The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-22 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT—YORK, DEC. 20.
CIVIL COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Talfourd.)
Alfred Waddington, aged 20, was charged with the
wilful murder of his female illegitimate child, at Sheffield,
on the 18th of August last.
Mr. Boothby and Mr. West appeared for the prosecu-
tion, and Mr. Overend defended the prisoner.
It appeared that the prisoner, who is a workman at
Sheffield, had courted a young woman, whom he had
known from childhood, named Sarah Slater, who was in
employment at the Messrs. Butchers, Sheffield manu-
facturers. She was a woman of great personal attrac-
tions, and attended the reading class at the Lyceum, in
Sheffield, for the purpose of educating herself. The re-
sult, however, of the prisoner's intercourse, was the birth
of a female child, which, at the time of its death, was
above
18 months old. The prisoner had often entreated
,_ecYoauln_ig woman to marry him, which she resisted until
in his
hisidchparoraveidteera steady
Sarah Slater pro.cured an order of affiliation on the pri-
ld,
soner, by which he was compelled to pay 2s. a week for
its maintenance. The child was kept at Sarah Slater's
payment of the 28 a week
and .the prisoner having become in arrear
inm o tthheer ' sp,
issued against him on the 13th. of Au' guastsulamstm, otnoscowmas-
pel him to pay the mon,
The prisoner, it appeared,
had at the time the impreys.• his mind that Sarah
Slater had become the mistress of
so;ir.irel
nrichnamed
encli al4artOhna
the night of the 18th of Augusta
Barlow took the child out for a walk between seven and

eight o'clock, and went as far as some brick-kilns at the
bottom of Sylvester-street, in Sheffield. Here she was
- met by the prisoner, who said that he would take the
child a " ta, ta." Martha Barlow refused, saying that she
was going to take the child to bed, but the prisoner took
it in his arms and walked away with it. That night Sarah
Slater had gone to the Lyceum to read, and about eight
I o'clock the prisoner put his head into the room and called
her out, saying that she was wanted ; and upon her going
out the prisoner said to her, " Where hast thou left thy
child? Who hast thou left it with ?" She replied that
she had left it with Martha Barlow ; upon which he
said, " She has fallen off a wall and broken her neck ; if
thou wants to see it alive, thou must come with me
directly." She then said, " Oh, surely not ;" and imme-
diately the prisoner took a knife out of his pocket, which
had blood on it, and said, "This is thy child's blood ; I
have murdered it ;" and at the same time showed her
some blood on the back of his hand. Upon which Sarah
Slater said, " Surely to the Lord thou halt not hurt the
child ?" to which he replied, "I have." She then ran
down towards the Music-hall, and he ran after her, and
when he came up with her he said, "Come with me
and I will take thee to the child." She then went into
Ayre-lane, followed by tke prisoner. She asked him
how he could hurt the child, upon which he fell on
his knees and said, ."1 declare to God I have not
hurt the child." He then got up and said to her, " Will
thou follow thy child ?" She said, " Yes, I will go any-
where for the child." He then said, "I have placed it
where nobody can get at it but myself. Before I let it
be a slave under anybody, I will murder it." He then
said that he had left the child at Caroline Wainwright's.
Sarah Slater answered, "If you have left it there, she
will take it home." Upon which the prisoner looked in
her face and said, "Aye, but it is not there." He then
told her that if she did not follow him, he would go and
kill it. Upon which she followed the prisoner into
Jessop-street, which, being a bye street, she said that
she would go no further ..with him, but would go to her
mother's. The prisoner then said, " Thou canst either
save thy child or kill it ;" and he then seized her by the
waist and tried to stab her in the side with the knife.
She, however, escaped, and ran down Sylver-street, he
following her, and having caught her by the dress, he
tried to cut her throat ; but she held her head down, so
that he could not cut it in front, and he then tried to cut
her on the back of her neck. She cried out "Murder,"
and held her hands up to the back of her neck, and one
of her hands was severely cut, and the other slightly.
As she was crying out murder, a boy named Henry was
passing by, who told the prisoner to leave her alone ; but
seeing the knife in the prisoner's hand, he cried out
"Murder" also, and threw a penny at the prisoner. Upon
this the prisoner left her, and she ran home to her
mother's, and, on asking for the child, it was not there.
In May last the prisoner had assaulted her, and she had
complained to the magistrates, and she had told him that
if he did not pay the affiliation money he would have to
go to Wakefield gaol. Besides this, the prisoner had
threatened repeatedly that he would kill her, and that
he would " blow her brains out, and play Rush with
her,"

A witness, named Sarah Dobson, said that she was at
the Lyceum when the prisoner called out Sarah Slater,
upon which she went out afterwards, and met the
prisoner, and asked him where Sarah Slater was. He
said that he had murdered her, and, showing his hands,
said, " This is her blood." He then gave her a cut
across the face with a knife he held in his hand, and she
then ran away, having a gash across her nose. On the
morning of the 19th of August the prisoner went up to a
watchman named Henry Soen, and told him to take him
into custody, and put on the handcuffs, at the same time
holding out both his hands, and saying that he had cut
his child's head off with a knife. Upon this the watchman
took him to the station-house, where Superintendent
Jackson asked him if he was brought there for arrears of
bastardy. The prisoner answered, "No, he had done
something worse, that would take him to York and hang
him ; that he wished the superintendent to go to Cutter-
wood, where he would find the body ; that he had killed
it with a shoemaker's knife, which he had thrown into
the river." The watchman and Inspector Rogers went
to the wood, where they found the body, and on attempt-
ing to raise it by the head, the head came off, and the
body rolled down the embankment. There was much
blood on the spot where the child was found. Sarah
Slater identified the body of the child ; and in the river,
as described by the prisoner, the knife was found. In
the morning the prisoner said to Superintendent Raynor
that he wished his father to be sent for, and that he
wished it to be known how the woman Slater had treated.
him. He said that she had gone to London with a gen-
tleman ; and on her return he said, "Art thou going to
be a rich man's w—e ?" and she replied, " that she would
sooner be a rich man's mistress than a poor man's wife."
He then said to Raynor, " I was very much attached to
her, and I loved my child. I can't think what could
possess me to murder my child ; I wish it had been
Sarah ;" Raynor said, " This amounts to a confession of
your guilt, do you wish to have it stated ?" He an-
swered, " It is-well known that I have done it, and I
wish to meet it fair."

Mr. Roper, a medical man, stated that the child's
head had been severed from the body with a sharp knife.
On cross-examination he said that there was a disease
called homicidal monomania, and that those who laboured
under it wished to destroy those whom they most loved.
And this disease would sometimes remain long dormant,
and then become suddenly developed. The prisoner had
formerly received an injury on the side of the head,
which might, from its causing a deposit under the bone,
occasion an irritability and excitability of mind; he had,
however, conversed with the prisoner and considered him
perfectly sane.
Sarah Slater was here recalled, and said that she had
gone up to London last year with her uncle and aunt to
see the Exhibition, and that she had never kept com-
pany with any man but the prisoner.
Mr. Overend addressed the jury for the prisoner, and
contended that the prisoner's conduct could be attributed
only to insanity. The calling out Sarah Slater from the
public-room after he had done the deed, and exhibiting
his bloody hands, his wild conversation, and the attack
upon Sarah Dobson, and then his giving himself up into
custody, all showed that he had been labouring under
monomania--the idea which possessed him that his mis-
tress was faithless to him being a mere fiction of the
brain.

His Lordship, in summing up, quoted the decision of
the judges in MacNaughten's case, as to what amount of
insanity would amount to an excuse for the prisoner.
It was not because the prisoner had committed a great
crime that, he must be presumed to be insane. The
question was, whether the prisoner when he committed
the crime was the victim of mental disease which pre-
vented him, at the time he was committing it, from being
conscious of the consequences of the act he was com-
mitting, and from knowing that he was doing wrong.
But if from some passion of jealousy or revenge, slaugh-
terous thoughts had possessed the prisoner, he was bound
to tell them, with whatever feelings of compassion they
might regard the act done, there could be no question
whatever that the crime of murder was committed.
The jury retired for about an hour, and returned with
a verdict of guilty.
The prisoner having been asked why the sentence of
death should not be passed upon him according to law,
His Lordship, who was deeply affected, then put on the
black cap, and said : Alfred Waddington, it is unneces-
sary for me to say a word with regard to the nature of
the crime for which you are now to receive the last judg-
ment of the law, because I perceive that almost as soon
as it was committed—as soon as the guilty passion of
jealousy and revenge which urged you to take away the
life of your innocent child had cooled—that you imme-
diately awakened to a sense of the dreadful guilt you
have incurred, and then sought to relieve yourself from
unavailing anguish by giving yourself up into the hands
of justice. I hope, therefore, that you are prepared to
use for your everlasting advantage those few days which
remain to you in this life. I trust that you will so em-
ploy them that you will implore that pardon which is
held out to all, and seek that salvation which all of us
need, and which may yet be extended even to you. As
you will have, through the few remaining days of your
life, the assistance of a minister of religion, who will en-
deavour to afford you the consolation you require, I can
only now pray that the Divine blessing may follow his
endeavours. To me it remains but to pass upon you
the last sentence of the law, which is, that you be taken
to the place from whence you came, and from thence to
the place of execution, that you be hanged by the neck
until you be dead, and that your body be buried within
the precints of the gaol, and may Almighty God have
mercy upon your soul.

The wretched man appeared quite stupified during the
passing of the sentence, and after being handcuffed was
removed from the bar.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Teremiah, Donovan, a tall
muscular fellow, was brought up for final examination
before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with a murderous as-
sault upon his wife, whereby her lire had been seriously
endangered.
On the night of the 22d ult., as police-constable
Bendell H 217, was proceeding round his beat, his atten-
tion was attracted by repeated cries of "Murder," from
one of the houses in Princes-street, Spitalfields, and on
making his way to a room on the first floor, he found
the prisoner's wife supported in the arms of two of the
lodgers, with both her eyes closed up and frightfully
contused, and bleeding profusely from a dangerous wound
over the left temple. Having ascertained that the in-
juries had been inflicted by the prisoner, who had locked
himself in an adjoining room, the constable immediately
forced open the door and took him into custody, and the
injured woman was at once removed to the hospital,
-where she continued for the first fortnight in such a
state of extreme danger, that her life was despaired of,
and although she was now in a condition to attend to
give evidence, she still remained an in-patient of the
hospital, and a considerable time must elapse before
she recovered from the effect of the injuries she had
received.

The prisoner's wife was led forward by the officer and
placed in a chair, but although she was evidently in such
a state of debility and suffering that she was unable to
support herself even in a sitting position without assist-
ance, she declined for some time to furnish any account
of the transaction, and exhibited a pertinacious determi-
nation to shield her brutal husband from the consequences
of his savage conduct towards her. After a good deal
of prevarication and evasion, she at length admitted that
the prisoner had dragged her out' of bed and knocked
her down, but she positively denied that he either kicked
or jumped upon her, and declared that she had previously
provoked him to such a degree that she fully deserved
all she had received.

were to send the case for trial, that his unfortunate wife,
who was the principal witness against him, would at
once abandon the prosecution, and he had therefore no
other alternative than to deal summarily with the mat-
ter, and should order the prisoner to pay a penalty of
51., or to be committed for two months to the House of
Correction, at the e::piration of which period he must
also put in substantial bail to keep the peace for the
next six months.

THAMES.— William Bedward, described as a jour-
neyman cheesemonger, who has been for the last fortnight
out on bail, appeared before Mr. Yardley, charged with
an attempt to murder his wife on the morning of Tues-
day, the 7th inst.

Mary Bedward, a delicate-looking woman, who has
just been discharged from the London Hospital, seemed
pale and faint, and was accommodated with a chair.
Her right eye and the side of her face were greatly dis-
figured fitim the effect of severe blows. She stated that
she had been living at 8, James-street, Limehouse, was
married about ten years ; that her husband was in the
habit of being out very late, and frequently came home
intoxicated and ill-used her. On the night in question
he came home about two o'clock ; she had sat up for
him, and had a mutton chop cooked for his supper,
which see placed before him. Not satisfied with the
quantity he threw a large jug of water on the fire, blew
out the candle, and commenced a furious attack on his
wife. He struck her with his clenched fist in the face,
grasped her throat with both hands, pushed her down I
on the floor, and beat her face against the boards, se-
verely injuring her jaws and loosening her teeth. She
screamed murder," and begged of him not to strike
her any more. He answered, " You devil, I'll finish
you now ; I'll die for you." As she endeavoured
to pacify the children he struck the bedstead,
land broke the front of the roof, with which he again
struck her, knocked her down, and beat her unmerci-
fully about the head, face, and arms, after which he
again seized her by the throat with both hands, and she
believed she would have been strangled had not the
officer broken in the door, and saved her life. She be-
came so confused and stupified from the effects of the
blows that she broke the windows and cut her hands
with the glass, by which she lost a great deal of blood.
Police-constable Scales, 249 K, stated that, being on
duty, in James-street, about two o'clock in the morn-
ing, he heard cries of "murder" proceeding from No. 8.
He rapped, and demanded admittance, but could get no
answer. The screams were renewed, and he broke in
the door. He found the woman lying on the floor
covered with blood, and the prisoner standing near her.
He took him to the station house, and had the woman
conveyed to the London Hospital.
The prisoner, who is a savage looking fellow, offered
no defence.

Mr. Yardley committed him for trial at the next Mid
dlesex Sessions.

He was informed that bail would be accepted, himself
in 1001. and two sureties in 501. each. Bail was not
forthcoming, and the prisoner was removed in the van.
Mr. Yardley ordered the poor woman a sovereign
from the poor-box, and told her to make application to
him again after the trial of her husband.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 10.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Wyndham Moreton Dyer, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul
at Mobile.

Prisoner : She knows very well that she tore my shirt
when I catched hold of her, and she would never have
come here at all but for the doctor and the policeman,
who wanted to make a county job of it.
The wife : 'And that's nothing but the blessed truth.
I don't want p 3 hurt him at all, for he's a good husband.
Mr. D'Eyncourt said it, was perfectly manifest, if ho

THE SUN', LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1852.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of yesterday.)
SUGAR.—Stocks in the principal ports of Europe on the
Ist of the month were 167,900 tons, against 191,200 in
1851, and 144,550 in 1850 at the same period. There
has been a greater disposition here on the part of
home dealers to operate in Colonial, and prices have
improved, though larger parcels were offered for sale.
The gazette average price ruling higher by 3s per cwt.
Arrivals to all the ports have been 55,000 tons less than last
year, and there is an increase in deliveries for all purposes
of 54,000, with a decrease in stock of 45,000. West India
met with a good demand from both refiners and grocers,
the rates obtained being 6d to is above those current from
the late lowest point. Purchases since last Tuesday have
been 2,100 hhds., &c., low to fine brown at 31s to 335 yel-
low 33s 6d, refining 32s 6d to 375, and crystalised Barba-
does 35s to 39s 6d per cwt. Stock of West Indies is 4,100
tons less than last year. To-day there was an extensive
demand for West India sugar, both for grocery and re-
fining purposes ; an advance of 6d per cwt. was also ob-
tained, and on the part of merchants there is much con-
fidence. Operations amounted to 900 hhds., &c., includ-
ing at auction 435 hhds. Barbadoes, which realised fully
previous valuations ; fine yellow went at 38s to 38s 6d,
middling to good 35s 6d to 375, and ordinary 34s to 35s
per cu L.
REFlNED.—Purchases have been on a large scale in re-
fined Sugar for home consumption, and there is a further
improvement in prices, although production does not de-
crease. Sales of brown lumps have been made at 44s 6cl,
tittlers, common to fine 45s to 495, double 505 to 51s, Ham-
bro' Loaves 45s 6d to 50s, double 51s to 525, and standard
lumps 46s per cwt. Wet lumps have been in excellent re-
quest at 42s to 435, and fine 43s 6d to 41s. Of Foreign re-
fined imports have been light, and likely so to remain. A
brisker sale exists for Bastards, brown at 26s to 31s, and
yellow 32s to 34. In Pieces purchases are important, low
to middling 35s to 38s, and good to fine 38s Gd to 41s Gd.
In Dutch many purchases have been made at 24s to 27s
6d ; extra 58s to 28s 6d. Belgian has been sold to a fair
extent 24s to 28s. Treacle is in good request for export at
15s to 15s 6d, Bastards 21s to 225, wet lumps and pieces
24s to 28s. A brisk demand exists for Loaves, and prices
have an upward tendency.—Turkey 1 to 5i lbs sells at 42s
to 45s ; Hambro, 6 to 15 lbs 33s to 35s ; Tittlers, 22 to 30
lbs 32s : Prussian, 40 to 45 lbs 30s to 30s 6d ; Dutch made
Loaves, 6 to 10 lbs 31s 6d to 32s ; and Belgian, 29s to 29s
6d per cwt. To-day Refined Sugar was much in demand for
home trade purposes, and rates closed with firmness, sup-
ply being limited. The value of brown lumps is 44s 6d. to
465, and low to fine grocery 45s to 48s per cut. Several
buyers of Crushed Sugar for exportation at former terms.
MAURITIUS.—SaIes of fine and superior yellow made at
36s to 38s, middling to good 33s 6d to 35s 6d, common 32s
6d to 335, fine brown 31s 6d to 32s 6d, middling to good
28s to 31s, low 26s 6d to 27s 6d, common to fine refining
32s to 375, grainy yellow 35s to 41s, white 42s to 445, and
brown 33s to 34s 6d per cw L. This afternoon there was a
further increase in demand for Mauritius sugar. At auc-
tion 4800 bags went at full rates, and at a small advance
for best grocery and refining sorts. The terms obtained
were for fine yellow 36s to 395, low to good 33s to 35s 6d,
fine brown 32s to 32s 6d, ord to good 28s to 31s 6d, and
common to fine grey 33 to 375.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon a brisk demand was expe-
rienced for Madras sugar. The public sales of 7640 bags
went at full prices, and all sold—grainy white at 41s to 44s
6d, yellow ditto 35s to 40s for ordinary to fine, at 34s to
39s for grocery, good soft brown 28s to 28s 6d, ordinary to
middling yellow 28s 6d to 30s 6d per cwt.
FOREIGN.—An increased demand has been experienced
for duty paid parcels of foreign sugar ; and in some cases
the rates obtained are rather above those cm-rent previously.
Of Porto Rico 406 hhds and 102 brls at auction were dis-
posed of—fine yellow at 39s to 41s, mid to good 35s 6d to
to 38s 6d, low 34s to 35s ; 760 chts yellow Havannah, low
to mid 34s 6d to 37s ; 567 damaged Pernambuco low to fair
brown 28s 6d to 30s, and yellow ditto 33s to 34s 6d.
Floating cargoes are wanted both for the home and foreign
markets, but some advance being required prevented busi-
ness of the least moment. Prices for brown Havannah
rule at 20s to 20s 6d for number 9 and 10, yellow 21s to 24s
6d for I.oi to 16; one cargo has been sold at 23s 3d, consist-
ing of 950 chts ; and for a port in the United Kingdom.
The value of brown Bahia is 18s to 18s Gd, white
20s to 22s 6d, brown Pernambuco 17s 3d to 18s, and
white Havannah 27s 6d to 28s 6d per cwt. Prices
are sustained at the markets on the Continent, but
only a limited demand exists, still. larger parcels are not on
offer. To-day a greater desire was eainced to operate in
Foreign Sugar, and stiffer rates were obtained. Privately
8,003 bags Manilla sold at 30s. 6d to 31s for unclayed
brown, and some parcels yellow Havannah at 35s to 39s 6d
per cw L. None was offered at auction.
MOLASSES.—Are much wanted, and supply being
limited, previous improved rates are well supported. Sales
of Antigua made at 16s 6d to 17s, Demerara 15s 6d, other
sorts West India 14s 6d to 15s ; Cuba and Porto Rico
wanted at 15s 6d to 16s 6d, Bengal and Mauritius 13s 6d
to 14s. Stock of Molasses is 3,030 tons less than last year,
and deliveries are 1,000 greater. A good demand for Ta-
marinds ; West India 23s to 425, and East India 9s to 12s.
Prices are firm for honey Narbonne at 55s to 655, Cuba
36s to 40s; and Jamaica at 38s to 50s per cwt. The supply
keeps small of all sorts.
COFFEE.—To-clay there was again a reluctance to operate
in Mocha, and prices declined ls to 2s per cwt. Native Ceylon
is held for previous terms, and at which there are not buy-
ers. At public sale the sound of 1,137 bags was taken in
47s for good ordinary, damaged selling at 41s to 45s 6d for
third to first class. In plantation little was done privately,
still there is no decline, supply keeping on a small scale.
For other sorts of coffee there is a quiet market. At pub-
lic sale 214 bags washed Rio were sold at 49s to 50s 6d, and
90 hf-frzls Mysore at 47s for good ordinary.
TEA.—The rates taken for low to good sound common
are 10d to 10Ad, rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf lld to
ls, strong to Pekoe sorts is id to is Bd, and of the new
crop is 9d to 2s 2d. Pouchong is held for 8d to 90 ; but
less is doing. Souchong is not cheaper, but there is now a
quiet market, especially for inferior. Prices for fine and
good rule at is 4d to 2s, common to mid 10d to is 3d. In
green transactions have been of little importance, and some
holders are inclined to accept rather lower rates, the ord.
sorts being most neglected. Prices rule as follow :—Low
to middling Hyson is 2d to is sd, good to fine is 6d to
2s 10d, choice, 3s to 3s 4cl, young Hyson Canton 10d to ls,
Hyson kind is 2d to is Bd, fine to superior is 9d to 2s 3d,
Twankay 10d to is id, Gunpowder Canton 10d to is id,
Hyson kind is 2d to 2s 10d, fine 3s to 3s 6d, Imperial Can-
ton is to is 2d, Hyson is 3d to 2s Od, and Hyson skin 8d
to 9d. Flowery Pekoe has been purchased with caution,
still the currency is unchanged—low to mid. selling at is
4d to is Bd, good to fine is 9d to 3s Bd. In Caper sales
have been trifling, in boxes 10d to is id, and scented is to
is 7d.
RlCE.—Although supply is more plentiful of East India,
and demand has become limited for all purposes, yet lower
rates are not accepted. At auction 1,090 bags Madras were
sold at lOs 6d to lbs for pinkey ; 7,200 bags Coringa taken
in at 11 to its 6d ; 7,480 bags Arracan, 103 6d ; 4,049 bags
Java, lOs to 10s 6d, and a few lots fine white, 13s to 14s per
cwt. To-day there was no public sale of rice, and little
was done privately. The rates taken for mid and good
white Bengal are Ils 6d to 12s per cwL.
INDlGO.—Several purchases have been made in East
India both for the home and foreign markets—the rates
obtained are generally 2d per lb above last quarterly sales,
and on the part of holders much firmness exists. Stock is
2,030 chests smaller than last year, and deliveries are 5,500
larger. Spanish is held for fully former terms, and a fair
business has been done ; Guatemala, Flores at 5s 3d to
5s sd, Sobres 4s 3d to 5s 2d, and Cortes 2s 8d to 4s 2d,
Stock is 1,446 serons, and at same time last year 444. The
Indigo market is decidedly in a favourable position.
COCHINEAL.—To-day there was more desire to operate
in Cochineal in consequence of unfavourable accounts rela-
tive to the crop, but business was much interfered with, in
consequence of an advance of 2d per lb. being demanded.
At auction 430 bags were taken in ; Teneriffe silvers at
3s 10d to 4s, and black 4s 2d to 4s 6d per pound.
OILS.—A more steady sale exists for Cod at 331. lOs to
341., and market is firm. Seal attracts little notice, and is
more plentiful ; pale can be obtained at 351. 5s to 351. 10s,
and other sorts 321. to 341. 15s. In consequence of a scanty
supply of Southern, buyers are compelled to pay 351. to 381.
for common to fine. The market is dull for Sperm, and
larger parcels being on offer, there is a reduction, 841. lOs
to 861. having been accepted for fair to fine, and for Head-
matter, 86/. to 87/. Purchases in Palm have been limited, and
largerparcels being on offer, rates keep on the decline, ruling
at 31s to 33s 6d to 40s fine. Cocoa Nut is cheaper,
limited parcels having been sold ; Cochin at 38s 6d to 40s,
Ceylon 37s 6d to 38s 6d, and Sydney 35s to 375. Several
parcels have been brought forward. In Olive Oil import-
ant purchases have been made, the upward movement con-
tinuing—Galipoli is 601. to 61/., and other sorts 561. to 581.
per tun. A large business has been concluded in Rape-
seed Oil, brown at 34s to 34s 6d, pale 35s 6d to 365, and
foreign 36s to 375. The value of Lard Oil is 42s to 60s.
TALLOW.—OnIy limited transactions have taken place
in Russian on the spot since our last report, and there
were sellers on Saturday of Y.C. at 45s to 45s 3d per cwt.
Few buyers are to be met with for delivery in the spring,
and 44s 6d to 45s is the value. Town melted is more abun-
dant, and there is a decline, 45s Gd having been accepted
for cash. Other sorts have not been offered more freely
for sale, but demand having much fallen off a reduction is
apparent. Of 440 casks Australian at auction a small part
only sold, beef fair and good at 42s to 435, and mutton
from 44s 6d. to 465. Tallow still much dearer than last
year, but stock is 16,000 cks. larger. Since Saturday the
demand for tallow has much improved, and there is an ad-
vance; fine Y.C. on the spot, and for delivery in the spring
selling at 46s 3d to 46s 9d.
FRUlT.—Further reduced prices having been accepted
for Valencia raisins caused an active demand at 42s to 445,
and tender 32s to 41s, but supply is plentiful. Only
moderate purchases in Denis, with sellers at 33s to 355.
The value of red Smyrna is 445 to 455, Eleme 47s to 50s,
Sultanas 62s to 68s, Muscatels 64s to 90s, and demand is
limited. Prices are lower for figs, but a good deal has
been done. Turkey pulled 36s to 70s, Greek 32s to 355.
Currants are not much required, and holders are disposed
to sell ; old at 42s to 70s, new 21s to 655. French plums
wanted at 90s to 955, and imperial cartons at 100 s to 200 s.
A slow sale for almonds; Jordan at 81 to 131, and Barbary
48s to 51s.

RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The market continues
to present a lively appearance for Leeward Island rum,
and there is a further advance, sales having been made at
is lid to 2s per gallon proof. A large demand prevails for
East India, and prices are is 10d to is 10id proof. In
Demerara purchases have been of importance, at the ad-
vanced terms of 2s 7d to 2s lld for 30 to 40 per cent. over
proof ; indeed some parties will not accept these terms.
Some business has been done in Havannah at is 8d to
is 9d proof. Stock of rum now varies little from last
year ; whereas deliveries are much larger. Orders for
brandy have decreased, and there is a reduction, although
supply is not larger. Sales of Cognac best brands of the
vintage of 1851 made at 7s id to 7s 3d, 1850 ditto 7s 2d to
7s 4d, 1849 ditto 7s 6d to 7s. &l, older 7s 10d to 8s 4d,
low to mid qualities 6s to 6s 10d. Geneva has been pur-
chased with caution at 2s 3d to 2s 4d, and fine 2s 8d to 3s.
Prices continue firm for British made spirit, there being
numerous buyers at 9s 9d cash ; gin 22 under proof 8s 4d,
and ditto at 88 10d per gallon.
COCOA.—West India is not to be obtained at a further
reduction, and none has been submitted to public sale this
week, but privately purchases have been limited. Trinidad,
fine red, at 40s to 44s ; middling to good, 35s to 39s • low,
33s 6d to 34s 6d ; grey, from 30s to 33s ; and Grenada, 30s
to 375. Consumption is yet favourable, but stock, com-
pared with last year, shows an excess of 6,000 bags, and in
prices little difference exists. Foreign has been purchased
with caution—Bahia, at 24s to 25s ; Para, 26s 6d to 27s 6d ;
and Guayquil, 35s to 365. Stock is much the same as last
year. _

SlueEs.—Pimento is not much required, and there being
a more plentiful supply, prices have declined gd to id per
lb. The public sales of 1,600 bags went at sid to 51d for
good middling to good, and at 41d to 5d for low middling
to middling. Cloves continue to be wanted, and are not
in larger sup ly—sales privately of Penang, at lid to is id;
Amboyna, lid to 8d ; and Bourbon, 6id to 64. Ginger
attracts little attention either for the home or foreign, but
the currency is maintained in consequence of a limited
quantity on offer.