The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-16 00:00:00

MANCHESTER, APRIL 15.

STOCK EXCHANGZ. —The market has been very active
to•day, and prices have an upward tendency. The transac-
tions were as follow : - Birmingham and Oxford Junction
(with a guarantee), 291,4—Caledonian, 1518 —Eastern Coun-
ties, 714 Great Northern, 18 Lancashire and Yorkshire,
6`2 —Ditto ( West Riding Union), 5% dis.—Ditto, Prefer-
ence, 6 per cent, 13 9-16—London anti North-Western (Man-
chester and Birmingham, Quarters, (C), 3 1-16 p.--Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 36%8—Ditto, 101. Pre-
ference, 1241 North British, 10% South-Eastern and
Dover, 27%—York and North Midland, 26%.
BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 15. . .

STOCK EXCTIANGE.—The only transactions reported to-day
were—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A). 41. 33. 9d. dis.—
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley,lo/. 16s. 3d,

Another imprcvement in the daguerreotypic art has
just been made public by Mr. Beard, the gentleman who
first introduced to this country the curious discovery of
the ingenious Frenchman, Daguerre. From the day when
the process was first practised in England it has been the
subject of innumerable experiments, and many improve-
ments, upon the original crude plans. The pictures at first
could only be obtained of a small size, and all the faces had
an opaque ghastly look. These drawbacks were both gra-
dually removed, and larger and pleasanter, and, at length,
coloured, portraits were obtainable. The action of time,
however, was found to be injurious to the pictures, and even
when carefully glazed the air found its way under the
glass, gradually oxydized the silvered surface of the plate,
and thus injured, it it did not destroy the aspect of the
work. A Mons. Mansion has now found, and Mr. Beard has
perfected a plan, for coating the surface of the daguerreotype
with a kind of transparent enamel, which effectually ex
eludes the air, renders a glass unnecessary, and permits,
moreover, the application of colour more effectually than by
any mode previously attempted. We may, indeed, now re-
gard these sun-pictures as capable of the high and elaborate
finish of miniatures in oil, whilst they enjoy the indestruc-
tible adjuncts of a metal plate with a vitreous facing—the
likeness safely lodged between the two, undimmed an un-
damageable by time.
Tlis UNITED STATES' TAILIFF.—LIVERPOOL,TIIES.•
Dev.—Our accounts by the steamship Arctic, from New
York, notice an important feature in the new law of appraise-
ment for tariff purposes, namely, that the valuation will be
according to the price paid originally for the goods imported,
no upon the market value at the period such goods are
imported. For example, if A buy manufactured goods in
May, at 155., and import them into America in July, when
prices have declined to 10s., duty on the larger amount will
have to be paid.
MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL, " SECOND LOVE,
OR, BEAUTY AND INTELLECT."--If the attraction of the title
of this novel is great, that of its contents is still greater. The
execution of the story proves Mrs. Trollope, as usual, a perfect
writer of tales of domestic fiction. The great majority of
characters introduced bespeak our interest even at their entree.
The principal personage satirized in the story is theß.ev.
Selcroft—a clerical Pecksniff, less apparently pompous,
but equally selfish, oily, and time-serving. ii e is an amazingly
clever and gentlemanly man in the eyes of 11;s family, is
deeply ambitious, and thirsts after pluralities, a deanery, and
lawn sleeves. He is the favourite toady of the Low Church
Bishop of M-- , but is soon metamorphosed into a cringing
Puseyite to propitiate the Tractarian Bishop of the diocese in
which Harley Court is situate.—Observer.
REPRESENTATION OF BOSTON..--Mr. Alderman
Wire is a candidate for the representation of Boston, vacant
by the death of Captain Pelham. At present Mr. Wire is
unopposed, but several competitors are named.

TESTIMONIAL TO MR. JERDAN.—A meeting was
held on Monday last, in the rooms of the Royal Society of
Literature, Mr. B. B. Cabbell, M.P., in the chair, to consi-
der of the best means of testifying public respect to Mr. W.
Jerdan, for the constant and great services he has rendered
to the literature, science, and art of this country, as Editor of
the Literary Gazette during the long period from its esta-
blishment in 1817 to the close of last year. The meeting
was well attended by gentlemen connected with literature
and science, who all entered warmly into the objectslor which
they were assembled. It was determined to raise a sub-
scription, to form a fund for the purpose of rendering Mr.
Jerdan's declining years as comfortable as possible, and a
committee was formed for carrying this objezt into effect,
containing most of the leading names of the literature of (the
day, such as Bulwer, Dickens, Hallam, Lockhart, Thackeray,
Monckton Milnes, Lover, Douglas Jerrold, Leigh Hunt,
Forster, Bell, Mackay, Swain, &c. ; among artists, Maclise,
Stanfield, Barry, Cruikshank, and Durham ; in science, Mur-
chison, Forbes, Grove, Captain Smyth, Francis Ainsworth,
and others, with a good sprinkling of Nobility and Members
of Parliament. Mr. Joseph Arden was appointed treasurer,
and Mr. Thomas Wright and Mr. John Shillinglaw undertook
the duties of honorary secretaries.

CLASSIC HARMONIC SOCIETY. Last evening
Perry's oratorio, The Fall of Jerusalem, was performed by
the members of this society, at the Druid's Hall, Farringdon-
street. The principal solo parts were sustained by Mrs. T.
C. Gretton, Misses Champion, Milner, Sophy Law, Mr. Man-
ley, and Mr. Gadsby, who each rendered their respective
parts with a precision and correctness that must have proved
highly gratifying to the talented composer, who wielded the
conductor's baton. We must especially be allowed to compli-
ment Miss S. Law, Mr. Manley, and Mr. Gadsby, for the talent
and ability they displayed on the occasion. The chorus was
numerous and effective. The hall was crowded.
MISS DAVENPORT.—This talented artiste appears
to have excited a perfect furore among the good people of
Philadelphia, where she has been performing in a new tra-
gedy, entitled Charlotte Corday. On the night of her benefit
the Chestnut-street Theatre was crowded to suffocation, and
many were obliged to leave the house, unable to gain admis-
sion. One of the journals says—" Never was actor or actress
More popular in Philadelphia,"
The Lord Advocate (Mr. Moncrieff) was elected
tandeva Unnceivdetrosi ttyhe of
ilr Orford,ciieoMember for Leith on Monday, without opposition, in the
place of Mr. Rutherford, elevated to the bench.
dea and Rofeccthoircho
The Rev. J. Garbett, A.M,, Professor of Poetry in
Chichester, Clayton,
Vt°AnClinStusbseyx,thie
resignation of the Aev. H. E. Mewling,