The Sun.
London, England, 1837-04-19 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

( From the New London Price Current of April 18.)

St:GA R.-Berbice and Demerara of low brown quality has
b, cn disposed of at 525. to 5.35. ; St. Kitts brown and low
n id. yellow 545. to 575. ; Demerara with a little colour at
s. ; Jamaica fine yellow 655. The British Plantation Sugar
:market was fully supported to-day, and in some cases 6d. to
15.. advance was paid. The raw market has never perhaps
b: en so scantily supplied, and therefore the sales have been
e. trendy limited, mid. BeebEce sold at 555., and for good
d tto 60s. per cwt. required.
Refined goods have been in brisk request by the home trade
at 6d. to Is. advance ; sales of Lumps equal to the standard
made at 775., and those rather under at 765. ; the shippers
have paid fully former rates, and there has been a steady busi-
ness done at 355. to 355. 6d. for double. In Dutch Crushed
some business has been done at 335. 6d. to 345. On Friday the
market was bare of goods ; the demand continues good at 775.
for Lumps that would pass, 765. for those rather under the
standard, and 365. for double Crushed. The Refined Market
dull, and Crushed 355. to 355. 6d. ; large Lumps 755.
NIAURITICS —This day's public sale of Mauritius consisted
cf 3,666 bags, which were taken pretty readily by the trade,
but in some instances at a decline of 6d. a Is. per cwt. ;
colory sorts sold well, say 603., and one lot 645. 6d., the re-
mainder of the yellow 555. a 595. 6d., brown and washed sold
at from 525. a 545. 6d.

EAST I N DIA. —On Friday 1,000 bags Bengal at auction
went at 61 advance, mid. and good mid. white at 325. 61 to
345. 6'1., damps 324. to 335., washed 30s. 6]. to 335. Of East
India Sugar the sales this day were considerable; the first
parcel consisted of 500 bags Bengal Sugar in bond, which sold
6,1. lower, mid, white soft and damp 31s. 6d. a 325. 6]. The
neat sale consisted of 9,369 bags Manilla, of which about 5,000
bags were withdrawn, good dry brown sold at 17s. to 19s. 6d.,
ord. do. 15s. a 163. per cwt.
FoitEtos.—This day 488 chests 692 bags 91 brig. and
3 pps. Brazil Sugar were offered ; white sold steady at 245. to
313., brown Went off heavily, in some instances at lower
prices ; 144 bags Cochin China, low white 255. 6d.
MOLA sszs.—Some small sales of good Demerara have been
made at 27L

COFFEE.-Berbice of mid. quality sold at 935. 6d. to 945.,
Jamaica unclean fine to fine ord. was bought in at 50s. to
825., Demerara fine ord. 755. to 8.35. ; the winds continuing
to blow from an adverse quarter, there has not been a single
arrival. Ceylon has undergone no change in value, and
a steady demand has existed privately ; the only parcel
offered at auction has been that of 156 bags, which went
at 703. for ord., and 245. for ord. black triage ; the ex-
port kinds are still difficult of sale, and 900 bags Sasnarang
and Sumatra offered at auction were mostly taken in at a re-
duction on former rates of 2s. ; the former was bought in at
31s. to 325. 6d. for ord. sound quality, and good pale at
40s. 6d. ; the latter sold at 355. 6d. to 395. for ord. good pale
was taken in at 435. to 445. ; Mocha has been in moderate
request, and a reduction on former prices has been accepted of
2s. for the inferior descriptions.
Rum, BRANDY, AND IIoLLANDs.—The demand for Rum has
been limited, but the Market being scantily supplied former
prices have been fully supported ; the transactions have been
300 puns. Demerara, 27 to 31 per cent. over proof of fine
quality at 3s. Id. to 3s. 2d., 27 9-10ths to 33 over fair
•2s. 11d. to 3s. 3d., and 50 puns. Jamaica 27 to 30 over proof
at 3s. 6d. to 3s. 7d. ; there are very few fine in the Market ;
owing to the continuance of adverse winds there have been no
arrivals. The Brandy Market remains heavy. In Geneva
little has been done: the price continues at Is. 10d. to Is. I Id.

COCHINEAL at to-day's sale sold from 3d. to 6d. per lb.
lower, the quality very ord., and sold from ss. l ld. to 7s.
7d. per lb.
Co rroN.-The East India Market has been in a very dull
state again, and prices are little better than nominal. Public
sales are not expected to be brought forward before next month.
INDIGO.-The usual periodical sales commenced, as we
have before observed, on the 11th inst., and terminated on the
17th. Bengal, blue and purple, 7s. 2d. to 7s. 7d. purple and
violet, 6s. 3d. to 7s. 2d., good and fine violet, 63. 4d. to 7s.
2d., ord. and mid. violet, ss. 6d. to 6s. 3d., violet and cop-
per, ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d., good and fine copper, ss. 9d. to 65.,
ord. and mid. copper, 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d., broken qualities
for home use 4s. 4d. to 6s , very inferior dust, &c. 4s. to 4s.
3d. ; Madras, mid. and fine 4s. to ss. 9d. ord. 2s. 2d. to 3s.
9d. ; Kurpah 2s. Bd. to 3s. 9d. ; Pondicherry 3s. ; Java 3s.
9d. to as. sd. ; Oude ord. 3s. to 4s. The sales of Guate-
mala Indigo to-day went from 2s. Bd. to ss. Bd. per lb. ;
the ord. sorts 6d. and mid. 3d. per lb. lower, whilst the
better qualities supported former prices.
Tnumw.-At 445. 3d. for P YC. For delivery at 41s. 3d.
for the last three months. The stock is now in few hands, and
445. a 445. 3d. is currently paid for consumption.
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TOBACCO. —Ordinary quality is to be bought at prices un-
precedently low, parcels having been offered at 2d. per lb.,
but shippers do not feel disposed to give above lid. to lid.
per lb.

DERBYSHIRE ELECTION.—The North Derby-
shire Tories have fired off their great gun in the shape of a
requisition to Mr. Arkwright, to become their candidate at
the next election, in the room of Mr. George's papa, who has
no stomach for a contest with the united forces of Messrs.
Cavendish and Gisborne. We commend the old gentleman's
discretion, and feel very sorry for the son, of whom we never
heard anything which can make it justifiable in the Tories to
fleece and flay him as they are about to do. Mr. Gisborne
has just published a manly address to the electors. We hail
with pleasure the renewed determination of our talented
Member to fight the battle of Liberal principles in North Der-
byshire, in opposition to that "small minority" of the electors,
who seem determined to thrust a Tory candidate on the
county.—North Derbyshire Chronicle.

In pursuance of the requisition to the Mayor, a
very numerous and highly respectable Meeting assembled
at Swansea, on Tuesday last, for the purpose of taking into
consideration the propriety of addressing the King, and pe-
titioning both Houses of Parliament, in favour of the Minis.
terial measure for the abolition of Church-rates. In de-
fiance of the wintry aspect of the day, a fall of snow, sleet,
and rain, and a drifting wind, we had the gratification of
witnessing the attendance of most of the surrounding gentry,
anxious to testify, by their presence and zea!ous aid, their ap-
probation the measure now before Parliament.—Cambrian.

SAGACITY OF AN Ass.—ln March, 1836, an ass,
the property of Captain Dundas, R. N., then in Malta, was
shipped on board the later ftigate, Capt. Forrest, bound from
Gibraltar for that Island. The vessel having struck on some
sands off the Point de Gat, at some distance from the shore,
the ass was thrown overboard to give it a chance of swimming
to land—a poor one, for the sea was running so high that a
boat which left the ship was lost. A few days afterwards,
however, when the gates of Gibraltar were ogened in the
morning, the ass presented itself for admittance, and pro-
ceeded to the stables of Mr. Weeks, a merchant, which he had
formerly occupied, to the no small surprise of this gentleman,
who imagined that from accident the animal had never been
shipped on board the later. On the return of this vessel to
repair, the mystery was explained ; and it turned out that
Valiante (as the ass was called) had not only swam safely to
shore, hut, without a guide, compass, or travelling map, had
found his way from Point de Gat to Gibraltar, a distance of
more than 200 miles, through a mountainous and intricate
country, intersected by streams, which he had never traversed
before, and in so liort- a period that he could not have made
one false turn.—Dr. Jarrold's Reason and Instinct.

At the Gravesend bench on Friday, William Collier
was charged with violently assaulting and beating William
Ray, who deposed that on Thursday, he was sent to Denton
Marshes, when the prisoner met him just beyond Park-place,
and said, " I want a word with you—you pounded my don-
key," and began to pull off his coat, and struck him, when his
master's dog flew at, and hit, the prisoner. Collier then, with
stick and stones, beat off the dog, and knocked the complain-
ant down. The prisoner admitted that he struck Ray, but not
until after he set the dog at him. A solicitor, who was pre-
sent, said the frets of the case were that he had a stack of about
35- loads of hay in the marshes, and the donkey men were is
the habit of turning their animals in after eleven at night, and
fetching them out before five in the morning. They had actu-
ally eaten their way right through the stack, and consumed
nearly fifteen or twenty pounds' worth of hay. But a short
time since he paid 2/. 10s. for a strong fence. This was car-
ried away in no time. He supposed the men thsught that as
it was a lawyer's hay it was free game. The boy had caught
the prisoner's donkey, and impounded it ; but almost imp e
diately after the animal was lifted over; but he intended to
apply for summonses against the parties for pound-breaking.
Fined 3s. and costs.—Gravesend Journal.

On 'Wednesday last, about one hundred of the
electors sat down to an excellent dinner, to celebrate Mr. Col-
- return:— Warwick Advertiser.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY—Box TUNNEL.
WORKS.—The progress of the seven permanent shafts of this
stupendous undertaking is now more than half completed.
Two of the shallow shafts are finished towards the Chippen-
ham end of the line, and the remainder are 1.50 feet vertically
sunk. In proceeding wi.li these shafts, which will be to th..
extent of 300 feet in depth, which is carried through the beds
of forest marble, M'Skallett, corn-grit, and ground stone, im-
pediments have arisen, and have been overcome by the contrac-
tor, in consequence of a great quantity of top water draining
through the joists of the oolite, and settling itself upon the di-
vision of strata in coming to the marl. To surmount these
difficulties, Mr. Brunel, of the Thames Tunnel, has been kind
enough to allow sonic of his most skilful workmen to assist the
contractor in this great work, the local men being more ex-
pert in quarrying, and not experienced in this description of
labour. To effect this object good and substantial tim-
ber curbs were bedded in segments upon the marl, and the
ashlar work carried up in Roman cement. In performing
this operation it was necessary to gather the drainage in sepa-
rate channels, so as to preserve the water for mixing the mor-
tar. Iron pipes are therefore inserted in the masonry, which
may be plugged and drawn off as required for this purpose ;
the expense of fetching water from a considerable distance at
the bottom of the hill is thus obviated. The cylinder, therefore,
of the masonry itself, forms a complete and perfect reservoir,
without the least interruption from water following the work-
men in the excavation, or proceeding with the constant and
rapid undermining of the masonry. The construction of those
works being of the greatest magnitude of any similar undertak-
ing in this or any other country, will be viewed by geologists
and others with much anxiety. The shafts describe a circle of
thirty feet in diameter, and the tunnel, the largest in area, will
be thirty feet by forty in the clear, and one mile and three-
quarters in length. The machinery for lifting the soil is
worked by horse-power of good contrivance, the application of
steam-power being impracticable from the want of water at the
summit of the hill to feed an engine. The preparatory works
are completed, the plan of the whole work well brought into
action, and there is no doubt that the work will be completed
before the time allowed to the contractor.