The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-28 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

Revelations of Prison Life ; with an Enquiry into
Prison Discipline and Secondary Punishments.
By George Laval Chesterton, Twenty-five years
Governor of the House of Correction, at Cold
Bath Fields. Hurst and Blackett.
A third and revised edition of an exceedingly
interesting work, reviewed a few months back
in the columns of The Sun, a work which fur_
nishes entertainment to the mere lover of excite-
ment, materials to the novelist and the romancist,
and useful information, together with practi-
cal suggestions, to the prison reformer,
Mr.
aand
philanthropist. A work to bo read by all, and
from which many pr.- gnant morals may readily be
eliminated. The author pronounces strongly in
tiatedin madethese
or,
sfbaoyvn ou. us rTa ofghae
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toofpf l
incompleteness,ta lerer t:Citei
nteysttalsbowsl itieatiiht
protection
however,no refutation,
-
tvould seem to contern-
lle
Theon t appropriate prison la-
wppb
contem-
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rm .
aalpltdeireformation
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the criminal by
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htfeo r
culpritatll
loifisiEndEariScrninviEentito. conviction he expiration of his term
ahteei
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to al l
the those
w permanentthattahuethore
is not to be
of a large class vievidently
lyexpresses
reformation
means of livelihood, and .convicts in this country'
hoped for. The class referred to
Rho have taken to depredation as a
obnese n a
nlong
flagitiousha bi tn-
retchedatifdaschineti
practices incidental to such a career (pp. 219).
The case of " nine-tenths" of this class he pro-
nounces " utterly hopeless." This is remark-
able, considering the quarter from which it
emanates ; Mr. Chesterton, though a strict disci-
plinarian, having shown himself throughout his
prolonged career, by no means one of those who
have lost all hope of the reformation of depraved
humanity, but rather a believer inthe doctrine that
the worst bas some good in him.

SIR JOHN M'NEILL.—We are authorised to state
that the lion. baronet who presides over the Poor-law
Board, and who bas won golden opinions by his inquiry
in the Crimea, declines, from various causes, to repre-
sent Glasgow, or nny other constituency, in Parlia-
ment.—Glasgow Mail.

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton
Market yesterday closed quietly, without any ma-
terial alteration in prices. The sales were estimated
at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 were taken by the
exporters and 1,000 by the speculators. The Rail-
Way Share Market closed very firmly, at a slight
advance in value.
The Bank of England Return for the week end-
big the 21st inst. is generally considered very fa-
'Pourable, as it indicates a considerable improvement
in the position of the establishment. •The Reserve
of notes has increased, and a diminution of nearly
half a million sterling is exhibited in the other
Securities. Considering the active demand for
money . which has prevailed these alterations are
encouraging, but there is a large falling off in the
Private deposits, showing that extensive employ-
ment is found for surplui means. The bullion has
increased, although the late specie arrivals have
been absorbed in silver purchases. The principal
items and the changes they present are as sub-
Joined

Active Circulation
Decrease
bullion 10,404,690
Rest Increase
3,521,386
Decrease
public Deposits
Increase
Other Deposits
c, Decrease
Seven-Day and other Bills 726,360
r„ Decrease
vov eminent Securities
Other Decrease
uttker Securities
Decrease
'lotus unemployed
Increase
The official return of the exports of the precious
riletals from the port of London for the week end-
it
g
Thursday
last is as follows :
Gold Coin
, ~ Bars ...
in the rates of exchange on the principal cities
o,f_ the continent, yesterday afternoon, there was no
change of importance, but previous quotations
Were well maintained.

The meeting of the Mid Kent Railway Company
bee just been held ; W. Dent, Esq., in the chair.
The
accounts showed a balance in Court of Chan-
cery and at bankers of 6,7361. The agreement, as
proposed 'with the South-Eastern Company, for the
Working, use, maintenance, and otherwise by them
,o
f_ the Mid Kent Railway, was submitted. As the
reer company had since authorised a competing
pa"' the proprietors of the Mid Kent Com-
ae-nY) °n the motion of Mr. T. Atkinson,
teTiliended by Mr. G. B. Gregory, refused to con-
/t the agreement between the two companies.
Was stated by the chairman that they were on
€l,_e itt°Bt friendly terms with the East Kent and
4-;•"tal Palace Companies, so as to secure a direct
rtilinns with these companies, and that the en-
ti-,,tl"r was now in a condition to commence the
tii°llcs of the Mid Kent line as proposed, so that
disagreemente
taking', he hoped, have no ill effect on their under-
.
Tliere is still a good inquiry for discounts, but
the
Pressure is not severe. Full quotations are
asked for discount accommodation.
The English Funds to-day have remained
quiet,
rent late yesterday afternoon has taken place. The
ZreParatory arrangement's connected with the set-
" Mont will now engage chief attention, and in
!tiler respects the market will, no doubt, continue
Z4ll. Consols for transfer have been 931 and
; for next Thursday, 93g. ; and for April 8,
t. The New -3 per Cents. are 94 to 941, the
'educed 932. 94, Exchequer Bills 2s. dis. to 2s. pm.,
kid the. Bonds 98i
fair business has been done in foreign securi-
ties,.l, and the quotations have generally been firm.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 961 97, but the 4 per
o'
,entg. are nominal. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been
'Lealt in at 40g. Russian 4i per Cents. at
882 99. Mexican at 22i, and Peruvian at 81. i.
The
following are the nominal prices of Foreign
.424cks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7 ; Mexi-
-s'l, 211 22 ; Peruvian, 80 82 ; Ditto Three per
111,11.t8," 55 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 46 ;
5:01-,;"11 5 per Cents., 109 111 ; ditto 4i per Cents.,
24:'; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40j ; ditto Deferred,
" ; ditto Certificates, 6i ; ditto Passive,
6.
il the Railway Share Market a large business
La
been done in almost all the principal lines, at
;" Yes
ad terday's
quotations, and in some cases a
nil
g tvance may be reported. Eastern Counties
Ne re
58* ; Groat Northern, 10s. ; North-Western,
'd• ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, ss. ;
to B,t Anglian, North-Eastern (Berwick), and Ox-
, re) Wouester, and Wolverhampton, ruled a shade
aower. Paris and Lyons receded 55., and Northern
wrt France improved 11. Grand Trunk, and Great
estern
of Canada were about ss. lower.
British, Foreign, and Colonial Mining Shares
14.4"70 been freely dealt in at about former rates.
aoint Stock Bank Shares have been quiet, but
arm.
In the Miscellaneous Market Electric Telegraph
declined 10s. to 15s.

ktITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
( From the Official List.)
kinginess done
aPer Cent. Reduced Annuities 93k i 4
Per Cent. Consols Annuities 93i i
New
v._. 3 per Cent. Annuities O4A k 4k
4ails. Bonds, .4.300,0
Ditto, under £lOOO 5 d
()enacts ter Account ,. , 93i i
Ptchuer Bills, 2id.
£loooeq
Small
Ditto advertised - par
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent
Ditto, 1359
IVRICES- OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
arazilian•Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto New, 1852, 4A per Cent........, , 981
1:311,„ Man Bonds, 6 per Cent lO4l
4Rexicatr 3 per Cent
Ditto account . .... 22
?,,,,eruvian Bonds 4i per Cent
Russian 'Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent —
Ditto, fi per Cent. 9B 1
.., Ditto Sioiall
na.rdinian. Bonds, 5 per Cent. ... 91
6Panieli ;;ands, 3 per Cent.
Ditto A.ccount .... . 4
'curiiir,h 33onds, 6 per cent 96

Ditto Account 961 g
Wends; on the above oayable in Londcn.
Dutch E.rehange, 2i per Cent., 12 Guil 6ss 5
Ditto 4,1 per Cent. Certificates
W 0 O'CLOCK.
93
Con sole, money ..............................
Ditto Account ........................ 93
...
bitt. April Account

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Feb 27. --W
STE% Feb. .
STATIC! OF TRADE.—.....ANORE 'in cotton, with
have bad a dull market, the reaction
a quieten-
Comparative inactivity at Liverpool, having_
lug influence on business
yarn. The failures among the Greeks continue
us
0,
affect the market prejudicially, ahind no both
operatic, r
k The
clothalsoantdo
im-
portance have been entered into during the wee •
demand for domestics is v y limited,
Of prices is in favourof very
printing cloths. are
quiet, best steady, ndency
shirtiugs is dull. The business also in 36 and 40 Inn
Spinners are more willing sellers, a
for the voarso counts of cope and warps sellers are
wave dill Posed to entertain ofers ittEshade easier rates;
The Dlackwall, homeward bound horn Melbourne,
with 322,000/. in gold on freight, has now been 87 days
at sea. Several other vessels frosa Australia must also
be near at band, and the wind is now favourable.
The private letters from Paris assert that the stock of
bullion in the Bank of France is now about 8,650,0001.,
showing am increase of 840,0001. mince the monthly re-
turn published on the 13th inst.
Ib is stated that, owing f o the protracted absence of
Sir H. L. Bulwer on his diplomatic mission in the East,
Mr. Roebuck has been elected Govern or of the Western
Bank of London.
ELECTION OF CHIEF CONSTABLE FOR WEST SUSSEX.
—At the adjourned sessions, held at Petworth on
Thursday, the Duke of Richmond in the chair, the ma-
gistrates elected Capt. Montgomery, late 99th Regiment,
chief-constable for West Sussex

Advices from Madrid mention that the recent invita-
tion from the Spanish Government for tenders for a mail
steam lioe between Cadiz and savannah, at a subsidy
of 25,000 dole. per month, failed to draw forth a single
reply. They have now increased their offer to 30,000
dole. a month.
TITLES or PIIRCHASERS OF IRISH ESTATES.—A bill of
Mr. Whiteside, M.P., and Mr. Nippier, M.P., makes
sundry arrangements for securing the titles of purchasers
of estatet sold under the Irish Count of. Chancery. The
preamble recites the expediency of removing certain
technical difficulties in suits for the salts of lands in Ire-
land under the said Court, and rendering the titles of
purchasem secure and indefeasible.

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