The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-22 00:00:00

Another joint stock undertaking deserving favourable notice is the West Surrey Tanning Company, which has been projected for the pur pose of purchasing and carrying on some old-esta blished tan works at Godalming. The present Proprietor, who is to be the manager of the new institution, is stated to have conducted a very pro fitable business for several years, and in order to afford conclusive evidence upon this point, and to demonstrate the genuiness of the project, a state ment of the trade expenses and profits per week as appended to the prospectus. The sole reason which has urged the proprietor to transfer his proper ty to the company, is stated to be the desirability of in creased capital to develope the business to its legiti mate proportions. The nomical capiurl required is XlOO,OOO, end the first issue is to comprise halt of that sum, in shares of L 2 each. We have received a copy of the prospectus of the General Scam Clltivation Company (Limited). This undertaking is formed under very respectable auspices, the Earl of Albemarle being chairman, and the list of directors comprising, amongst other gentlemen, the names of the Earl of Suff rlk and• Lieut.-Col. the Hon. C. H. Lindsay. The object is stated to be to supply a great agricultural want, by brEging into general use steam cultivation. It is pointed out that the great obstacle to the more rapid adoption of this new agent of agricultural progress, is the first cost of each implement, many farmers who would be glad to pay for having their lands culti ♦ated by steam, bcrieg unable to invest from £5OO to £l,OOO in a single set of machinery. It is in tended, therefore, that the company shall perchase the most approved steam cultivators, and sell them to farmers, receiving payment by instalments ex tending over a certain number of years. In other cases such implements may be let. The directors express their conviction that there is an ample field for operations, steam power being immensely superior to horse power. It is considered that £60,000 worth of machinery may be at once and advantageously employed. The capital is fixed at £250,000, in 26,000 shares at £lO each, of which it is intended to Lune 10,000 shares in the first instance. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes Were 69f. 45o.—heavy. The English Stock market opened this morning With an unfavourable appearance, but a I,w pur chases have led to a recovery of k per cent., Con sols again being 93 4 for transfer and account. Business has taken place in the New Threes and Reduced Annuities at 91: e ; Exchequer Bills have further improved to par and 4s. prem.; Indian 5 per Cents. are 1091 110; ditto 5 per Cents. Enfaced Paper 1071; and ditto 51 per Cents., 1156. The Market for Foreign Securities exhibited a rather heavy appearance in the early part of the morning, but a slight improvement has since taken place in a few of the principal stocks. Greek Bonds are now quoted 281 1, and the Coupons 13: Spanish Passive continue at about their former value, v:z , 30 -I,and the Certificates 10: a. Italian are marked VI- and the New Loan 11 Prem.; Turkish Six per Cents., 1868, are 671 681, those or 1862, 70 ; the Coesottcles 471 ; and the N w L, an l 14 prem.; Russi,n 5 per Cents. remain et 95, and tug s p ian are a little weaker at 974 98; P , lrtugutse 3 per Cents. are also rather heavy at 484, and those of 1862 at 478 ; Dutch 4 per Cents. have been dealt in at 1008 ; and in the South American Stock which are less buoyant than yesterday, transactions are recorded in Grenadian at 154; the Deterred at 184; Vent zuelan 6 per Cents. at 58i 591 ; and in Buenos Ayres 1 per Cents. at 38. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been very restricted, and the general tendency of prices have been downwards. Great Northern and Great Western have receded ss. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire end Great Northern A Stock, 10s.; and Great &sterns, £l. The Foreign and Colonial utdertakirgs remained without any material variation in values. Recife and San Francisco realise 179-; Bahia and San Francisco 211 a; Dutch Rhenish 17 ; South Austrian and Lombardo -Venetian 23k; Great Western of Canada, have declined to 11 8 ; E astern Bengals Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares ere in several instances a shade flatter. Alliance of London and Liverpool have receded to 301; Bank of Australasia to 711 ; London and South African to 281 ; Crystal Palace Stock is dull at 34 to 344 ; and Electric Telegraph firm at 102. ---, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock .......................... 231} 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ........ 91a I 8 per Cent. Console Annuities .......... 93 2t 3 21 31 New 3 per Cent. Annuities ............ 91( a India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent .... 110 9/ Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 5} per C en t aito Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £1,000.. Consols for Account, May 7 93 2/ 36 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent par 4 pm Ditto £SOO Ditto Small par 4 pm FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent, Ditto 1 per C en t . (Deferred 3 • per Cent.) 38 Danish 4 per Cent., 1825 Ditto 1863 Ditto Scrip, £4O paid. E g ypti an 7 per Cent Ditto, Second Issue Qreek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons., Ditto Account 2Ba a a 13 1 . Ditto Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Moorish I m p er i a l 5 p er C en t 9 4 New G rana d a l5l Ditto Deferred Bl Ps)ruvimi 41 per Cent. • Ditto 18 6 2 / 1 Ditto Account BB 9 or tuguese 3 per C ent ., 1853 owe Ai•i•iiitio .„ ..... 48i Ditto 1862 a _ Ditto Scrip, £3O p a id - • 3 i Ina u.aian 5 per ( eat '892 £ St .. - , - , Rit_ to . 11 per Cent ~ 1850 . 95 6 4! li p '' au lt i t: l3 s . per Cent., 1862 Ditto A . 3 s Per Cent ........ Ditt x "" " Ditto '? Deferred . t)!tt.. 11,„e;',;;"t• • • Spanish Cpr - ;" •.; . : .... • • 29; 3) Turki s h 6 - 13 - • r.l Coup not funded • Ditto ACCoetiieitilt' 18 54 . Ditto 6 p er &" • ... .. Ditto Acco" t i lt• 1858 Ditto, Li% lion:(i; Ditto 6 per Cent. iii7,.', i?if to Account. .. - Venezuela, 3 per 01,m' Ditto Account ......... . . Ditto 6 per Cent., 1852 . :: 23 Dividends on the ilte.iFy.a•tic; i n s L9 old% • i 2 Dutch 26 per Cent., Ex . ...•l s ' . ; -1006 • Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. '2 .f; .. Ditto Account .................... "TM TURE O'CLOCK.. exisols, Money 9i 3.... ' Ditto Account a BRITISH. POS.-4ESSIONS. ClOsind -oar 4ailways Paid. Price. Kindness done 100 , ..antic &St Lawred ti) CO 12 ptk !om.,Baroda.t.Cent In !.ltO 11.9 1085 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 00. New 20 Do. E. shares.. 5 ; 15 .:u4 ;sunlit(' dud Lase tier, bk In Do. Preference t o o l tiolalo,Brant,&Godrici p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1-.7, 100 Do. do. July 1. 1873 its 100 (o. .10. Juoc 1,1 r s 81 11. utta.& S. Lastn... I. 100 1(7 B 8 at 'apeTown & Dock Scr•- 100 108 Ala stock Eastn. Bengal go. 5 p lOO 108 9 1085 stock Last Indian. gn. sp. c lor. 1( 94 I 1 5 ion 20 , Do. do. G Ext 5 15 Ifp 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada lta.. 19 20 100 lin. Ist Pr Bonds AP 62 66 100 Do. uo. deferred all ;7 50 100 Do. 2d. Pref. Bonds all 53 66 100 Do. do cl,fer - ed..-- all 40 45 100 Do. 3d P ef. stock 100 Do. do. d all 32 36 100 Do. 4th I'ref. s.O k all 23 26 100 Do. do deferred...." all 21 23 stock Gt.lndiaPentn.gua.sp.c 100 110 111 110 4 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 1 1p 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 4 1 1 4: stock GL South.ot India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 106 108 204 Gt. W. of Canada Share+ all llf ;25 lit 55 ; 20a Do. New .. . 18 81 84 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 100 102 101 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77-8 all 90 (2 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 14 lip stock Madras guar~ sp. c. stock Do. lt p. c. Extensior lOO 1 01 103 stock De. 44 do lOO 97 '&9 975 8 2 0 Do. Fifth Extension 2 stock ilelb.Corp. (1 p. c. Bud, lOO 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay all 47 49 10 100 Do. 7 p.c. fdortg. Bds all 20 Newßrunswick etc Canda Class A ani B all 3 5 N.ll.l.C'da 6pc Ist f bds 100 SO 12 Stock &bade (100 1( 8 109 st J Do. Delhi _ ! is.; 100 107 1(9 2 s o t D DD : o P D du o °l2 . ! 1 12 0 5 ' 07 4 It i I I P 2 P 1 1 075 stock Do. In dus.St. Plc.) 10i. .01 103 COLONIAL GO V ERN MENA' 6.ECti 1.11 I p.c.Ja s!zJ - 1677-81 I Do. 6p. c. Feb. & 100 1(3 165 Do. 4p. c. Mar. & Sept 100 103 105 ' Do. p. c. Jan.&July. 100 95i 965 954 5 Do. 5 Inscribed stoci. 100 94 96 ,CapeG.Hope, 6 p c,187: 100 110 112 I Do.Ap & Oct. 188( 100 111 113 I Do. 189 i 100 11l 113 I Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 113 115 1145 Ceylon, Nov.lBBl, 6p c 100 Mau. itius 6 per cent .. 100 111 133 - Na:ai Gs.v. 6 per cent.. 100 1(8 110 - N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..ia.&J ul3 100 105 106 105 Do. i, p. e.Ap. & 00.. 100 - S. W. Gov. 5 p 1S 100 1015 1024 Do. sp. e.,18,. to (00 102 1025 Do. d0.,1888 &upwri.. 100 102 1024 1025 New Zealand 6 p cenl. ito llu 112 Nova Scotia Goy. 6 p... ster,itiv, 1875 1054 VC 105 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 1 113 - Aus (4...1..e. 44 . 7.1.0 up. 10 ell 113 •'. l ii,v icg 110 Do. , a 1095 1.4 110 94 10 ambrian Congo'. Gold I ittUTU Amalgamated.. >evon G. Cone. ast ilaPitett (Illop•an East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caration Carn Brea . 14 ; W'l Russel Tavist I Gam.,tiSt. A üby ,heat Smith Tolgua Wheat Voralelstet, I ;renville .......... Foot ingision Lady Bertha , t4rgaret (tiny Lelan t qarlze Valley.. I 'lvndy Iron Ore (Lim. INew Setun.... 7~. ~ 5 2i 4. BAX 42i. Si i 4. 7.0' 2.0 ti 4.3 m orth Downio ....... 't tiass.tr Ilc ,ai• ortn Wheal Crotty 'ar Consols C‘it. Ltlaze, 'rovidence(Uuy South Caradon(St.Cleer S. Cam Brea (Illogau) - '.Wheal Fran. tillo7:s.n Stray Park Calmar Silvde Lead Min tin Croft West Basset (Illogan) W Carzdon (Liskeard, West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan' Wheat Buller( Redruth; Wheal K tty ( U.Lelan t), WhealLud ott Wheat MaryAnn(Men )1 Wheal Seton . . heal Trelawney (Lim.)! Wheal Union 191 t SL It 3.15.11 1!,..1 .9 28.9. 2.0.8 2.10.8 8 58i 7 3.17 44 5 15} itli 45 255 lfi 17i 44 5 4 11 251 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, Norfolk 5 per cent. Ex., 1648, 104} London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., in North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 10 Stockton and Darlington, A 5 per cent., 281 West Midland, Oxford, Ist guaranteed stock, 128 Ditto, 2d ditto, 1206 20 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 44 per cent., pf., 51 London, Brighton, &c., 4i per cent.. 1861, 102 South Eastern 5 per cent., June, 1881, rd., 101 6 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Colchester, Stour Valley, 684 Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 94 Shrewsbury and Hereford, Z 7), FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 84 Bahia and San Francisco aim.) gua. 7 per cent., 21/ Belgian Eastern Junction. 14 Buenos Ayres Great Southern aim.), 24 Dutch Rhenish, 171 Ditto (all), 216 Great Luxembourg, Hi Ottoman (Smyrna to Alum), 101 Recite and San Francisco (hm.), gua. 7 per cent., 171 1 18 Sambre and Meuse, 11 Sambre and Meuse, 56 per cent. pf., 10i San Paulo ;lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 10 ti Ditto (.11), 231 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian„ 231 „ West Flanders, 7/ Cape Co R . C A oI ' P t Yr e l l 1u r FORE IGN Z. 3 G old in C MINES,.( li r n , 2 1 joiS\A.T.u:Ttr:l)lcialiaint.) 31 United mexi Alliance Bank of London and Liv " e A rp N' o i o C l S ilirn.), 30* Yudanamutaaallerl"' 61 A us; ralama.,7l Bank of Egypt, 30 30 B •nk of London, 1171 * British a d Anwrica • x•ha , nt,„ Chartered Bank ol 11 i City, 9. ; tad China, 27 611 Colonial, 4. lontinen 41 En,ish, Set; ch, and Australian Chartered 21; H;ndustan, China, and Japan (11m.), 131 1 i Imperial !lank 'llm.), i 4; London Joint :-lock, 6* 51 London and South Atriean, 281 * London and !-,otith-NS estern B*. Metrop and Prov. Bank (lim.) new, 36 Ditto, pea', 22! Oriental Bank Corporation, 54* Union of London, 3-11 1 3IIA,EL LANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 19/- Berlin Water %Corns, F/ Crystal Pal. ce, 14 East India Irrigation and Canal, 41 Electric Telegraph, 10! E glish and Australian Copper, 11'1 Indian Carrying (lim.), 1 Itall in Irri,g , tt on (Canal Cavour), 5 4i Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. .Bjo issued 90, 141 Joint stock Discount, 2k London Gen rat Omnibus Companyalim.), 1/ National Discount Company (Inn !. Oriental Inland Steam (lim.), 6/ 51 Peninsula and 0 ieutal Steam, new, 47/ Quebrada Land, Rail, ana Mining (lim.), 2 Rio de Janeiro City IroproTements 291 After the night charges were disposed of the prisoner was placed in toe deck, and Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk, said he was charged on his own confession with having wilfully murdered Emma Jackson, in George-street, St. Giles's. He then asked the man his name and address. The prisoner said his name was John Richards, that he resided at No, 25, Crescent-street, Euston-road, and that he was a carpenter. John Kell, 147 N, said about a quarter to 10 o'clock last night I was on duty at the station, Robert-street, Hoxton. The prisoner came in, and I asked him what he wanted. He said, " I want to see the inspector." I told him he had moved to the new station Kingsland road. I then asked him what he wanted to see the inspector for. He said, " I want to give myself up for murdering a woman." I cannot be certain whether he said "in" or "at" St. Giles's. I said if you wait a moment I will ac company you to the station. I went to the door for the purpose of taking the key from the inside for the purpose of locking the station up, and seeing a cab driver outside, I sent him to fetch the waterman, as I could not get another constable. Mr. Henry—You wanted assistance. Witness—Yes. He seemed very excited. The Water man came and we conveyed the prisoner to the station. As we were going there the prisoner said something which I could rot understand, and I told him to be careful, as what he said might be used in evidence against him. When we passed a publichouse he wanted to go in and have a pint of beer, and on his being refused he tried to get away from us. I was obliged to hold him very tightly. I told him if he went to the station quietly he should have some beer when he got there. Mr. Henry—Was that all he said ? Witness—Yes. Mr Henry—Did he say anything at the station? Witness—The inspector 8-at cautioned him as he was going to ask him some questions. Alter that he refused to answer anything. Mr. Henry—Did you hear what the inspector asked P Witness—He asked him his name and address, and he refused to give it. The inspector told me I had better take him to the district in which the murder was committed, Mr. Henry—Was he sober? Witness—No, your worship. Mr. Henry—Was he very drunk ? Witness—No, your worship ; but I could see he had been drinking. Tor Henry—What have you to say to the evidence of the constable ? Prisoner—l have no recollection at all about the matter, I was very drunk. There is not the slightest foundation for what I said. My wife will prove I was at home when the murder was committed. Some months ago I was thrown off a cab, and when I take anything it gets into my head. Mr. Henry asked Inspector Williamson, who had charge of the case, whether he had any other evidence to offer. Inspector Williamson said—l first saw the prisoner at the station-house in Clark's-buildings, George-street, this morning. He then said, I shall tell you nothing till my solicitor, Mr. Lewis, appears before the magistrate at Bow street. I adhere to the statement I have made to the con notable at two o'clock this morning. He (prisoner) said he had made the confession in a drunken frolic. He appeared then to me as if he was getting sober. I then placed him in the yard with five or six other men, and some of the wit nesses examined before the coroner said they believed he was the lean. The prisoner —I can bring a dozen people to prove where I was the day the murder was committed. Mr. Henry (to Inspector Williamson)—The mere con fession of a drunken man would go for nothing unless you have some corroborative evidence. Have you any wit nesses who can show anything in support of the charge ? Inspector Williamson—No. The prisoner was detained solely on his own confession. Mr. Henry—The police did perfectly right to detain him but the question is whether you can prove anything against him. Inspector Williamson—l think not, sir. Mr. Henry—You don't think there is any foundation for that confession ? Inspector Williamson—No. I believe it to be what he says—a mere drunken frolic. Prisoner—My wife can prove the time I left on Thursday morning, and I've been at work ever since. Other work men can prove it. I have been drinking for the last two or three days with some friends from abroad. Mr. Henry--It shows you the danger of getting drunk. Prisoner—lt does, sir. It will be a caution to me. Mr. Henry—Ho does not correspond with the description I have seen. The prisoner was about the height described, but looked considerably older. He might pass for 35 rather than 26. He wears a tuft of hair under his chin, but he does not appear to have weak eyes. He had in his hand a black felt hat. lospector Williamson—The two men are here who were at work with the prisoner, and they are preparea to swear that he was at work with them at the time the murder was supposed to have bee. committed. Perhaps you would like to hear them, sir ? Mr. Henry=Let them be called. Pr soner—Cail Robert Ward. Robert Ward, of No. 10, Nicholas-street, New North road, carpenter, said—l work for al r. Davis, builder, of Old•street. I know the prisoner; he has been at work with me on the same job. He has been working every day for the last month, except Monday and Tuesday in the Easter week. He was these for about an hour on Wed nesday. Mr. Henry—Was he at work on the Thursday ? Witness—Yes; he came at 7 o'clock in the morning. Inspector Garforth—The man and woman were supposed to have entered the house in George -street a quarter before 8 on Thursday morning. Fredk. Land, a painter, also in the employ of Mr. Davis, said the prisoner was also in the same employ. Air. Henry—Was the prisoner there on the Thursday in Easter week ? Witness—Yes; I saw him in the workyard about half past seven that morning. Mr. Henry (to inspector Williamson)—Have you any reason to suspect that the prisoner is the person who com mitted the murder ? Inspector Williamson—Not in the least. I believe it was the result of a fit of drunkenness. Mr. Henry —The police were perfectly justified in detain ing you in custody after such a declaration, and I would have detained you further if I thought there was any ground for that confession, but as it is quite clear that there is no foundation for it I shall discharge you. Prisoner —Not the les . .st. Mr, Henry —I shall discharge you, The imprisonment you have undergone is the consequence of your own drunk enness. NDICTMENT OF THE HOUSES IN GEORGE- STItEET. Mr. Rivolta, solicitor to St. Giles's Vestry, applied for warrants for the apprehension of the keepers of seven houses in George-street, on a charge of keeping brothels and disorderly houses, including that in which the murder was committed, with a view b their indictment at the sessions. Tho houses in question are those numbered respectively 2,3, 4,5, 6,9, and 10. The warrants were granted, and Mr. Braddick, the inspector of nuisances, was bound over to prosecute, Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) Sales, about 7,000 bales. Import, 6,195; previ ously. 11,893. No change. On the occasion of our visit to the South Ken sington Museum on the first di , play of the wedding gifts presented to the Prince and Princess of Wales, the absence of a first-class specimen of mechanism, in the shape of a watch, was most remarkable. No person seemed to have thought that princes like commoners need the we of a watch and the resuq was that whilst bracelets end bouquets-holders were presented in profusion the really usetul and splendid mechanical triumph of Ez:gli4l patience was enii , ely overlooked. Had Mr. Bennett, the eminent watch and clock maker of Cheapside, also of Corn hill, been consulted the mistake would never have arisen, for certainly we cannot think a more appropriaie present could have been selected than one of that gentleman's inimitable timekeepers. There is still one pleasant reflec tion, viz.---that it is not even now ton late to remedy this palpable oversight. AMERICAN STEAMERS DUE THIS WEEK.—The 'ollowina steamers are due at Liverpool this week from the United States—Ciiy of Washington, from New York, with dates to the 11th inst. ; the Anglo-Saxon, from Portland, with dates to the • lth ; the City of Cork, with dates from New York to the 12th; and the Canada, from Boston and Halifax, with dates to the 15th and 16th inst. The three first vessels are due on Wednesday, and the last s hip on Sunday next. 'line recent chtsi display at skipelyaejnedantdenloslanmgeosneh,linTdwtooldi Lyons, in which M. l az s e 8 resultedr aws hi s . i . Mozas HOUSE OF COMMONS —This Day. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock, LONDON AND SOUTH - WESTERN RAILWAY (STAINES AND WORINGHAM). On the motion that this bill be read a third time, Mr. R. MILLS opposed the motion, on the ground that the telegraph was not worked in the largest and best popu latedat in parish of , Ewell — w ith a popu tßheep district—nam e ly, eatedpromises had been made by the popu lation i n company to lay down the telegraph, Ile moved that the third reading be postponed for a month. Mr. DUTTON supported tho third reading. The dis trict would not sufficiently remunerate the railway to main tain a telegraph station. No promise had been made of the nature indicated. Lord A. CHURCHILL supported the third reading, After a few words from Mr. HADFIELD, the bill was read a third time and passed. FEDERAL CRUISERS, Lord A. CHURCHILL gave notice of his intention on Friday to ask the Solicitor-General whether merchant ships, in sailing between neutral ports, would be justified in de fending themselves by a resort to arms from the cruisers of the Federal States. INNKEEPERS' LIABILITY (No. 1) BILL. Mr. W. MARTIN moved that this bill be read a second time. He said its object was to limit the liability of inn keepers with respect to the personal property or goods brought into their houses by customers. Cases had of late been tried in the law courts which cast most unjust lia bility upon hotel keepers, as the property had obviously been lost almost entirely through the carelessness of the parties themselves. According to the present state of the law hotel-keepers were very much exposed to be made the victims of fraud. The hon. gentleman cited a number of cases in which claims had been made upon hotel-keepers for property stated to have been lost, which was subse quently discovered elsewhere; also several of deliberate fraud. (Hear, hear.) The remedy he proposel was to limit the responsii,ility of innkeepers to £2O, and that they should be compelled to affix proper fastenings, such as bolts, to their doors. If a:person had with him property of a larger amount they were to be compelled to give the innkeeper notice. The hon. and learned member for Youghal (Mr. Butt) had introduced a similar bill, but he confessed ho liked his own child best. Major EDWARDS seconded the motion, and hoped the hon. member for Youghal would either withdraw his bill:or amalgamate it with No. 1. A bill of this kind was much needed, and the public had nut expressed any opposition to it. Sir F. GOLDSMID moved, as an amendment, that the bill be read a second time that day six months. As the law stood an innkeeper was not resnonsible for the custody of goods, if the owner had bean obviously guilty of great negligence. If the innkeeper was guilty of negligence in th care of property brought to his house, the law, very properly, made him responsible to the owner. But this bill would relieve innkeepers of all liability, no matter how negligent he might have been, beyond the £2O specified in the bill. Mr. PACKE seconded the amendment. The bill would permit innkeepers to pry into the value of all the property, whether by ladies or others, brought into his house. and would piece his own value upon it in the event of loss, Besides, the bill would exclude the guest from giving evi dence, in the probable event of litigation as to the value of the property he had lost. H e desired *o afford till proper pre' ection to innk eepers, but as this bill would not work well he educed th e ho, member to withdraw it and introduce an amended repesura. Mr. ROEBUCK said as the law stood a landlord was responsible not for what he saw come into his house, but for what a guest said he had brought into it. The bill would correct this anomalous state of things. Would it not be well for a respectable man to tell the landlord that he had so much property, and to enquire whether it would be sate in his room ? On the other hand, a rogue who made such a statetre-nt c uld be easily detected. Thus nobody would be damaged except the rogue, and very properly. He should stipnort the bill. Col. SMYTH said he a )me time ago introduced a some what similar bill, which did no: succeed in obtaining the assent of the house. This bill appeared unobjectionable, and he trusted the house would assent to the second read ing. Mr. LOCKE supported the bill. The same principle should be applied to guests in a hotel as that in force with respect to railway travellers, who could not recover the amount of their loss unless specified. This bill would not leave guests open in all cases to have their property ex amined and surveyed by h ote l k ee pers; but it would per mit landlords, when a slippery looking customer came in and declared he hat! valuable property about him, to ask to inspect it. (Hear hear.) Sir G. BOWYER supported the bill, entering upon an explanation of the law upon the matter, and offering a ditt• serration upon the evils to which innkeepers are at present exposed. There being loud cries for a division, the question was put, but the al reading was agreed to without a division. (Laughter.) INNKEEPER' LIABILITY (No. 2) BILL. Mr. BUTT said as this bill was to a great extent lik e the one just disposed of he should withdraw it, but most pro bably would propose, in committee, the amendments of which he had given notice. ELECTIONS DURING RECESS BILL. Mr. COLLINS, in moving the second reading, observed that 100 years ago the Speaker was authorised to issue his writ for the election of a member of parliament after 14 days' notice. This was before steamboats, railways, and other rapid means of conveyance. This bill would reduce the notice to four days, which would enable elections in the recess to take place within 20 days of the vacancy. Mr. BRUCE assented on the part of the Government to the second reading. Mr. N ALIBURTON desired to correct an anachronism in the statement of the proposer of the bill. He used these words, " You, sir, were authorised 100 years ago ." (Laugh ter.) He merely wished to correct this slight mistake. The bill was then read a second time. BOROUGH RESIDENCE - UNIFORM MEASURE- MENT BILL. Mr. COLLINS moved the second reading. It appeared that the mode of measurement adopted in England, Scot land, Wales, and Ireland differed. The object of this bill was to correct that anomaly. Mr. PIGOTT moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months, on the ground that the bill w o uld not de m sz rr o .. y ßK t ß h E e Ti a gy anomalous alsoL otnaEl(ms s tate of thi ngs complained of. o pposed the bill. oppose t the bill, and pointed out that the rule proposed to be laid down would clash w ith the muni..ipal plan of measurement, and act p re j u di c i a ll y to freemen in boroughs. Mr. BOUVER i E o pposed the bill, b ecause it would admit of non-resident voters. He was, and always had bten, a great advocate for the extension of the franchise. but this bill would admit outside temen to vote, and it w as we ll k nown that they were the re naost corrupt voters in the kingdom. Mr. BENTINCK denied that there was more corruption among freemen than among the poorer inhabi`ants of b. roughs. Mr. LOCKE defended the working classes iu l a rge con stituencies from t h e charge of being op en to corrupt i on ; i t was only in small constituencies that freemen and o th ers were foundcont , tan , ly oppa to bribery. He o bj ec t e d t o this bid because it would let in an enormous n u mb e r of out vo err, who had no r i e nt l e i r e e d st to in so t m he e l o o f ca th li e ty a ; rg h u e m s e h n o t u s l o d f , therefore, op ose the bill. the withoprol;hle p iimarnock (Mr. B ouver i e ) , say i ng that stated were so corrupt were the result of that matchless political performance, the Reform Bill. Mr. C. BUTT opposed the bill because it would mate rially interfere with the Reform Bill, and admit a number of outsiders. After a few words from Lord LOVAINE, who opposed COMMENCEMENT OF THE ATTACK UPON CHARLESTON. (Per City of Cork.) NEW YORK, APRIL 9, EVENING, It is reported that the bombardment of Fort Sumter by the Federal fleet commenced on Monday last. The Southern journals of the Bth inst. state that the Federal gunboats and transports had crossed Charleston Bar, and were at anchor. The Confederate iron-clads lay between the forts, waiting the attack. It was also believed in Richmond that the bom bardment of Fort Sumter had commenced. The Federal land forces would not, it was said, co-operate in the attack until after the effect of the bombardment by the fleet was known. The Confederates under Generals Hill and Petti grew, 10,000 strong, have surrounded Washington, North Carolina, which is occupied by the Federal force under Gen. Foster variously estimated at from two to four thousand strong. The Confederates have erected a battery five miles below Washing toe, commanding the channel between that place and Newbern, thus cutting off the Federal com munication with Newbern. General Foster sent to Newbern for reinforcements, and several gun boats started, but none have yet passed the Confederate batteries below - Washington. General Hill has notified General Foster to remove the women and children, as he was going to shell the city. It is supposed the attack has taken place. Foster is strongly entrenched, and reported to be able to hold his position until the gunboats can get to his assistance. News has been received from New Orleans of the capture by the Confederates of the Federal steamer Diana in the Ortchafalaza River. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CORK AND KINSALE. Yesterday a Wharncliffo meeting of this company was held at the offices, Gracechurch-street ; Sir C. P. Roney in the chair. _ The Solicitor read the head of the Bill promoted by the company, and explained that one of its prin cipat objects was to enable them to subscribe £lO,OOO towards the erection of a first-class hotel in the town of Kinsale. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the approval of the bill, congratulated the, shareholders that they would be able to give the usual notice of the Board of Trade on the Ist of next month, and by the 15th of May ho had no doubt the regular passenger and goods trains would be running over the line. Mr. KIN GWORTH seconded the motion. The motion was then agreed to, and a vote of thanks to the chairman, directors, and secretary terminated the proceediegs. ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The transactions in the general disci - amt. market have been further reduced, and an extreme degree of quietude cons, quently prevails in monetary circles. The general charge for first-class short dated bills is 3?-, per cent., but business is reported even as low as 31 per cent. Under these circum stances it is almost unnecessary to state that the in quiries at the Bank of England have been almost suspended. About £107,000 was purchased by the Bank of England authorities yesterday afternoon. The Carleggas Tin Mining Company is an under taking recently formed fot the purchase and work ing of several mines in Cornwall. This is not a project in which the directors have only uncertain data to base their anticipations of success; on the contrary, five tin lodes are known to pass through the sett, and on one of them operations have been carried on to a ',considerable extent by :former workers. In addition to this evidence of the existence of such deposits of tin ore, recent ex plorations have also demonstrated that vast quan tities of metal may be easily raised if sufficient capital be expended upon the workings. The contract for the purchase of the property appears favourable, as part of the money is to be paid in shares of the company. The capital is fixed at 115,000 in £5 shares, of which it is estimated that £2 will be ample to place the mine in a pro fitable state. SHARE MARKETS—This day hare Railways. Paid, 13.14. 25 10 et nt 50 20 8ir.,1V01., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. fiost.,Sleat.,and Bristol and Exeter f Caledonian Cork and Bandon Corn wa ; l) A (A 2ets . 'Do. B till fip e.p an.ln•l been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc.; Dun., Perth,& Ab. June.; ; Edinburgh & Glasgow.l :Glasg. and S. Western.; ;Great Eastern, Ord. stk' Ditto A stock I Ditto EastAnglian st iGreatNorthof Scotland ;Great Northern.. ... • • • .' Do A stock Do B ao ,G t. S. an I W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val g - ua. stock Lancashite & Yorkshire Loudon and Blackwall! 'Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast I Lon., Chat., and Dover' 'Lon. & Nor' h Western .Lon. & Scr.th Western 111 an., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot 5hare5........ ., Metropolitan Midland ! Do New _ _ _ • 6.4.0 Do Binning. at Derby Gt. W. of Irelandl Do. shares 'Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire 1916.4 N. and S. W. Junction, Scottish Central Scot ti. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock.. Shrews. and Welchpool !Shropshire Union .... iSonth Deyon ..•• South Eastern i._ 'South Wales ,S. York. and River Dun .tstaines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1806 Taff vale.. Do B ,_Do C 12.10 6i 7 40 42 13 14 89 91 106 108 81 82 44 46 24 25 1071 107 f 76 77 114 116 394 40i 9/i 971 101 102 43 44 12 121 124 (24 lip 91 93 50 51 24 25 99 100 55i 66i 66 87 115 m 311 p 15 161 14 12 120 122 43 14 98 100 48 50 32 33 911 911 67 69 99 101 7 8 37 38 9 10 0 7 150 153 P 44 5 Ulster Do . Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall ‘l , . Hartlepool Har.&R ' West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 79 81 154 55 28 30 44 45 37 58 98 100 • , ,‘?y ANT .:Tout 8 84 7 8 84 f 112 112 1201 121' 120 121 134 136 101 103 66 (6f 99 44 f Closing 61181/let. Price. ( done. blf 1 f 2 54} 5} 4i 121 120 65 1 6 1 1074 1 1 76 1 1 11} 14t 39i 97 1 1 1 10114444 12 11; 12} 1221 91 901 11 1 112 1 THE SUN, 'LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1803. THE MURDER IN ST. GILES'S The p.:rea'est excitement was occasioned this morning in the neighb .urhood of St. Giles's, by the report that a man had given himself up as the murderer of Emma Jackson. The man in question last night called at the police•. station at Hoxton, and having said he wished to give him self up as the murderer of Emma Jackson, he was at once conveyed to the George-street station, St Giles's, and with the least delay possible some of the witneseses examined at the coroner's inquest were called in to identity the prisoner as the man who entered the house with the unfortunate woman. About hall-past three he was conveyed to Bow street Police-court in a cab, and as the vehicle approached the entrance of the court, the immense crowd which had collected in front rushed to meet it, all anxious to catch a glimpse of the prisoner. EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER AT BOW. STREET. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. NEWMARKET RACES—Tins DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. Sea King beat Oscar. PRINCE OF WALES STAKES. Citadel 1 Teterrima 2 Five ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Berkeley 1 Prophet Thirteen ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 25 SOVS. Biondella 1 Wingrave TWO-YEAR-OLD PLATE. Sister to Queen of the Vale 1 Garotter Twenty-one ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Chicqult the Jester .. Overcast Six ran. PLATE OF 50 SO VS. Giraffe colt Miranda filly SWEEPSTAKES. HALF R.M. Good for Nothing Miss Emma ............................ .. 2 Six ran. RENEWAL SWEEPSTAKES. Dunkeld .......................................... 1 Sea King Revolver SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. Harlequin Walked over. LATEST BETTING. THE DERBY. 4to lon the field (offered) 15 to 2 agst Macaroni (taken) 10 to 1 agst Saocharometer (taken) 1000 to 60 agat Automaton (taken) 1000 to GO agst National Guard (taken) 1000 to 60 agst Glenochty colt (taken) 18 to 1 agst Ranger (taken) 20 to 1 agst Carnival (taken) 25 to 1 agat Tom Fool (taken) ONE THOUSAND. 11 to 4 aget Tornado (raktn) 7to 2 aget Lady Augusta (taken) 11 to 2 agst Amelia (taken) 6to 1. aget Singapore (taken) 10 to 1 agst Gold Dust (taken) 12 to 1 agst Cratfon Lass (taken) 16 to 1 agst Tease-me-Not (taken) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT the bill because it would create a number of ineligible elec • tors, the house divided, when there appeared— For the second reading 174 Against it 135 Maji rity The announcement of the numbers was received with loud cheers by the Opp sition. MARRIAGES, &c., (IRELAND) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. On clause 2, Mr. BUTT explained that it was a mistake to say that the law of marriage in Ireland was the same as in England. The only provision against clandestine marriages was that persons presenting themselves to be married before the re gistrar should state the denomination to which they be longed, and that the registrar should despatch per post an intimation to that effect to their pastor. This was not the case in England, for a notice of the proposed marriage was hung up in the registrar's office for 21 days. He advised the hon. baronet (Sir E. Grogan) to adopt the English clause. Here any ten persons calling themselves a religious body, though they might be an Agapemone, could under this get a license and celebrate marriage among their members. Sir H. CAIRNS defended the clauses, saying that they were not susceptible of the interpretation put upon them by the hon. and learned member. After some discussion, in which Mr. Dawson, Mr. M'Donogh, Mr. Longfield, and Mr. Butt took part, Sir E. GROGAN expressed his desire to amend the bill to any reasonable extent that might be required. After a few words from Sir R. Peel, Sir H. Cairns, and Mr. Whiteside, some verbal amendments were added in clauses up to 6, on the motion of Sir E. GROGAN. Sir E. GROGAN proposed in clause 7, line 30, to leave out from the commencement to "registrar," in line 35, in clusive, and insert, " the presence of the registrar shall not be necessary at any marriage celebrated under the provi sions of this act, in any house of worship registered or cer tified under the said recited act." Mr, BUTT opposed the alteration, and suggested that the words "ordained minister" ought to be omitted; this would lead to much confusion. Sir E. GROGAN explained that the use of the word " ordained" had been urged upon him by ministers of Dis senting bodies in Ireland. Mr. B ITTT objected to the validity of marriages and the legitimacy of children being lett open to doubt to meet the jealousies of Dissenting clergymen, who were anxious, no doubt, to have their ordination according to their own ideas recognised in an Act of Parliament, and which might sub sequently turn out to be no proper ordination at all. The word " ordained" was struck out of the clause. Clauses 11 and 12 were omitted. The other clauses, with some verbal amendments, were agreed to, The house resumed. RECORD OFFICE. On the motion of C lonel WHITE, an address for copy of a letter from the Master of the Rolls to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the alleged abstraction from the Record Office of certain State papers, was agreed to. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. FOURTH EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF•PAST SEVEN. AMERICA. (MUTER'S TELEGRAM.) THE AMERICAN BLOCKADE. NEW YORK, April B.—The Alabama is reported to have been seen on the 23d March, in lat. 32 INT., long. 73 W. The Cornubia and the St. George, from , Washington, North Carolina, arrived at Bermuda with cotton. The schooner Sue has arrived here. She was captured on the 30th of March by the United States' steamer Monticello, off Little River Inlet, while attempting to run the blockade. She has a cargo of salt bud dry goods. On the 28th of March the fine English iron screw steamer Aries (arrived here) was captured near the entrance to Bull's Bay, which she was making by mistake, 1 er intention being to run into Charleston harbour. She was observed by the Stetting, steering towards the land, steaming at a rapid rate. Chase was imme diately given, and fire opened upon her by the Stet tin, but without result. The strange steamer made good time, and the Stettin was being sorely left be hind. After an hour's chase a dense fog set in, which enabled the pursued steamer to elude the Stettin, and for the time being to effect her escape. The Stettin continued the chase a while longer, and then lay-to till daylight. At early dawn the fog cleared up, and the Stettin soon discovered the Aries hard ashore, with her cargo going overboard, to lighten her. The Stettin immediately bore down upon her, and fired a gun, when the English flag was lowered and she became a prize to the navy. She is one of the finest prizes yet taken by the blockaders. She is not quite a year old, and upon her first transatlantic voyage. Her capacity is about 600 tons. She came from the West Indies with a cargo of coffee, salt, lead, liquor, &c. The Captain of the Aries, while at Port Royal, feigned illness and deceiv e d th e s u r g eons, bnt being sus pected of treachery, and search having been made, it was found th a t h e h a d secreted no less than 16 revolvers, loaded and capped, ready to mak e an at tempt to retake the vessel. Previou s to thie board. Tne ex posurebe denied the presence of fi rearms on Tne Aries is a beautiful Clyde-built vessel, with hinged masts, which can be lowered at pleasure. The engineers of the vessel brought her to this port, deporting themselves in a very becoming ma nner. The Aries, when she left St. Thom as, wa s conveyed by H M S. Phaeton, in company with he Pet. Port Royal, April 14.—A little schooner, laden with 300 bags of salt, on her way from Nas sau for Savannah, was cau g ht b y th e transport Mattano. The prize had a white capt a i n an d mate aboard, but the rest of the crew were negroes, who were evidently satisfied by the result of their enterprise, " The English House of Commons is one of the most remarkable assemblies that the world has ever seen, and almost every ambitious man looks forward to attaining a seat in it as a possible contingency in his career. What a bishopric is to the aspiring clergyman, the honour of being a member of Parliament is to the other professions, and to the man of family or wealth, whatever his condition in life may be. Hence it is a motley group, and contains samples of the piety, patriotism, intellect, chivalry, heroism, wealth, commerce, and crotchets of this eccentric nation. These strange elements are, however, held in subjection, and directed to high and noble purposes, by a few of the meat brilliant intellects of the age; for any man who as pires to the honour of being a leader in this assembly must possess faculties and acquirements of no ordinary kind. The physical I,bour alone which he will have to go through is enbugh to try the very strongest constitution. But be sides this untiring application, he must have mastered a vast amount of knowledge, and have a deep insight into human nature ; for the legislation of this assembly must be adapted to the feelings, Prejudices, and religions of almost i every race of mankind. Hark ! there is a gentleman speak ing : his address is quiet ; there is an absence of everything like excitement about him, and those to whom his words are addressed : it is a question of foreign policy, and the em perors and kings of Europe will not retire to rest until the electric telegraph has conveyed to them the substance of what he has said. The eyes of the world are fixed upon this quiet senate. Every noble soul throughout Western Europe who longs to break the fetters which bind his nation in bondage looks to it for encouragement and hope. The enslaved all over the world, of every creed and colour, know that they hays few friends who can help them but God and the British Parliament. Two hundred millions of people look to it for law and protection, and the arms of its authority encircle the earth. In this for um of the world who would not desire to excel ? " Evcry shade of ambition may be distinguished here. The country squire, looking more doltish and out of place than ho does on the bench at quarter sessions, has struggled hard and spent a few thousands that he may have the honour of putting M,P. to his name. The restless dema gogue, the ' canker of a calm world and a long peace,' who has come uppermost in the seething caldron of politi• cal agitation, is borne here on the breath of promises which never can be fulfilled. Men made of money, who have bought the honour and paid for it, rising barristers, schem ing attorneys, hopeful naval and military officers, younger sons of old families, heirs h lordly estates and dukedoms, are jostling here with Irish agitators, 'the Pipe's brass band,' the pink of Nonconformity, and the patrons of the turf. All these may be seen, but they are seldom heard, and less frequently listened to. They have come here t,o find themselves in the company of men whose brilliant souls, like some electric light, make mankind turn their eyes away from the sickly glare of rushlight intellects. These stars of the first magnitude are few, but they are there, and it is to them that we are to look for the inter pretation of the thoughts and feelings of this great nation," mrnediately afterwards we have the following de scription of MR. DISRAELI IN THE HOUSE. " In the front seat on the Conservative side of the House may be observed a man who, if his hat be off, which it generally is, is sure to arrest one's attenti m, and we need scarcely to be told atter having once seen him that he is the leader of that great party. He is not old, just turned fifty, we may suppose, but he bears his age well, what ever it may be. His face, which was once handsome, is now " sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought." The head is long, and the forehead massive and finished. The eye is restless, but full of fire ; the hair black and curly. Nature has evidently taken some pains to finish the exterior. But he is about to speak; the debate has assumed a party aspect; strong things have been said b,th of him and the party which he reprasents ; Cobden, Bright, Gladstone, Osborne, have each laid the lash on their political oppo nents, and now it is their turn to receive a chastisement from the hand of a skilful operator. He is no sooner on his feet than the House is hushed in silence; his friends and backers, who have been galled by the heavy fire of their opponents, now look up with exultation in their eyes; they all know that he will say what each one of them would have said if he had been gifted with the ability to give exoression to the thought that was big within him. His opponents also know that he is not likely to spare them. Mr. Gladstone looks restless ; Lord John Russell pulls his hat over his eyes until he cooks like a frog under a fungus; John Bright eyes him with drab pugacity, and Palmerston grimly smiles. The orator in the mean time beguiles his audience into a good humoured laugh and then plunges at once into his subject. He is at home everywhere : the most abstruse figures and recondite facts—no matter what they may be—are at his angers' ends, ripe and ready. The haad on the dial-plate has travelled on for a whole hour, but we are uncon scious of the flight of time, for this luminous exposi tion of his subject is only the prelude to a reply which shall demolish the reasonings of his adversaries. In terse, epi grammatic sentences, sparkling with wit and barbed with satire, he retorts on his opponents amidst the grins and impatience of his rivals and the hearty and enthusiastic cheers of his friends. Another hour is gone, and still the Senate is spell-bound by his eloquence. His closing sen tence is followed by a tremendous cheer, The squire leaves the house to eat his pheasant, quite sure that the agricul tural interest is safe whilst it has such an advocate, and the proudest of a proud aristocracy is flattered by his friendship." Oracles from the iirtezah Poets. By J amen Smith. Third Edition. Pp. 17,5. Virtue, Brothers, and Co. Wg hardly wonder at Mr. James Smith's pretty little Drawing Room Table-Book having already won for itself the honours of a third edition. Those honours it is really entitled to. The volume, or rather volnmette, is worthy of being reprinted. For the original notion of the work the compiler acknow ledges himself indebted to the skill and fancy of the compiler of what Mr. Smith, in the first sentence of his Preface, frankly calls "its American prototype." It is only the idea of the book that the English man-of-letters borrows—not a syllable of the con tents—not one solitary quotation. Although the first title of the little Work (given verbatim at the head of this notice) is happily enough, and evilicitly enough, " Oracles from the British Poets :" its second title is ahr.ost better—par ticularly if, in remembrance of the merry old. adage, " Laugh and Grow Fat," we apply to this second title anything like a literal significance — namely, a " Pleasant Companion for a Bound Party !" In this suggestion, however, we are shamefacedly conscious of yielding to the temptation of indulging in what Charles Reade's lady-mother, in Very Hard Cash, all but faints over the mere mention of, as " jargon." Among the Poets, by the way, here quoted as Oracles, one we notice by name—" Twamley." Can it be possible that this can be that immortal Twam ley who once upon a time (see Boswell) introduced himself in an inn parlour to Doctor Johnson as—the Inventor of Warm Flat Irons P At any rate if not that Great Original—here is Another Immortal Twamley ! As a specimen of the sweets now gathered together, and at the same time as affording a specimen of what the Book before us is made of—we wouli refer the reader to the Central GAME or QUESTION in the Collection, to wit, " What is your favorite Flower ?" A Question to which fifty distinct answers are given in the shape of as runny excerpts from va rious English Poets! N ow Bi s h op M ant re pli es , for example— "Our England's Lily of the May, Our Lily of the Vale." Now Keats whispers to us honeyedly— " the Woodbine 01 velvet leaves and bugle blooms divine." Now Mrs. Hemans sings deliciously of — "The foam-like meadow sweet." Now Wordsworth cries aloud prophetically (for has he not in truth made the flower essentiallyhis own?)-- There's a flower that shall be mine— 'Tis the little Celandine. And EO on, butterfly-like, wo flit, from bloom fa bloom, accordingly as we may select hap hazard any number in chancing our reply to the general inquiry as to what our favourite flower may be. So much, briefly, by way of welcome to this " Pleasant Com panion for"—we cannot help it, Mrs.. Dodd! the phrase is not ours, but the compiler's—" A Round Party !" THETFORD ELECTION. -- o The poll opened yesterday morning at 8 o'clock, but could hardly be said to proceed briskly, as there were only about 200 electors whose votes could by any possibility be recorded. Mr. Harvey addressed: a meeting of his supporters on Mcnday night, atd appeared to be to a great extent . what be professes to be, viz., the popular candidate in opposition to, the combined Grafton and Baring interests. A con tested elebtion has not taken place in Thetford since 1841, when Sir .Tames Flower appeared in opposi• tion to the interest which Mr. Harvey now sought to assail, being returned by a majority,of 1; and probably for the 22 intervening years the ordinarily , quiet streets of the borough did not present so ani mated a spectacle as they did yesterday. Even as it was, however, the popular effervescence was of a very mild description. The first four hours' polling proceeded as follows : Hour. Fitzroy. Harvey. Nine Ten ...... Eleven Noon 6S At the close of the poll (4 o'clock) the numbers were—Fitzroy, 93; Harvey, 81. At half-past four the Mayor (Mr. Bidwell) an ❑ounced the result as above, end declared Lord Frederick Fitzroy duly elected. Lord Frederick expressed his acknowledgments, and observed that after a contest running up to twelve votes, he hoped no more would be heard of Thetford being a pocket borough. As in a short time there would be a general election, he should have an opportunity of meeting his friends again, and he hoped it would be found that he had acted up to his professions. Mr. Harvey also addressed the electors, and observed that although a majority of votes had been recorded for his opponent, he still felt that he was perhaps the real representative of the majority of the inha bitants of the borough. (Cheers, and cries of " No, no.") At the close of a few further observations, the hon. gent'eman - publicly shook hands with Lord Frederick Fitzroy, and the proceedings then closed with a vote of thanks to the Mayor for the impar tiality with which he had conducted the bueiveGN O f the election. LITERATURE. Disraeli ; the Au 7 or, Orator, and Statesman. By John pp. 368. Darton and Hodge. A political biography of Mr. Disraeli cannot fail to be regarded with interest, whether by friend or foe, and it has been the fate of the right hon. member for Buckinghamshire to have friends and foes as numerous and as zealous as fall to the lot of most men. To very few is he an object of in difference. Perhaps because he is himself disposed to feel so keenly, and to give such intense expres sion to his feelings, Mr. Disraeli is continually the object of vehement panegyric, or of as vehement vituperation. "Few men," says Mr. Mill, "have passed through the ordeal that he has. He has outlived the laughter of one class of opponents, and the malice of another is nearly exhausted, and his influence to•day is more wide-spread and secure than it has been at any former period of his life." Mr. Mill, in the dedication of this work to the electors of Buckinghamshire, declares himself to be personally a stranger to the hero of his narrative. He happened to hear Mr. Disraeli speak in the House of Commons a short time ago, when it occurred to him " that a sketch of his career might do something more than point a moral and adorn a tale." The object of the writer is to show the young men of England—those "trustees of pos terity" of whom Mr. Disraeli has himself spoken so eloquently—what may be achieved by one of them. selves, a man of the people, upheld by a resolute purpose. "It is said of the French army," observes Mr. Mill, " that every soldier carries a marshal's baton in his knapsack, and it may with equal truth be affirmed that every English boy has the possibility presented to him of becoming a Cabinet Minister, provided only that he has the capacity to attain it." The little seven-year-old hero of Mrs. Oliphant's new novel desires for his birthday gift to have the key of the House of Commons. But according to the happy simile above quoted, little Derwent was already unconsciously possessed of that open-sesame to distinction. Here is Mr. Mill's very vigorous sketch of • one of our most distinguished public men, and a very spirited survey of a most remarkable career We cannot sc , y much in commendation of the writer's style of composition. Such a kind of narra tive does not .demand eloquent writing ; an easy, simple style is all that is required. But Mr. Milt goes beyond this, and degenerates occasionally into vulgar collequisms; as, for example, when quoting a passage from Mr. Disraeli's famous discourse at Slough, the writer goes on to say—" It is scarcely possible to conceive what a row this speech made.? Such expressions are beneath the dignity of any work assuming in the smallest degree the character of history, and should an opportunity be afforded to Mr. Mill, he will do well to revise his composition. As it is he has fulfilled his purpose of suggesting an encouraging example to the ambitious youth of England, and of according a Public tribute to ono who has so many claims on the admiration: of his countrymen. THE HOUSE OP COMMONS. MARKETS —This Day. A very small supply . ,_ m arket. MA Of R h K O - 2. l ". A l N r ,, E ;_,, Tsh v e he d a e t m w a a n s d r received v n e i l l qualities, however, was .ces. I h iß ea r t e o d u an th d took place in i b ri uyers. fresh up to this mor ni y: iTuhgegi i rs h te e n t d a e te n , c3 7 h t o n w o e q v u t. o r t, wen,ab l change evvahtailitedqBuwari large Saas progressed instances the quotations ruled the turn tie ., and in o°D'e oslfowfolrye,igliboth easier. cargoes of grain were in slow request, at late Fl oa ting decidedly The showii fnoafv.oiiiiisleeds rates. The supply of barley was rather limited. However, the t ra de was decidedly flat, at p rev i ous currencies. Malt cha nge d hands slowly on former terms. The supply of oats was very large, and all qualities sold heavily, at barely stationary prices. No alteration took place in the value of beans or peas. The demand for them, however, ruled heavy, although the supplies on offer were small. Barrel flour met a dull inquiry, at about previous rates. Olier kinds moved off slowly, at late prices. In the closing chapter of this biography Mr. Mill tells us that his sources of information have been . more than ten thousand pages which Mr. Disrae li has written, and many thousands of columns of urces Hansard which he has spoken. From these sources a nd he has compiled for us a very comprehensive works of delightful summary of the chief literaryebriltiant meteor the author of Coningsby—from .s th boy Sir Robert a ppealing history of like Vivian Grey, written in his Sybil the thoughtful andahned ho.od,lown to Poor. Mr. Disraeli's is enlivenedft• t by * ln th an S y i the Two Nations—Rich Th e COD IC with from his speeches. political history describes • Mill truly as unique of its Peel, which Mr. . of two very interesting kind, is the subject interesting and followed important chapters,, . by others entitled, „The Revolt," ' Rising iron the Ranks," " Per sonal Matters," " The Man in Office," " Leadi •ng of t h e Opposition," " Second Term of ' t ce," &sc. I n summing up the character the hereof' his his tory, Mr: Mill particularly remarks upon " his in tense love of truth and resolute desire to get at it if possible;" his versatility of talent, "aspiring to be many things and succeeding in nearly all of them ;" and his atilt zing industry---" resolute, dogged, able, indefatigable work characterises him VESSEL AT NEW everywhere." ALLEGED SEIZURE cw A the Asia Beyond all this, says Mr. Mill, at New York when "there is • Yonx.—A rumour prevailed an e mbargo on a ve ssel one quality which must commend itself sailed that the Government had laidlaid French army in Mexico. to every one—his fearlessness in expressing his laden with stores, &c., for thespeak of an invention thought, whatever it may be, whether in advocating Several foreign journals t namely, a musical bed, a Jew Bill or opposing a successful Minister. just produced i G ermany,ang of a concealed piece of Englishmen always admire pluck." Courage is with so constructed that b y ssure of the body produces the softest mechanism the pte ough to lull one to ales t his a primary element in a noble character, and hann ony, which lasts ion:: - d with a hand, which can bs a this perhaps is one of the secrete of Mr. Disraeli's At the head of the b h e o d ur is the person wishes to awakc; s e rf influence. The extracts given from those parlia- placed at whatever tha b e d plays a warch of Spoui Jai, wii u mentary philippics would of themselves render . this at the ti a m n e d filed cym bals, loud enough to wake the 6ottnriztlt volume most attractive. It is worthy of attention, e d i t: po we r. likewise, as affording a very truthful portraiture of ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. Irish Foreign.... 450 I 2630 ' 420 100 I -- 2,610 27,530 10,070 brie. BOROUGH HOP. Most kinds of hops are in steady request, and prices fairly supported. WHITECHAPEL. The trade is heavy, and the supply on offer moderate. Prices rule as follows :—Beef, from 2a 6d to as 10d; mutton, 3s to 45 Od; veal, 3s 6d to 4s Gd ; lamb, 5a 8d to 68 8d ; and pork, 3s 4d to4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase.