The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-10 00:00:00

currency.

WHITECHAPEL.
The supply of meat is only moderate, and the trade rules
firm, as follows
Beef, from 2s fid to 45 Od ; mutton, 35 4d to 45 4d; lamb,
Od to 58 8d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ;
and pork, 3s 2d to
4s 4d per Sibs by the carcase.
_

MADAME DE LAMARTINE.—M. Victor Hugo has
addressed the following letter to M. de Lamartine:
—"Ha.utevillo House, May 23, 1863.—Dear Laniartine,—
A great misfortune has just befallen you; and I long At
once to draw our hearts close together. That which you
love I venerate. Your lofty spirit beholds extending far
around it the .wide horizon: You perceive distinctly-
future life I It is not necessary to say to you, Hope I You
the
are of those who know, and who wait. She is henceforth
still slways your companion, invisible it is true, hut ever
present. You have lost the woman, the wife—but not the
soul. Dear friend, let Its live in the
dead,--Thine, VICTOR
Exmo,"

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS.--This Day.

The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter after twelve.
The following bills were considered, and ordered to be
read a third time :—Devon Valley Railway—Haddington
Roads—London and North Western Railway—and 'I en-
dring Hundred Railway.
SECOND READINGS.

The following bills were read a second time :—lsle of
Wight Railways (Extensions)—Merthyr, Tredegar, and
Abergavenny Railway—and Tottenham and Hampstead
Junction Railway.
INNKEEPERS' LIABILITY (No, 1) BILL.

Mr. W. MARTIN moved that the Speaker do leave the
chair.

Sir F. GOLDSMID desired to intimate that he should
offer no further opposition to the measure. The promoters
bad placed various amendments on the paper, which would
completely alter and at the same time materially improve
the provisions of the bill.

Mr. PACKE alio withdrew his opposition to the
measure.

The house then weLt into committee.

Clause 1 was withdrawn, and the following amendment,
by Mt. HUNT, substituted :—" After the passing of this act
no innkeeper shall be liable to make good to any guest of
such innkeeper any loss of or injury to goods or property
brought to his inn, not being a horse or other live animal,
or any gear appertaining thereto, or any carriage, to a
greater amount than :he sum of thirty pounds, except in
the following cases —That is to say-1. Where such goods
or property shall have been stolen, lost, or injured through
the wilful default or neglect of such innkeeper, or any servant
in his employ ; and, 2. where such goods or property shall
have been deposited expressly for safe custody with such
innkeeper, or his servant authorised by him for that pur-
poses. Provided always, that in the case of such deposit
it shall be lawful for such innkeeper, if he think fit, to re-
quire, as a condition of his liability, that such goods or pro-
perty shall be deposited in a box or other receptacle, and
that the person depositing the same shall affix his seal to
the fastening thereof."
Mr. ROEBUCK proposed a clause to the effect that £3O
be the limit of compensation, end that the onus of proving
the value thereof rest with the owner.

Mr. LOCKE said it would be incumbent upon the owner,
if he went to law, to prove the value of the property.
Mr. HEYGAICE supported the clause, and mentioned a
case of great injustice which had occurred to an innkeeper
in Leicestershire,

After a short discussion, the proviso of the hon. and
learned member for Sheffield was withdrawn.

Mr. W. MARTIN proposed the adoption of the follow-
ing clauses :--" If any innkeeper shall lefuse to receive for
safe custody, as before mentioned, any goods or property of
his guest, or if any such guest shall, through any
default of such innkeeper, be unable to deposit such
goods or property as aforesaid, he shall not be en-
titled to the benefit of this Act, in respect of such
guods or property. Every innkeeper shall cause to be
printed in plain type the first section of this act, and shall
cause at least one copy thereof to be exhibited in a conspicu-
ous part of the hall or entrance to his inn, and he shall be
entitled to the benefit of this act in respect of such goods or
property only as shall be brought to 'his inn while such
copy shall be exhibited ; and he shall also append to such
copy a notice in writing, signed by himself, containing the
name of the servant (if any) authorised by him to receive
goods and property for safe custody."

(LEFT SITTING.)

LONDON GAZETTE—Yesterday.

FOREIGN OFFICE, JUNE 1.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Percy
Mitford, Esq., now Attache to her Majesty's Legation at
Brussels, to be a Third Secretary in her Majesty's Diplo-
matic Service.

JUNE 9.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. G.
Kohler as Consul-General at Sydney, New South Wales,
for his Majesty the King of the Netherlands.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Senor Alfredo
Duprat as Consul-General at the Cape of Good Hope for
his Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of M.
Braouezec as Honorary Consul at Sierra Leone for his Ma-
jesty the Emperor of the French.

BANKRUPTS.
The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im-
portance in the Gazette :
Henry Rowan, silversmith, Sheffield
William Poyner, butcher, Shiffnal, Salop
Henry Beck, town traveller, Tottenham
Alfred Trill, commercial traveller, Homerton
Richard Jones, commission agent, Notting-hill-gate
Benjamin Callow, artist, Liverpool
Henry Broom, butcher, Widworthy, Devon
James Wilding, butcher, Shrewsbury
John Rowland Wight, painter, Barnsley
Joseph Spencer, wheelwright, Scawby, Lincolnshire
Charles Lloyd, grocer, Rainhill, Lancashire
George Bish, engineer, Stratford
John Geach, carpenter, Paradise-street, Marylebone
W. H. Onions, bookseller, Shrewsbury
Clarissa Brooks, wine merchant, house agent
Henry Oldham, jun., ironmonger, Camden-town

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
James Hatham Holmes, merchant, Strand
Philip Cross, butcher, New Cross, Kent
SCOTCH BANKUPTS.
John Shearer, wine and spirit merchant, Glasgow
Irvine and Co., auctioneers, Edinburgh
Joseph Carruthers, vintner, Forfar
David Martin, grocer, Stranraer
James Macnee, oil merchant, Glasgow
James Strang, fruit merchant, Hamilton
Thomas Farrie, quarrier, Linlithgow
Alexander Wallace Menzie, draper, Dundee
Hector Maclean, merchant, Lossiemouth, Elgin
James Drummond, flesher, Crieff