The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, AIONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, ISM.

MARKETS.—This Day.

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MARK LAN b.

The wheat trade in the country markets held on Satur-
day ruled firm, and prices had an upward tendency. Good
and fine malting barley commanded high rates, and other
kinds of spring corn changed hands at fully late quota-
tions. The flour trade was firm, and prices wore somewhat
higher.
On the Continent the wheat trade is firm, and, in some
instances, a higher range of prices is established. ,At New
York the business doing in wheat and flour for export is
still limited.

But moderato supplies of English grain, &c., were re-
ceived up to our market last week. The imports from
abroad consisted of 30,755 quarters of wheat, 5,089 barley,
76,813 oats, 4,144 beaus, 7 tares, 10,038 linseed, 19,411 rape-
seed, 5,693 maize, BG3 sundries seeds, 2,887 sacks, and 2,151
barrels of flour.

The supply of English wheat received fresh up to this
morning's market was small, but the condition of the pro-
duce was tolerably good. The trade for all qualities ruled
firm, and prices advanced is to 2s per quarter.
The market was moderately supplied with foreign—
chiefly Russian and Prussian —wheat. There was a good
demand for nearly all qualitie, and ans improvement of ls.
per quarter took place in the quotations..

- Floating cargoes of wheat wore in request, and realised
is per quarter more money,

With barley the market was scantily supplied. For good
and fine malting qualities the trade was very firm at ad-
vancing rates. Other descriptions changed hands at fully
late rates.

Malt was firm, at quite late rates. There was a good
supply of oats on the stands. Nearly all qualities were in
steady request, and a full average business was transacted,
at fully late prices.

Beans were in short supply ; the trade was steady, on
former terms.

Peas supported last Monday's currency. The supply on
offer was small, and the demand ruled firm.
The flour trade was firm, and prices had an upward
tendency.
In mustard seed scarcely any business was transacted,
and prices ruled next to nominal.

Linseed met a slow sale, but rapeseed was very firm.
There was a good demand for cakes at rather more
money.

CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASVRII.

Wheat— Essex and Kent, red, old, per qr. 465 to 518
Do., old 56, 625
Do., white, old 63s 655
Do., new
Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —0
Do., new -s
Talavera
Bye—
Barley—Grinding
Malting 365 44s
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk
Brown
Kingstown and Ware
Chevalier 64s 67s
Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 195 26s
Potato
Youghal and Cork, black l9s 25s
Cork, white 228 278
Scotch, Feeding l9B 25s
Beans—Tick
Pigeons .... 46s 50s
Peas—Grey,
Maple
White
Boilers
Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b
Suffolk B2s 34s
Stockton and Norfolk
American, per barrel 2Bs 345
French, per sack 265 365

have operated freely in fine Australian and Cape qualities,
but inferior hands have been much neglected. A moderate
quantity of wool has been taken on French and German
account, but for export and America there has been but
little demand. Tho English wool trade is firm at full
prices. The imports into London last week consisted of
1,888 bales from the Cape of Good Hope, 1,908 Sydney,
and 1,067 bales from Odessa.

night and playing all manner of antics. A disorderly
crowd of men and boys were following him and shouting,
and he never saw a more disorderly scone on a Sunday
evening. Ho had some trouble to socure the prisoner, and
after ho was locked up he tore his clothes off his back
and was in a state of nudity. Ho was obliged to obtain other
garments from the workhouse before he could bring the
prisoner into court. He knew prlsouer to be a most profli-
gate and drunken fellow, and had been in custody repeatedly
for breaking windows and destroying property. The
parish in which the prisoner was sent him home to his
own country, and he returned and became a worse nuis-
ance than ever.

The prisoner muttered that ho was tipsy last night, and
did not know what ho was about.

Mr. Partridge—The prison diet for seven days will do
you good. You are committed to the House of Correction
for seven days.

A DANGEROUS THlEF.—Patrick Jones, a ferocious, ill-
conditioned, dirty fellow, 20 years of age, was charged
with garroting and attempting to rob a foreign saiior.
Inspector Dandy, of the II division, said there was no
prosecutor in this case, but he bagged leave to inform the
court that the prisoner was a very dangerous thief, and
was in custody a few nights ago for srtiking a woman, and
snatching her purse from her. It was a clear case, but
the woman would not prosecute, and he was set at liberty.
Isaac Pawsey, a police constable, No. 485 stated that
he was on duty last night in Ratcliffe-highway, and heard
cries of police in Palmer's Folly. A sailor and two women
were holding the prisoner, who struggled hard to escape.
The sailor stated that the prisoner and another man came
up to him, and one of them (the prisoner) seized him by
the neck and nearly strangled him, while the other put his
hand in his pocket and attempted to rob him, but fortu-
nately his money was in another pocket.

Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoner, and gave direc-
tions to the constable to summon the witnesses.

HACKNEY WORKHOUSE.

CHARGE OF INHUMANITY AGAINST THE
MASTER AND MATRON.

This morning at nine o'clock Mr. Humphreys, the Mid-
dlesex coroner, resumed the inquiry into the circum-
stances connected with the death of Thomas Nichols, aged
seven years, son of a ropemaker, residing in Silkhill-court,
Hackney-wick, at the Town-hall, Church-street, Hackney.
As on the previous occasion the inquiry caused con-
siderable excitement and interest, and the case was watched
by a number of vestrymen and guardians of the parish
with the keenest interest.

Mr. Daniels watched the case on behalf of the master
and matron, and Mr. J. J. Merriman, instructed by the
Rope and Twine Spinners Society, attended on behalf of
the parent of the deceased child.
It will be in the recollection of our readers that when
the inquiry was first opened on Friday last, the evidence
taken went to show that the deceased child was taken
with the symptoms of incipient cholera at about eight
o'clock on the previous Monday evening, it was at once
seen by Dr. Vinell, the parish surgeon, who at once wrote
an order for the child's admission into the " iron house,"
or building, and as a cholera ward for the union, and gave
it to Mr. Jones, one sub-inspector of tho sanitary commit-
tee to go with the father of the child, and see the order
carried out. The father carried the child on his back to
the workhouse, and on his arrival there both master and
matron refused to admit the child, and the assistant of the
house surgeon, who happened to be in the workhouse at
the time, ran out and fetched Dr. Summers, the district
medical officer, who lived close by, and who came directly,
and upon seeing the child, immediately gave a verbal order
to the matron for its admission, and finding that was not
attended to, he went into the porter's lodge and wrote an
order to the same effect, which ho gave to the matron,
who put it down on the bench, saying the master would
see it when ha came. When the master came he, too, re-
fused to take any notice of the orders of the medical dffi-
cars, his superiors, and insisted upon the child being taken
away, although it was alleged that there was plenty of
vacant beds, some seven or eight, in the cholera ward at
the time. The result was that the child gradually got
worse, and after having been kept waiting in the cold
drafty yard of the Union for three-quarters of an hour,
was sent off by the master a distance of about a mile and a
half in the Union cab to the German Hospital, where it
arrived at 20 minutes past ten, and was at once admitted
and attended to by the house surgeon, but his efforts to
save the child's life wore unavailing, as it died the next
morning.

Upon the opening of the inquiry the first witness exa-
mined was,
Mrs, Hitchcock, the nurse at the workhouse. Her evi-
dence corroborated that of the other witnesses detailed
above.

In cross-examination by Mr. Merriman, she said that
there was no resident medical officer, and it took about
three-quarters of an hour to send for Dr. Miller, the house-
surgeon. There were general instructions for the treat-
ment of cholera patients, and she would have treated the
case in question if she had been allowed.

By Mr. Ellis—l have seen many cholera patients, and I
think it was necessary to take the child and put him in
warm flannels and fomentations.

By Mr. Daniels—l send for Mr. Summers in all urgent
cases. He generally comes within about half-an-hour. 1
do not remember a case of a man dying of cholera not
being seen by a medical man. I recollect the case of the
man Cole, who died in the Union. I do not think it is
generally two or three hours before the medical officer
comes.

Aun Driscol, matron of the workhouse, was next sworn.
She deposed—l remember the child being brought on Mon-
day last, between its father and a female. I had the order
and took it to the master, who said it twist be sent to the
German Hospital. I told the porter to go and order the
fly, and be sent an old man. Fearing the old man would
not be quick enough, I ran up the front steps and unlocked
the private way, and said, "Be quick, my good man, be
quick." The female said to me when I got back to the
gateway, " What is to be done with this baby ?" and find-
ing it belonged to the same family, I asked the master
and he said, "Admit it at once," and I took it to a ward
and bad it attended to. Mr. Oxley said the other child
ought to be admitted, and I said I was carrying out the
orders of the master. He went and fetched Dr. Summers.
Dr. Summers said the child ought to be admitted, and went
into the porter's room, and came out with an order in his
hand and said, " Read this." I said I could not, the master
would see it when he came ; he would be there directly.
I could not read the order because I had not my glasses.
By the Coroner—The child was kept about 20 minutes
waiting.

By Mr. Ellis—Mr. Oxley, the nurse, and Dr. Summers
all three of whom said the child ought to be admitted at
once. Mr. Oxley spoke very sharply to me.
By Mr. Merriman—l am not bound to answer tho ques-
tion whether I and the nurse were on bad terms.

The caso was proceeding when we went to press.

State of Trade.

MANCHESTER, SEPT. 14.—We have had another
very qniet day in spinning yarns, with scarcely any
disposition for business, and to make sales lower
prices would have to be accepted. The flatness to-
day has been attributable mainly to the wetness of
the weather. Many people are holding back, owing
to the inclemency of the weather, or it is understood
a large business could be done for export. The home
trade yarn market is also quiet. There was an
improvement on Wednesday and yesterday, under
the influence of more genial weather, but to-day
the market has relapsed into dullness and depres-
sion. For cloths the market continues quiet, with
still the same reluctance among buyers to operate
as was reported on Tuesday. Some slight improve-
ment was manifested yesterday, and cloths are more
easily saleable, but there was scarcely any improve-
ment in price. To-day the market is as flat as at
any time during the week. There have been few
operations, and there is no quotable change in price
since Tuesday.