The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-16 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS.

Mr. HUGGESON, in reply to Mr. Cartwright, said it
was proposed to extend to Scotland the inquiry now going
on as to the expediency of applying the principles of the
Factory Act to the regulation of the employment of chil-
dren and young persons and women in agriculture.
BANKRUPTCY (IRELAND).
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND, in an-
swer to Mr. F. DICK, said he did not mean immediately to
introduce a bill to amend the law of bankruptcy in Ire-
land, but in the event of the bill fur England about to be
introduced by his learned friend the Attorney-General for
England being agreed to he should move its extensien to
Ireland. (Hear, hear.)
BEVERLEY ELECTION.
The short hand writer's notes of the hearing of the
petition presented against the last return for Beverley was
ordered to be laid upon the table of the house.

CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL.
The Consolidated Fund £(8,406,27) Bill was read a
third time and passed.

ENDOWED SCHOOLS BILL.

Mr FORSTER moved thesecond reading of this bill,the
object of which was to improve and remodel the endo wed
schools throughout the country. The right hon. geniis-
man said it was absolutely necessary some active means
should be taken to carry out the intention of the founders
and no longer allow them to go on in the state to which
they had fallen. The right hon. gentleman read extracts
from the report of the assistant commissioner who examined
into the state of the endowed schools at present in exist-
ence. In most cases it appeared that most of the masters
were in the receipt of salaries from £2OO to .C3OO per
annum, and that the number of pupils averaged from one
to six. In some cases tha master was absent
but for a very few minutes during the day, and iu
one a portion of the school was turned into a
coach-house, and the large dormitory of the building was
used as a billiard-room. (Laughter.) Iu one part of the
country the masters in six of he schools were totally in-
capacitated by bodily infirmity of conducting the schools
properly. Of course nearly all the masters wore opposed
to any new system—(laughs r) - but he had to say that it
was only those who had failed, or who did not now carryon
660 auetes of s.au,solulaster in a proper way, that need
Lave any fear of the provisions of the bia. (Hear, hear.)
Those who carried on good schools would find their
position strengthened by it. (Hear, hear.) He thought the
best way to make schoolmasters efficient was to give them
a small salary, but to make the ultimate amount of the
income depend upon the success, the efficiency, and the
number of scholars who attended. (Hear, hear.) He
lelieved it was only the way that the funds left by bane-
s,. lent persons for educational purposes W3lO at prose n
administered that prevent persons now abstaining from
devoting a portion of their wealth to purposes of educa-
tion. If a good and efficient system was organised he
believed lorge sums would again flow in. He thought it
very desirable to encourage day scheols—(hear)—and also
to give girls their proper share of educational teaching.
It was also, in his opinion, that the rich should not be
allowed to go and receive all the benefits, but to obviate
that hi proposed that free admission to those endowed
schools should be by merit, not by payment. He thought
it quite possible so as to arrange matters that the clover,
but poor boy, might mount to the highest point of educa-
tion. (Hear, hear.)
After a short discussion, the bill was read a second
time.
The University Tests Bill was read a second time with-
out adivision.
The house then adjourned.

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, March 11.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
figures of the previous account : responding
DEBTOR.

March 11. March 4.
fr. c. fr. c.
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation
. 1,337,749,100
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight 30,202,897 68 35,108,971 68
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor 154,668,695 68 156,001,580 13
Current accounts, Paris 2:,4,935,353 63 241,015,439 89
Do. branch banks 46,322,162 47,325,561
Dividends payable 1,270,221 1,382,806
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months 933,790 85 933,790 85
Surplus of receipts not
distributed —
Sundries

Total
CREDITOR.
March 11. March 4.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. 0
I !Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
due
,
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 254,927,562 62 266,616,330 43
Do. branch banks 240,729,899 230,910,983
Advances on deposit of
bullion. 26, 8,698,200
146,900 2
4
Do. branch banks 4,903,600 ,988,600
Do. on French Public
Securities 13,455,700 13,755,500
Do. by branch banks 6,409,280 6,606,780
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Fancier
924,700 926,400
Bonds .
Do. branches . . ... - .... 961,709 956,100
Do. to the State .(
vention, June 10,
1857) ...... -.
Government' Stock re-
-12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
serve
Do. disposable
[lentes Immobaliss
(Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 ....
Hotel and furniture of
the Bbnk and landed
property branches ... 8,982,201 8,982,201
Expenses of manage-
ment .................. 734,626 21 701,995 14
Sundries

Total ' 2,034,032,452 45 2,045,459,968 62
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank
of France.
(Signed) ROULAND.

We regret to announce the death of Sir Joseph
011iffe, long and favourably known as an English physician
at Paris. Sir Joseph died at Brighton, whither he had
been removed from Paris in the hope that the air might
prove beneficial,