The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-02 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

A FRIGHTFUL PICTURE.—A shirtless and shoeless child,
with scarcely a rag to cover him, was, to the su pulse of all
present, charged before the presiding magistrate.
Mr. Arnold—What is this child's age ?
Policeman— Seven years.
Mr. Arnold—Are any of his fi:euds here ?
Policeman—His father is.

Mr. Zeboye, surgeon, Belgrave-road—l found this child
begging last evening at 8 o'clock, and looking at his age
and his condition, I thought it VCly pitiable, and, as an act
of charity, had him brought to the station.
Mr. Arnold—What has the child's father to say to this ?
The Father, a br:cl-layer,:namod Pendegrast —I can't do
no goof with the boy—he is always knock'ng about the
streets, and sleeps out for nights together.
Mr. AI cold—Have you any other children ?
Father —Three more —two younger than him.
Mr. Arnold—You might surely put a shire on the ch'ld

Father—lt wou'd be no good—it would soon all be to
rags, either iu the new building or down by the water
side.

Mr. Arnold —I shall. send this poor ch:ld to an industi:u
school for three years, and you will have to assist 5u main-
taining him.
Adjoemed for necessary arrangement.

MARKETS.--This Day.

HAY.

SMITHFIELD.-3.loadow hay, £3 Os to £1 10s; clover,
.£1 Os Od to £5 lbs Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 lOs per load.
Trade slow.

CUMBERLAND.—Moadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s Od; clover,
£4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 12s per load.
Demand inactive.

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s ; clover.
£4 Os Od to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 lOs per load.
Inquiry limited.

COLONIAL.

TEA.--Business has been very dull, the trade hav-
ing deferred their operations until to-day, when a large
quantity will be offered for public competition.
SUGAIL—The dealings in West India have been to
a moderate extent, and prices generally have remained
steady. In refined goods only a limited business has been
reported, at prices a shade under those previously current.
CoEFEE.—T he market has remained very dull, and in
some instances prices have slightly given way.
RlCE.—Only a moderate amount of business has been
reported, and cleaned descriptions are rather cheaper.
SALTPETRE.—There have been no sales of importance.
British refined remains at about previous quotations.

Visit ( f the Volunteers to Belgium.

Last evening the hon. secretaries of the Volunteer
Committee received a telegeam from Brussels stating
that at its sitting yesterday the Conseil Communal of
that city fixed the commencement of the anniversary
fetes, postponed from last month, for the 12th inst.,
and the reception of the foreign Riflemen for the
evening of the 11th. The Tir National will be
opened on the 12th, and the shooting and the enter-
tainments to wl•'ch the Volunteers are invited will
extend over several days. It is believed that the
reception of the Volunteers wi". be witnessed by the
King and Royal family; and it is skated to be the
intention of his Majesty to nominate the Lord Mayor
of London, Lord Elcho, Lord Spencer, and Colonel
Colville Commanders of the Order of Leopold. The
fetes will be even more splendid than was originally
intended ; and from the number of fresh applica-
tions for entry tickets it is believed that the Volun-
teers will muster in much greater force at Brussels
than they would have done if the visit had taken
place last month. Indeed such is the demand for
hotel accommodation that the hon. secretaries are
most anxious that Volunteers who have taken
tickets but cannot go should intimate the fr?l as
soon as possible by communication to the committee,
at their office, 79, Basinghall-street. Up to the
present time not a dozen of the entire number of
Volunteers who took tickets lastmonth have applied
for a return of their money. It has been determined
to close the lists at noon on Friday next. Accounts
received by the committee yesterday state that the
cholera has disappeared from Brussels.

THE NEW CONSERVANCY ACT.--Colonel E. W.
Harcourt (one of the Harcourts of Nuneham) has announced
his intention to become a candidate for the post of conser-
vator of the Thames under the new Thames Conservancy
Act. There are four elected members of the new board,
and Colonel Harcourt is the first in the field for the office.
The Emperor Napoleon has caused himself to be
inscribed as an exhibitor of the 10th class at the Great
Exhibition of 1867. That class comprises ameliorations of
the mord and physical state of man. His Majesty has
designed a model for a workman's house, which to lowness
of price unites all the accommodations desirable and the
conditions required by the public health. By paying a
moderate rent, one part of which would be devoted to a
kind of sinking fund, the tenant would in a few years
become the proprietor of the house, such being, in his
Majesty's opinion, ono of the surest methods of instilling
habits of order and economy in the working classes.
SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY.—The three
cables in the Channel, which were broken by ships'
anchors during the recent gales, have boon repaired, and
the telegraph communication between England and France,
and England and Belgium, is re-estabiished by all the
company's cables. It is deserving of notice that those
cables wore repaired in the course of ono week, showing
how easily telegraph cables can be repaired in suitable
weather, such as that which has prevailed during the last
PALIQ 9E ton days.