The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-20 00:00:00

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SUN. OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

GERMANY.

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The Second Chamber of Prussia was engaged on
the 16th in discussing whether or not they should
receive a petition praying for the revision of the Con-
stitution. The Chamber determined by a majority
of 147 to 123 to pass to the order of the day. Great
fears are entertained of a coup d'itat abolishing the
Constitution. On this subject the Kreuss Zeitung
says:—
" We hear it asserted that for the restoration of the
Monarchy nothing is necessary but the abolition of the
Chambers. It is said the King must again govern alone.
Certainly, we wish it also; but as the King cannot reign
alone everywhere, the question is another, namely, with
whom and through whom is he to govern—with the
Chambers and officials or by the officials alone? We
are not able, unfortunately, to write in eulogy of the
Prussian official class and its political conduct in general,
and feel no particular desire to surrender at discretion
to the domination of the Bureaucracy. Wore the Cham-
bers much worse than they are, we could not give them
up fur this reason, that they form a counter-balance to
the all-powerful Bureaucracy; and if the Chambers
passed yet worse laws than they have done, we must yet
declare that every law has come out of the Chamber much
batter than it went in, and we should have been much
worse off had the laws, as drawn up by the officials, re-
ceived the Royal sanction without the interpo-
sition of the Legislature. Faulty as is the composi-
tton of the Chambers, yet we must recognise them at
this moment as the best possible represeetation of the
country, and we have Out yet seen any practical plan
proposed how they are to be improved. To throve away
what we have before we get anything better, is not a
policy to be recommended, especially as the Crown, at
this time, should cherish and spare ncthiug so much as
those iestitut'ons through which it is brought into
living connenioa with the people."
aloe same journal also contains the following parr.-
graph :
" The police yesterday prepared us the surprise dale
oftie.al search in our printing•office, to discover, as we
heard afterwards, some papers of the so-called Guten-
burg Society, supposed to be in the possession, of one
et nur compositors. Till now we had always believed
that our printing-office, and all it contained did not be-
long to our compositors, but to us, and that we, there-
fore, had zi right before such a s+ arch was undertaken
to be apprized of it by the produchou of a written oreer.
Unhapply experience is not now fur the first time out
teacher, and, therefore, nothing remains for us but to
express our doubts as to the legality of the measure in
the proper quarter."

T. Kay, labourer, Bury, Lancashire.
J. Moffatt, clog and patten maker, Manchester.
3. Pimm, landscape gardener, Salford.
Elizabeth Redfearn, Hollingworth, Lancashire.
J. C. Taylor, merchant, Lancaster.
J. Thomas, mariner, Llangcnnech, Carmarthenshire.
G. Walmsley, stonemasoa, Blackburn, Lancashire.
G. Taylor, architect, Aston, Warwickshire.
J. J. Keyte, builder, Birmingham.
J. Kershaw, retailer of beer, Leeds.
M. Booth, fancy waiscoat piece manufacturer, Kirkbur-
ton, Yorkshire.
W. Stowton, retailer of beer, Greenwich.
R. Cottam, journeyman moulder, Blackburn. Lancashire.
W. Brown, patent yeast seller, mapperley,Derbyshirs.
C. Jackson, draper, Dudley, Warwickshire.
T. Little, journeyman joiner, Tow Law, Durham.
J. M. Sheraton, grocer, Sunderland.
J. Wragg, cattle salesman, Aston Manor, Warwickshire.
E. Scholes, beer house keeper, Longsight, Lancashire.
D. J. D. Bennet, journeyman hatter, Sunderland.
G. Bailey, mason and builder, Bristol.
W. Liddle, journeyman joiner, Hartlepool.
N. G. Johnstone, Warwick.
P. Frith, boot and shoemaker, Staveley, Derbyshire.
J. Wharton, steam engine maker, Huddersfield.
J. Thompson, coal agent, Birthwaite, Windermere.

MARKET IN TEL LIGEN CE.
(From the London New Price Current, Jan. 20.)
SUGAR.--To-day importers of West India Sugar were
less desirous to press sales, and obtained rates ((pal to
those of Friday, both for grocery and refining qualities.
There was a fair demand, and the purchases amounted
to 540 hhds, &c., including at auction 189 hhds 9 tierces
9 barrels Barbadoes, which went off quietly, and not
above one-half sold at previcui terms, 6E14 yellow realiz-
ing 383 6 i to 395; gecd mid to good 345 6d to 365; ord
to mid 313 to 343 per cwt.
REFINED.—To-day the home trade demand for Re-
fined Sugar Wai more active, and the market has a firm
appearance. Brown lumps eannot be obtained under
43s 6d per cwt. Crushed Sugar for shipping continues
to attract little notice ; there is, however, no further
decline.

MAITRITIUS.—This afterncoa there was a better de-
mend for Mauritius Sugar, previous low terms ware,
however, taken; at auction 3,600 bags were sold, mid to
good yellow realised 30s to 33s 64, common 28s 6d to
29s 64, and good to fine brown 26s 6d to 28s per cwt.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there was a larger de-
mand for Bengal Sugar, and the rates obtained were
equal to those of Friday. The parcels 'offered at Public
Sale nearly all sold, and amounted to 8.700 bags. Bermes,
good white went at 34s to 355; mid 33s to 33s 64; ord
32s 61; damp and washed 30s to 345; Khaur 204 6i to
225; good grainy white 443 to 45s 61; mid 41s to 41s 6d;
good to tine grainy )ellow 36s 6d to 38s 6d; low to mid
315 to 35s 6d; bronin 28s 6d to 303. Of Madras 1,070
bags realized the Cull currency, soft brown selling at 21s
to 235; yellow 24s to 265; ord and mid like Mauritius
27s to 30s; end better sorts 31s to 32s 6d per cwt.
Penang is rather cheaper, but 2,400 bags all sold, fine
brown at 233 to 24i; and ord to fine yellow 24s to 30s
per cwt.
REFINED.—Today the private operations in Foreign
Sugar were of little moment for shipping or home con-
sumption; there are, however. few sellers under last
week's valuations. At auction 531 bags and 167 baskets
Java were taken in rather above the value, good to fine
grey at 35s to 383, low to mid 303 to 34s per cwt. Pri-
vately a cargo of yellow Bayannth has been sold, bat
particulars have not transpired.
Aloris.sEs —ln West India large transactions have
l3keti plileP at previous terms, and operations are 1;400
casks at lls to Its 6d, with small parcels fine at 12s.
P: ngsl tied Mauritius are wanted at lOs to lOs 6d;
the quantity here is, however, still trifling.: Cuba
seal Porto Rico sell more freely st lls to 12a 64. Honey
is cheaper, and low to fine Jamaica is offered at from 35s
to 50s. Of Tamarinds several parcels have been disposed
of, West India at 203 to 303, and East India at 8s to 129
per cwt.
COFFEE.—To day there was no improvement in the
home or export demand for Coffee, yet merchants were
firm, and spat ingly supplied the market. There are few
sellers of sound- Native Ceylon under 39s per cwt. At
auction 60 casks Plantation realised the fell value, and
went at 503 to 525, low mid 48s 6,1 to 49s 63, fine to fine
fine ord 46s to 48s, and triage 41a to 433.
CocoA.—Prices having of late declined considerably '
for West India, there is now more desire on the part of
home dealers to operate. Privately purchases to a fair
extent have been made during the last few days;
Trinidad grey at from 28s to 335, red 33s to 40s, and
Grenada 27s to 365. For Foreign the market remains
inactive; Bahia and Para can he obtained at 24s to 265,
and Gusysqeil at 31s. Stock is not equal to the pre-
vious season.
TEA.—There is a plentiful supply of Congou, and
prices have slightly declined; a good home trade demand,
hwever, has been experienced, yet there is a reluctance
on the part of exporters to operate. The present value
of low quality is 7d to 7i4, good common 8d to Sid,
black leaf 9d to ltd, superior and Pekoe kinds Is to
Is 5d per lb. Several parcels of Oolong have been
sold, owing to easier terms being acceded to ;
for good to fine is ld to Is 44 per ib, and for low to mid
94 to is are the rates taken. In Souchong purchases
have been small, and prices are on the decline, low to
mid being offered at 8d to I Id, good to fine Is to is sd.
Prices are depressed for Pouehong, sales having been
made at 4o to 74, and very low 24d to 34d.
Of Green Tea large parcels are on offer, and
dealers are reluctant to make purchases; in rates
of fine or low sorts there is scarcely any change since
last Tuesday, bat a further reduction of ld to lid per lb
has taken place for medium qualities of which supply is
the largest. The rates taken for low to mid Hyson are
Is to is 24, good to fine is 3d to 2s, superior 2s 24 to
2s 84, Young Hyson mid to fine is Id to 2s 6d, inferior
lld to Is; Imperial Canton 10d to Is, Hyson sort is 24
to 2s 4d, Gunpowder Is 2d to 3s 4d, Canton made
Sd to Is, and Turkey lld to Is Id. Other sorts of Tea
met with little notice, and are offering at a decline.
Scented Orange Pekoe of good to fine quality can be
obtained at is Id to is Bd, low to mid 9d to Is. Flowery
common to good Is to is 84, fine is 9d to 2s Bd, Caper
9c1t,0 Is, and Scented 104 to le 4d. _

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RicE.—To-day several parcels of East India Rice
were sold privately, and a small advance is obtained.
217 chests Sago at auction fetched 15s to 15s 6d for mid
small pearl.

MACE -To-day there was more demand and the
parcels sold privately were at full rates, and 3 ca at
auction realised is 101 for good ord.
NrprEcs.-At auction to-day 5 cs brown sold at Is
8d to is 21 for wormy; these are full rates.
PIMENTO.-The demand is on the increase, and the
sales to-day of 390 bags went at firm rates, good and
mid good 4id. to
COCHINEAL -There was a greater demand for Co-
chineal to-day, and an advance of fully Id per lb was ob-
tained. At auction 110 bgs sold-Honduras silvers, ord
to fine went at 2s lid to 3s 4d, and mid to fine black
33 81 to 4s 3d per lb.
SPIRITS.-Leeward Island Rum can be obtained at
is 41 to is 5d proof, yet few transactions have taken
place. Of East India several parcels have been sold at
Is 3d to 15 31d. proof. Demerara is rather cheaper,
but a good business has been concluded at 2s to 2s 3d
for 32 to 40 per cent over proof; there is a dasiro on
the part of holders to sell at these terms. For Jamaica
rather lower rates are acceded to, yet exporters or home
dealers are little inclined to transact business, and sup-
ply is on the increase. The rates taken for fine and
superior qualities 34 to 38 over proof are 35 1) 44 2d,
good 32 to 35 over 2s 7d to 2s 101, mid 2s 4d to
23 61, and low 27 to 30 over 2s 21 to 28 3d. The value
of Cognac Brandy of the vintage of 1851 is 43 21 to 4s 4d,
1850 ditto 4,3 61 to 4s Bd, 1849 ditto 4s 9d to 4s lid,
1848 dire 5s 3d to 5s sd, older 7d to 6s fid, low to
mid qualities 2s 101 to 4s, and Bourdeaux 2s 21 to os 6d,
G, neva still quoted at is 71 to is 81, and fine Is 91 to 2s.
British made Spirit is at present firm at 93 8d to 9s 91
and Gin at 8s for 22 under proof.
nett cash,
0.-There continues to be a reluctance on the
part
of shippers and home
to
is dealers to operate, although
the rates taken are uenrcl,ersatlhe
es
areLt small;
Spanish-
quar-
terly auctions.not cheaper, lb
heap
Guatemala,
4 4d
Flores at s 9d to Sc, Sobres 3s 10d to
ss, and Cortes 2s 91 to 3s 9d per lb.
4s 6d, Cortes is 3d to 35 9d; Caraccas, Flores and
Sobres 4s to
or met with a slow sale,
freely at former rates, but inferior SALTPETRE.--TO-day the best sorts of Calcutta sold
and late rates are barely sustained. At auction 580
bags, refraction 5 per cent 293 6d, 9 to bid ditto
235 6d to 2Js.
TALLOW.-The rates accepted for Russian on the spot
have been rather under those current previously; yet
transactions are limited. Fine old yellow Candle has
been selling at 35s 6d to 35s 91, and new at 36s to 36s
3d per cwt. At auction 20 casks second sort went at 35s
3a• Home melted is still quoted at 36s 6d to 375, net
cash; only limited purchases, however, have been made.
Other sorts are rather cheaper; at auction 650 casks
Australian were, however, mostly sold; Beef at 32s 3d
t10378.t0
For
rs
auction
it00n3573036d ;
toA 35a Gd; Mutton 33s to 36s 6d; and 190 pkgs South
tamkeenriciaana,
de-
clared.
OILS.-Cod is to be obtained at 31/ lOs to 321 per tun.
Seal-pale realised 321 to pkgs3o Talloweask Italian,ar
321 10 , 29/ to
and other zorts _ a
31/ 103. Southern is held for 3:i tot 351, on account osr4
small supply. In Sperm the -
to 851 10s. Headmaster i 5 wrao're'sh osh,tlained are
and i
Prices are not better for Linseed Oil; thetoh9osn; and
I export demand is,. however,. larger, at 25s 91 to 265 9d
r cwt. Rape Oil is plentiful, sad prices
Pe I ' •
severa. transaction*. Lowever, on the decline;
r, have taken place, brown
305, pale 31s; Refined Foreign 323 to 325 6d 01'
however, 1 1-• • ive
is
not che3per; there is, pas business doing.
Galipoli held for 431 to 431 103; and other sorts 41/
Palm sells with more freedom, to 42/ 103 per ,a and
fine cannot be obtained under 26a 6d per cwt
11supply, with Cocoa
Nat remains in ems several buyers ;
chin at 32s to Sydney 285 to 313
Ceylon and Co
have been small at 46s • -a
Lard Oil purchases to 37s per cwt.
PRovISIONS.-A goo,.
d demand still exists for Irish
sustained; indeed a
Butter, and previous rates are
fine.
small
advance has been obtained for _ Prices for Carlow,
Clonmell, and Kilkenny now rule from ,3s to 82s,
Waterford 67s to 745, Cork 765 to 78s, Limerick
66s to 70s, Tralee 64s to 665, and Sligo
66s to 70s per cwt. English sells steady at 708 to
245, and fresh 85 61 to 12s per dozen lbs • The best
Foreign met with a free sale at 33 to 4s per cwt advance;
and other sorts have been in good demand at full pre-
vious terms. Friezland, fine realized 94s to 98s, infe-
rior 70a to 80s. Groningen fine 66s to 70s; other
sorts to 625, Emden and Leer 653 to 685'
inferior 57s to Us) and fine Kiel 905 to
945. There has been a reluctance to operate in Bacon
during the lest few days, yet prices rule firm; Irish,
EJM3llitleat at 42s to 465, heavy..
40s to 433, nod Ham-
burg 40s to 423. Middles sell more freely, Irish at 403
to 425, Batziburgb. 383 to 425, and American bale
41s to 425. Hums move off slowly; with sellers of
Irish and English at 458 to 60s. In Lard sales are open
are upon a more extended scale; rates are, however, not

better. Irish bladdered selling at 50s to 575, keg and
firkin, 443 to 495, and Hamburgh 455 to 565. The
demand continues to get larger, for barrelled provisions
and at precept rates there are not generally sellers. Irish
India Beef realised 105 s to 107 s 6d per tierce ; mess
ditto 75s to 80i, Pork 62s 6d 'to 65s per barrel; and
India 107 s 6d to 1103 per tierce.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.
WOOLWICH, JAN. 19.
GENERAL ORDER.

Deputy Adjutant-General's Office. Jan. 14
His Lordship the Master-General has been pleased
to sanction an exchange of companies between First-
Lieutenant W. H. Goodenough, of Captain Dick's
company, 10th battalion, and First-Lieutenant C.
Hardy, of Captain Domvile's company, Ist battalion.
H. D. Ross, Deputy Adjutant-General.
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downman, C. 8.,
K.C.H., Commandant of the garrison, has presented
a fine copy of the engraving of the " Richmond
Testimonial" to the non-commissioned officers'
library of the Royal Artillery in garrison here, and
the non-commissioned officers here, through their
president, have forwarded a letter of thanks to the
gallant commandant, addressed to the Brigade-Major.
" Woolwich, Jan. 6.

" Sir,—The committee of the Royal Artillery non-
commissioned officers' library, being desirous of ex-
pressing, on behalf of their brother non-commissioned
officers, their grateful thanks to Lieutenant-General
Sir Thomas Downman, C. 8., K.C.11., the comman-
dant, for the patronage he has bestowed on their
institution, and promoting its improvement from time
to time, as well as for the additional mark of his
favour in the personal presentation of the mounted
engraving of the 'Richmond Testimonial' to their
reading- room.
"May I beg you will be so good as to communicate
the same to Sir Thomas Downman, and state bow
fully they appreciate such kindness, and that a subject
of such professional interest will not fail, in so con-
spicuous a place, to remind them of the noble deeds
and victories of the British army ?
" I am, Sir, with the greatest respect, your very
humble servant, " WILLIAM MACBAY,
" Quartermaste-Sergeant, President.

"Brigade-Major C. Bingham, Royal Artillery."
Second Lieutenants C. C. Teesdale, James Lyons,
C. E. Torriano, J. H. Brown, C. J. Tyler, and G.
J. Smart, are to be attached to and do duty with the
field batteries.

Captain and Adjatant D. F. Russell, Adjutant of
the 10th battalion, died at Woolwich on the 16th
inst., after a few days' illness, and his remains are to
be interred to-morrow, the 20th inst., with military
honours. The funeral procession will leave the gar-
rison at eleven o'clock A.M. for the burial-ground at
St. Thomas's Church, New Charlton.
The whole of' the troops in the garrison off duty,
with the exception of the Royal Sappers and Miners
employed as artificers on the Government works, as-
sembled at half-past nine o'clock, A M to-day, on the
guard-mounting parade in light marching order.
Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Do writnan arrived at half-
past ten o'clock, accompanied by Brigade-Major
Bingham and Capt. Riddell, Deputy Assistau t- Quarter-
master. General of Artillery, and took up a position at
the south-west gate, where he was joined by Lieute-
nant General Sir H. D. Ross and Colonel Brereton,
when the troops marched past in the following
order :—The troops of Royal Horse Artillery, pre-
ceded by their brass band, aad under the command
of Lieutenant-Colonel Bell; the 4.h Light Dra-
goons, with their band, under the command of Lord
G. F. A. Paget ; the right battalion of the Royal Ar-
tillery, haaded by their band, and under the com-
mand of Lieutenant-Colonel Williams ; a 12. pounder
field battery, gunners dismounted, of Captain Ha-
milton's company ; the left battalion of Royal Artil-
lery, headed by the drums and flutes, and under the
command of Lieutenant- Colonel Thorndike ; a 9-
pounder field battery, gunners dismounted, of Captain
Crawford's company ; the Royal Marines, with their
colours and band, under the command of Lieutenant-
Colonel M‘Adam ; and the Light Field Batteries,
with their brass band, under the command of Lieute-
nant-Colonel Anderson.
The whole of the troops marched to Blackheath,
where they were drawn up in contiguous columns of
battalions, and remained a short time there, when
they received orders to return to barracks by the
same route and in the same order they left. The men
returned in time to dine at one o'clock, and the
guards were relieved at three o'clock.
On the return of the Lieutenant-General end staff
to the garrison, the Commandant inspected Captain
Lefroy's company, 4th battalion, in heavy marching
order, on their return from Barbadoes, and the com-
pany has been placed on the roster for garrison duty,

SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE.

Intelligence has been received of a disastrous
shipwreck on the coast of Kintyre, in Argyleshire, by
which four of the crew have been drowned. It
appears that about the 31st of December a small
steamer of 33-horse power, named the Rabhid
(a Welsh name), sailed from North Shields
to take up a position as a tug or luggage boat
on the Clyde. She was commanded by An-
drew Jacobson, a foreigner, and her crew con-
sisted of Robert Christie, of North Shields, the
pilot; Alexander Muir, seaman, belonging to Loch-
gilphead, in Lochfyne ; Robert Gibson, engineer,
Berwick-on-Tweed; and William Sturt, fireman,
North Shields. The steamer went by the east coast
of Scotland, and, passing through the Caledonian
Canal, reached the west coast, where she was caught
in the tremendous hurricane of last week. After
being buffeted about among the islands from the
preceding Thursday, the Rabhid mad the Sound
of Sands, on the Mull of Kintyre, on Saturday
night, the weather being still exceedingly tem-
pestuous. Muir, who knew the wild charac-
ter of the coast, urged that the vessel should
seek some place of refuge, but the master was of opi-
nion that he should be able to double the Mull, and
reach the Forth of Clyde. Soon after it was disco-
vered that the pumps were choked from coals being
washed into them, on account of the violent motion of
the vessel, Shortly after the fires were drowned out
and the engine stopped. In this helpless state a stud.
ding sail was set, and the vessel dashed ashore on a reef
of rocks, surmounted by wild bold cliffs, two or three
miles from the point of the coast known as Arranman'a
Barrels. The sea made perfect havoc with the little
vessel, carrying away in a few minutes the small boat,
the funnel, and tearing up the bows. Sturt launched
himself on a plank, which was driven out to sea, then
forced back again, and the unhappy man was knocked
off, and perished under the vessel's counter. The
mast then fell overboard, when Gibson clung to it
for a short time, but was washed off and drowned.
The captain shared a similar fate. Muir and Christie
were on the lee paddle-box when they were washed
off and the latter was drowned. Muir, however,
reached the rocks, where he remained in a most piteous
plight, with the snow and sleet pelting upon him,
till daylight on Sunday morning. He then crawled
up the rocks, and found out the small aheiling of
James M'Kerran, Glenbervie, where he was hospi-
tably received, and afterwards he got every attention
and kindness from Mr. Lorne Stewart, the chamber-
lain of the Duke of Argyll, in Kintyre. All the poor
men who have perished have left widows and fami-
lies. About sixty years ago a French ship was lost
on the same spot. Many were drowned, and those
who reached the land perished from cold and hunger,
from the then wild and uninhabited state of the
country, and their bleached bones were not discovered
till long afterwards.