The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-28 00:00:00

bank, Glasgow)—" I am manager of these works, and
nephew of the owner. In summer some of the hands work
occasionally from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m." (18 hours) " the whole
week through ; we did this last summer several times.
Three days we worked 20 hours each day. The ages of most
of our girls is from 10 to 18." (Observe these ages—some
of the girls mere children.) " The stove-rooms in which
they work are in winter heated up to 100 or 110 deg. ; in
summer the heat is from 120 to 130 deg." (and at times very
much higher, as stated by the same witness in evidence
given at a subsequent page.) " I feel, when lam urging
the females to work these long hours that I am doing what
is not right, but I have been urged to do it to get a lot of
goods finished. Sometimes they stay here all night, and
then we make a place for them to lie down upon in a store-
room upon the pieces of goods unfinished. Sometimes 14
or more girls will pass the night in this manner, after work-
ing 19 hours, and coming out of those hot places dripping
wet with perspiration, and their clothes wet through with
it." p. 59, Nos. 643-64 i.

What can be more pathetic than the picture of the
poor victims falling asleep over their work ?

LATEST

NEWS.

The following telegrams have been received a
Mr. Reuter's office :

BERLIN, FEB. 27.

It is stated that the proposed conferences of the
five great Powers have failed mainly because Eng-
land declines to allow eventually the free discus-
sion of the treaty of 1856.
According to reliable information, the statement
in reference to a treaty between Russia and Aus-
tria is totally unfounded.

MADRID, FEB. 26.

No news from Africa.
The whole press, particularly the Progresista
section, violently attack England.
The censor has prohibited the circulation of the
Novedades on that account.

The French ambassador has presented to the
Queen an autograph letter of the Emperor Napo-
leon.

INDIA AND CHINA.
CALCUTTA, JAN. 24.

Trade flat. Imports : 40's mule twist, 5r to 5r
3a ; shirting, 50 reed, 61bs, 3r 151 to 4r ; Alada-
pollam, 50 reed, 31bs, 2r 4a to 2r 5a ; copper sheath-
ing, 44r to 44r 8a ; tile, 44r. Exports : Indigo
firmer in tone ; the biddings at public sale have
been spirited. Raw silk, 20r 8a to 21r per seer;
native, 15r; saltpetre, 5 per cent. refraction, llr
per maund ; rice, best table, 4r to 4r 2a; second and
third quality, 2r 10a to 2r 14a. Linseed, fine, 3r
8a ; low to middling, 3r 2a ; rapeseed, 2r Ba.
Freights rising rapidly to England—for saltpetre,
45s to 47s ; sugar, 50s to 523 6d; indigo, 80s to
1003. Exchange on London, 2s 14-d to 2s 11d.
BOMBAY, JAN. 28.
Money quiet. Exchange on London, 2s 1:d to

2s 1i d.

CANTON, JAN. 14.

Trade depressed, owing to the approach of the
Chinese new year, Tea inactive, 2 chops settled.
Grey shirtings, 61 catties, 2 dole 85c. Exchange
on London 6 months, bank bills, 4s 9d to 4s 91d.

SHANGHAI, JAN. 7.

THE SUN ' LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRU

;Y 28,

been charged to proceed itself to the restoration of
the dipossessed dynasties, without the result of the
war being annihilated, and its object disavowed ?
Could France, in her turn, without violating her
principles, do violence to the populations ? I leave
to the loyalty of Count de Rechberg the task of
replying to these questions. Thus in the two cases
there was a moral impossibility of acting.

" A new fact must, moreover, be mentioned
here. From what took place ten years ago, the
belief might have been entertained that anarchy
would invade Central Italy, and that the disolving
spirit of revolution would soon spread everywhere.
These apprehensions have not yet been realised;
and to whatever influence that result, according to
different opinions, may be ascribed, what is certain
is that order has generally prevailed, notwithstand-
ing the excitation of circumstances, and the irregu-
lar authority of the Governments. The unexpected
spectacle presented by Italy, while impressing some
persons, has inspired others with sympathy ; and
this latter sentiment has been manifested over a
part of Europe with a force which cannot be disre-
garded. This creates a situation which neither the
Emperor's Government nor Austria can, on account
of the consequences which would flow from an erro-
neous appreciation of the dispositions of public
opinion, fail to take into very serious consideration.
" God forbid, Monsieur le Marquis, that we should
not be as convinced as any one of the sanctity of
engagements. But did France bind herself, at
every price and by all possible means, to re-
establish on their thrones the dynasties of
Parma, of Modena, and of Tuscany ? Neither
the stipulations of Villafranca nor those of
Zurich have, assuredly, such a bearing. France
only promised her moral co-operation--a co-opera-
tion of which we must, after six months' efforts,
admit the impuissance. Her regret—let not the
Cabinet of Vienna doubt it—is sincere and profound,
and the Emperor's Government expresses it with-
out hesitation ; but that Government is obliged to
reckon with insurmountable difficulties, which even
the Austrian Cabinet itself, as is proved by a recent
communication of Prince Metternich, renounces the
hope of seeing solved by the influence of a Congress.
" Must we be indefinitely stopped by such an
obstacle ? Must we shut our eyes to the dangers
with which this state of uncertainty threatens all
Europe ? Must everything be left to chance, at
the risk of seeing purely revolutionary sentiments
necessarily take the place of those which we do
not ask Austria to approve of, but which she can-
not expect a Government based on universal suf-