The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEO
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present, that they immediately determined against Mr. MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. SHARE MARKET-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
-e.- :t
Paid. Closinz„,,
Pitt's proposition. '
- +
ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. *hare Railways. Basin
Frice.
" ' Who is this Pope that I hear so much about ?' said
CITY, Two o'CLoeic.
George 11. ' I cannot discover what is his merit. Why
will not my subjects write in prose? I hear a great deal, REDUCTION OF THE BANK MINIMUM. Share Railways. I p.m. Closing Business iou Atlantic &St Lawrencel all 84 86
--- Price. Done. f BonuL.,Baroda&.Cent Ind!
too, of Shakspeare, but I cannot read him, he is such a
The directors of the Bank of England have re-stk
G 5 per cent........ 1
bc nal est fellow."'
12.10 Ambere,..,Notting., Bost.
18 Do, Do.loo 97} 974 971
B' 131 1 d 1 d
"The celebrated writer Sterne after being long the idol duced the minimum rate of discount from sto 4-1,-
, and Eastern Junction 10 61 61 64 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 41 s}d
Belfast and Ballymena all - -
205 Do. New - -
of this town, died in a mean lodging, without a single per cent. This movement was fully anticipated, 135.014 Bir., Wol ,and Str. Val. all 8 8i
10 Do. Preference
la3puffealydraankV?dgc7l2l 100 71- 80
friend who felt interest in his fate except Becket,
his bookseller, who was the only person who at- owing to the diminished inquiry for money and the stock 'Birk., and Ch Juna 109 70 72
all 111 124 100
2.5) 131; th and Tyne ' all - -
tended his interment.' Ha was buried in a graveyard
100 Do. do. Jury' 1, 1873 100 70 75
near Tyburn, belonging to the parish of Marylebone, and Australia,
accumulation of gold through the recent supplies
10 !Bost. Shef: and Mid. Co all 61 71
100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 68 73
stock 'Bristol and Exeter
the corpse being marked by some of the resurrection ,ran from and the limited demand for expor•
stock 'Caledonian - -
(as they are called), was taken up soon afterwards and car- tation.
rasa to an anatomy professor of Cambridge. A gentleman LO
~c,ariliaanrtcliierran&coanrdigan ? - -
20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 11 11 d
all - - 20 Ceylon Guarautd. 6p. c. 7} 11 i d
who was present at the dissection told rue he recognised A further large amount of gold, viz. £130,000,
174 Demerara. all - -
Stems's face the moment he saw the body." was sent into the Bank of England yesterday,
22g
Ccoorrnk,w!asllirck., &Passage
alla -4 -7
20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 5 fd 5 d
* * * * * making the sum received there this week 10
Do A(A gets no div. { all - - stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 1012 1024 1014 2
until 6pc peran. all - - 20 Do. F Shares Ext..... 10 par } p
"Sergeant Davy was often employed at the bar of the £350 000 10 Do B hasbeen pd. toB 20 Do. Jubbulpore lO par i p
House of Commons. On one occasion he called a witness ' '
all -
100 Do. 41 y. c. Debentrs. all 991 100 i
to prove some point, and put a question of no great impor- There has been very little demand for money, 50 Dublin
unii etensit,.:Juunnce: all 8 84 stock Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 101 102 102
tance, which was immediately objected to by the opposite
stock East Anglian lOO 17i 18 20 Geelong & Melbourne.. all 21 22 214
counsel. The counsel on both sides, according to the most parties having defefred their discount ope- stock Eastern Counties..,... 100 54i 551 544 i Geelong Corporation 6 sto. 100 - -
stock Eastern Union,* siock 100 37 30 percent. Bonds ......
usual form, were ordered to withdraw, and the house began rations until the result of the Bank court was
stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 33 34 334
to debate on the propriety of the ques'tion. The discussion ascertained, a reduction being generally antici- stock Do do Bdo 100 26 28
25 Do Nw A. late EU3ds 81 - - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 92 93 93 4
lasted for some hours; but, at length, the determination
gated,
20 East Suffolk - - 100 Do. °per ct. Debentr. all 67 69 68
being in favour of Davy, he was called in, and the Speaker
10 Do - - 100 Do. 7 Percent. 1862 .. all 83 85
informed him he might put his question. ' I protest, Mr. The Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, closed
stock Edinburgh & G'lasgow 100 71 80 704 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 6/ 71
Speaker,' replied Davy, ' I entirely forget what it was.'
100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 69 71 694
with a rather active appearance, and prices were stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 1 0 32 321 324
10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - stock Gt.lndiareninarua.sp.e. 100 994 100} 992 100
This, as may easily be believed, threw the house into a roar
firm. The sales were 10,000 bales. In the Rail- stock Furness -
20 Do. New ic.,,ua. sp. e... 6 1d } d
of laughter. '
tern 10) 99 101 994
20 Gt. South.of India (Lim) 10 14 lid
way Share Market business continued quiet, but f'. 9. `:): al.' .
stiuk uriaesat*Ntildn.Sof Scotland all - -
Do. 5 per cent.
A Journey on a Plank front Kiev to Eaux Bonzes. quotations tended upwards. stock Great Northern lOO 110 117 1164 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 131 134
stock Do do A stock
By Lady Charlotte Pepys. 2 vols. Hurst and
stock Do do B do
Blackett. The Funds continue rather heavy, in consequence
stock Gt. S. &W. W. of Ireland 100 113 114 100
spt, till '6O
The very singular name of this work naturally of the unsettled state of continental politics. The
stock Great Western
100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 98 100
awakens the reader's curiosity, and the interest accounts from Prussia relative to the placing of stock I
1.
iDs fl) Stru Val
eLUtli
South-eastern stock 100a11 60 65
100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 92 94
excited is not diminished by a recollection of the the army on a war footing, and the collection stock Lancashire & Yorkshir 100 105} 1051 1054 stock Madras, guar., 45 p. c... 100 87 89
stock Do. do. 5 per cent .... 100 981 991
fresh and simple pages which we have before of Russian troops on the Prnth have created an stocksoe I,.ooundoiliriaonhcl...lll;lowaaall 100 i 0 71
Coast 100 114 115 1144 4 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 91 93
owed to its fair authoress's fluent pen. The secret
all 11 12 20 Do. Fourth d 0........ 10 i 1 d
of the title is soon disclosed. After a lengthened • stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 102 1021 102 14
uneasy feeling, which has led to speculative sales, 25 Lond., Chat., and Dover
20 Do. doall - -
and consequent depression. Consols are now 951 i 124 Do eighths - -
sojourn in Russia, of which country and its inha-
stock Lond. & sth. Western lOO 921 931 Newßrunswick & Canda
'-.2 1
bitants she speaks with the warmest affection, a for money, and 90; „--,- for the June account ; being
25 L'derry & Coleraine - - 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc •
all ~ 7
Class A Capital Share
severe and lengthened illness compelled the writer 1 per cent. higher than they were en hour ago. 25 L'derry & Enniskillen V 1 101 114
~.
42i 43 al .. Do. do. Land d 0........
to seek a milder climate. Two of her relatives Bank Stock remains at 226 and 2271 C.the New 3 stock Ilarny.pSohre
tia'n&di•danrl?sille:: 1a(1)1 - 20 Do. do. B Capital do. ..
travelled from England with the express purpose per Cents. are flat at 931 1 ; the Reduced at 931 121 Do do } shares..., all -
103 1171 118} 1174 i .. Do. do. Land do. .... • • all 5 7
10 Mrtropolitan
9244
962 d 20 Oude (Limited) ........ ss. - -
of removing her from the ungenial atmosphere of , ; India New Loan is steady at 106; 1 ; ditto 5 stock Midland
Do birmin,g. & Derby I°o3.stock Scinde .......... i.,.; 100 100 1005 1004
the north, and, thanks to their skill, care, and -
20 Do. Pnnjaub .... •11:1 all 1 d f d
per Cent. Enfaced Paper has receded to 981 ; but strke Mid. G. W. of Ireland all - - 20 Do. DJ. - a
assiduous attention, she accomplished the journey
Exchequer Bills are without alteration, viz , 4s. 25 Do 5 shares all - - stork Do. Indus. St. Flo. g,,,,- 100 94 95
safely. 0 wing, however, to her precarious state of
25 31id Kent. - - 20 StAndrews Quebec A 18 -•-
health, she was obliged to preserve a recumbent to 7s. prem.
10 Do, Cray ilne . . all - _ 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 i i d
position, and thus travelled the greater part of the In the Foreign Stock market business continues 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - _
25 New., Aber. & Herefd all 104 114 FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
distance "on a plank," which was no other than • •
Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d
19 'Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 44
quiet, and prices, in most instances, show increased 1°
all -
one of her own bookshelves ! She resolved, how- 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros.
100 54 56 55 20 /Ardennes .............. all - p
ever, with characteristic spirit and intelligence, depression. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been stsoBk
,sforfaolk.
h Counties Union.. 34 35 3 d 20 IBah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 7 4 id
5 BelgiAn East. Junction all i 1
that even this melancholy transit should not be affected by the news from Constantinople, they are stock North British lOO 62 024 62
20 Beaters to Graissessac.. all -
without profit, and that she would not "lose utterly now 76 to 77 ; ditto New, 601 to 611 •; Peruvian
stockoe Ncg.ply
s.tycailArDk.stoc• 100 - -
10 Buen.Ayres &S. Ferndo 21 3 34p
A ecs no d.
until 6pchas bee,npd.B6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 21 24
even such impressions of this 4 drive across Europe' 3 per Cent. have receded to 691; Portuguese, to
100 Copiabo ........&...... all - -
• as could be obtained in a progress literally from a - stock Do B stock ... . . 10° - -
40-- • Sardinian to 86 ; Spanish to 481 ; Buenos stock Nth. Eastern-Ber-Wia ,„100„ , 961 97} 974 61 71
100 - _
10 Ditto Extension ...• all 11 Ifd
20 Dutch Rhenish ..... ... 15 51 5 d
chamber in one town to a chamber in another town,
25 Dodo,
to the total exclusion of all the sightseeing, adven- Ayres 6 per Cents, are firm at 87; ditto Deferred
stock Do Leeds lOO - Mf 41 2
20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. C. 6 --- -
are heavy at 241. stock Do York
20 Do. do. all - -
tures, and intercourse with others, which make up
stoes North London
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so large a part of the ordinary joys and sorrows The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 21 3 20 North Staffordshire l7l 3f 34d 134 14
of travel." In order to carry out this plan, she prem.; Universal ditto, 1 1 prem. •; and the London 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 9} 94
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45 47 vai .1*
stock Oxf. Wor. & Wolverptn 100
tells us that she has recorded nothing but
all _
and South African Bank 1, 1 prem. 10 Peebles
___ all 14 16
what she has seen, heard, and thought during this
20 Portsmouth
all -
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up 10 Rhymney .
journey ; and, under such restrictions, it is almost
stock Scottish Central - -
a matter of wonder that the work should not be to this day, are in round figures as under :-
100 36 364 364 51 6}
stock Scot. N. E., Aber. stock
1860. 1859. stock Do Soot. Mid. stock lOO 88 90 89
dull and monotonous. But it does not possess
£33,286 £31,608 stock Shropshire Union . . lOO 48 50
either of these disagreeable qualities. The little Great Western
82,583 73,035 10 rig epourne & Sheer. all 4 3 d
incidents of everyday travelling, the bustle in the
.ro°llrttlll--:\lVVee:tteernm 18,600 18,268 stock - 100 42 44
stock Southou Eeays?ernn ••.•• • • • • • 100 87 875 81 7
stock South Wales .........
streets, the difficulty of obtaining post horses, the Brighton
100 ea 68
40,350 33,214 stock S. York. and River Dun 100 77 80
servant's enthusiasm for sight-seeing, even the Midland
opposite neighbours of a house, where they linger South. Eastern
Great Northern . 25,783 23,261 25 Stockton & Darling-ton ally 391 401
for some time, are brought in to entertain us and
t gua. 7_p. et. lira ...... 13 14 lid
Lancashire and Yorkshire
20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 10 _
to vary the narrative. Of course it does not pro- North-Eastern - Stockton & Hartlepool 16.1 -
10 Rome & Frascati- all
fees to be a work of a descriptive or instructive
•Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln .... 12,070 10,5„09, stock
TaDfroVparieef..
N. .wi .... .. .. 100 -
100 - 20 Royal Danish...-. •• • • all 13 15
character ;it is simply the record of successive Bristol and Exeter 6,681 6,0u0 25 Thames Haven I. k&Rail 22 - - 5 Royal Swedish ........ all -
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all
days and nights spent on an uneventful journey, Oxford, 'Worcester, and Wolverhampton 6,185 4,393 50 Ulster • •
Grand
dulrgh and Glasgow all 55 564 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all 54 6
an runk of Canada
bat there is plenty to amuse and occupy a leisure hour
14,433 9,217 12 10 Do .... : ............ 14 dip 20 San Paulo, lirn, g. 7p. c. 2 ffd 14
more successfully than in some more pretentious or Greatr
Glasgow and South-Western
Western of Canada
ambitious attempts. The novel reader's tastes are
0 13 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 10 11
8/ West Flanders .. all 54 64
7,921 7,300, stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 -
not altogether disregarded, for there is a very irate- Northern of France - - 20
IDIro. . &6i pN
..s. 1
rcr.. Po
fr elf, er raenne
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..
..
all l
229 23
resting tale, which occupies a great part of the A steady improvement is apparent in the above 20 West C rnwall -
second volume, and has the additional attraction of 20 West London .......... all - -
20 Western of Switzerland all -
returns; the increase on the Great Western amounts 10 Do let class ........ all - -
6 Wiesbaden -
170ing a veritable history. The heroine is a youne•
20 Do 2nd class .. . all - -
6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref all -
to £1,678, the North-Western to £9,548, the
French girl, named Verine, who lost her brother
20 Zealand
South-Western to £332, the Brighton to £541, the 121 Worcester & Hereio•i:a : . ill 25 Ifd
-......-
.________,..
when a child, in consequence of his being sent
-
PREFERENCE SHARES.
through a thick wood during an eclipse, from the Midland to £7,136, the Great Northern to £2,522,
THIS _DAPS MARKETS.
ignorance of an old woman who refused to credit the Lancashire and Yorkshire to £,4,410, the Sharer Railways. ~,1 Closing I Business
IP`"‘-`• i Price. Done.
the approach of the astronomical phenomenon, \-4- 1
North-Eastern ort 1-Eastern to £5,650, the Northern of France
CORN EXCHANGE.
The after life of the little Verine was a most event-
-26 Blythe and Tyne 10 per
to £BO7, Grand Trunk of Canada to £5,216, and IMtERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 52s 6d
fill one, but through all the changes of her career c. pref. (issued at £5O all - -
barley, 37s 5d ; oats, 26s 5d ; rye, 343 Od ; beans, 42a
Great 'Western of Canada to E,1,512. j stk Bris. & Exet.4 p.et.stock 100 96 98
the one hope and desire of finding her long-lost
14 - - 4d ; and peas, 39s 9.
i2O Do. do. do. Shares
brother was uppermost in her mind. After some The dealings in the Railway Share Market have THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES..- Wheat, 49s 5d ;
0 Do. Quar No. 2. all - -
stock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 100 101 103
12.1_
barley, 37s 3d ; oats, 248 4d rye, 33s lid; beans, 40s lid;
time this wish was realised, but not without been moderately active ; a decline, how ever, has
peas, 38. Bd.
bringing to Verine fresh troubles and perplexities
20 Cornwall 5 er cent. all - - 201
6f Cork & ,Shares,Bsl p. c. all - -
perplexities, taken place in values. Caledonian, Lancashire,
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER.-Wheat, 101,914 ,
which we leave the reader to unravel for himself
and Yorkshire, North Western, Manchester, Shef-
stet
61 Dun.Perth&PAber.Jun:: all 51 64 -
f..oll.llg7Clalassssiipp&csp.c. !9.2 100 Ica barley, 10,858; oats, 7,148; rye, 228; beans, 3,616; peas,
from these pleasant pages. The writer's allusions
6 •••• II" 679 quarters,
field and Lincoln, Midland, North Eastern, Ber- stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c._ 100 110 115
to the kindness and sympathy of her Russian
friends---
are incessant, and perhaps her enthusiasm wick, and Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, sstiooccilcc i%C.10".
n. Ex. sp. a I°. 100 110 112 76
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
for the country and its inhabitants, even if have receded 55.; Eastern Counties, Edinburgh, stock Do. New 6 per ct. stock. 100 124 126 To-day's market was scantily supplied with beasts, in, for
somewhat exaggerated, may serve to modify the stock Eastern Union, 4 per et. r 9 81 83
the most part, very middling condition. Home breeds
old-fashioned prejudice lingering in too many Perth and Dundee Great Western, Great
Dundee, stock Do. sOr cont. guar... 100
moved off steadily, at fully Mohday's currency. Otherwise,
stock Edin.&Glas.sp.e. shares 100 110 112
Northern A Stock, and South Eastern, lOs.
the beef trade ruled heav on former terms. 'We have to
minds. Of the relationship between the Polish stock Do. 4p. c. ens. S. &D. 100 90 92
report a fair demand for sheep-the show of which was mo-
and Russian languages she gives an amusing The Foreign and Colonial lines have been dull. stock Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 751 761
Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 - - derate-at full quotations. Lambs commanded extreme
account, which was rendered her by a Frenchman Lombardo-Venetian are flat, at 121 121 ;East stocksock Glas.& S. Westg a. 5p a ICO 118 120 rates, with a healthy inquiry. About 300 came to hand
long resident in Poland and a student of the tan- Indian have declined to 1018 102; Great Indian
from the Isle of Wight. The supply of English calves was
guage. He told her that the Polish tongue is Peninsula tO 991 100 ; Grand Trunk of Canada to stock
stock Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm 100 110 112
k Great Northern,' sp. et. 100 117 119
limited-of foreign, good. The demand for them was hula •
Do. 41 p. c do. do.
almost as intricate and difficult to acquire as the
100 Do. sp.c. Reim. 5 p.c. pm 80 85 87 tive, yet prices were supported. Pigs and match cows sold
3n, and Great Western of Canada to 13: 131. 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. all - - at full quotations, but the sale for them was far from active,
Russian, the declensions and inflexions being still ,
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are stock c Gt. Sn. &IV (Ireland)4 1 100 07 99
Per Sibs to sink the offal.
more varied, though the Roman characters beinc, '
1 p. et. pref. /
used, and many of the words having a strong affinity 'also at reduced values. Bank of Australasia so Great West. (Berke and s. d. s. d.' s. d. s. d.
Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Primecrs-wool do, 4 6 4 10
to the German, a foreigner has a better chance of have receded 10s. ; London and Westminster, ss. ; stock Dol.Tretgettiiisepiletici. 100 98- 100- Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Pme. S'thdowndo. 5 0 5 2
divining their meaning. But this random method London and County, 55.; and Union of London, ss. stock Do. Redeemable, 41. ct. 100 88 90
Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 Large crse. calves 4 6 5 2
of arriving at the truth cannot be implicitly relied stock Do. Irredeemable, 0.., 100 90 92
Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Prime small d 0... 5 4 6 6
on, for, if a traveller thought himself secure of a Scottish Australian Investment have advanced stock Do. 5 p.et. Redeem. Pref. 100 102 103 1021 i
8 Do. Biro. Pref. Shares, all 91 10} Crse. &inf. sheep 343 8 ; Large hogs 363 10
Russian word, and used it confidently, a blank look to 128.
10 'it. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf. sh. all 17 18
10 Do dos p. et. prei all 10 101 Second quality do. 3104 4 ! Small porkers .... 424 10
might be his reward-the Polish equivalent being -
derived from the German ; while, on the other BRITISH stock Do Birmg.guar. stock.. 100 74 76 Lambs, 5s 6d to 7s 2d.
20
hand, if, warned by this failure, he should ask for Bank Stock
FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK.Do. Chester gua. shares all 19 20 20 Suckling calves, 19s to 22. ; and quarter .old store pigs
226 75 135- Do. do. do.
something in German or its modifications, it would be 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 935 1 20 Do. do. do.
stock Lan.&York 6p. C. stock lOO 138 140 TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
stock Do.Barnsl.st.Es3s 10d pc 100 - - Beasts 792 Beasts l7O
just as likely that he would be again unsuccessful, New 3 per Cent. Annuities
stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) .. 100 - -
Sheep and lambs ..... 6,529 Sheep
the word required being pure Sclavonic. The Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan 1880 -
', • • stock Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.gu. No.l 100 116 118
Calves
authoress is evidently familiar with the Russian Ditt ) for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885... 17 5-16 stock Do. sp. c No. 2 100 116 118
Pigs
tongue, and has added some translations of favourite india Stock. .. . stock Do. gua 6p. c.
-
stock Do. do. sp. a No. 4 100 116 118
-----
Ditto 5 per Cent.
lyrics at the conelusion. We must not omit to men-
stock Do. do. 41 per cell'. .... 100 101 103
MEAT MARKETS.
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 5 per Cent.
5 Do. do. 11 p, c. shares.. 21 - -
tion the high moral tone and religious feeling magi- ette Bonds .1;1 000
- stock Do. 7p. et. Pref. stock. 100 154 157 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.-Fair supplies of meat
fasted throughout the work, which render it espe- itt • Bonds 'and'er X ......
cially suitable for the young, and teach a lesson of Consols for Account (6th June) .. 955 5 stock Do.4p.c.S.(div.def.til '65) 100 08 70 dosed steady, as follows :-Beef, from 28 10d to 4s 2d ;
contentment and cheerfulness under most trying Exchequer Bills, £I,OOO, lid
4s Od to 4s 8d ; pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs. by the ear-
", 1500 - stock Lon. and N.W. Coy. and
circumstances. Some, more fortunate in the pox- "'
sp. cf.._ 100 115 117
case.
Ditto Small
stock Lon. & S.W, 7p. ct. stock 100 1525 1575
session of strength and energy, may find the
FOREIGN FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. 124 Londondy. & Cole. 1 sh. all - - SOUTHALL, May 9.-The supplies of fat stock here to-
mournful reflections of an invalid insipid or
121 Londony. & Ennis. 1 sh. all 12 125 day were moderately good, and the trade generally ruled
Brasilian 5 per Cent
firm, at the following quotations :- Beef, from 38
melancholy, but this will not generally be the ease,
,ileuog lyres, 6 per Cent. .........
87- stock Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. 100 125 127
6 Do. .£6
and we are sure that the greater part of the readers Ditto jACcount -
100 68 70 4d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s Od ; lamb, 6s Od to 7s Od ;
stoc'. Do. 3} per cent
lamb 7s
from 3s 67ds tood
,4 svelaOld
veal, 4s' 6d to 5s 2d; pork, 3s 8d to 4s lOd per 81bs to sink
of this work will share a hearty wish that a Ditto Deferred
the offal.
speedy restoration to health may enable the Peruvian 45 per Cent. Account . - 121 Maryr ort & Car., 4p. c. all - -
authoress to give us more unaffected, pleasant, Ditto 3 per Cent
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853, Account... 4651 ' 121 Do. 41 per cent. all - - ROMFORD, May 9.-The market is steady, as follows :-
stock Mid. Con. 6P. C. stock.. 100 - -
rambling volumes.
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £St .. 1074 81 stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c. 100 139 141 141
stock Do. 4/ p. c. pref. stock.. 100 101 103 34sd ;BclantdopoSsrk2d, 4s;
I hat° Account
108}
6 Do. with option till 1860 3 411 p Od to 4s lOd per 81bs ; suckling calves, 15s to 19s ; quarter
Sardinian 5 Der Cent Account
old store pigs, 22s to 29s each; and match cows, £l4 Os
ROYAL IT.ALIAN OPERA, COIENT-GARDEN.•- ' • •
stock Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. 100 94 96 d; s m4dutttoonds
Spanish 3 per Cent. Account
to £l9 5s each.
10 f Newport,Aber.&c.pref. 5 1 all 04 101
Turkish 6 per Cent
.. - p.c.redeemat 5 p.c.pm. J
The " Barbiere di Siviglia" on Tuesday was the greatest Ditto Account . 755 61 10 Do. Perpet. 6p. c. with -----
treat the opera-going public have enjoyed this season. There Ditto New Loan
must have been few persons in the house who were not Ditto Account - P
125 Do. do. 2d is. 25 - - PSMITUFIELD.--111MIOW hay, £3 Os to fbs Os Od ; clover, I
£4 Os to £6 Os Od ; and straw, il 7s to £1 14e per load. (
Dividends on the above payable in London. stock Norflk sp. C. Ex. at. 1846 100 - -
familiar with almost every scene of the drama and every
Trade less active.
TWO O'CLOCK. stock Do. 50p. a Pref. do. 1847 100 - -
t
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note of the music ; and yet the laughter was as hearty anti
stock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 100 - - ERLAND.-Meadow hay, £3 3s to £5 5s ; clover., •
Consols, Money
stock North British, sp.a .. 100 110 111 £4 Os to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 811 to .E 1 14s per lead. I
the applause as loud as if the drama and the music had been
94 /
110
Ditto June Account
stock Do. New, gua. sp.c. .. 100 - - 103 A. fair demand.
i
altogether new to the public. This reception was owing not
10 ) Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs 1 4 I p
Ws
to hay, Z 3 Os to £5 0. 0,1 ; cloves I
only to the unfading freshness of the opera itself, but to the * 101 Do. do. do. all - -
£4 Os to £6 Os •
, and straw, £1 7s to il 14s per load.
excellence of the performance. We had an entirely THIS DAYS' SHIPPING. . stock Ntli.Dev.Rail.& Dck.Co. 100 - -
stock N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c. 100 91 93 Trade rather dull.(
new Regina in Madame Miolan Carvalho, and a more 4.- stock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 100 97 98 964 ,
17 Do. do. do 13.4. 1 f , ----- I
charming Rosina has probably never appeared on the stage. ♦
LONDON,• this
May 10.-Wind day at noon-South;
20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 113 - - COAL MARKET--May 9. i
Pace fi
, glue, dress, grace, and refinement, all were there ; moderato breeze ; weather mild, and a good deal of rain 125 Do. do. Quarters, 1848. 9 - - (Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of the mai ket.)
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and all the pleasant traits of the young damsel's character has fallen during the night. 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch: 10 id i p
Walls End.
were brought out with consummate dramatic skill. Ma . SWANSEA, May 9.-Wind N.W.-Sailed-Mangalore, 20 North Staffordshire....
_all ?.4
_pi
Byass's Beisside West s.
cl.
s. d. I
q for Galle • Chalyora, for Caldeira ; Maid of the Mist, for
sqcocet (11xo..1111erLVIL.62C1Ige.uals.t.g.: ro 0 1 __.2 *l_2 6 Hartley ......... ...15 9 Hough Hall 17 6
dame Miolan combined the acting of the Opera Comi ue
Holywell .......... ..15 6 Framwellgate l7 6
with the singing of the Italian stage. She exhibited, -in- Cape de Verde.
stock Do. Irredeem. 2d gnu... 100 119 121
Howard's West Hart-t
COWES, May 9.-Wind S W.-Sailed-Adriatic, 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. all - -
Whitworth 15 9 ,
deed, vocal powers of th ••
e very highest order; a voice of steamer, for New York. 81- Scottish Central, new pf all - - ley .. 15 9 Tunstall
almost
stock Scottish North-Eastern Wylam •
.......... 16 0 Eden
unequalled clearness and flexibility unbounded PLYMOUTH, May9.-Wind S W -Arrived-Na Sade
17 6 i
. . .
31 p. c. pref. stock.... 100 73 75 ranfield Moor, ....... 13 3 B add '
execution, great variety f . ' . •
r yll s Hatton 17 9
o expression, and the artistic las 1 ictorias, from Matanzas.
stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. 100 - -
ranfield Moor But c
es •• 13 6 Haswell . lB 3
finish of a thorough musician. Mario was the Count Al- QuEENSTOWN, May 9.-Arrived-Eliza Hunter, from stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 - -
West Hartley ........ 15 9 Thorpe '• • 1
maviva a character in •
10,. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 10 104
17 0 ,
, which ho has no rival, and he has Cardenas.
10 Do. Fixed 4/ per cent. all - -
Hatton, ...
seldom a
Walls End.
ppeared in it to greater advantage, Wmay ScIAI,Y, May 8.-Wind N.N.W.-Arrived-Bellams, 1.0.6 South Eastern (Reading
South 17 6 '
e say
precisely the same thing of Ronconi's from Calcutta. Ann., 1.0.6)
Figaro. It was the
perfection of gay comedy, without being in the leastover- OFF Danntounr, May 9.-Wind S.W.-Arrived- stocko 13;11xleceIrrpn.et. Ist is. 10010 101 103 Thornley ........ 16 6 Russell's Hatton 17 9 '
o&Mart's .16 6 Eden Main
charged. The house was fully • Progress, and Cumberland, from Sunderland, both for stocksc 'man Wales, gua. 4p. a 100 89 91
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and brilliantly attended.
New Yo;lc.
stock Do. 41 per cent lOO 99 101 98} 100
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A number of the leading bank •
stock S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 8i 88
bankers, including 0
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_HAYMARKET TH .r'd TRE.
25 Stock & Dar. Asp. e all 28 29 Messrs. Glyn and Co., and Mesbsrs. Prescott Grote, and 1
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 21 Do. 116 per cent all 321 33/ Co., have given official notice that on and after
the 19th s
--_______._.--__._--
all 32 33 inst., their establishments will for is •
Last night an original comedy from the pen of Mr. Ed- SOUTHAMPTON Thursday Morning. 25 Do. C 6 percent
k Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p.c lOO 50 53 flax, at fbran n'ninf.l,- L....a__ , - close .112111 awn 'v. C.,...- 1,
Wiid W. ; a refreshing rain has fallen during the night. stock mund Falconer, called " The Family Secret," was pro-
litleed co;f1, ~,

!Business

________4 25 Stock. & Dar: .K 5 i.e all 28 29
Last night an original comedy from the pen of Mr. Ed-
___ ..... _.......
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
2i Do. B 6 per cent all 324 334
______—.
Do. C 6 per cent all 32 33
SOUTHAMPTON Thursday Morning.
mund Falconer, called "The Family Secret," was
pro- Wind W. ; a refreshing rain has fallen during the night. st2sock Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. c. 100 50 53
duced with success. The dialo
Arrived, May 9—Alliance, steamer, from Jersey; Polka,
well written, is rather too copious LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
this ay
soh from Newport.
.gueltof is so much though from Newport.
Well written, is rather too copious. It is so much so as to ' --
Railways. Lceoa.s,isn.g Crlorsteein.g Business
Done.
retard the action of the plot, and thus prvent that rapid (By. SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
succession of incidents so desirable in a comedy. The dra- Paid.l
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Bedford and Bletchley , all Lnn & 1IT:rv:
97 99
matic situations, however, are well contrived, and Arrived, May 10—Avoca, from Porto Rico ; Rover, Buckinghamoshirieea.. :: ill L
100 Do. ' 514 511
the characters are vigorously conceived and effec- from Guernsey. Chster & 151 lyl d
125 127 1251
tively contrasted. Among the comic personages Sailed, May 10—Leda steamer, for St. Petersburg; Earl Do. do. per cent. 100 Do.
Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin 103 105
two may beof Southesk, for Adelaide.
.e particularised as especially deserving. of
DEAL, Thursday Morning. Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E
_GII6 17
dn.ota e—a soft,susceptible youth of a very good -natured Passed—Concord, from Launceston ; Gleaner, from St. 11.11=321.1g= 100: Ta= 4 141
isposition, admirably - prayed by Mr. Buckstone, Michael's; Devonshire, from New York—all from London. E No. Woodbridge ... 100
and a tyrannical old lady, full of airs and affectation, very
Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct. 100 Caledonia
amusingly represented by Mrs. Wilkins. In the character The receipts in the North Western Railway for Do. New .......... 100 Do. —
of Una, who may well be called the heroine, Miss Sedgwick last week beyond the corresponding week of last year
Hartlpool.Dck.& Rail. all Yk.N.&Br,
presents an affecting and impressive picture of all that is amounted to £9,548 ; that of the Lancashire and York-
shire, £4,410; Great Northern, £2,522. Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt .West.
Hull and Selby ...... alt Yk.N. Md. 110 112
Do. 1 Shares
Most tender and true, most generous and self-sacrificing, in The tenders for the £1,111,600 of Grank Trunk Do. I Shares - 7-
t_he love of woman. She is well supported by Mr. W. of Canada Railway second 6 per cent. debentures, offered LLoanncdot Carl.
stG
Farren, in whom, as Lord Avonmore, the ease and grace of at a minimum price of 80, were sent in this morning, but S. East...
207 210
1V lt2tl
gentlemanly bearing are happily combined with that frank- they were nut opened publicly. It is announced, however, Le,
Do. Preference
rgueea-msviret 100
00
nese of nature and manliness of character which are true thfalt2hseoowoholweillinxlsnnt
sow
wal subscribed, with the exception Lowestoft, gua.
,Tilby.& Soutend. 100 Peto & Co. 94 97
4 p.ct. 100 INorfolk
nobility.
cotoursBe4ofbuatrraasnrement. The Roa. 6 p_erxcent
..tk. 1.00 !Do
11 ;LNIVAzi 2-1 3-1
Mr. HOVIO'S well-known versatility was submitted subscriptions range from 730 h great bulk Mid.c 1 tn• & M
to a severe test in having to assume the character of an was at 80, the directors have decided that it shall all be M Bradford Prefer-
Irish officer,
ence Stock..... .... 100 Midland 95 97
Which , however, he sustained respectably. issued at that price.
Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 I
5. 5. 6
lE.Counts i 2 p
The play Was favourably received, and Mr. Buckstone HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF guaranteed sp.c. I
THE CHEST, BROMPTON.—On Sunday last the Bishop of Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do.
announced it for repetition amid hearty applause.
Do. dtc6ester cent .... all Do.
per cent. ft!!
,Do. —
._____________._____ Winchester made a very earnest appeal from the pulpit of M. Auguste Mariette, an eminent French Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street, in behalf of this Do.
North Western
archasoloolst writes f
ts / fro E t that he has discovered the deservedly popular charity. Having given an interesting
Preston and Wyre. f 01l L& NW)
remains of a large palace • gYI3
• . immediate • . account of the working of the institution, and of the
- & L.Yk. I
nity of the Sphinx. nin granite in the vier- heavy demands upon it, his lordship stated that liberal Do. 1 Stares A. all Do.
e takes this palace to las that of contributions were indispensable to the maintenance of the Roystu.llitch., & Shep 100 Gt. North 135 138
Chephrem who buil
t the great pyramid. No less than
Shrewsbry& Hereford 100 T.Brassey 102 104
seven statues of this prince have been found in the palace. Hospital, inasmuch as the annual subscriptions scarcely
Do. 1 1
S DO
Staffo I „i P'
LOUIS NAPOLEON.—He exceeded £3,000., whereas it required about £B,OOO a-year
4)ilts and Sor
md sehrisreet .. ..
it(t)101 IG,lt'.o MI, .t :1 9th
,4- a
Wae the youngest of to keep up the establishment, thus leaving a defioiency of
three brothers, and he had many cousins—five in one family £5,000 to be made up each year by collections, donations, Wimbledon & Croydn. all L.& Brgtn' 71 84
-_____
—who stood nearer to their uncle's throne than himself. and legacies. Nearly 200 in-patients were constantly
DOCKS.
The eldest of his brothers died in infanc • but till he was under treatment, and in March last no fewer than 175 ---____
Paid. Closing Business
23 he had an elder brother ; and his early Yplanted ambition were waiting admission. After referring to several cases
Share • Docks.
was altogether oaersonal cbart.cter. He was not in the within his own knowledge in which patients had derived
Price. Done.
first rank of the Bonaartes by birth ;
the whole cast of hiss haracter and quality
he is unlike them in great benefit from treatment at the Hospital, and bad ex- -----------_____2___
100
of his genius, pressed much gratitude for the kindness and attention stork Commercial
and he evidently uses his ostensible relationship to the first they had received there, the Bishop strongly urged his stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min lOO
stock East and West Indies lOO
Emperor as a mere charm over the imagination of his more hearers not only to give freely then in support of a charity
noisy and excitable subjects. It is for himself and by him- to whose importanc.t and value to the poorer classes he stock V.nicilat .. :
100 ,69
self that he has been the Monarch-Adventurer . and he has could testify, but also hoped they would become annual
100 .-
stockstock Southampton
need the Bonapartes generally, and the Emperor in parts- subscribers. The collection amounted to the liberal sum stock Victoria .
oular, as helps to his gene
a Week. of £9O 3s. 9d. , 30 Do. New .........

A number of the leading bankers, including
Messrs. Glyn and Co., and Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and
Co., have given official notice that on and after the 19th
inst., their establishments will close for business on Satur-
day at three o'clock instead of at four, as at present. Is it
is respectfully requested that drafts intended for the clear-
ing on Saturday may be paid in before two o'clock it is still
thought the endeavour will be made eventually to accom-
plish the closing at the earlier hour, in accordance with the
original suggestion.
THE P ULLINGER FRAUDS.--The Committee of
the Stock Exchange are still vigorously prosecuting their
investigation into the late transactions disclosed through
the serious banking frauds, and the attendance of the mem-
bersseem in carrying out
is very punctual. Few absentees it is said are to be
teyfinite is allowed to tram-
.so
Aabltshoorbuedghtnhoethminajgorcii
spire it is reported that the examination of the several ope-
rations entered into on behalf of Pullinger is of
the most searching character.
dthisecionvqeureiryd,
What the committee
may be supposed to be driving at is to trace, if
possible, the amount really paid to members of the
establishment, and should this prove to be the cue they
will have to go backwards for a considerable period. The
transactions of the delinquent during the panic this time
last year, and when some of the heaviest of his losses must
have ensued, will necessitate the opening of the affairs of a
failed firm, who at that date were supposes
to be placed in
difficulty through the default of " a principal' in Paris.
These and other facts may, with patient inquiry, be arrived at, but then it appears scarcely probable that it will be
found so large a sum as the amount dealt with has been
dissipated in speculation.
THE CATTLE TRADE.-Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
May B.—There were 816 fat cattle, 5,780 sheep and lambs,
and 714 pigs at market to-day., The demand for beef was
good, and about 6d. per stone more money than last week
was obtained. For both sheep and pigs the sale was rather
slack, and the former declined Id.
~ and the latter
3d. per stone. Lambs sold freely atfrom£l to £1 16s. per
heh ; beef, 6s. 6d. to 9s. per stone, sinking offal; pork,
ss. 6d. to 75.; mutton (shorn), 71d. to Bd. per lb. In reference
to the cattle trade one of the newspapers of this town says :
" For some months past sheep have been realising from id.
to lid, per lb. more money in our market than in the
metropolis, in consequence of which a track of sheep, 35 in
number, prime Downs, was purchased in the London mar-
ket last week for a butcher of this town. This is somewhat
startling, and half a century ago it would have been placed
in the category of impossibilities. The mutton was of the
finest quality, and, sinking the offal, it would not be higher
by the lb. than the most inferior sorts at our own market.
Railways are great making
• eat revolutions, and in nothing have
they caused a greater change than in the cattle trade, which
is exhibited in the immense quantity of dead meat 0032voyed
to the Loudon markets."

k •

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAX 10, 1860.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT--( THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
(Before Baron Channell and Justice Keating.)
THE CASE OF THE REV. MR. HATCH.
This extraordinary trial was resumed this morning. The
first witness examined was
Lucy Harriet Hatch, a very pretty little girl about eight
years of age, the adopted child of Mr. and Mrs. Hatch.
She said she used to call Mr. and Mrs. Hatch papa and
mamma. She said she recollected Eugenie Plummer being
brought to Wandsworth, by her mother and father. In
answer to questions put to her by the learned counsel, she
most positively denied the charge I hat any impropriety ever
took place. That she did not go into the garden at all on
the evening the first act of indecency was said to be com-
mitted. Miss Howe, the governess, came on the 1 th August,
and Eugenie Plummer commenced her studies with her
(witness) on the following Monday in her papa's study,
which was afterwards turned into a school-room. The
school hours were from nine to twelve, :and from two
till four.

Tho witness was severely cross-examined by Mr. Ser-
geant Shee in a most kind manner, butnothing contradict-
ing her evidence in chief was elicited. She entirely
refuted the statements made by Eugenie Plummer, of
acts of indecency having been committed on her by Mr.
Hatch.
Mr. Holt, the attorney, for the prosecution, said he was
not concerned for Mr. Hatch in the last prosecution ;
he took the evidence of Lucy Hatch alone. No person was
present to interfere. After he had taken her evidence down
he read it over to Mrs. Hatch and Mrs. Dillon, and he only
did so on account of her tender age; so as to prevent any
mistake, he had been furnished with her evidence before
the magistrate and in the counsel's brief, but he took her
evidence entirely from her own narrative.
By Mr. Sergeant Shee—He took it down with a view of
making a statutory declaration, to be submitted to the Sec-
retary of State. In the course of conversation the Secre-
tary of State said the only course *pen was an indictment
for perjury, and the present indictment was preferred.
By Mr. E. James—There was no other course left open
to Mr. Hatch, as there was no appeal from a former con-
viction.

Mr. Lewis, solicitor, of Ely-place, deposed that he con-
- ducted the defence for Mr. Hatch at his trial. Witnesses
_ were in attendance to be examined on his behalf at the dis-
cretion of the learned counsel engaged for his defence.
Mrs. Dillon, the mother of Mrs. Hatch, was next exa-
mined. She stated that from the position she was in at the
window she could have seen any impropriety if it had
taken place. Nothing of the sort ever took place. She must
have seen it if it had. She was also present at dinner when
Mrs. Plummer requested that her daughter might be petted.
She recollected the 25th of August, when Mrs. Plummer
brought the other child Stephanie. They came about the
same time as before, and remained as long as she did on the
first occasion. The child Eugenie had plenty of opportu-
nities of communicating 'with her mother. She certainly
was never prevented. Mrs. Plummer left her other daughter,
Stephanie. Miss Plummer, during the time she remained at
Mr. Hatch's house, had plenty of opportunities of commu-
nicating with her mother in private.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Shee—Knew there was
s9mething affecting the character of Mr. Hatch after the
children had left, but did not know what it really was until
six weeks after the children had been removed. It was
not until after Mr. Hatch had gone to Poplar
that witness knew he had resigned his appoint-
ment. Never heard that in consequence of that
resignation no inquiry into the charges made against Mr.
Hatch by the Plummers would take place. It was at the
request of Mrs. Plummer that the child was taken into Mr.
and Mrs. Hatch's bed. This conversation took place in
the drawing-room before dinner. Mrs. Plummer requested
tb at no difference might be made between the two children.
Mrs. Plummer introduced the subject. She would swear
most positively that she heard Mrs. Plummer request that
the child might go into Mr. and Mrs. Hatch's bed, as she
had been in the habit of doing so at the Rev. Mr. Brighton's.
The two children with Mr. Hatch waived their handker-
chiefs after the fly which conveyed away Mrs. Plummer.
The children ran back, and after tea began to play in the oval.
Witness called out to Mr. Hatch that she wanted her tea.
She did not call out more than once, as she was impatient
to have her tea. She would not have been impatient for
five or ton minutes, but the tea had been made some time.
She saw Mr. Hatch was trying to amuse the children. He
was always before the children. They never got on each
side of him.

The court then adjourned for a short time, and on the
judges taking their seats,

TILE CASE OF DOWNES.
Downes was placed at the bar. It will lie recollected he
was found guilty of taking away a girl, named Langleis,
under 16, from the care of her parents. Some points had
arisen during the trial, which had been referred to the
judges. As they were not able to agree, it
had been thought proper to discharge the prisoner on his
entering into his recognisances in £BO to appear for judg-
ment. As the decision of the judges rendered it necessary.
The required sureties were entered into and Downes left the
Court.

TAB CASE OE RICHARDSON.
On the applicatian of Mr. Giffard, this case was ordered
not to be put on tho paper for trial before t-aturday.

MR. HATCH'S CASB
Was then proceeded with. Miss Howe, the governess
was under examination when went to press.

RES FOR 1860.

Manchester 3O
Hungerford 3l
VE.
Bibury Club 20
Stockbridge 2l
Winchester 22
Chelmsford 26
Newcastle 26
,Y.
Nottingham 17
Stamford l9
Marlborough 2O
Goodwooi 24

IJST.

. time provisions to print works and bleaching and dyeing
works. The Legislature then extended the short-time pro-
vision to print works, but recognised the distinction between
print works and the great manufacturers of cotton, wool,
&c. Hitherto the Legislature had not thought fit to extend
the short-time provision to bleaching and dyeing works.
The house would of course take care that in dealing with
such important interests, while on the one hand they did
not disregard the welfare and comfort of the employed, they
would not on the other hand forget the rights of capital and
the interests of trade. (Hear.) There was a great distinc-
tion which must be borne in mind between bleaching and
dyeing as carried on in different parts of the country. Pro-
visions that were applicable to bleaching and dyeing in Eng-
land were not applicable to Ireland, and only partially ap •
plicable to Scotland. In one part of Scotland, for example,
bleaching and dyeing were strictly analogous to the same
process in Ireland, where it was c tilled on in the opea air
and by the natural process of water only ; whereas in Eng-
land and in some parts of Scotland and Ireland it was car-
ried en by chemical process and in roams of a high tempera-
ture. All these facts were intimately connected with the
health and comfort of the workmen and the interests of :he
capitalists, and required careful discrimination and at tent ion.
(Hear.) On the whole, he was of opinion that it would be
wise to refer the bill to a select committee ; not, however,
for the purpose of shelving it or renewing the whole in-
quiry, as the noble lord (Lord J. Manners) predicted. With
regard to the inquiry that had already taken place by a
select committee, he must remind the house that the result
of that laborious inquiry, and the contents of the blue-
books which the noble lord held up to alarm the house, was
a recommendation by the select committee that the house
should not legislate at all. (Hear, hear.) With respect to
the report of Mr. Tremenheere and the adverse statements
on both sides, he felt bound to say that in all the questions
much agitated in the country there was always great ex-
aggeration on both sides—exaggeration of the evils to which
the workmen were exposed, and also the dangers which the
employers apprehended. The result of long experience
had led to legislation on this subject, based gradually upon
compromise. It had led to an extension of the Short Time
Act to print works, and now the time had arrived for ex-
tending it to bleaching and dying works. Still, for the
reasons he had given that extension ought to be made with
great caution and some forbearance. (Cheers.) He was
oppoied to a general inquiry, which had been exhausted,
both by the former select committee and the commission.
Nor could he agree with the hon. gentleman who had moved
for this inquiry, in the propriety of including, as a subject
of reference to the committee, the grievances of certain
gentlemen who were the employers of hands in bleach-
ing and dying works, and who complained of certain allega-
tions made against them. Those were matters which
ought not to be investigated by the committee to which
this bill might be referred. (Hear.) He would observe,
in passing, that be had no faith in general statements with
respect to the average number of hours during which
workpeople were employed. (Cheers.) The statement
made by his hon. friend (Colonel W. Patten), that the
average number of hours in a certain establishment did
not exceed 12 hours and a half a day for a year, was no
satisfactory answer to any allegation that the workpeople,
for example, were employed for 48 or 60 hours consecutively.
(Hear, hear.) [Colonel Patten—" I quoted a monthly and
not a yearly average."] It was quite possible that with a
monthly average of 121 hours the hands might have been
employed 48 or 60 hours, so that the average was to be re-
garded with great suspicion. (Hear, hear.) He was anxious
that the house should legislate on this subject during the
present session. Still, great caution was necessary in deal-
ing with the details of this measure, which would be best
exercised by a well selected committee of this house. He
thought that the instruction to a select committee ought to
be drawn with care, and that they should be directed (illy
to receive evidence to sueh an extent as would enable them
to investigate the necessity of a modification of the exist-
ing law, and the grounds which might exist in particular
cases for special exemptions. The enactments of the pre-
sent bill ought to approach as near as possible to those
of the Factory Act and the Print Works Act in England
and Scotland, where the process was carried on in heated
rooms ; but in Ireland, where the work was carried on
in the open air, it was a great question whether there
should not be an exemption from the Bleaching and .
Dyeing Act. Wishing therefore that the matter should
be carefully examined, and disclaiming any desire to shelve
the question, being anxious, indeed, to see a law passed
during- the present session, lie should yet vote for the
select committee upon the understanding to which he had
referred. (Cheers.) The noble lord the member for Crick.
lade (Lord Ashley) had talked rather disparagingly of the
deterioration of the fair sex in connection with the neces-
sity for this bill. The noble lord, being a young man, was
a better judge on that subject than himself—(a laugh)--
but, old as he was, he was not conscious of any deterioration
in that sex. (Cheers and laughter.) With regard to the
courage, the endurance, and the high mettle of the male
population it was not necessary to go so far back as the
Crimean war, for they had witnessed a recent proof in the
pugilistic ring that these qualities existed in as great per-
fection as ever among our fellow-countrymen. (Cheers.)
Mr. HENLEY had no objection to the bill being referred
to a select committee, and hoped the recommendation of
the right hon. baronet (Sir J. Graham) would be attended
to.