The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-11 00:00:00

'THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1866

Royal Visit to a Brewery.

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, July 10.—We have had a fair de-
mand for yarn, but buyers of cloth object to the
upward tendency of prices, and where these are in-
sisted upon business is much restricted. In shipping
yarns there has been a very considerable business,
and in a majority of instances extreme prices have
been paid. Shippers both to India and to Germany
have been operating, and the latter with great free-
dom, at the full rates demanded by spinners. Some
classes of yarns are now scarce, and there is some
difficulty in prevailing upon spinners to enter fur-
ther orders for the present. Spinners, indeed, are
already deeply under contract both with yarns for
home consumption and export. This branch of the
market closes strong, with an upward tendency in
prices. In home trade yarns the market has been
strong, at the full prices of Friday last. In cloth
the market has been far less satisfactory. While
cotton and yarn keep up in price the buyers of cloth
appear determined to resist the upward tendency of
values in fabrics of all kinds, and will not go into
any operation of consequence, so that the business
has been small to-day, and prices nominal. Messrs.
John Slagg and Co. say of this branch of the mar-
ket :—" The continued high value of cotton, and
the long engagements of spinners and manufacturers
keep up prices of all sorts of goods. The demand,
however, is but on a small scale to-day, and if it
were not for the reasons given above we should
scarcely be able to retain the rates current last
week."

Theatrical Licenses and Regulations.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE

OF COMMONS.

The following is the full report of the Parliamentary
Committee appointed to inquire into the working of the
acts of Parliament for licensing and regulating theatres and
places of entertainment in Great Britain :
"I. As FAR AS RELATES TO THE METROPOLIS.

"Resolved—That it is the opinion of this committee :
"1. That the present system of double jurisdiction under
which theatres are licensed by the Lord Chamberlain, and
music-halls and other places of public entertainment by the
magistrates, is inconvenient and unsatisfactory.
"2. That the power of licensing of any house, room,
garden, or any other place kept for public dancing, music,
or other public entertainment of the like kind, hitherto
vested in the magistrates by the act 25 Geo. 11., c. 36, secs.
2 and 3, be transferred to the same authority, which may
be empowered to grant licences to theatres, so that the
entire regulation of theatres, music halls, and other places
of public entertainment be placed under one authority.
"3. That such power of licensing could not be efficiently
exercised by a subordinate authority, and that it is there-
fore desirable that it should be placed in the hands of an
officer of high position and dignity.
"4. That it is desirable that the department of the Lord
Chamberlain be so organised as to be able to deal with all
such places of public entertainment within the metropolis.
"5. That it is desirable that any Act of Parliament deal-
ing with the licensing of theatres, music halls, and other
places of entertainment should render compulsory the in-
spection and survey of such places, as regards the stability
of structure, due security against fire, ventilation, and
facility of ingress and egress ; and that the authority to
whom the licensing may be entrusted be required to frame
regulations from time to time for insuring the safety and
accommodation of the public, which regulations should re-
ceive the sanction of the Secretary of State and be laid
upon the table of the Rouse of Commons.
"6. That, apart from the question whether an identical
form of licence should or should not be given to theatres
and music halls, it is not desirable to continue the exist-
ing restrictions which prevent music halls from giving
theatrical entertainments.