The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-26 00:00:00

BANK OF FRANOE

PARIS, Oct. 24.
The following is the return of the Bank of Francs
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

DiBTOR.
Oct. 24.
fr. e.
182,500,000

Oct. 17.

Capital of the Bank.,
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
Juno 9, 1857)
Reserve of the Bank

182,500,000 --

7,014,776 02

7,044,776 02

22,105,750 14

22,105,750 14

and its branches
Reserve of landod pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
"rotes in circulation 1,145,048,175 1,149,732,325
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight
Treasury account cur-
ront creditor 84,621,016 40
Current account; Paris 303,458,024
Do. branch banks
Dividends payable 917,012 75
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last

31,345,752 31

38,632,751 08

84,692,317 75

278;942;589 28
40,663,636 -

.997;874 76

5,574,535 74

5,277,171 47

six months
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

1,093,802 80 1,093,802 80

8,766,483 90 9,371,811 41

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Businebs
dene.

911 311 2

321 2

114 i

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81
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1171 1 1
331

431
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103 105
107 10?
107 108
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VIE SUN. LONOONr SATUR OA Y EVEN G, OCTOBER 2% 1867.

C O:VS ER 1 /S3l J T COVEN TR Y.

COVENTRY, Friday.
Last evening the "innti;-,:uraldinner" of the Work-
-1 ing Men's Conservative AsA:teiation of this city took
place in the Corn-exchange. It was also arranged
that this should be the occasion for " celebrating the
passing of the Reform Bill, and to afford the Con-
, servatives of this city and the neighbourhood an op-
portunity of expressing their approval of the do-
mestic and foreign policy of Lord Derby's Govern-
ment." Nearly 600 were present, a very large
proportion of the a3semblx,e being what is called
" woiking Inn." Tili? exchange was fillA, and it
was stated that but for that cireunritance many
more tickets could have been sold.
At the cross-table there were some of the princi-
pal residents of the city ; the Right Hon. C. B.
Aciderley, M.P., presided, and on his right and left
were Mr. D. Bromley and Mr. Wise, county mem-
bers, and Mr. Eaton, one of the members for the
city. The presence of Mr. Ferrand had been an-
nounced, but the lion. gentleman did not attend.
The usual loyal toasts having been given, that of
" The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese" was ac-
knowledged by the Rev. R. 11. Baynes, rector of St.
Michael's.

Mr. Alderman LINES proposed " The Earl of
Derby and her Majesty's Ministers." He said Lord
Derby, the Premier, stood " head and shoulders"
above any other man in the House of Peers in fit-
ness for his post, and Mr. Disraeli was one of the
greatest men of the 19th century. He congratu-
lated those present on the fact that this was the
largest political dinner that had ever taken place in
Coventry.

The Right Hon. C. B. ADDEELILY, on rising to
respond, was received with loud cheers. lle said—
It does my heart good to hear the toast of Lord
Derby and her Majesty's Ministers, among whom I
humbly sQrve, so heartily received by at least 600
of the good men of Coventry, to say nothing of the
galaxy of beauty which in largo numbers surrounds
them in the gallery. I can say with perfect con-
fidence that there is nothing more to Lord Derby's
heart and nothing that his colleagues attach more
importance to than such associations as the present.
(Hear, hear.) A similar institution in Birming-
ham made me their medium of inviting Mr. Dis-
raeli a few weeks ago to a banquet which they pro-
posed in the Town-hall. Mr. Disraeli's answer,
which was cordial, as it should be, was that he was
prevented from any possibility of accepting their
magnificent invitation at the present moment, but
that ho hoped before long to have the honour of
being their guest. (Cheers.) I saw Sir John
Pakington this morning at Stoneleigb, and he told
me that he had a similar invitation from a similar
association in the city of York, which be is about
to attend in a few days from the present time. I

will now propose what is really the toast of the
evening, " Success to the Coventty Working Men's
Liberal-Conservative Association." (Loud Cheers.)
This class of associations arc springing up—recently
it is true, but yet vigorously and increasingly—in
all the principal towns and cities of this kingdom.
(Hear, hear.) Not only so, but they are springing
up entirely of their own accord, and without any
external influences. By this they show two things.
First, they express a genuine feeling felt throughout
the country ; and in the second place they, by the
occasion on which they have sprung up, express a
special protest against what is going on. The
feeling that they so express is the feeling of Con-
servatism throughout this country, the love of order,
the reserve of the Celtic principle, the feeling of
common sense which animates Englishmen pos-
sessing the most enviable institutions in the world,
that it is better to leave good alone, and that when
they are happy they do not wish for a change.
(Hear.) I recollect once putting this question to
Mr. Cobden, " Do you not confess that the tendency
of Englishmen is Conservative ?" His answer was,
" Conservative is an expression hardly strong enough;
they are Chinese" ("hear, hear, and laughter)—
" and if our great grandmothers had put our grand-
fathers' infant feet into small shoes we should do
the saute." (Hear, hear," and laughter.) I ventured
a joke upon the occasion, and said we should have
another corn law in that case. (Laughter.) He did
not take the joke—he was a practical man—but
he was perfectly justified in the opinion which he
expressed that there is no nation, and justly and
reasonably so, which is so tenacious of its oar's habits
and institutions. (Hear, hear.) So much for the
feeling which is expressed by these great associa-
tions. We have bad Conservative associations for a
long time, but there must be something special which
has called into existence associations such as the
present. (Hear, hear.) This something is what I
call a protest against what is going on. The associa-
tions protest against that sham Liberalism which
has for some time been bawling about the country
—(laughter)—in the name of the people of England,
and especially in the name of the artisans and the
working classes. (Hear, hear.) These working
men's associations protest that the sham Liberals
have taken their names in vain and without their
consent—(hear, hear)—that they arc a narrow clique
of agitators who inscribe the name of the people
upon their brazen trumpets. (Cheers. " The great
people of England," says Mr. Beales, " must have
the public parks for their own use," notwithstanding
that the real people of England, when they have
spoken for themselves about public parks, protest
that they don't wish those parks for their own
particular purposes. " The people of England,',
says Mr. Bright, " must wrench their rights from a
hostile aristocracy," no matter the fact that all the
real people of England know perfectly well that
the people are with the aristocracy, and that the
aristocracy are of the people. (Hear, hear.) These
men inflate their class cant to assume a national
dimension, and by imputing to their opponents all
the vices which are common to human nature they
have gradually acquired all the egotism and into-
lerance which have spread bitterness and rancour
and animosity throughout the country generally.
(Cheers.) There is nothing so .overbearing either
in religion or in politics as our " one-eyed" Re-
former—(hear, and laughter)—who claims to him-
self all the public virtues and all the wisdom in the
country, and who cannot conceive it possible that
anybody else should either wish or do anything for
his country's good, unless through his own parti-
cular view. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) There are :
two great parties in the country —one iu favour of
conservatism of what is, and the other who go in
for progress and change. (Hear, hear.) The object
of these associations is to protest against the non-
sensical idea that there is any class in this country
which can claim to itself all the virtue and patrio-
tism, or that there is any other class which has all
the prejudice•and the folly of this country. (Hear.)
In all the party straggles which this country has
yet seen there has been a spirit above all parties—
a spirit of patriotism, which in diffeeent views has
animated both. (Hear, hear.) The revolutions in
English history have never been long subversive,
but have been nothing mese than the birth struggles
of fresh generations of hereditary freemen among
us. (Cheers.) Mr. Cobden in the corn law agitation
said he did not believe the difficulty would result in
revolution, for the reason that the aristocracy of
this country always knew when to give way. (Hear.)
It has been the same in the agitation for electoral
reform. (hear, hear.) Mr. Bright, in one of his i
recent speeches, said that for five and twenty
years he had believed himself to be pressing on in
an undeviating line for the public good, but had
yet found all the world running up against him.
(Laughter.) The intoxication of egotism produces
the same effect that is commonly observed in con-
nexion
with the intoxication produced by physical
alcohol—the victim of such intoxication iteagint s
not that he is falling down, but that the paving,
stones rise up and strike him. (Laughter.) The Con-
servative party have passed a bill for the country at
large which the professed Liberals wanted to secure
for one class alone, and, having done so, the Re-
formers at once turned round and blamed them for
having passed the measure at all. I believe that '
the most fortunate thing that could have happened
in the course of such a great question in this coun-
try is that the question has not been settled by the
victory of parties seeking power, but by concession;
on the part of the power itself. The right hon.
gentleman having alluded to the American question,
concludal by saying—lt is all very well for parties

SHERIFFS' COUR F.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.)
DYER V. FILLET.

MITCHELL V. PRINCE.

Plaintiff uonsuited accordingly.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

to struggle against the other in this great and free
country, but depend upon it that these Woi
Alen's Liberal Conservative Associations have hit
upon the right idea, which is that there exist certain
parties who may discuss various questions; in the
proper Chamber of debate for the interests of the
country, but that there L; one party supreme over all
--the great party of our common country. (Cheers.)
After various other toasts, the proceedings termi-
nated at a late hour, having been of a most enthu-
siastic character throughout.

LAW INTELLIGENOE,—This Day.

This was an action to recover for the hire of
four carriages and pairs, defendant having paid a
sum on account, which he alleged was agreed upon.
Plaintiff said that he was a job-master, and de-
fendant acted in the, same capacity, and upon a
certain occasion defendant hired four carriages and
pairs for a wedding. He arranged to keep them a
certain time, from three to four hours, but ho did
keep them six hours. He paid £6 when he hired
the carriages. This was not at all reasonable, con-
sidering the time he kept them.

Defendant said that he agreed with plaintiff to
pay so much for the job, and he was not tied down
to three hours. The fact was that the wedding
party wanted a drive after coming out of church,
and they were taken round the suburbs.

One of the coachmen was called, and deposed
that he drove to the house from which the wedding
party started at half-past 9 in the morning.
His Honour—Well, how long did the wedding
last

Coachman—l hardly know.
His Honour—l suppose it did not last from half
past nine till 12 o'clock ?

Coachman—l think not. After the wedding the
parties wanted a drive, and they were driven about.
Defendant—Of course we could not drive a
wedding party about the streets of Loudon, and it
had been arranged that they should go a little way
out.

His Honour asked plaintiff what time was agreed
upon ?

Plaintiff—From three to four hours, and they
kept the carriages six.

His Honour thought the charges were not un-
reasonable, considering the time the vehicles had
been kept ; but as there was some dispute about
one of the carriage windows being broken, the case
must b 3 adjourned for evidence upon that point
only.

This was an action to recover ls. 81., or what is

familiarly known iu the trade as grinding money,
and his honour remarked at the opening of the
case that he hal decided in favour of the men upon
this question.
On the part of the d.:;fendant, however, it was
urged that since the introduction of the hour
system the relations of the employers and employed
were materially altered, and that under the new
regulations the workmen were not entitled to re-
cover grinding money.
His Honour considered that there was a great
deal of force in this suggestion, observing that if a
man were paid by the hour it .would be very un-
reasonable to give him payment for two and a half
hours labour not supplied.

Plaintiff contended that it had been the custom
of the building trade to pay this grinding money,
and it was a custom that was reasonable, for when
a man had worked upon a job for some time his
tools got out of order, and it was necessary that he
should put them straight before going to work at
another job. If the man discharged himself, then
he could not be entitled to grinding money, but if
he were discharged he would be.

It was stated, in answer to the Court, that some

firms paid this grinding money un ler the hour
system, and others refused.

ilia Honour was clearly of opinion that, as
a matter of law, the plaintiff nail not recover
this money. It had been proved to the Court that

the men might terminate an engagement at any
period of the day, and it would be most unreason-
able to allow grinding money when the hiring was
au hourly one. Plaintiff must be nonsuited.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

CHARGE OF CRUELTY TO A HORSE. —William
Sibley, a cab driver, who was charged a few dEys
ago with robbing a female named Margaret Thomp-
son of a purse containing 255., while in a cab in
Swallow-street, Regent-street, and also with cruelty
to a horse, was again brought before Mr. Knox, the
prisoner having been remanded for the attendance
of the female, and that the owner of the horse
might be summoned for sending the horse out in an
unfit state for work.

Mr. Sayer, from the office of Mr. E. Lewis, of
Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the defence,
and an officer of the Royal Society for the Preven-
tion of Cruelty to Animals watched the case.
The charge of robbery against the driver broke
down ; the female, who was in a state of intoxica-
tion on the morning in question, not being able to
state positively whether she was robbed in the cab
at the time the constable (Allwood, 186 C) saw the
prisoner in the cab with the female, or at an earlier
hour.

The charge of cruelty against the owner, Mr.
Thomas Hall, a cab proprietor, and the prisoner
Sibley, was then gone into, when Mr. Cherry, the
Government veterinary surgeon, gave a description
of the shocking condition of the horse, which was
blind of both eyes, weak, had several sores, and bore
marks of recent severe flogging, there being several
cuts on the horse's legs, with blood on them.
Mr. Sayer, on the part of the owner of the horse,
said he was willing to have the horse killed.
Mr. Knox said that on the last occasion some
gutta percha thongs found on the prisoner were
produced. It was a shocking thing to find a poor
blind old horse put into a vehiele and whipped with
thongs like those produced. On the understanding
that the horse was to be destroyed, he would not in-
flict imprisonment on the owner, but he would have
to pay a fine of 5.5 or a mouth, and the driver
would be discharged from the felony, but be com-
mitted for a month with hard labour for the cruelty.