The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-08 00:00:00

BANIUSG COMPANIES.

- Pd Pd
1 Agra Bank (L) A 8 9 20 Lon Char of Austrlla 23 24
25 Alliance ILI
10 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 241 25 49k, }
241, 1, } 15 London Joint-Stock 33 34
50 British N American 53 55 33i, I
20 Ch of 4 1, } India, Austrlla 14 141 20 Lou and Westmnster 63 85
1 64, 3
25 Char Mere of India 24 25 10 Metropolitan Bt 91
10 City
25 Colonial
4 Consolidated (L
} 13-16 40}
20 Eng. Scot. and Aus 0 151 16} 25 Union of Australia.. 41 42
20 Imperial IL)
10 Imperial Ottoman
12}, a

TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.
Pet Pd
100 Anglo-American L) 85 88 6 Great N. China, and
hl Angle-Medltru (L) l3s 14 Japan Extension.. 21 21 dia
131 5 Indo-European (L).. 12 14
100 Atlantic — 10 Marseilles, Algiers,
100 Do 8p c — and Malta (L) .... 6 61
10 British Australis (L) 4 31dia 61
10 British Ind Exteu (L). 6 61 10 Medi terr nEx (L) .. 41 4:
61, 1 1,
10 British Indian Sub- 21 Puma aud S. Pcfc(L) 3 2 dig
marine. (L)
71. 1 8 Retiter's
2 China Submarine (L) 414111 s 20 Soc Trans France (L) 141 141
10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, 141
and Malta (L)
Great Northern
Do Scrip 2 2i
10 Great Northern .... 11/ 112 10 W India 3t Panama(L) 5 51

MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES.
Pd Pd
Anglo-Austrian 'find- 20 It Irrie Can Cavour ?I 4
holders' Certificate 15 2. no Do 6 p c Bonds. re-
-10 BerlinWa....rwerks(l 1 14!.1 15i deemah:e 1870 . 64 66
30 Bolckow-Vaughan (L) 33 38pm 30 London Fin Assoc (L)18117 idle
100 Boston City Rix) 5 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .. 21 3j
p c Sterling Loan 91 93 2 15-16
4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L 1 2E. BlVal 2 Lon & Prov Marine L) i i pm
26 Canada Company. 73 76 100 Madras Irfig. &Canal
It Ceylon Company (L) 4 3 dis g 5 p c by Ind Gov. 100 102
$5 City Offices (L) 25 24dis 2 Mauritius Laud (L) i dia. par
20 Colonial (L)
5 Corn Union 21.ssuruce 24 3pui lit 1-,
71. i 2! N Zealand Loan and
10 Ord: Folic of Eng )L) 2} 2i Mere Agency qt.) .. i 11 pm
2R, 15-16, I(.' • 5 N Zealand Loan aud
100 Orrst3l Palaco
up IN rruf ,, 83 88 01 lißrltalmudlldcrc (L) 27i Tiii

100 Do 6p c Pero Deb.. 109 114 5 OceanMarineinsur l3;l4lnm
274 Ebbw Vale Steel IL).. Midis 50 P and 0 Steam 49 50
100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p a 10 Do do New. 1867 2 1 dis
Mortgage Loan .... 82) 831 50 Rhymney Iron
83, 2), f 15 Do New 8) 9;
100 Egyp 9p c V 'roy Loan, - 60 Royal Mail Steam
friar by Egyp Gay.. 100 102 52, 1
13 Fore-st Warehouse (L) 6 71pm 12 Tel Con and Main IL) 28 28
100 Fgn and Colonial Gov 26, 1, f
Trust 6p c Bonds.. 96 99 2 Thames and Mersey
99, 8 'Marine Insur (14
7) Gen Credt&Disct (L) ) 1 die St Tobacco 6p c Loan
7 3-16 guar by Italian Gov. 87 89
14 Gen Stm Navigation 27 29 5 Trust and Loan Co of
7 Hoopes s Tel Works 2 16 dis Upper Canada
17 Hudson's Bay 8) 91 5 U Marine, bvpool IL 4 5 pin
9 20 Union Steamship (L) 22 24
45 Indrbbr,Gut Per, and 6 United Dis Corpm (L) 2 1 . Ibt
Tel Works L) . .. 38) 391 5 Univ Marine lnsur ILI 41 51pin
5 I uterulFinan Soc)L) If lithe 12 Warrant Finance.... 9 7 .bs

IHE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8,187 c.

LAW AND POLICE.

THE CONDUCT or A PARENT.—William Hockington, a
boy 10 years of age, was charged, at the Westminster
Police-court, with begging. Police-constable Abel White,
B Detective, said that batween 6 and 7 on Saturday even-
ing he was in the King's Head, Chelsea, when he saw
the defendant and his brother, a boy about seven years
old, go up to several gentlemen and beg of them while
they presented lucifer matches. They both of them took
the money to their father, who was standing at a public-
house door. When defendant saw witness coming towards
him, he took to his heels. He was followed and captured.
Some boxes of lucifer matches were found upon him, but
no money. It being stated that the father of the boy
was in court, Mr. Woolrych called him, and enquired
why he sent his boy out to beg. Father : He went of his
own accord. Mr. Woolrych : You took the money ?
Father : No, I did not. Mr. Woolrych Hark'ye, man,
you are liable to be sent to prison as a rogue and vaga-
bond. You sent this boy out to beg, and you took the
money from him. The father : I did not take any.
Police-constable : I saw the two boys give him
the money. Mr. Woolrych (to the father) : You hear that.
You are bringing up your children in a most disgraceful
way. Yon are teaching them habits which will be ruinous
to them. It is shocking to see children brought up to
practices of this sort. I tell you are liable to be sent to
prison for this conduct. The boy had nothing to say to
the charge. Mr. Woolrych : This is most destructive to
the boy's future prospects. I shall send him to a refor-
matory for five years, and make an order upon you to pay
2s. per week towards his maintenance.
GUY FAWKES' DAY IN THE METROPOLIS.—TweIve boys
and two adults were charged before Mr. Lushington, at
the Thames Police-court, with discharging fireworks in
the public streets on Saturday night, in commemoration of
Guy Fawkes' Day, and they were mulcted in various penal-
tiesi ccording to age. The anniversary of the Gunpowder
Plot was observed in a peculiar manner in the district.
Large figures representing Prince Frederick Charles, the
Pope, the Emperor Napoleon, Margaret Waters, the
baby farmer ; Archbishop Manning, and the arch-con-
spirator Guy Fawkes, with labels indicating who they
were, paraded the streets followed by bands of dis-
cordant music and noisy boys, continually shouting.
The most popular figures were those of the " Pope
Guy," as he was familiarly called by the juvenile
population, and Mrs. Waters, who were burnt in effigy
in the evening amidst a panoramic display of fireworks.
Similar figures have been paraded in the district this
morning, amidst noisy demonstrations, and there will be
no doubt another pyrotechnic display of squibs and
crackers. The persons who get up these exhibitions find
them very profitable at this season of the year.
STABBING.—SERIOUS CASE.—At the Marlborough-street
Police-court to-day Edward Searly, a shoemaker, of No.
39, Saville-street, Marylebone, was charged before Mr.
Mansfield with stabbing with a knife James Kennock.
The injured man was not present, and the officer in charge
of the case said that on enquiring at the hospital
that morning he was informed that he was in
a dangerous state. From the evidence it appeared
that on Saturday night the prisoner and Kennock
had a fight, and they both fell and were much injured,
and some time after a person in the house in which they
both resided heard a noise, and on going to ascertain the
cause saw the prisoner strike Kennock, who said he was
stabbed with something like a knife. Kennock was then
taken to the hospital, where it was found that he had
been stabbed in the abdomen. The prisoner, whose head
was bandaged, and who appeared to have been much
injured, put no questions, neither did he make any state-
ment. He was remanded.

ACTION AGAINST A MARQUIS.-Mr. Benson, the well-
known jeweller, Bond-street; sued the Marquis of Bland-
ford, on Saturday, to recover £2O interest upon a.bill. It
appeared that Lord Blandford, in sending Mr. Benson a
cheque for the balance of an accoant, made no mention of
the interest, but stated in a note that the amount sent was
"in full of all demands." Plaintiff at once applied for
the interest, but as he retained the cheque, the court held
that he could not now recover.

THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE ORIENTAL IN-
LAND STEAM COMPANY.—In the court of Vice-Chancellor
Sir R. Malinst the cause •of the Oriental Inland Steam
Company against the Secretary of State for India was
brought forward, its object being to enforce the specific
performance of an agreement for the purchase of the pro-
perty of the company for the sum of £75,000.
Glasse, Q.C., appeared for the company ; and Sir R.
Palmer, Mr. Forsyth, Q.C., and Mr. Pearson, Q.C., on
behalf of the Secretary of State. It seemed that
the company was formed in 185 G, with a
capital of half a million sterling, for the
purpose of establishing steam navigation in India
specially on the Rivers Indus and Ganges. The
Scinde Railway was opened soon afterwards, and entered
into violent competition with the company ; and it suc-
ceeded to a great extent in securing a monopoly of traffic
by obtaining the patronage of the East India Company,
establishing the Indus Steam Flotilla, and so arranging
the charg is for carriage on its own line, as to make them
aggressive to the Oriental Company. The East India
Company eventually became the owners of the Scinde Rail-
way, and negotiated with the Oriental Company for the
transfer of their property of £200,000. On the Indian territory
being placed under the authority of the English Govern-
ment, the Secretary of State objected to the price as being
excessive; and, after a great deal of negotiation, it was
arranged, but no definite contract was framed, that the
price should be £75,000. Consequently the Oriental
Company witildrew their vessels from the Indus but the
Government then refused to fulfil their part of
the agreement, in consequence of which they
had secured a monopoly of the traffic, and entirely
ruined the company, which were now in liquidation. Mr.
Glasse strongly commented upon the conduct of the
Government in withholding correspondence material to
the plaintiff's case. There had been so much oppression
and concealment that it had only been through the inter-
vention of Lord William Hay, an independent member of
the House of Commons, that any material whatever had
been obtained. At this juncture the Vice-Chancellor
ordered that the cause should be discontinued until the
Indian Government had been communicated with to see
if any ooncession could be made.
IMPORTANT TO RAILWAY TRAVELLERS.— Mr. Sergeant
Ballantine applied to the Court of Queen's Bench for a
rule to enter a nonsuit in the case of Reynolds v. the
South-Western Railway Company, in which the jury had
awarded an old lady £5OO damages for injuries
sustained at Wimbledon Station, where she alighted
on the stopping of the train, which moved on
again as she was stepping from the carriage, and
threw her down. The ground of the application was that
there was no invitation to the passengers to alight by
calling out the name of the station or opening the carriage
doors, the train not having arrived at the platform when
plaintiff endeavoured to alight. The Court thought it
was highly important that the question of what consti-
tuted an invitation to alight should be fully discussed, and
granted a rule nisi.
ACTION FOR DAMAGES BY AN ACCIDENT ON A RAIL-
WAY.—The Court of Queen's Bench granted a rule nisi
in the case of " Lewer v. the London and North-Western
Railway Company," in which damages to the amount of
£4OO had been awarded by a Manchester jury for personal
injuries. The ground for the application was that the
verdict was against the evidence, and that the plaintiff
had contributed to the accident by his own negligence.

THE Loss OF THE STEADIER " CITY OF BOSTON."—The
Court of Common Pleas has granted a rule nisi, to enter
a nonsuit in the case of Inman v. Jenkins, in which the
owners of the City of Boston, recovered £250 damages from
the defendant for libel, in sending to the 7ima a letter
charging that the steamer was overladen when she left
Halifax. The question for decision is whether a charge
against their Halifax agents is a libel affecting Messrs.
Inman personally.
THE REGISTRATION APPEALS.—The Court of Common
Pleas has appointed the following days for hearing the
registration appeals from the decisions of the Revising
Barristers :—Friday, Nov. 11th ; Tuesday, 15th ; Friday,
18th ; and, if necessary, Tuesday, 22nd.

In the last fortnight six villages near Orleans, whose
inhabitants made common cause with Francs-tireurs, were
burned.
The freeshooters of the North continue their course of
activity. One German bulletin of their doings relates
the destruction of a railway train, the surprise of a pro-
vision convoy, the destruction of a telegraph, and the dis-
persal of a dragoon watch, three being killed and six cap-
tured.

MR. WHEELHOUSE M.P., ON EDUCATION.
Mr. Wheelhouse, M.P., was present at the annual
Aoir4e of the Eccleshill Mechanics' Institute, on Saturday
night. Referring to a remark made by the chairman to
the effect that national education was one of the neces-
sities of the country, he said that he had long enter-
tained the opinion that it was not only a necessity,
but for many years he had believed that the
necessity never could be met until the State took the
matter in hand. Now that this view of
things had been accepted, he considered that there still
remained an enormous field for vohintary exertions of
every kind. New fields of operation would be
opened and new duties would have to be performed.
Instead of teaching children their letters such
institutions as that would be called upon to devote
their time and energies much more effectively, and, he
hoped, to those higher branches of education which go to
make up a man's life and history. They had, in his
opinion, been, to a great extent, the pioneers in that edu-
cation movement which was at work at the present
moment, and they had done much to teach the Govern-
ment that there was a want, and that that want must be
supplied.

The army of the North is said to be assuming respect.
able proportions under the leadership of Bourbaki. He
has at least six regiments of the line under him, besides an
immense force of Garde Nationale, mobilised and seden-
tary, a detachment of the marine force, and Freeshooters
and Mobiles,

DANGER IN ALSACE AND LORR AINE.—The German
newspapers continue to publish details which show how
bitterly hostile are the inhabitants of the two provinces
which it Is proposed to annex. One writer says :—" On
the 27th October the Baden postal courier between Luxeuil
and Vesoul, although escorted by 88 men of the Wurtem-
burg troops and two Prussian hussars, was stopped
whilst passing along the outskirts of a wood by a
body of from 400 to 500 Franc-tireurs. It was impos-
sible to offer any successful resistance to such an
overwhelming majority ; the more so as all the inhabi-
tants of the adjacent villages and hamlets more or less aided
and abetted the Frauc-tireurs. The postal courier therefore
retraced his steps, and arrived safely in Epinal with the
escort, without sustaining any loss save the two hussars,
who are missing, and who had ridden too far in advance
of the rest of the troops, and who, being foolhardy, had
attacked the Franc-Tireurs sword in hand, and no doubt
they have been killed, or are else taken prisoners. These
incidents plainly betoken that the neighbourhood of
Epinal is far from safe, and the prefect there has fre-
quently demanded that the number of troops may he
increased ; a request which no doubt will now be speedily
granted, as Metz has fallen, leaving our troops freedom
to move and operate throughout the country,"