The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-13 00:00:00

Cato it is ille Sal to withhold all assistance from
the: n if they, should require it. The case itself is
not of prer,sing moment, but it serves to typify the
atiornalie s of our system. The Poor Law Board
gives cvettain directions which a Board of Guar-
dians refuses to act upon, and consequently the
Poor Law Board has no resource but to act against
the t mbordinate officer. In this instance it is the
offic Rr who is i❑ fault, but in many cases the Board
of ( 3uardians may give him opposite directions, so
tha it he finds it impossible to obey both. A police-
istable may possibly be a better judge of the
ch exacter of vagrants than either the local guardians
or the authorities of the Poor Law Board, but the
a.rant of order and obedience is painfully mani-
Int. The discussion of this matter elicited
s everal speeches on Poor-law relief in ge-
n eral, and several noble lords expressed
t heir conviction that a complete investigation into
the whole system was needed. Lord REDESDALE
I and the Earl of KIMBERLEY were both very appre-
hensive of too charitable a construction being put
upon the poor law, and declared that if such were
the case most dangerous evils would result. The
noble lords do not seem to consider cases like those
of TIMOTHY DALY or RICHARD GIBSON, or the horri-
ble revelations of Farnham, to be dangerous evils.
The grievances of the ratepayers are, in their eyes,
of much more moment than the sufferings of the sick
paupers. But they seem to forget that many of these
sufferers have been ratepayers themselves for years,
and as such have some claim on the parochial funds.
Vagrants and tramps, and even more stationary
able-bodied paupers, deserve short measure and
strict discipline ; but no forethought or self-denial,
or sobriety or industry, can guarantee a working
man or woman against being driven to the work-
house in sickness or old age. It is very well for the
Earl of KIMBERLEY to talk about the duty of laying
by such a provision as will keep them from being
a burden to the State ; but in our complex and
over-crowded society, with the fluctuations of trade,
the high price of the barest necessaries of life, and,
above all, the uncertainties of health and life among
the toiling classes, the greatest prudence must some-
times fail.

LATEST INTELL EGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

TUKKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, May 12.

The Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark ar-
rived here on Saturday, from Athens, on a short

visit.

The Sultan went in state yesterday to the Porte
to pay the usual visit on the occasion of the Turkish
new year, and to inaugurate the new Council of
State.

His Majesty delivered a speech, confirming the
announced reforms, and the establishment of per-
fect equality between his subjects.

GERMANY.

VIENNA, May 13.

The New Free Press of to-day says :—" The
Chancellor of the Empire has sent a reply to a note
of Lord Stanley respecting the execution of the
treaty of Commerce with Austria, assuring the
English Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs that
he will exercise all his influence to see the stipula-
tions fully carried out."

AMERICA.

(BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.)

THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT

JOHNSON.

WASHINGTON, 4May 12.

The Senate Court agreed to-day to postpone the
final vote upon the impeachment of President
Johnson until Saturday. The Court then adjourned
until that day.

FRAI
BOURSE, May 12.—Thl
closed as follows :

gCE.
.ee o'clock.—The market

4i per Cent.
End of month —
3 per Cent
End of month 69 35
Credit Mobilier
End of month 252 50
Credit Foneier 1467 50
Ead of month —
RALLWA

Bank Shares
It&lan Loan —
End of month —
Mexican Loan
Do. Bonds
Spanish Threes
Rome Debt —
Deferred —
Cash
~.. 868 k
1196 i
910
578 f
554

Orleans
Northern ..........................
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..
Western
Eastern ..
Sardinian
5661
Austrian
Lombard 375
North of Spain
88
Saragossa
43
Roman

STATE OF TRADE.

Ma HESTER, May
12.—We have had a very flat
market again to-day, and even a further decline in
prices has failed to induce business. Spinners of
shipping yarns have in some cases reduced their
quotations by about id. per lb., but there is irre-
gularity in this respect, and favourite spinuings
might be named, which are fully as dear or even
dearer than last week. The market for this class of
yarns generally has been very quiet and inactive.
At about id. per lb. lower than spinners are willing
to accept some offers have been made, and it is be-
lieved would have led to a large business. W bile
spinners, however, refuse the further concession,
buyers are equally firm in declining to purchase.
In home-trade yarns the market has still been tame.
Prices are drooping, but even a decline has failed
to secure purchases. Quotations are fully id. per
lb. down as compared with last Friday, and the de-
cline is a great deal more marked as compared with
last Tuesday. In cloth we have much the same de-
pression and inactivity which was reported last
Tuesday, and buyers have continued to hold aloof,
or have made offers only at greatly reduced rates. As
a rule holders of cloth and manufacturers have not
been disposed to meet these low-priced offers, not-
withstanding the pressure of stocks. The quotations
of all descriptions of cloth, however, have weakened
since last Tuesday, and the rates offered show a still
further decline to-day. The day closes upon a very
flat market, with scarcely any business practicable.
The India advices are not yet of a character to en-
courage business. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. re-
port of this day's cloth market :—" Continued de-
pression has characterised our market since last
Tuesday, and though the offers made at daily re-
duced rates have led to but little business, we find
prices materially weaker. To-day there is even less
disposition to operate, and transactions are of a
most limited extent."
CARDIFF, 11th.—There is a tolerably good de-
manci for steam coal, and shipments at the docks are
being steadily carried on, principally on foreign ac-
count, and if present anticipations are realised there
will be a gradual increase in requirements from
some of the foreign markets. The exports for the
month just ended show an increase of 39,326 tons
over the corresponding period of last year. For
house qualities there is an increased demand, West
of England and Irish houses preparing to lay in
stocks. The increased export of iron to the United
States and British colonies have caused the hands
at one or two of the establishments to be better em-
ployed. The plates are rather easier in price.

EXPIRING LAWS.—The annual list of temporary
laws has been laid before Parliament. There aro several
which will expire at the end of next session, and three at
a much earlier date the Alkali Works Act on July 1
1868; the Act of 1866 relating to the authentication of
documents in proceeding under extradition treaties, which
expire on September 1, 1868 ; and the Militia Pay Act,
which also expires on September 1. These Acts will,
doubtless, be renewed. The Habeas Corpns St_speDsion
Act was renewed until Lady-day, 1869, so that the pre-
sent Parliament need-not concern itself about it.