The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-19 00:00:00

THE LICENSING SYSTEM.

On Friday afternoon a deputation waited on the rgght
Hon. H. A. Bruce, Secretary of State for the Home
Department, for the purpose of bringing before her
Majesty's Government the present disgraceful condition
of the Haymarket, consequent on the manner in which
the refreshment-houses in that locality are conducted,
and to request that some law may be passed which
will place refreshment-houses under the same controlling
power, as far as the hours of business are concerned, as
the public-houses. There was a large number of gentle•
men in attendance, including Mr. W. H. Smith, M.P.,
Captain Grosvenor, M.P., Lord George Hamilton, M.P.,
and the rectors and ministers of the district more imme'
diately concerned.
A memorial on this subject having been presented,
Mr. W. 11. SMITH, M.P., introduced the deputation,
and pointed out the disgraceful condition of the Haymarket
of a night.
The Rev. Mr. KEIIPE and the Rev. Mr. BrJow supported
the prayer of the memorial that some legislative action
should be taken to put a stop to such a scandal. 13°th
gentlemen agreed that the energetic way in which Bin
Knox, the magistrate of Marlborough-street, acted, did
for the time very materially check the evil, but
unfortunately his decisions had been overruled by
the Middlesex magistrates, and the " old scenes''
of the Haymarket were now re-enacted with
greater effrontry than ever. Following upon this
state of things property in the neighbourhood bad been
seriously depreciated, while the moral aspect of the Goes"
tion was such as to be greatly deplored.
Mr. BRUCE, in reply, said that the inhabitants of a
district had a perfect right to call on the Leg's'
lature to put a stop to any open scandal and evil which
affected the interests of the community. The difficultY
was this—and those who had studied the question At
all were fully aware of it—bow to make the law euifi•
ciently stringent without making it too stringent. They
could not, of course, make a special law for the
district which the deputation more particlarlY
represented, because any legislation which Was
attempted must be of universal application. They
had asked him to introduce legislation for the refreshment.
houses. They would admit, of course, that there WAS
a very large number of these houses which
were conducted with propriety and innocuous'''.
it did also happen that there were many
so conducted as to be a source of mischief and miser'''.
They proposed that action should be taken in three ways'
first, that there should be an alteration in the hours. lie
had no desire to conceal his opinion, and he would say the,t
he believed one of the most important reforms wbieh
~
could be effected would be an alteration in the hours, 11°
only of refreshment-houses, but of alehouses and beer.
houses. He thought that a limitation of the hours—esPe•
cially at night-- would be most beneficial. It Was
matter for the Government seriously to incluir,i
how they could apply that principle to it'
houses indiscriminately. They asked, secondly, that the
refreshment houses should be so placed that the police
should have power to enter them at all hours. lie could
assure them that that proposal should have his best On'
siderations. He had had many representations from the
police as to the state of a number of these houses, and the
case was now under the anxious consideration of tb•
Covermbent, that they might see how far further legir
laeion in that direction ought to be promoted. Thel
suggested, thirdly, the amendment of the law so thst
persons who harboured prostitutes and improper Persons
could be fitly punished. Mr. Bijow had stated with
great accuracy that this law was admininisteredt
very effectively by the interpretation which was put on
by Mr. Knox, and that interpretation was the one which wage
put upon it by all the most experienced magistre,tes°t
London. it seemed to him that the law, if administered
with good sense and vigour, ought to be sufficient. A't
any rate, there was extreme difficulty in carrying the Isty
further without doing that which it was not intended te
do, and which it would be unjust to do. He 133115 t
say that individually be thought—though, perhaP,'
his opinion was not worth much—Mr. JKl2ex
judgment perfectly sound. He considered the
evidence on which be convicted these persons quite
.
sufficient. He thought the evidence would carry convicttion to the mind of any -sensible person t"
these men were infringing the law. (Hear;
hear.) He did not pretend to be a grea
lawyer, and therefore did not pretend to say what ertul
be the result of the dispute between Mr. Knox and Si°ls
W. Bodkin. He had been considering how far it was
possible to go without doing more than was intended
Phe difficulty was to refrain from injuring P. ,
er,
fectly innocent people. If they went too far'
or there were cases of hardship, they would defeat the:,
own purpose. He had been considering the matter, Butc
he did know that it was impossible to do anything.
lie had not yet arrived at a satisfactory s°l.e
tion of the difficulty. He thought that 13111',115
liscussion on the matter would do -much.
thought the question of the refreshment-houses was one
with which they should deal when they were discuso'
the whole question of the licensing system. It was hardbi
possible during this session to introduce a bill to deal
specially with the refreshment-houses. Therefore be w°tlid
not deal with the question of hours, but be lourt
consider whether it was not possible to bring in u short
bill to deal with the question as raised by the conflicti7,
lecision of Mr. Knox and Sir William Bodkin. (Tether
hear.) The reason of his delay had been to see wbe
not
the good sense of the magistrates and judges could
settle the question without the necessity of introducing
a special measure. He could assure them that his sY
pat lies were entirely with them. The whole subiesc.t,°,.:
the refreshment-houses required the most careful cotiLiciileis
ration. No doubt great scandals did now arise. could
own part, and also on the part of the Government, he as
say that they were most desirous of removing tbe
they regarded such evils as a great stigma on their s
system.

Sir A. J. Selwin-Ibbetson, Bart., M.ro tog,'
.ranted permission to all the tenants on his Essex est 3
to destroy the rabits on their several farms.
re to
c()
It is now definitively settled that proceedings 3--
be taken against the Birmingham authorities who Were
corned in the arrest of Mr. Murph3.
"t i$
Mr. W. Bruce, barrister, of Leeds, is to be, wo
said, the first stipendiary magistrate for that borough.
Bruce is a relative of Mr. Baines, M.P. for Leeds.
TT,
SALE OF THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE'S 0/- ,p 0
CLUMBER.—The last of the Duke of Newcastle's li°r—ui
comprising brood mares, stallions, horses in training' au
es, were sold at Clumber on Friday,
•rearlino- ere
-.f a large assemblage, by Mr. E. Tattersall. Thereooo
Forty-three lots altogether, which made a little oer. ghost
guineas. The brood mares and foals brought the 111%tof
I,rices. One of the latter, Polynesia, by Kingston' el. 550
in the Pres:
Omoo, being bought by Mr. W. S. Crawford ro•
guineas, while several others were knocked down 14t
portionally high figures. 11
ti Of
THE BALLYHEGNE RIOTS. The prosecute
I'ls

the three policemen engaged in the Ballyhegne Ora) Al
se/ere,
resumed at the Causeway Session on FridaY•
additional witnesses were produced to prove that the,
to;
attack. made by the defendants on the crowd was
and unprovoked in the first instance, and that de{o viola _
was used sufficient to justify the firing. The endir;
were committed for trial, the magistrates The ~05e
until O'Hara is pronounced out of danger. The lug' a
on Campbell was opened at Cork on the same dal, gli
adjourned after formal evidence had been taken.
THE ELECTION DISTURBANCES AT NoTTISCIOA:
—Nine men, named John' Terry, William TaleY, iT°
°ll,
.Daley, William Swanwick, William Baxter, Tll
e°-:0'
Thompson, William Dritten, Samuel Stone, 3-1.1(1 George.
Weston, were taken before the Mayor a, „i
'ing magistrates at the Town Hall, Notting°.::
on Friday, charged with being concerned
jos'
he riotous proceedings which occurred in v3r was.
The ourt
ot
parts of the town during the election.
"rowded, and there was some excitement. -"le
Swanwick the evidence was not strong, and he ivagipy
charged. Terry and Thompson were remanded. •Il -,'
so ri: ilsv.ro,eig
and Baxter were bound over to keep the
months. The others were ordered to pay fines Orr a
from 30$. to 40s. or one month's imprisonment with 11°3
labour. Most of the prisoners were locked up in defiti.
of payment. Two summonses were granted by the own
strates against Mr. George Smith, a Conservative tovm
councillor, for assaults of an aggravated character core:
mitted by him during the election.
CONSCIENCE MONEY.—A strange story of " c°,ll;
science money" has just come out. A gpeneatleeernf
was once a member of Parliament, bought 3 1,.11:
quantity of United States' Bonds when they were 3'; -
.rery low price in the market. In that he bhewed a d'l'
retion which a good many others wish they had ex
`5
At the time when Five-Twenties were selling bel°w;n3g
most speculators in American Securities were 1)'1Y—"
Confederate Bonds—not a good investment. This i".
~.icular Englishman was wiser, hut when he beganV t,e,,
receivehi 6 per cent. interest his conscience sme'`'
departroeot,
In- He wrote to the Treasury
saying that he was willing to take half
th°
amount. The Treasury could not alter its arrange'
ments to accommodate him, so the Englishman settled the
matter in his own way. He sent a 1,000 dollar Five-Tire
bond and Seven-Thirty dollar coupons as a settlement for
the interest he considers lie has overdrawn. Ire dns,irr:
to share his interest with the Government in future. " •'-''''"„
Boutwell," we read, "has answered his letter, thank-W.6
him for his great generosity, and asking him to visl°
Washington in order that the matter pay be groged A 5
-..
be desires."..

MONEY INLA-RKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CI FY, Two O'CLOCK.

Consols improved to-day, at. 921 ! 1 for money ;
ditto, for Ac_:ount, 928 a ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 921 ; New Mee per Cents, 921 1 I ;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, alai
£5OO, 5 peal ; Bank of Eng!and Stock, 4 per
Cent. ,
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, ; ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per
per Cent., 921 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, —; ditto
under £l,OOO, 8 prem.
In Foreign Stocks Egyptian (1864) and Peruvian
have advanced 4, to 884 and 80. x, respectively, and
Italian at 561 to 561 are 1 higher. Mexican have
falle❑ 1 ; and Turkish Five per Cents. are a shade
weaker, at 121 to 12i, and 444 to 441 respectively.
Spanish are steady at 294 to 291.
United States Go' eminent are again firmer. The
Five-Twenies are 801 to S 01; and the Ten-For-
ties, 711 to 72. Illinois Railroad Shares have risen
1, to 951 ; Erie are 20 to 201 ; Atlantic and Great
Western are barely so firm. The Bonds are 25 to
251 ; and flirt Debentures, 28 to 29.
Railways have varied to the extent of 1 per cent.
London and North Western, South Eastern, Great
Western, Caledonian, and Great Northern are 1
lower ; and Metropolitan, Brighton, and Great
Eastern are 1 better.
Not much business is doing in Banking Shares,
and prices generally are steady.
The dealings in Miscellaneous Securities are
moderately active, and prices in some instances are
firmer. Anglo-American Telegraph is 4 eigher, at
30;1 to 214- ex div. ; National Discount is also better,
at 114 to 114.
There were no gold operations at the Bank
yesterday.
The following additional gold ships are an-
nounced to have sailed from Melbourne for Eng-
land :—The Great Britain, with 32,5000 z. ; the
Lincolnshire, with 9,1250 z. ; and the Jerusalem,
with 10,5000 z. ; making, with previous announce-
ments, a total of £663,500, of which about £350,000
is now due.

The Council of India will receive tenders on the
7di proximo for bills ou Calcutta and Alad;as to
the amount of £325,000.

An extraordinary meeting of the "Ilop Planters
Joint-Stock Company (Limited)" is convened for
the 25th inst., at Maidstone, for the purpose of
considering the position of the company, and of
adopting such resolution or resolutions thereon as
may be considered necessary or advisable, and the
meeting shall approve."
It appears from a circular bearing the signatures
of Messrs. J. H. Browne, J. Watkin, and M. B
Lucas, that a private meeting of the bond and
debenture holders of the Atlantic and Great
Western Railway, who have deposited their secu-
rities with Messrs. Morgan and Co., under the
agreement of the 15th of May, 1869, will be held
at the London Tavern on Tuesday next, the 22d
inst., at one o'clock in the afternoon, when a short
statement will be made as to the present position
of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway in
connection with the lease to the Erie Railway
Company.
The colonial produce markets this week are with-
out important change. Arrivals have been rather
large and the stocks are ample. At the public
sale of coffee by the Netherlands Trading Com-
pany on Wednesday, rather more than one-third of
the quantity offered was taken at the valuations.
The refiners have taken large supplies of West
India sugar at full rates to 6d. per cwt. advance.
Other kinds are without alteration, and low brown
attracts partial attention. The tea market has been
rather quiet, but the common grades of congou in
the public sales have about supported last week's
prices.
A deputation from the Council of Foreign Bond-
holders and the V enczulean Committee waited on
the Earl of Clarendon at the Foreign-office on
Thursday, on the subject of Mr. Eastwick's mis-
sion, which is of a conciliatory character, in response
to the invitatio❑ cf the Venezuelan Government,
and asked for the co-operation of her Majesty's
Government in support of the claims of the bond-
holders. Lord Clarendon said the British Govern-
ment was ready to give every assistance in this
matter within the pale of anything which the House
of Commons and public opinion would support.
He considered the mission of Mr. Eastwick a very
proper and judicious measure. In promising that
co-operation which was his duty, he was anxious
that no misapprehension should exist as to its nature
and extent, and he proposed, therefore, that Mr.
Eastwick should state what assistance he required
in a letter on which his lordship could found his in-
structions.

It has been intimated that the warrants for the
interest on the Metropolitan District Railways De-
benture stock, falling due on the Ist of July, will
be made payable at Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie,
and Co.

At the meeting of the Northern Railway of
Buenos Ayres Company the report of the directors
was adopted. It showed a balance on the net re-
venue account on the 31st December last of £17,133
19s. 3d.

According to the Manchester Examiner the failure
lately rumoured of a Mexican house appears to be
that of Messrs. M. M. Chaberet and Co. The lia-
bilities are considerable, and it is said from £20,000
to £25,000 will fall in Mlnchester, and a consider-
able amount in London and Paris.

BRITISTI FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 pep;Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account, July 7
3 per Cent. Reduced 921 i
Niw 3 per Cent
New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. ‘ per Cen Jau .187 3
Ltinttities, SO yre, expire sth Jan., 1880.
po. for 30 yrs expire sth April 1885 --
DO (Red Seta Telet,raph), Aug., 1908 —
Exchoqur Bills, £1;000, 21 Ix 3 per Ct
Do £lOO, 4200 & 4500 par 3 d
Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent
De. opening
Os.uada 4 per Cent. Bonds
Inter-Colonial Uranium

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INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Hock, 104 per Cent., April 1879
Do. Opening, for Account —
Do. 5 per Cent..fuly, 1880
Do. 4 pec7 Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
Do. Eufaced Pape. 4 per CAnt.....„ 92i
Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1872 ....„„L —
Do. 51; per Cent. May 1879 —
DJ 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do do 1877 —
Do. do. . 18_81_ —

11-... Deb., 5 per Cent. Aug. 1873 —
Do. Bons, 4 per Cont., £l,000
Do. under £l.000
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, t per Cent
keitrian Bonds 5 per cent
Do. 1859 —
BrillHan 5 per Cent —
03. 41 per Cent. 1852 —
Do. do. 1838....
Do. do. 186
Do. do.,
18653 *********************
68k
Do. 6 per Cont., 186
tfo Account
82}
B it nos Ayres 6 per Cent.
Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 por Cent )
Cu')a., 6 pow. Cont.
()Alan 6 per Cent —
no. 41 per Cent —
Do. 3 per Cent,
l'o. 6 per eo,t. 1867 —
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
C lo nbian, 6 per Cent.
Danisn, 3 pilr Cent., 1825
Dau.,!•ian Principalities, 7 per Cent —
Do 8 por Cent., 1867
Equalor New Con.iolidated, 1 per Cent.
E,urtian, 7 per Cent...
Po Secoad Issue ............. .... ..
Do. 15‘q. Bonds
Do. f. 1.00 Bonds • ••••
Do. 1864
Do. Account
DJ. £llOO Bonds
1)0. /in Bonds
89
Do. 7 per Cent., 1068
Government Iteilwax Debentures
Groetc 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ea Coups —
Dr. Account ........... . • .
Do. Coupons • .
Do. Account
Gaateniala 5 per Cent .. —
Honduras Gov Rail. Loa 11., 10 p. Ct., all pd 86
ltJiian 5 pet Curt., 1865 —
Do. Account .
Do lastrenimana Railway —
lexicar. 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account
Do. 1869 —

J)o '; ('Pr Cont.. Angle-Frcm:ll . ~.. --
,iont,,A-iclwen a per Cent . —
;1,3-Irish imperial 5 per Cent
ev.• Granada l6l

Do 3 per Gen
Do. Doferred
Pa -uriac 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account •• 83 1

Do 44 per Cent. (Ut:'-arrou)
Do 1 per Gent., 1.862

Do A%.oCount -
Port. goose 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, /,'9,'6u,'2,'3
Do. do. 1P67 —
Do. do. Sel ip, ,C 2(; paid —
litusian 5 tor Cent., 1822, £St .....
Do 41 per Cent . 1850
Dn .1i pt,r Cent., 1860
Do 3 pot Cont., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do do, Strip —
1)o. Anglu-Dutch, 1864, £lOO bonds., —
Do. d,,. £Bl 15s. do -
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds _
Do. do £B4 155..d0
Di Nicolas llailvray
Sar liiiiiin a put Cola ---
Spanish 3 per Cen . —
Do. Ace' nut ...
Do. 1867
Do. Account - i
Do. New Deletion —
Do. Account
Do. Passive —
1)o. Coin. Cert. of Coup. not funded
Do. Account
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan —
Do Government, 1864
Do dc, 1868 -
Tur'rikh 6 per Cent-.
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858 —
Do Account „„, 661
Do £lOO Bonds —
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 —
Do Account
Do £lOl Bonds 691 -} I
Do 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1860 - 67}
Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Venezuela 3 per Cent. —
Do. Account
Do 6 per Cont., 1862
Do 6 per Cent. 1864 - —
Dividends on the above payable in Losoon.
Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 4} per cent., Ex. 25f.
Ditch Z-i. per (lent. Ex. 12 GO ~ ss}
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... B6l

Do. Account
Fronch Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 23f.
Itqliab. 6 per Cent. 1831, E. 25f.
DJ Account 551 i
CLOSING PRICES.
Jonsols, Money O2l xd
Do. Account, July 7

POLICE IA TELLIG EN CE.-7 his Day.

THAMES.

AN IMPUDENT ROBBEICY.—CharIes Hardy, aged 19, was
charged with stealing 12 pairs of socks from a box outside,
the shop of Mr. William Houghton, draper, of No. 12,
Hereford-place, Commercial-road, East. The prosecutor
received information that the prisoner had opened a box
i❑ frcnt of the shop, and helped himself to a parcel of
socks. Mr. Houghton left his shop and looked out. Ito
s tw the prisoner running away with the socks, and pur-
sued him. The prisoner was soon overtaken with the
socks in his possession,and given into custody. The socks
were valued at 4s.
George Osborne, a police-constable, No. 43, K li, said
he had long known the prisoner " hanging about the Co.n-
mercial-roa d."
The prisoner, a wretched-looking youth, wi h the ap-
pearance of want and in a weak'y condition, said he was
d-stitute, cud had no work or the m?ans of procuring a
meal. It was his first offence.
Mr. Paget directed inquiries to be made about the pri-
soner, and remanded him for a week.
FEMALE HIGHWAY ROBBERS.— Caroline Hearod, aged
36 years, Mary Ann White, 27, and Mary Ann Holland,
S 2, were charged with stealing four half-crowns front the
person of an Italian seaman, who gave the name of Charles
Brown. Ho was on his way in the Comm3rcial-road at
half-past two o'clock this trimming, and was accosted by
the prisoner Hearod near Dorset-street, and entered int,
conversation with him and made proposals, which he re-
jected. The other prisoners then joined them, and he
made an attempt to got rid of their company, and
said ho wanted to go home to Li nehouse. They
all began dancing around him, and regularly
encircled him. He suspected robb)ry was their intention,
and endeavoured to tear himself away from their too fond
armF, when Hearod put her hand in his waistcoat pocket
and abstracted four half crowns from it. The Italian
seized her and struggled with her. Tire other prisoners
then commenced dragging her away from the sailor, and
released her. The sailor seized her again and clung to
her, and called out "Police" and "Murder." A police-
constable named Charles Brown, the same name as that
assumed by the Italian, came up and took the prisoner
Hearod into custody. Sh,3 made a determined but ineffec-
tual resistance. The other prisoners escaped into a ques-
tionable house, and were soon captured. A silver coin
was found on each prisoner, but no half-crowns. They
are old offenders, and have all been convicted for robbing
sailors in the streets and elsewhere. 7'h 4y made loud
protestations of innocence.
Mr. Paget committed them all for trial at the next
Clerkenwell sessions.