The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-15 00:00:00

Restriction of the Hems of Labou:

The bill before Parliament, introduced hY
'l."-
Spencer Walpole, Lord John .Manners, and „
John Pakington, which treats directly of the hour'
of work, is at present before a select committee:
In it the Government propose that no child udo-
Unite
the age of eight years shall be employed in nll
-
" handicraft " whatever throughout the
Kingdom, " handicraft" bein
understood to mean
"any manual labour exercised by way of trade or
for purposes of gain in, or incidental to, the rnahiel
any article or part of an article, or in, or incident 3
to, the altering, repairing, or ornamenting r•
g
article." No child under 13 shall be employed °ll,
one day in any handicraft except for a period of
11:°'
more than 6i hours, and such employment shall talLcia
place between the hours of six in the morning an
eight at night. No young man under the age
of 18, and no woman, shall be employed in 31-11
handicraft during any period of twenty-four het4
ode
for more than twelve hours, with intervening perieci.,
for taking meals and rest, amounting in the whole
to not less than one hour and a half, and, with cer-
tain exceptions in the case of male young persons,
such employment shall take place only between the
hours of six in the morning and nine at night. -S°
child, young person, or woman, is to be employed
in any handicraft after two o'clock on SaturdaY
afternoon. The penalties are tines on the occupier
of the workshop, or on the parent of, or the person
deriving any direct benefit from the labour of, or
having the control of, the child, young person, or
woman employed. Officers of local authority will
have the power to examine workshops, &c., on com-
plaints being made as to their defective sanitary eon'
dition. The bill also contains a provision enforeie
ngs
the employment of a fan or other mechanical meak_
for the prevention of the inhalation of dust by wet.
men in processes of grinding. The act, it is pro:
posed, shall come into operation on the first ed•
January, 1868. In letter-press printing, and in an!
is watele,
workshop in which the mechanical power
and in any workshop or class of workshops kith re"
spect to which one of her Majesty's principal ger;cl
tarics of state certifies by license under his baby
that it has been proved to his satisfaction that' or
reason of the nature of the business, it is neeesta
to carry on the same throughout the night, its
the
be lawful to employ male young persons during .cii
night, "subject to the same intervals of rest
may be allowed during the day, and subject te,t. the
provision that no young person employed durin'a „10,
night shall be employed during either the pr cc
ers
0150
or succeeding day, and that no male young any
shall be employed for more than six nights in
fortnight.
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SAD DEATH THROUGH CARELESSNESS.-----6' 0
fpl lo rol
questliselivot gas held yesterday at the University eollegt
following
about
the body of a young woman named gargle
diatr
e2eoaiynegaresi
circumstances.
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nwo
eheo. lostlt her lifeea u a ti ° l• 1',.,.0
pweo nhmet ea In' the Carthat the
young
awAarsmsat,anodorinngerat
of theilo
whaler
nodf_et3frere.
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floor a lighted splinter. Th
n a parson, after lighting his pipe,
square, threly °k.i.os
the
fire young woman s ,
of e
fire she was instantly in flames, and rushed Ott` A gr.
house. She was pulled back into the house, ali''' tio,..
Short, greengrocer in the street, succeeded ill e%OO
guishi a the flames. The young woman Was at once t'`l'd 6
to theng
few University College Hospital, where she elcPtreueot
wa hours afterwards, having been sadly burnt. Ali ingoer,
whsen held yesterday by Mr. Hardwick, the deputy coro
a verdict of accidental death was recorded. .60
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Company's
WEST INDIES.—The West India and P9ecti -0
Mersey yesterday. Her advic•es are—from
theompany's steamer Colombian,'Captain Baker, are° the
Colop t° of
two days later than the mail now due. She
19th of May, Kingston, 23d, and Port-au-Prince, ‘251,b: 30
paassengers, among whom were the Archbishop obfririlgrll9Ol:locl
C pt. Evans, 6th Regiment, and a large cargo. Yells:
the
fever had disappeared from Colon and Panama, it° qibe
rainy season had set in just before the steamer left' to,ja
prospects of a good crop of coffee iu the Blue 31°,,L113,'n-
district of Jamaica were very good, but rains Were "-c'ciis-
ningto be much needed; similar reports from othervo to,
tricts. The sugar crop was not expected to be ab° s re-
average. Great discontent prevailed among all 0106°, a•
specting the now house tax, and the increased tax on lam
yellow fever had left Port Royal, but still prevailed O' pr.
Up Park Barracks, where the death of Dr. Fordes 'sto.
ported. Ex-President Geffard had arrived fro .I'° •or
Prince, and intended leaving with the English mail 4°ll/44
on the 26th of May. At Port-au-Prince all WO repo 0
f a
quiet throughout the island. Salnave was at the
head it
provisional Government under the title of plrect°l.• that he
was the desire of the people, and it was expected
would accept the presidency. -pboto-
- AT PARKINS AND GOTTO'S---- ion-
graphics Albums, a choice of 3,010; patch-boxes,des l'irr'bi-o-t.
cases, dressing-Oasis, travellieg-bags, sol, 03,-
ting-books, ink-stands, desk., book-slides, work-boas.
sta.
caddies, hand-bags and reticuPs, card-cases, parses' ps.
At Tr°.
tionery cabinets, sceat-b3t:les, albu.ns for postage 'l'
c-ests, &a ; cigar-aces, card-baskets. poeket-books, e1e°.,,0,
OA and elegantly-mounted articles. J3ibles, Prayer-b,:v25,
and Church Seivices, iu every t;pe, Par%ins and Gott
_OO
Oxford street. The public supplied at wholesale prICCO It
the largest Stock in London.

MONEY- MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCR,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

In the general discount market there has been
rather more activity owing to an increased demand
for accommodation. The supplies of capital on
Offer, however, are ample for all legitimate purposes,
and the rates charged for the negociation of first-
class short-dated paper remains at 2-a- per cent.
A. further influx of £97,000 in gold was taken to
the Bank of England yesterday.
The Peru has arrived from Valparaiso with specie
to the amount of £lB,OOO.

The liquidators of the Imperial Mercantile Credit
Association have issued a report, in which they
state that the liabilities, calls, and engagements at
the date of the stoppage (May 11, 1866,) amounted
to £4,654,443, and the asicts of all descriptions
Stood in the books at the sum of £5,397,946, show-
ing a nominal surplus of £743,503. On the 11th
Alay, 1867, the liabilities were £1,740,521, and the
assets £3,014,623, showing a nominal surplus of
£1,274,102. A meeting of the contributories will
be held on the 25th instant.

Atlantic and Great IVestern Railway Debentures
remain steady at 31 33, and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds at 25 26.

The specie movements during the past week have
been on a rather limited scale, notwithstanding
arrivals from Australia and the West Indies and
Pacific. The imports have amounted to about
£401,389, including £16,000 from New York by
the Hansa, £21,000 by the City of Baltimore,
98,584 from Australia by the Yorkshire, and
£65,684 by the Holmesdale. The Peru, from
Valparaiso, has arrived, with £lB,OOO, and the
Atrato, from the West Indies and Pacific, with
£162,192. The exports have been £7,500 to the
Brazils, by the Onaeda ; and there have been remit-
tances to the Continent, through private sources,
estimated at £31,216, the total amounting to
38,716.

The mail from Guayaquil has brought a re-
mittance of £1,092 17s. sd. on account of the divi-
dend on the debt of Ecuador. _ _

The following is an extract from a letter received
14th June, 1867, dated La Guayra, 25th May, 1867,
with regard to the Venezula debt We have
nothing new to communicate in regard to the collec-
tion of export duties, but have to advise you that
Congress, after reducing the present tariff of import
duties of all articles of first
.necessity, has decreed a
further reduction of export duties on produce to a
mere 4 per cent. ad valorem, beginning from the
48t October next.--(Signed) IL L. BOULTON and
C 0.,,

Two o'CLocI.

According to Reuter's telegram this morning,
the French Rentes were 70f. 37c. lleavy—inani-

At the close of business yesterday Consols were
,
Per cent. higher, but to-day there have been a
few sales, and the reaction of k has ensued. The
latest prices, therefore, are 941 for money, and
94 I for the account.
Foreign Stocks generally exhibit a slight decline.
Spanish Passive have receded 1, to 231 ; Certifi-
cates, 1, to 131 141; Turkish 5 per Cents, 1, to
344
; Mexican 1, to 161 17 ; Chilian Scrip, 1, to 111 ;
end the New Russian Railway Scrip,l, to 11, 1 dis.,
out Danubian Scrip has advanced 1 to 6, 4 dis.,
and Russian Loan Scrip 1, to 11 1 prem. Italian,
z'eltain at 518 521; and Greek, 151 4.
American Securities have been very little dealt in.
United States 5-20 Bonds are 731 ; Illinois, 79.1 ;
alld Eries are 1 better, at 391 401.
The New Threes, 931 1 ; Reduced Annuities,
X 34 a ; Exchequer Bills, 245. 265. for March ; and
'76% 213. for June ; Bank Stock, 253 ; Indian 5
1/4 Cents., 1098 ; and Enfaced 5 per Cents.,

Miscellaneous and Finance Shares have been
a shade flatter, Hudson's Bay Company being
dealt
in at 15k, and Viceroy of Egypt's Mortgage
t °all at 71, Credit Foncier of England at 31 3i,
444 General Credit at 5i G. Telegraph Con-
struction and Maintenance are firm at IG, and
~.
'llternational Financial at 3i.
business in the Railway Share Market has been
moderately active, and in a few instances prices
have
tended upwards. Great Western have ina-
k)„,ved 1, Metropolitan 1, Midland and North
eatern while South Eastern have declined
CrestY
Eastern and Great Northern each z 7 and
'righton 1.

The Foreign and Colonial lines show little
(•,}l4llge of importance. San Paulo are marked 171,
Central Argentine 118, East Indian 111 to 1118,
414 Great Indian Peninsula 1111.
Alliance
Shares have remained without alteration.
are dealt in at 16 17, London and West-
,rlster at 107 108, Oriental Bank Corporation have
"eclined to 431 44, and Union of London to 431.