The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-07 00:00:00

BILLINGSGATE.

Turbots, 2s Gd to 25s ; Brills, 230 d to 10s each ; Salmon,
Os 0.1 to 03 0,1 per lb ; Cod Fish, 2s 0.1 to 15s each ; Soles, 6d
to 3,3 Gd per pair • Lout, Os 0(1 to Od por lb ; Lobsters, 2s to
3s Gd; Crabs, f-;eto 2s Gd; Whitings, 4s Gd to 12s per doz. ;
Common Oysters, 16s to 203 ; Natives, —s to 59s per bsh. ;
Mackerel, 6its to Os per 100; Smelts, is 0,1 to 3s 6:1 per doz.;
Skate, Gd to Od por lb; Shrimps, Os Gd to Os 0,1 per gallou ;
Bloaittis, 4s 0,1 to Fs Oil per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 83 Od
to Os per 100; Scotch do.' Od; Sprats, 03 Od to Os Od per
bushel; Doreys, 2s Od to 103 each ; Haddocks, 4s to 16s pei
doz. Pike, Gd ; Sturgeon, Gd per lb ; Prawns, 5s 0(1 to Os;
Mullets, is Od to 3s 6,1 each; Plaice, Od to Os each; Halibut,
Gd per lb ; Flounders, is Od to is Gd per doz. ; salt fish,
Od per lb ; Eels, 8d to !s; Carp, is to 5s ; Touch is to 5s
per brace; Gurnets, 04 to 03. ,
BREAD.

The prices of Wheaton broali;the metropolis are from
Si to B,d ; of Lous.)hold ditto, Gd to 7,id por 4 lb loaf.
HIDES AND SKINS
Narlcet hides, 561 b to 641 b 5d to —d ; 641 b to 721 b, 5d
to sid ; 721 b to 801b' 51(1 to d • 801 b to SSP°, riid tot.l,d ;
3Slb to 961 b, 5.1,d toN'd • 961 b to 1041 b, sid to Gd ; 10-41 b
to 1121 b, 61 to •up wards —d to —d ; horse hides,
104 0,1 to lls 0,1 C;t.;l skins, light, 33 01 to 5s 0(1 ; ditto
8s Od to 8s Gd ; Polled Sheep, 5s 63 to Ts 03 ; Keats,
48 61 to 5s d• Half-brods, is 61 to 5s 31; Downs, 3s 4d to
Is Od ; Lambs 3s to 5s 3d ; Shearlings, Os Od to N Od.

HAY MARKETS.
SMITHFIELD.-31oadow bay, 2/ 10s to 41 Os; clover,
31 53 to 51 OA; and straw, 1/ 5s to 11 103 per load.
A fair average supply, and a heavy
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow demsn 1.
hay, 21 83 to 1l 0.3; clover,
3l 83 to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 103 lor lead.
Supply moderate, and trade rather dull.
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WHITECEIAPEL.—Moadow hay, 2/ 103 to 4! 03 ; clover,
3/ 83 to 5/ Os ; and straw, 11 43 to I/ Os per load.
Both bay and straw sold slowly, at late rat; g!:,

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fel/ Jro iD REt`OIMA,
SCHOOL.

Tha annual meeting of thisinstitution, which
was established about fmir years ago, and is one of
the largest reformatory schools in the kingdom, was
held at Bristol on Wednesday last. The chair was
occupied by Mr. W. Miles, M.P., the president;
and among other friends of the reformatory move-
ment present were Dr. Elliott, the Dean of 13i istol ;
Miss Mary Carpenter, Mr. B. Baker, and Mr. W.
IVTaish. The report, read by Mr. Harteud, the lien.
secretary, spoke with satisfaction of the present
condition of the school and its progress during the
past year. The actual number of inmate.; on the
30th of September was 51. Of that number 39
were admitted during the preceding 12 months, and
as 27 had left in that period there was an increase
of 12 in the numl er of boys in the school. Of the
boys who had left the institution 8 had emigrated,
2 had been placed out in England, 6 had returned
to their friends, 1 had been discharged as in-
corrigible, 1 was discharged on medical grounds, 6
were transferred to other schools, 2 had absconded
and had not been recovered, and 1 had
died. Of the boys who had emigrated both
in the past and in previous years the com-
mittee had reason to speak with great satisfac-
tion, as also of the conduct of those who bad been
placed out with their approval in this country.
They could not speak so favourably of those who
had returned to their own homes. The principal
difficulties with which the superintendent and
t have had to contend had arisen, first, from.
VA) advanced age which many of the boys had at-
t tined before joining the school, in many cases just
short on the limits laid down by the Act of Parlia-
ment ; and, secondly, from the facilities for ab-
sconding afforded by the peculiar position of the
school, which were far from Wing adequately met
by the punishment allowed by the statutee--viz.,
three months' imprisonment, and that not in addi-
tion to the assigned period of detention. To meet
the first of these evils the committee have come to a
resolution not to admit any boy into the school whose
age at the time of conviction exceeds 13 years ;
and with the view of getting rid of the older boys,
they have applied a portion of their funds in pro-
moting their emigration in a considerable numbzx
of cases, taking advantage of an excellent open-
ing secured them by Miss Carpenter. The other
evil, they say, they can only hope to see effectually
counteracted by the setting apart of establishments
as distinctly penal reformatories, 'to which the re-
fractory inmates of other reformatories might be
transferred for the remainder of their original.
period of detention. The number of boys who had
absconded from the school—some of them as often
as three or four times—had been 17 during the last
year, of whom two had not been recovered. The
treasurer's receipts, including a balance in hand on
the let of October, 1856, of 4681. 18s. 5d., had
amounted to 1,5761. 18s. 7d. The sum received
from subscriptions and donations was 1771. 3s. ;
from. the Government, 8381. 53. ; and from the
parents of boys, 11/. 2s. 11d. The expenditure
was 1,1281. 15s. 9d., the average number of boys in
the school being 47—leaving a balance in hand of
448/. 2s. 10d. Since the making up of the ac-
counts several subscriptions had been received, and
there would likewise have to be added a sum from
'the Council of Education which last year was 1931.,
and about 1001. as a payment from the Somerset-
shire magistrates.

MARYLEBONE BOARD OP GUARDIANS.

ALLEGED CRUEL TREATMENT OF WORK.
HOUSE CHILDREN.

Yesterday the directors and guardians of the poor of
Afaryiebone met in the board-room of the workhouse,
Mr. Charle.g Beevor in the chair, for general business.
The report of a special committee was brought up in
reference to the alleged cruel treatment of two children
in the workhouse schools, the committee condemning the
conduct of the azsistant-schoolmistress for such conduct
towards the children, and urging that no power should
be given to inferior officers to chastise the children with-
out the knowledge and sanction of the superior officers
of the house.

The conduct of the assistant-schoolmistress, as ex-
plained by Ur. _Brooks, the chairman of the committee,
Mr. Nodes, Mr. Putter, and other members of the board,
was harsh in the extreme. It appeared that one. of the
children committed a slight offence at breakfast, for
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went to the bed, took the unprotected child up, and so
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The disclosures created much disgust and indignation
throughout the board, and

Mr: Churchwarden SODEN', after commenting upon
the harshness displayed in the outrage, urged that the
committee ought, under the circumstances here stated,
to consider such a person as the assistant-schoolmistress
entirely unfitted for the situation. (Hear, hear.)
Dr. BACHEIOFFNER, therefore, rose, and moved that
the assistant schoolmistress, Miss Rowland, should be
di4missed. (Much approbation.)
Mr. ENGLAND seconded the motion.

The RECTOR fully agree' in such a proposition.
The conduct of the asiietant schoolmistress he considered
unpardonable. (Rear.) If a governess, or servant, ill
his own household treated his children in such a manner,
dismissal would he the immediate result, and he would
deal with the caw of pauper children as with his own.
(Hear.)

Mr. BROOKS said that, although chairman of the cow
mittee, and having to side with the majority of such
committee in the report presented, yet he now felt bound
to acquiesce in the woman's dismissal. (Hear.)
Mr. Cols, Mr. Salmon, and others contended that
13110 a course would be too severe, as it would be the
ruin of the party accused if she was dismissed.
After some further discussion the question was put to
the vote, when the' motion for Rowland's dismissal wag
lost by a very similar majority on the opposite side as
carried the motion for merely " admonishing" the officers
concerned in the notorious woman-flogging case.
The decision, however, remains open for confirmation
or non-confirmation at die next meeting of the board.
The board then adjoured.

ALLEGED RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION AT Tg

ROYAL SEA BATHING INFIRMARY.

Ye,terelay, at the weekly meeting of the guardians of
the poor of St. Marylebone, hold in the Beard-room
of the workhouse, Marylebone-road, the question of
the recent alleged persecution'of inmates of the Royal
Sea _Bathing Infirmary, at Margate, on account of their
religious opinions (adjourned from the previous meeting)
was again the subject of a long and exciting discussion.
Mr. C. Beevor was in the chair, and the Rev. Cs Ts
Astley, the vicar of Margate, and the Rev. Mr. Tug Well,
the chaplain to the Infirmary, were present. The charge
made by a late inmate of the Infirmary, named Thomas
Conway, a Roman Catholic, was that there was a system
of proselytism pursued in the infirmary, and that he was
subject to such persecution because he would not attend
divine service and Protestant prayer, that he was obliged
to discharge himself and return to the workhouse.
Mr. BROOKS had moved and Mr. NODES seconded a
resolution t. the effect that the board, having duly in'
vestigated the subject, were of opinion that the state
merits in Conway's letter were not substantiated.
Mr. SALMON, who had moved the adjournment, c%;
pressed a desire to do nothing to injure so valuable and •
noble an institution as the Royal Sea Bathing In:
lirwary, but he could not shut his eyes to the fact
that it was proved that there was a rule compelling
every able inmate to attend divine service. Mores
over, since their last meeting, a letter had come to
light which proved that the rule not only existed but
was enforced. He read a letter dated the 24th of
September last, addressed to the secretary of the guar-
dians, from Mr". Cheelisfield, the secretary and superin-
tendent of the infirmary, calling for the immediate re-
moval of an inmate named John Massey, on account of
his refusal to attend divine service and morning and
evening prayer, in accordance with the rules of the in-
stitution. (Hear, hear.) He understood that Masser
was
,also d Roman Catholic. Mr. Salmon moved, ag
an amendment that the board were of opinion that
many of the statements of Thomas Conway bad been
disproved, but they consider a most intolerant rule
exists in the regulations of the Margate Sea Bathing
Infirmary ; anyl the board strongly recommend to
the directors of that valuable institution to rescind
without delay the rule directing and insisting, °II
pain of dismissal, the attendance upon forms of vi°T.
hip presented by the Established Church upon such
inmates who from conscientious objection, differ from
the doctrines of the Established ChuMh.
Mr. COLE seconded the amendment, and contended
that the same act of Parliament which prevented cum'
eulsory measures with regard to religious worship 111
ir,,rkhouses equally applied to those like the Margate
Infirmary.
The hey Mr. A STLEY and the Rev. Mr. Ttiovar-S
strongly protested against the assumption that the rule.. •
•,:a, enforced against those wl:o from scruples did 00"
Attend Divine service. Ile had teen Massey at praYerS'
lie did not know he was a Roman Catholic, but modal'
stood he called himself a Chat Us% •
Mr. TAVERNER denounced the importation of Masseiki
case ii,to the discussion, and, after a very warm dibcns-
stems in which thc rec:;,T, Mr. England, Dr. Bachloff"
tier, Mr. Sktiton, at,(l the rev. gentleman took part,
Mr. EnooKs replied, and called upon the board not tO
ilijare so valuolle a public institution by an adver°
vote.

Toe amendment FV33 ultimately carried on a divisii-13
by a majority of 9 to 8, on which
The Itev. Mr. ASTLEY excitedly congratulated the
board on their justice. He was called to order, an
s ibsequently made an apology.
013:1 the awe' dinent becoming the substantive
tio
tDr. BACHLIOFFNER moved to leave out the wor
"moat intolerant," and it was then carried as an "
ginal motion; and th p•oe3edinge terminated.

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