tie them to
the earth. Next, he used to tie the limbs of his prisoners
ingeniously between the trees, one limb to one tree,
another to another. So long as Sinus kept the trees tied
to the earth the prisoner was comfortable enough, and
while he was thus comfortable his friends might come
with a ransom. If they did not come promptly Sinius
gave himself no further trouble, Why shonld he bother ?
He merely cut the cords that held the young trees to the
earth, and the trees, with the splendid elasticity
of their young stems, returned to their places. It was
difficult to say which tree held most of the traveller in
such a case. Theseus tied Sinius to a few of his finest
young pine sprouts, and hence originated the phrase of
" putting a person through a course of sprouts." Since
then the brigands have cut their prisoners' throats, and
now it is thought they will be annihilated. So antiquity
passes away. But while the pressure is up to compel
Greece to clean out her brigands, why not put a little of
it on the good old Pope, who keeps a preserve of these
precious rascals in his dominions for special uses, and is
not able always to control them? Why not clear the
throat-cutting vermin of all the classical countries at
once ?—New York Herald.

BETTING PROSECUTION.—At the Liverpool Police-
court yesterday John Maccall, a publican and printer, was
fined £75 and costs for permitting betting on his premises.
Notwithstanding the improbability of the step
there are still rumours of the intention of the French
Government to remove the barrier which prevents the
exiled Princes returning to their native land.

About six months ago a Sheffield grocer, Mr. Ben-
jamin Ashton, disappeared from his home, and no tidings
respecting his fate was heard until Monday last, when his
dead body was found in the river Derwent in Chatsworth
Park.

It is said that M. Josseau, who was one of the
famous 116, and played a prominent part in the crisis of
January 2, will be appointed successor to M. Mege as
Vice-President of the Corps L6gislatif. M. de Talhoubt
would be unanimously elected, but he declined the
honour.

The Bombay papers of Tuesday state that, accor-
ding to native accounts, which are believed to be true, the
King of Bokhara is subsidised by the Russians, and Abdul
Rahman Khan, with a powerful army, and so subsidised,
is preparing to invade Afghanistan.

NONCONFORMISTS AND THE EDUCATION BILL.—
The proposed meeting of Nonconformists on the education
question, at St. James's Hall, on the 24th inst., has been
postponed to Monday, June 13, in order that it may express
an opinion upon the Government amendments to Mr.
Forster's bill.

THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY.—The Common Law
offices will be closed on Tuesday next, tke 24th instant, on
the occasion of her Majesty's birthday ; and the Chancery
Chambers and Courts of Equity on the following Saturday,
which has been appointed by the Lord Chancellor for the
celebration of that event.

CANINE MADNESS.—In several places of North
Yorkshire quite an uneasy feeling has prevailed for some
weeks in consequence of the unprecedented number of mad
dogs, Several very alarming cases of being bitten by rabid
dogs have occurred in the vicinity of and within the towns
of Scarborough, Pickering, Melton, and Kirby, ifi the North
Riding; and the district generally seems affected by a mad
dog epidemic.
EAST SUFFOLK ELFCTION.—The writ for an election
to supply the vacancy in the representation of East Suffolk,
occasioned by the elevation of the Hon. J. Henniker Major
to the Upper House, has been duly proclaimed. At present
the Liberal candidate, Sir Shafto Adair, appears to be likely
to walk over. At any rate, up to a late hour last night, no
Conservative candidate had appeared.

FUNERAL OF MR. HEULIN AND MRS. Boss.—At
half-past nine yesterday morning the funerals of the Rev.
Mr. Heulin and of Mrs. Boss took place at the Brompton
Cemetery. The body of Mr. Heulin was followed to tho
grave by Elias and Edward Henn; his two nephews;
his friend Mr. Carter, of the Vale, Chelsea ; and his solicitor,
Mr. Wright. The mourners for Mrs. Boss were her two
sisters and her brother-in-law. The service was read by
the Rev. Dr. Wilson, who had been an intimate friend of the
unfortunate gentleman ; and the ct-remony was witnessed
by some fifty or sixty persons. One of the sisters of Mrs.
Boss fainted during the service, and the Atmost sympathy
was evinced by the spectators with the relatives of the,
victims.

SPEECH IS SILVAH, ANp SILENCE IS GOLDEN.—
Senator BrowniQW has sent home to his constituents what
we cannot help, considering as a most unnecessary apology.
He says that a reference to the noord will chew that he
has " always been right and has always voted for extreme
Radical measures," but he adds, " I make no speeches,"
not appearing, the modest man, to suspect that such reti-
cence is the very crown and glory of his senatorial career.
He makes no speeches, for the simple reason that he " has
lost his voice ;" but he spoils everything by adding, "If
I had not lost my voice, it is likely I would be talking
too." Suppose all the senators had lost their voices be-
fore the beginning of the endless Georgia debate—what
would have been the loss to the country ? However,
Mr. Brownlow has the good sense to say, " We have
quite too much talking in both Houses ;" and never came
truer remark from him in pulpit or in forum.—New York.
Tribune.

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SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT.

WEDNESDAY.

Now that we are half way through May the interest
in parliamentary proceedings has become very much
diminished, and although under the rule of our "earnest"
Premier holidays are forbidden, the House is several
times in the course of an evening in such a state that it
might be counted out. As for the Peers' Gallery, it was
left last night for a considerable time to one solitary
Westminster Scholar, the Speaker's Gallery had
but ten occupants, and even the Strangers', which
has occupants though it is only a road bill that
is being discussed—even this gallery was but half full. On
the opposite side the Press Gallery had, indeed, its usual
staff of reporters, but the " able editors " were as few as
coroneted carriages in Pentonville. Can you wonder at
it? Read the " questions "in last night's list. There
was the old annual about Hamilton-place, that sacred
street which all the Queen's horses and all the Queen's
men cannot get through, which not even an Act of Parlia-
ment can open, though it is a case of all London against
six "swells." Some years ago the matter might have
excited some interest; but tve have long since submitted
to our fate ; we acknowledge ourselves beaten by Mr.
Wentworth Beaumont and his neighbours, and it is only
when poetic vengeance comes upon them in the shape of
a great jewel robbery, that we are for a moment aroused
from despairing apathy. That certainly was not amatter to
draw a large attendance last night, either of M.P.'s or
strangers. Akin to this was Mr. Denison's question as
to whether cabs would be permitted within the sacred
enclosure between the Marble Arch and Apsley
House. There was deep design in that ques-
tion, however. Mr. Denison meant to force
Mr. Ayrton into cutting through Hamilton-place
by turning hansoms and growlers into Hyde Park. This
was a horrible suggestion, so horrible that Mr. Denison
thought it would frighten our most popular of 2Ediles into
doing something decisive. M.P.'s would seem to have
been taking their walks abroad, for after the questions about
Hamilton-place and Hyde Park came one about that great
triumph of British art, the Guards Memorial iu Waterloo-
Place. Profane contractors have been piling up road-
stones on the base thereof, and all the vast and complex
machinery of Parliament was set in motion last night by
Lord Claud Hamilton, in order to remedy this great and
shameful wrong. Sir Henry Hoare made use of the same
illustrious organisation to put Kensington Gardens in
order. Sir John Hay, who ought to have been a canon
so fond is he of great guns, had a question about Sir
Joseph Whitworth's piece. There were some other ques-
tions of a different class, but is it not a terrible waste
of time that the first representative assembly in
the world should be compelled to pacify hon. members,
whose anger is excited by a heap of road-stones ?
Drowsy as this catechism was, it was liveliness itself
compared with the debate which followed. Sir William
Payne Gallwey—bald-headed, grey-moustached—M.P.
for the populous city of Thirsk, who makes one speech in
each Parliament, delivered himself last night of an oration
about the Folkestone and Boulogne and Calais and Dover
packets. He began at five ;he went on for more than
three-quarters of an hour, one word in every two
seconds. The Westminster Scholar could not stand
it, and fled. It was a welcome relief when
Mr. Shaw Lefevre got up had rattled off his
reply in true official style. The Channel steamers
not being Government vessels, the Secretary to the Board
of Trade did not feel himself under any obligation to de-
fend them. Still he was a trifle more eulogistic than he
would have been hadhe been actUallysuffering the horrors
of the middle passage. However, he gave us hope of im-
provement before long, and, after speaking for twelve
minutes, sat down with an appeal to the venerable
baronet not to go to a division. Probably Sir William
Gallwey never meant to do so ; for, no one seconding
his motion, he would have found the right hand lobby
rather a forlorn place. However if he could not divide he
could make a second speech, which was listened to or
rather not listened to by a gossiping house. At last there
was a cheer, the first which the Yorkshire baronet had
excited. What was the good thing he had said? That he
would say no more.
The next notice of motion was one by Mr. M`Cullagh
Torrens, praying the Queen to provide passages to
colonies for emigrants at cheap and uniform rates of charge.
But there's sometimes a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip, and
it was so on this occasion. Torrens is not a common
name, but there are two M.P.'s who own it, and both sit
on the same side of the House, and both take a great
interest in the colonies and emigration. Now it so hap-
pened that when Mr. R. Torrens, the M.P. for Cambridge
borough, two and a half months ago brought forward a
similar motion, which was negatived ; this fact was not
forgotten by the watchful Speaker. He has quite long
hours enough, and so have Ministers, and he had no in-
tention of allowing a violation of the rule which prohibits
a motion to be made similar in substance to one already
moved in the same session. Of this he
gave Mr. McCullagh Torrens due notice, and so instead of
making his speech the M.P. for Finsbury was compelled
to explain that he would not be able to make it, where-
upon up jumped Mr. Macfie to move the amendment
which he had put upon the notice paper. He was received
with shouts of laughter and cries of order—almost the
first sign of life for the evening. The mover
of the amendment was thus as badly off as the
member for Finsbury. Both had intended to " orate," •
both were picked up short. The laughter subsided ; the
Speaker, vis pietate gravis, rose, expounded the House of
Commons law on the point, and then called upon Mr.
Graves. Now Mr. Graves is a great commercial autho-
rity, and he had an important subject, the want of a
commercial member in the Council of State for India.
He spoke well (barring an excess of quotations),
and he was not too long, in fa' t he occupied
less than half the time taken by Sir William
Gallwey ; and at twenty minutes to seven Mr. Crawford,
M.P. fur the city, as great a commercial magnate on the
Liberal as Mr. Graves is on the Conservative benches,
rose to speak on the motion. Jude • from his statements,
it certainly is not the fault of the errunent that com-
mercial men are not on the C 011..- They have been
asked and they have refused ; a case of nolo episcopari in
fact. When Mr. Crawford had finished Mr. Eastwick
had the .parole. Mr. Eastwick understands Eastern
affairs if any one does, and his remarks were fre-
quently applauded. In fact he is one of those new
members who have gained the ear of the House, and to
whom the House is always ready to listen. Not that he
is an orator. He simply talks in a conversational manner,
but he always talks well, and understands what he is talk-
ing about, a quality which the House values a good deal
more than eloquence. While he spoke the Treasury
bench was occupied by Mr. Gladstone (asleep I fancy),
Mr. Ayrton who used to make India a specialit4, and
Mr. Grant Duff, who ought to have been Under-Secretary
for Foreign Affairs, but who nevertheless is not doing
badly at the India Office. The Marquis of Lorne entered
the House while Mr. Eastwick was speakimf, for the
young nobleman naturally takes some interest in the de-
partment over which his father presides. The other mem-
bers who took part in this debate may be divided into
three classes : there were the members representing great
critics, and as such largely interested in the trade of
India, viz., Sir Thomas Bazley, Mr. Muntz, and Mr.
Graham, representing Manchester, Birmingham, and
Glasgow, as Mr. Graves had represented Liverpool ;
there was Sir Charles Wingfield, who like Mr.
Eastwick has a special acquaintance with India; and there
were members of the Government—Mr. Grant Duff and
Mr. Gladstone. Fortunately for the House the Premier
has learnt to tame that once most unruly member—Mr.
Ayrton's tongue—by putting its owner into office, and so,
though the First Commissioner of Works was one of the
few Ministers who listened to the debate, and though,
previously to December, 1868, he would have given us an
hour's speech on the subject, he refrained, and after a
debate of two and a half hours, in which the unanimity
of the speakers was wonderful, the motion was with-
drawn, and nothing came of it, as is apt to happen when
everybody is agreed.
The purging effect of an Indian debate upon the House
of Commons has been proverbial from the days of Macau-
lay downwards. Your readers will therefore not be sur-
prised to learn that by eight o'clock the House was very
thin. This is the witching hour of dinner, and the
benches are at this period of the evening
always in a rather forlorn state. Yesterday
there were other reasons why they should have
been inure than usually empty ; the occur-
rence of an Indian Debate as already mentioned,
and the fact that Mr. Fawcett had a motion coming
on. Mr. Fawcett is a very clever man, but I am bound
to say he is net a favourite. Conservatives look upon him
as a second edition of Mr. Mill, thorough-
going Ministerialists think him a pragmatic
doctrinaire, and if the Professor were to hear the remarks
made upon him by those shrewd and generally impartial
critics, the occupants of the Press gallery whenever he
rises to speak, I do not think he
.would le! pleased. Let
it be understood that I
am passing no judgment upon
him. I am simply recording the fact that he is not
popular either downstairs or upstairs, and I do so
simply to explain the catastrophe which happened last
night. I 'said at the commencement of this sketch
that our " earnest " Premier does not allow us the luxury
of count-outs. There is no rule without an exception,
and that exception happened yesterday. Soon after the
Professor had risen, a member (one of those who are said
to do good deed by stealth and blush to find it fame)
stole up to the Speaker and suggested that there were not
forty members present. The Speaker went through the
usual preparations for counting heads, and Mr. Glyn
Aid not think it necessary to use his
Mr. Disraeli put his professor into a book, and thereby
inflicted condign punishment upon Mr. Goldwin Smith
([think that by a slip of the pen I said Professor Rogers'
on a former occasion). Mr. Gladstone punished his by
allowing him to be counted out. This is only the second
count-out of the session, and on each occasion Mr.
Vaavcett has been the victim of it. Scarcely an undesigiiel
anincidence. I am thinking.