The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-12 00:00:00

CORN EXCIIANGE-MONDAY.

eight at night, with no cessation from work, except
one quarter of an hour for breakfast, and three
quarters of an hour for dinner ; so that having to be
out of bed at five in the morning, and not getting
home till half-past eight at night, they may be fairly
said to labour fifteen hours and-a-half out of the
twenty-four.
Mr. SAUNDERS, writing from Leeds, and reporting
on the general external improvement of trade, espe-
cially the woollen and worsted trade, observes :
" One great drawback to the satisfaction arising from
the present active state of trade is, the encourage-
ment it affords to every kind of fraud, both in re-
spect to the ages of the persons employed and to the
hours of work." . . . . "In the worsted trade
I entertain a strong moral conviction that these
frauds prevail to a great extent. I have seen many
females, who have just completed the age of eighteen,
employed for thirteen, fourteen, or fifteen hours a
day. In one mill, several who had been employed
for some weeks, with an interval only of a few days
(when, as one witness said, they found the weather
too hot'), from six o'clock in the morning
until twelve o'clock at night, less two hours for
meals, thus giving them, for five nights in the week,
only six hours out of the twenty-four to go to and
from their homes, and to obtain rest in bed. Some of
these were employed in a room at a high tempera-
ture. What constitution can stand against such la-
bour ?" Mr. JAMES STUART bears a most honour-
able testimony to the factory masters in Ireland':—" I
feel myself quite at liberty to report that the provi-
sions of the Factory Regulation Act are in due ob-
servance in all the factories in Ireland, subject to the
law." Nor is this t less honourable or gratifying
eulogy on the parties employed by them. " The per-
sons employed in these factories, most especially all
employed in factories to the northward of Dublin,
adhere strictly to the temperance system tot'
Father MATHEW." In his second Report,
dated the 23d of January, 1844, Mr. HORNER
again calls!the attention of the Home Secretary to the
extent and variety of the evasions constantly
occurring, of the provisions of the Factories Act. In

the case of ECCLES and Co., proprietors of a spin-
ning mill at Blackburn, reported to him by Mr.
EWINOS, he shows by the account which his cor-
respondent gives of the result of certain proceedings
before the District Board against the house in ques-
tion, and in allusion to the penalty of 20s. (1) de-
creed against it, " how utterly useless it is for the
inspectors to attempt to carry out the provisions of
the Act with such support from the magistrates."
And we agree with Mr. HORNER ; for, without
entering into the further corroborations to be de-
duced from the perpetual instances of wilful or de-
signed negligence on the part of surgeons,
in certi-
fying to the ages of children found in factories at
regular work, of the forgeries of such certificates, in
some instances, by their employers, and occasionally
by their own parents,--we confess that the evils which
the Factories Act was passed to remedy, appear to
lie, for the most part,
beyond the reach of legislation,
under existing circumstances. They are very often
the suggestions and the practices of cold, calculating
cupidity on the
part of parents ; still oftener
of stern reckless avarice on the
part of em-
ployers. The increased activity of trade, it is
but too evident, has had little or no effect in rais-
ing the rate or accumulating the products of
the wages of labour. The unfortunate operatives
have had to part With so much larger a
term of their
chances of physicial existence, by giving more time
and labour for wages in no sense proportioned to
such additional sacrifice. Female labour has been
and daily is, much more largely engaged ;
and in 4
dependently of the moral abasement produced in then!
—neglected homes and exiled comforts (the
inevitable
consequences of their removal to the faetory)—
have fearfully corrupted the habits of the
male adults of their families, whether as husbands
and fathers, or as brothers and sons. We rise
from the perusal of these Reports more than ever
solicitous to see these poor objects of well-intended
but inefficient legislative protection more perma-
nently settled in employment, not so continuous and
protracted as to be, as at present, absolutely destruc-
tive of human life; not underpaid as to be inade-
quate to human subsistence ; not so desolate and hope-
less as to be, as now, incompatible with ordinary
enjoyment, health, or recreation. These desirable
consummations we are more disposed to hope for
from the exretions of such a body as the " Society for
the Emancipation of Industry," to which we have in
or binding force of any Act of
Parliament.
former papers earnestly directed attention, than from
the philosophy

madeat Alcoz, which
Madrid journals. of the 3d and 4th inst., have been
°Il the 29th ult.,
raenceaitvteemd,pftroam t
inwshuirrcheewetionleav:that,
was suppressed by the troops and. the National Guards.
A. collision• ensued, when some persons were killed,
and thirty of the insurgents Captured. At Elcho,
Cocentanyo, Orihuela, and Muro, similar
n movements
had been repressed. The Governor of Murcia had
blockaded Alicant with the coast-guard boats. The
citadel of that place, which is strong, had been de-
livered into the hands of the insurgents by a lieu-
tenant of the garrison. The Government, however, are
determined to make an example, by shooting all those
captured, as appears from an order of the Minister of
War to General RONCALI, published in the Madrid
Gazette, directing him, in the name of the QUEEN, to
shoot the 30 insurgents taken prisoners at Alcoz. The
Minister requests him to forward to his department an
account of their execution for the information of her
MAJESTY, and enjoins him not " to allow himself to
be stopped by the fear of any acts of retaliation which
the insurgents of Alicant might threaten, for although
her MAJESTY should view with
grief the victims that

The Clerk then read the indictment, which charged the
defendant, Captain Duncan Trevor Grant, with aiding and
abetting Alexander Thompson Munro in the murder of
David Lynar Fawcett, who had been killed in a duel which
took place on the Ist of July, 1843, in the parish of St.
Mary, Islington. The defendant was charged in a-second
count with aiding and abetting a person unknown in the said
murder.

The defendant having been called on to plead, pleaded
" Not guilty" in a firm and decided voice. To the Coroner's
inquisition he also pleaded " Not guilty."
Mr. Justice CRESSWIiLL asked the Attorney-General
whether he was to prosecute?
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied in the affirmative.
Their Lordships having consulted for some time,
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL said that the Court could not try
the case till Wednesday. They would first try the case of
M‘Donalcl under the Special Commission.
Captain Grant then left the dock in company with the
officer, who conveyed him to Newgate.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
A fair business was done in Cotton at Liverpool on Satur-
day, at previous rates. Sales about 7,000 bags, of which
speculators took 2,ooo.—Shares were quiet.; Grand Junction,
229 ; Birmingham, 245; Manchester and Leeds, Half, 51 ;
Paris and Orleans, 33A ; Paris and Lyons 3/. Os. 6d. ; Rouen
and Havre, 14/ ; South-Eastern, 35i ; ditto New, 35/.
There are no arrivals to-day, nor have we any news of the
West India mail.
The Funds have to-day been very quiet, the proceedings
in the case of the Irish traversers having caused some 'sus-
pense. The Commissioners for the reduction of the debt, and
for the savings' banks, have taken 20,0001. Consols to-day at
97i ; Consols for transfer have realised 97i to and for the
Account about the same. Exchequer Bills have been 675. to
695. premium. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents, are
102 to 11 ; the Reduced 103, and the Three per Cent. Annui-
ties, 98 to A. Bank Stock is firm at 193 ; and East India
Stock at 277.
The news from Spain is of a chequered character, and
there is some difficulty in judging whether the good or bad
predominates. The revolt at Alicant, it is supposed, will be
suppressed, but fears of a more matured rising elsewhere ap-
pear now to be entertained. The Five per Cent. Stock has
been at 2.3* to 23k, and the Three per Cent. at 32i to 32k,
which is an improvement of i_to / per cent. Mexican are
steady at 34g to 341 ; Peruvian have risen to 28
for the Account. Colombian are marked 12a
to 12i;
Buenos Ayres, 34A to 35, and Brazilian, 79 to 781;
Belgian Bonds are worth 1054. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. are supported at 55A ; and the Five per Cents. at 101 i
to 101 i. The -French Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been
at 1,12 f.; and the Three per Cents. at 81f. 50c.
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JWu'eiriscituteeinio nß,raeilalliosaey;
Eighths, 2* to 24 ; Manchester and Leeds, 4.3 i to 431;
Northern and Eastern, 9i to 10i ; Paris and. Orleans, 13;
South-Eastern Scrip, 9i to 94; and Edinburgh and Glasgow,
84 to 8 premium. Eastern Counties are 124; Brighton, 5
to 5i ; Midland Counties, 9 ; and North Midland, 4A to 5.,4 dis.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 193
8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities RN%
per Cent. Annuities, 18111. lO3
3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities lO2
New 33 per Cent. Annuities 102%
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 12% 13.16
Bask Stock for Account
Exchequer Bills, 11d. lad
1,0004
500/
Ditto Small O7 ............07 pm.
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 105%
. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Columbian Bonds. l2a%
Mexican'Bonds, 1637, 5 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account. 34%% '
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents.
Ditto for the Account 2B
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 23%%
Ditto for the Account 234 f 4
Ditto Passive Bonds.
3t3i
Ditto Three per Cent.
Ditto for the Account
Dutch 2% per Cents
Dutch 5 per Cents. 101%41,

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. PAIR. PER SHARE
Eastern Counties
Ditto New 25 124 to
Ditto Extension l3s. 4d.._.. N... ..... to
Edinburgh and Glasgow ......
Ditto New
Great Western
Ditto % Shares 5O 71%
Grand Junction IOO
Harwich Extension 2 2% to
London snd Brighton
London and Birmingham Stock ....... 243 to 242
Ditto % Shares
London and South Western ...... 4_1% ...... to

--
Ditto Eighths. AL ..... 2%3i ... to
Manchester and Leed5............... 'to 113% ',4 ... to
Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 .... 4014
Midland Counties
Northern and Eastern 45 55% 54% to 55
Molt!' Midland
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen 32% ...... to
South Eastern and Dever
Ditto Scrip
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 10.—We have
considerable inquiry for several descriptions of stock, whilst
others may be quoted a shade lower :—Edinburgh and Glas-
sow, 594 ; Ditto Quarters, 14/. 18s. 9d. ; Sheffield and
Manchester, Quarter, 71, i, and 13-16 ; South-Eastern
Scrip., 36i ; Manchester and Salford Bank, 12 5-16, cum div.

A Cabinet Council was summoned to meet this after-
noon, at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. Soon after
one o'clock, the Cabinet Ministers began to arrive.
Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, and nearly all
the members of the Cabinet, were present.
SALMON FtsmNia.—Our fishing this season has
commenced pretty favourably. Twelve good salmon have
been taken here, and at Dochfour no less than forty-five. In
the river Conan about twenty have been caught.--Inverness
Ourier,

The factors demanded a considerable advance in the prices
of English Wheat, and the trade with that article ruled, in
consequence, active. Fine qualities of Essex and Kent White
Wheat were taken off readily at an improvement of fully 2s
per quarter. The middling and inferior qualities -of White,
as well as in Red Wheat, at an enhancement in value of
quite is per quarter. Foreign Wheat, fine qualities, at a rise
of quite Is per quarter. Bonded Wheat at an advance of 2s
per quarter. Malting parcels of Barley at previous rates.
Malt-fa very full quotations. Good sound qualities of Oats
at full prices. In Beans and Peas no variation. Flour at a
rise of from 2s to 3s per 2801bs.

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.
WHEAT--ESSeX & Kent, /MALT—Chevalier." ...... 63s to
red 44. to 63. Gal's—Yorkshire and
Ditto, white
Norfolk and Lin Potatoe 2ss to 26.
coin, red .... ..... ... 42. to 49s Youghall and Cork,
Ditto white 4ss to 58s black
Irish, red 47s to 50s Cork, white
Ditto white
Ilve—Old 29s to 33s i BEANS—Tick.... ........ ... 30s to 36s
New 36s to 39s , PIUS— Grey 35. to Mk
BARLEY--Grinding 2ss to 29s Maple 33s to Sts
Malting
Chevalier 325 to 35s Boilers 32. to 38,
MALT—Sufiblk and Nor. FLOUR—Town made
folk s6s to 62. Suffolt Sis to 38.
Brown 5O. to 54s Stockton & Norfolk Sts to 36
Knighton and Ware 56s to 62s
FOREIGN GRAIN Al'
WHEAT—Dantzic
Hansturgh Ws to 4051
BARLEY 305 to 338
OATS—New
Feed l4s to 16s
SIVIITELs-assaism.
The Primest Scots, Devons, and Herefords were disposed
of at prices fully equal to those obtained on this day se'n-
night, or from 3s 10d to 4s per 81b; but the short horns and
other qualities of Beef barely supported their previous rates.
The Mutton trade was firm, at an advance in the currencies
obtained on Monday last, of quite 2d per 81b. In some few
instances fine old Downs produced 4s 8d ; but the general
figure for that breed did not exceed 4s 6d per 81b. Veal has
receded from 2d to 4d per 81b. In Pork we can quote no
alteration.

YD FLOUR IN BOND.
'BRANS 2os t.2lPaee
23a to 271
FLOUR—American 233 to 2.5 a
Baltic ..............u 226 to 23s

Per albs. to sink the WA.
s. d. to s. d.l s. d. to s. d.
Inferior Beasts 2 3 2•101 Inferior 5heep......... 210 3 4
Second quality ditto 3 0 3. ‘1 Second quality ditto... 3 6 3 8
O Prime large xen 1 6 3 iii Coarse-woolled ditto.. 310 4 41
Prime Scots, &c. 3lO 4 0 Southdown Wethers 4 2 4 6
1
Large coarse Calves 3 S 4 2 Large Hogs.. ....... .... 3 0 $ 6
Prime small ditto 444 10 Small Porkers ........../I_. 8 8 4 0
Suckling Calves. each IS 029 0 Quarter old Pigs, eacl6: 0 21 0
SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Batista. I
Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs
2,764 22,930 64 270

NEWGATE AND LEADZINHALLI.,
Prime qualities of Beef, Mutton, and Pork have sold
steadily, at very full prices; but the inferior kinds have
hung heavily on hand. Veal has receded in value from 2d to
4d per 81b. Prime Beef and Mutton have produced no more
than 2s 2d to 2s 8d per 81b.

At per stone, by the Carcase
a. d. to.. d.t a. d. t• a. d
-
Beef, inferior 2 4 2 ii Mutton, inferior ...sh 3 6 213
L.l,l:fling ...... , 2 6 2 Ili middling 3 0 3 4
-- {.rime large ...... 210 3 0 ---- prime 3 6 3 II
—yk lose small. 3 2 3 4i Pork, large.. ......
Veal ... ..... ........ ........ 310 4 31 ..111MaLt.e.so•••••••••• 3 4 4•
ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK.
Beasts. Sheep. Calves. Pigs
Sectland 22 550 ;600
Yorkshire
—.730
Norfolk
Sutiblk l6 110 —. 200
Cambridgeshire
Essex
Surrei... .............
I) e% onshire
Wiltshire' . .............
Othdr part's....... ..........

760 2,425
S7U 2,530
Difference since our last... 10$ 423 110 105
BOROUGH AND SPITALPZELBS.
Fair average arrivals of Potatoes have taken place since
our from all quarters. Owing to the cold weather the
demand has ruled steady on rather better terms.
WOOL MARKET.
Although the stocks of both English and Foreign Wools
are krge, the demand is active, and prices must be consi-
dered Id per lb higher.
BOROUGH HOP bIARBET.
For all kinds of Hops, the supplies of which are very small
for the time of year, the demand continues steady, at prices
fully equal to those noted in our last report.
TALLOW.

Total l7O 2,068
Previous week's arrival. 478 2,511

During the past week there has been rather more inquiry
for pale Y.C., and several parcels of good quality have been
readily taken at 41s, and which is the price this mornin
Town Tallow is 42s net cash. g.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sous. each, 10 ft, and s:only if de-
clared on or before Friday next, the 1 7th inst.
Gaylad, 12st 121b—Peter Simple, 12st 121b—Cheroot, 12st
101b—Vanguard, 12st 81b—Robinson. 12st 71b—Wiverton,
12st 41b—The Page, 12st 21b—Heslington, 12st—The Re-
turned, 12st—Regalia, list 101b—Erin, list 101b—Spencer,
list 101b—Caesar, list 101b—Consul, list 71b—Carlow,
llst 71b—Lottery, list 71b—Fitzmonarch, list 7lb
—l'eter Swift, list 71b—Tinder-box, list 51b—Magic,
list 41b—King Cole (Irish), 1 Ist 41b—Roulette,
Culvert horpe, 11 st 21b—Lothair, I Ist 21b—Caleb Quotem, 11st
—Louis Philippe, 11 st—Brenda, 11 st—Preissnitz, 1 I st—Lit-
tle Tommy, list—Hazard, lOst 121b—Saucepan, lOst 121 b
Discount, 10st 121b—Little Peter, 10st 121b—Nimrod, lOst
101b—Marengo, lOst 101b—Teetotum, lOst 71b—The Romp,
lOst 71b—Tom Tug, lOst 71b—Charity, lOst 71b—b gby
Belshazzar, 5 yrs, lOst 71b.

The Asln:lon Park Coursing Meeting, postponed last week
on account of the frost, will commence to-morrow (Tuesday),
should the weather prove favourable.

On Saturday, the 10th inst., a general assembly of
tho Royal Academicians was held at the Royal Academy of
Arts, in Trafalgar-square, when John Prescott Knight, Esq.,
was elected an Academician, in the room of Henry Thomson,
Esq., deceased.

Sir Robert Peel left town on Saturday afternoon, to attend
her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Right Hon. Baronet
returned to his residence in Whitehall-gardens iu the early
part Qf tin weak.