The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-05 00:00:00

COLOIIIAL MARKETS.

Business for consumption now, as well as for export, is very Inactive,
indeed, it appears as if it had come to a pause, and the whole market is
dull, and, whilst the prices of primary commodities are firm, such at
Sugar, for Instance, for consumption, there are some commodities,
amongst which Spices may be reckoned, that seem on the verge
of a decline. B. P. Sugar sells steadily at former prices; 30s, ie
now asked for fine crushed. We have no public sales of any
kind of groceries to-day. By private contract there is nothing
doing worth notiCe in either Sugar, Coffee, Rice, Cocoa, or Spices. A
Government contract for 73,000 gallons of Rum, has made that market
a little firmer. The imports continue light
For to morrow also, which is one of the principal market-days for
Colonial produce, we have very little produce adrertised. The chief is
4,000 bags of Saltpetre, 6,000 bags of Mauritius Sugar, 3,243 bags
Bengal Sugar, '2lO bags Brazil Cocoa, 606 bags of Ginger, and a small
quantity of Pepper.

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We have large Drug sales this evening. Pearl Sago easily obtains
1 2s. 6d. to 14a. for fair and good.

The Tories of Bristol, have, we understand, brought
actions for perjury against six individuals who supported the
Liberal Candidates at the late election. Two of them were
tried yesterday, and verdicts of acquittal pronounced. The
other four will, without doubt, be also acquitted.

The Duchess Countess of Sutherland gave an ele-
gant dinner on Wednesday evening, in Hamilton-place, to the
Master of the Horse and the Countess of Albemarle, the
Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl and Countess of
Rosebery, Earl and Countess of Surrey, General Lord
William Bentinck, Lord Fitzalan, Hon. Captain Grey, Mr.
Henry Luttrell, and Mr. Samuel Rogers.

The Italian Opera of Paris closed for the season on
Saturday last with the performance of I Pur itani. Grisi,
Rubini, Tamburini, and Lablache, took leave of the audience,
amidst the most enthusiastic applause and a shower of flowers.

Upwards of eighty individuals, men, women, and
children, have fallen victims to the small-pox at Worcester
since jAnuary last. The disease is not abated, fatal cases still
occurring.

" TOPSAIL SHEET BLOCK'S," Ste. By THE
OLP Samort."—Another sea yarn; and from the pen of a
writer whose preceding popularity has shown him to be so
clever in the description of naval life, and the drawing of naval
characters. TOPSAIL SHEET BLOCKS" ia, however, far from
being altogether an oceanic tale; on the contrary, plots and
crimes on shore, disguises, conspiracies, and all the machi-
nery of romance, form the main componency of this perform.
ante. It contains an account of the French invasion of the
Netherlands in 1794, whether the adventures of the
hero carried him to be a witness of the atrocities
and horrors of that bloody period. Its sea-scenes are
the best : these are perfectly genuine. Among the
characters, that of the late Sir Joseph Yorke (called Captain
Yorick) is strikingly brought out ; and old Blocks, the
gunner, and Joe Breeze, of the Roaring Boreas, are, we doubt
not, originals, though we have not the honour to recognise
them. A narrative of the crew of a brig, reduced to perish
by starvation, is dreadfully distinct, and Lord Byron's is not
more powerful nor poetical. With all the seaman's rough-
ness, a fine healthy tone, both of moral and r, ligious feeling,
is the prominent and essential quality of this work.—Literary
Gazette.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

HULL.
The Committee met at Ten o'Clock.

Daniel Clarke was objected to.
Thomas Adamson deposed that the voter told hint, In the course off
conversation, that on the morning of the election Mr. Thomas Mid-
dleton, of Silver-street, came to his house, and asked him to vote for
James and Wilberforce. Clarke said he was "poorly," and. that Mr-
Middleton then took him to the Greenland Fishery public-house, and_
treated him with a glass of brandy, desiring him to vote as soon as
possible. He went and voted for James and Wilberforce.
Samuel Jackson, the landlord of the Greenland Fishery, was rie3c
called, but seemed scarcely able to recollect anything which took places
on that morning. He stated that he knew neither Middleton nor Clarke-
The Committee retained the vote.

Joseph Boston was next objected to.
It appeared that during the week before the election and on the day
of election the voter was drinking on several occasions at the ht.'ose °f,
Mr. Bowlby, the Blue Bell, in Witham, and at the Holderness New
Inn, kept by Andrew Hare, nearly opposite. He did not pay for the
drink at either place. The Holderness New Inn is the property of
Charles Hammond, who was frequently there during the election.
Andrew Hare was under examination when our reporter left.

MALDON.
The Committee met at eleven o'clock, when the case which was
opened yesterday was again proceeded with, and was likely to occupy'
considerable time, as a great deal of documentary evidence was put in"