The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-04 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLoCK.

The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
tamely, and prices of all descriptions were with-
out change. The sales were estimated at 5,000
bales, comprising 60 Pernam and Maranham, 7Ad. ;
BO Egyptian, 6d. to 6gd. ; and 800 Surat, 41d. to
51d. per lb. In the Railway Share Market an
improvement was observable, and the prices of all
the leading stocks were a shade higher.

Accounts from Trieste report an active state of
trade in the principal articles of import during the
latter part of May, after a long state of stagna-
tion. Coffee was in demand, but prices were a
little reduced. Some sales were effected in Brazils
for export to the Levant and Greece. For the in-
terior the'demand continued to be limited. Prices
ruled as follows :-6,380 bags Rio, from 24 to 29
florins per quintal ; 144 cases Saint Jago, fine
quality, from 47f1. to 48ft. ; and second ditto, from
40fl. to 46f1. Raw Sugars were quiet, with a ten-
dency in prices to decline. The sales comprised
1,583 cases white Havanna, at 20l to 21 florins
Per quintal, and 300 bags Benares, at 19 to
19i florins. Refined Sugars have maintained
their prices with much firmness.
The public sales of colonial wool close this even-
ing, and the following information upon the subject
Is taken from Messrs. S. B. Edenborough and
Co.'s circular

"Owing to the great activity in all the manufactur-
ing districts that has existed since the last sales in
March, which terminated with so much buoyancy,
And the consequent extreme lowness of stock on
hand, some advance was anticipated, but not to
the extent that took place at the opening
sales, namely, ld. to 21d. per lb. This rise
completely took both home and foreign buyers by sur•
rise, and, in most instances, caused parties to hold
W.eic in the hope of a reaction, which so soon as pressing
demands were fully satisfied, ultimately took place, and
Prices receded to the closing rate of March sales. Pur-
chases on foreign account have not been important, many
having left without operating at all, expecting to do
better by waiting until July, when the quantity likely
to be brought forward will be so much larger, and they
fancy that prices in consequence will be easier. The
Wool continues to arrive very well got up, and of a
healthy character, and does great credit to the growers
of all the colonies, both Australian and Cape."
The half-yearly meeting of the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company was held to-
day, at which a report was presented, showing the
earnings of the ships to have been satisfactory, and
that no casualties of any importance had occurred
to the fleet. The chief features of the report were
the erection of a Lighthouse on the Basses Rocks,
in the island of Ceylon, and the visitation of the
directors to tender for the Australian postal ser-
/ice. A dividend of 31 per cent. was declared for
the half-year ending 31st March last.

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company's
'vessel Tagus, appointed to leave Southampton to-
daY, takes out 489,6861. in specie, of which 11,3401.
18 in gold for Alexandria, Madras, Calcutta, Singa-
pore, and Hong Kong ; and 478,346/. in silver,
mostly to the same places.

Yesterday afternoon there was some weakness
in the continental exchanges, but no material de-
cline occurred.

There is more activity in the Money Market, the
Payments of the commercial bills falling due to-day,
the Fourth of the month and the excitement of
the Consol account having increased the demand.
Still, however, no change has occurred in the term:
of discount " out of doors."

The adjustment of the account in the English
market has progressed satisfactorily, and a large
amount of stock has been carried over at per cent.,
showing confidence in the fu Lure, and an increased
disposition to speculate for a rise. The mar-
ket continues depressed, owing to the American
dispute. Consols for money have been 94
4nd For account
,they have been 941 and
I)SL the market now being firmer than at the com-
mencement of business. The Scrip is dull at 1-k
premium. The New Threes are 93g- and the
Reduced 93k. Bank Stock is 2161 being flat. Ex-
chequer Bills are 4s. to Bs. premium. They were
Yesterday erroneously quoted 7s. discount. The
toads are 98/ 99.

Some of the Foreign Investments are flatter.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 99 to 991 for money, and
for account. Spanish Passive Bonds have
been 7. French 4i- per Cents. 93, with the ex-
change at 25f. 40c. ; and Dutch 4 per Cents. 95.
Russian 5 per Cents. are firmer at 1072, and the
44 per Cents. at 98. Sardinian Bonds are 921.
Buenos Ayres have risen 2 per cent., viz. 77, and
Danish Threes are 83k.

The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
gtocks —Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7 ; Mexican,
221 23.; Peruvian, 77 9 ; ditto Three per Cents.,
64 6 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 50 2 ; Russian
/'ive per Cents., 105 7 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 96 8 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 471 8 ;
ditto Deferred, 251 6 ; ditto Certificates, 61 1;
ditto Passive, 7,1 i•

For English and Foreign Mining Shares there is
4 quiet and rather heavy market, most of the
Principal lines being i lower. The Canadian lines
are weaker owing to the Central American diffi-
culty.

50
20
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Banking Shares, as well as the Miscellaneous,
are dull.

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BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES

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j''r evr 2i per Cent. Annuities 978
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India Bonds, £l000
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Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent. 99 81
Ditto, 1859
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Danish... Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1825 B3.
urenada New Active, 21 per Cent.
„_Ditto Deferred
'taxi can 3 per Cent 221
, Ditto Account
reruvian Bonds 4} per Cent
'Ditto Account
Anssian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent lO7l
Ditto 41 per Cent.
hrdinian Bon:ls, 5 per Cent.
IPanisb Bonds, 3 per Cent 47
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... Ditto Passive 7
Zrkish Bonds, 6 per cent 99i 9
'Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account lo3k
Dividends on the above 'amble in London.
erench Reates, 41 per Cent 93f ex 25f 40e
Dutch Exchange, 2?., per Cent., 12'Guilders
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 95
THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols for Money 94R
Ditto Account (July 10) 94i 5

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GARDEN MEMORANDA.

A MESSRS. 'WATERER AND GODFREY'S EXHIBITION OF
'AMERICAN PLANTS. —These extensive growers of this
charming class of plants intend to open in a few days a
Inagnificent exhibition of them at Ashburnham House,
'n connection with Cremorne-gardens. For this grand
display an excellent tent has been erected, about 365
Lein long and 95 feet wide. Provision has been made
14 the roof of it for ample ventilation, and on the
ventilators, which are to be transparencies., have been
Painted !representations of plants and birds, which
then they shall have been put up and arranged in
t°
ueir places are expected to have a pretty effect. Mag-
nificent rhododendrons and hardy azaleas in large
numbers have already been brought from Snap Hill
sod planted under this canvas covering in borders
and neatly designed clumps which are surrounded by
gravel walks 6 and 8 feet wide now in course of forma-
Len, and edged with turf. At the entrance handsome
specimens Conifers have been placed, among which we
Observed two capital plants of the beautiful Moja anrea.
"lurne of the Standard Rhododendrons planted here are
great age and size, such as are only to be found in old
established nurseries like those in question. When the
bole shall have been completed it cannot fail to form one
Of the finest floral sights in the neighbourhood of Lon-
ti?n• The only fault, if fault it may be called, at present
Observable is the want of a raised stage or platform, from
‘7hich the whole of this mass of flower could be looked
ciwu upon and seen at once. This may however yet be
Plied

The shipments of specieby the Peninsular and Oriental
steamer Indus amount to 489,6861., of which 11,3401.
'8 gold for Alexandria, Madras, Calcutta, Singapore,
44d Hoeg Kong ; and 478,346/. silver for Bombay, Cal
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littal Singapore, song Kong, Oanton, and Shanghai.

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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 4.

this lay.

THE CONVICT WILLIAM- PALMER.

1351 4t

STAFFORD, TUESDAY.

i pm
i pm

Up to a late hour last night Palmer had not made the
slightest communication to the authorities of the gaol in
which he is confined which may be construed into a con-
fession of the enormous crime with which he stands con-
victed. He has been made acquainted by some of his
friends who have visited him with the exertions which Mr.
John Smith, his solicitor, has made to obtain from the
Government a remission of his sentence, and of the man-
ner in which some of the London newspapers have con-
tended that while a doubt exists as to the administra-
tion of the poison to Mr. John Parsons Cook the exe-
cution of the sentence passed upon him by Lord Chief
Justice Campbell at the close of the recent trial at the
Central Criminal Court ought at all events to be delayed.
Palmer has very frequently, within the last day or two,
expressed to Captain Fulford, the governor of the gaol,
and to the Rev. R. H. Goodacre, the chaplain, his con-
viction that, in consequence of those exertions, his life will
be spared, and that the Government wilt take further
means to test the truth of the charge for which he was
put upon his trial, as well as of those other charges on
which he would have been arraigned had the jury in
Cook's case returned a verdict of acquittal. The cool-
ness and self-possession which Palmer displayed during
the first few days of his incarceration, after his return
from London, are deserting him, and he betrays much
anxiety in reference to his approaching fate. He passes
sleepless nights, and during the day time his mind ap-
pears to wander. Until the last day or two he would
talk upon general subjects with freedom, and sometimes
with apparent cheerfulness, but a feeling of depression
seems to have come over him, and his whole thoughts,
when he is calm and collected, are engrossed with one
subject—the probable result of the intercession with Go-
vernment on his behalf. The execution, as already
stated, will take place, if no reprieve be received, on
Saturday, the 14th inst.

PALMER'S CONVICTION.--It may be recollected that
after the charge delivered by Lord Campbell the jury
were absent from court one hour and ten minutes before
they returned, and their foreman pronounced the verdict
" Guilty." From this it may be inferred that some
doubt existed in the mind of one or more of the jury
which gave rise to considerable discussion before it could
be removed. It may therefore be satisfactory to the
public to know that such was not really the case. On
their retirement, the jurymen, without discussing among
themselves the subject of the prisoner's guilt or inno-
cence, agreed that each individual juryman should write
his verdict, and place it under his hat. Within ten
minutes from the time of leaving court this determina-
tion was carried into effect, and on raising the hats, the
word " Guilty" was found under every one of the 12 !
The delay in returning into court with the verdict origi-
nated in a feeling that, considering the life of a fellow-
being was at stake, may with great propriety be said to
have been commendable and considerate—that any sug-
gestion compatible with the innocence of the prisoner
which might occur to the mind of any individual jury-
man should not be precluded from discussion by a hasty
verdict. The verdict may with truth, however, be said
to have been virtually given in ten minutes, and in the
satisfactory manner already mentioned.
PALMER IN GAOL.—A gentleman connected with this
district (says the Manchester Examiner) had yesterday
(Monday) an order to go through the Stafford gaol, and
in passing through the yard saw Palmer, in the company
of his brother and Mr. Smith, solicitor. Palmer ac- ,
coated the stranger, and asked him from whence he came.
He was then free from fetters, but wore the prison dress.
He offered the gentleman a cigar he held in his hand,
which was declined. He then requested him to go into
his cell and take a glaes'of wine, which Palmer poured
out. The guest partook of it ; and, as if an allusion to
the turf could never be out of place, the gentleman re-
marked, " Palmer, you didn't select the winning horse
for the Derby." Palmer replied, " No, but I named
the second." The interview, which was of course but a
short one, then closed and as the gentleman shook
bands and retired, Palmer—as if still sure of escape—
said, "I hope I shall have the pleasure of meeting you
again somewhere." We give the statement as we
heard it.

PALMER'S TRIAL.--We (Staffordshire Advertiser) have
reason to know that Mr. Gardner, of Rugeley, the local
solicitor first employed by the relatives of the late J. P.
Cook, and afterwards by the Government, and Mr.
Hatton, the chief constable of this county, were the
effective agents by whom the evidence was, at an im-
mense cost of time and labour, originally obtained ; and
after placing that evidence in the hands of the Govern.
ment officials, they were in attendance daily and hourly
throughout that protracted investigation, ready to com-
municate information and produce documents when re-
quired. To those gentlemen the country is under no
trifling obligation. The case was afterwards arranged
with consummate ability by Mr. Collier, M.P., and
bow admirably it was conducted in court by the Attor-
ney-General and his colleagues, the public have been
made fully acquainted by the reports of the trial. It
cannot be denied, also, that great energy and tact were
displayed in the conduct of the defence ; and that Ser-
geant Shee and his colleagues did everything which zeal
and ability could accomplish on behalf of the unfortunate
culprit.

THE PALMER PORTRAITS.—A. correspondent of the
Newcastle Guardian, says :—" They are, as you will
suppose, none of them of very great accuracy ; but the
most atrocious of all is one which, some twelve or
thirteen years ago, when the corn-law agitation was at
its height, did duty for a portrait of Mr. Cobden. Some
scoundrel of a printeeller, it seems, has got hold of the
p'ate, has hammered out the name of Coboen, and in-
serted that of Palmer, and in that condition the rude
cheat is selling about the streets at a penny."
The Chief Magistrate of Bristol, Mr. John Vining,
was, during Palmer's trial, waited upon by a stranger,
who introduced himself as the Solicitor of the Treasury,
and asked his worship if Mr Herepath had not said to
him in conversation that "he had no doubt that Cook
died of strychnine ; but Dr. Taylor had not the talent
to find it ; and that, had he (Mr. Herepath) examined
the body, he had no doubt he would have discovered the
poison." As the gentleman asked the question, be held
a memorandum in his hand, to which he apparently
referred. The mayor replied that he could not exactly
repeat the words Mr. Herepath had used, but that he
made some observations to him and some other members
of the Improvement Committee, while attending a
meeLing of that body some time ago, and that the im-
pression made on his (tbe Mayor's) mind, by what Mr.
Herepath said, was to the same effect as the statement
made by the Solicitor of the Treasury. Upon this, the
latter proceeded to the Telegraph-office, and communi-
cated with the Attorney General, who was in court, the
result of his interview with the Mayor. The Attorney-
General telegraphed to bring up the Mayor at once ;
so his worship was instantly subpoenaed, and started for
London with the Solicitor of the Treasury. The way
in which the Crown came to be acquainted with Mr.
Herepath's observations to the Mayor was this. The
Attorney-General received an anonymous letter, stating
that Mr. Herepath had made such a remark to the
Mayor and others. The note, however, had the post
mark of a village in Sotnersetshire, and by this clue
they traced it to a solicitor residing there, who at once,
on being questioned, admitted it was his letter, and
further, added that he had heard the circumstances from
the Mayor himself.

Sporting Intelligence.

TATTERSALL'S. -TUESDAY.
THE SETTLING ON THE DERBY.

The general settling took place to-day, and although nu-
merous disappointments were experienced, yet a large
majority of the speculators who were present concurred in
the opinion that, all things considered, satisfactory pro.
gress was made.
Only one case of default is held to be hopeless. It will
be in the recollection of our sporting readers that after the
race for the Cambridgeshire Stakes last year, a Mr. P
or, as he is designated in the ring, "Captain" was
found wanting. Through the kindness and indulgence,
however, of his principal creditors, he was allowed oppor-
tunities of retrieving his losses, if possible. He has, never-
theless, again " come to grief," and now, to avoid the up-
braidings and importunities of his friends and creditors,
he has put off in his own crazy craft called " Hide and
Seek," bound for the Levant, and not likely to return.
That portion of speculators denominated "The Public"
comprise the principal losers. Ellington was not the Pub-
lies horse, and the chief winners by his success consist of
only a few persons, the most fortunate being Messrs. Har-
greaves, Jackson, W. Robinson, Copperth wsite, and T.
Dawson. The aggregate amount of their winnings is said
to exceed 80,0001.
Although at starting Ellington was at a comparatively
long price, yet he was not a veritable outsider. During
the- winter he was indeed second favourite, and was'
' backed at a short price. Many persons who then got on
were, subsequent to the horse's defeat at York in the
spring, unable to hedge, and were therefore compelled to
stand their money out. Bookmakers lose, but the amount
is comparatively inpderate.
With regard to the gcntlemen sportsmen, the result of
the Oaks made considerable amends for the defeat of their
Derby favourites.
As usual, the approaches to the subscription-room were
densely crowded, but Messrs. Goddard and Langley did
good service in preventing the intrusion of suspicious cha-
racters.
Not a bet worth quoting came under our notice.

MISCELLANEOUS.
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BETTING AT MANCFIESTER.—TUESDIY,
ASCOT STAKES, AT ASCOT.
10 to 1 agst Flatterer (taken)
12 to 1 agst Veteran (taken)
12 to 1 agst Besika (taken)
NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
Bto 1 agst King of Scotland (taken)
10 to 1 agst Conrtenay (taken)
12 to 1 agst Villiers (taken)
12 to 1 agst Zeta (taken)
ST. LEGER.
150 to 50 agst Ellington (taken)
150 to 25 agst Fazzolotto (taken)

ELLINGTON—ELLINGTON—MINCEPIE.—YOUATT WM.
GRAY hopes that his friends will excuse him issuing
advice on this week's races, as his whole time is occu-
pied in answering the letters of his friend B—congrat-
ulations on the success achieved at Epsom. All letters,
to save time, are answered alphabetically. By Thursday,
every patron will be acknowledged. No members en-
rolled unless a remittance is forwarded. Terms to the
Newcastle Meeting, including Ascot and Newton, 10s.
Gd. ; to Goodwood, £1 ls. A certainty for Northum-
berland Plate, Ascot Stakes, and Cup— one korse each
race.
CAUTION.—YOUATT AVM. GRAY begs to inform the
sporting public that a " Welsher " is travelling the
country assuming his name, and making a book on race-
courses. Y. W. Gray never lays against horses, there-
fore the sporting public will bear this in mind, that any
one attempting to dupe the public, if caught, will be
" tarred and feathered" as a public example. For ad-
vice on future events address,
-1 , Charing-cross,