The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-07 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
(THIS DAY.)

The Importation List was a very full one this morning ; the
arrivals were numerous from ala.ost every part of the globe,
and comprised produce of all denominations. Of East India
Sugar the supply yesterday was 1,754 bags ; of Ilavannah and
other Foreign, 2,667 boxes and cases ; of British Plantation
Coffee 650 tierces; of Ceylon, 4,563 bags; besides Cinnamon,
Saltpetre, and Drugs and Dyes of almost every description.
With regard to the public sales, they comprise a large as-
sortment of articles in vs hicti the Drysalters and Druggists are
concerned; but as the auctions do not commence sufficiently
early for our report, we must reserve particulars for to-morrow.
'1 he sales on Friday will also form an important feature ; in
tact the whole of the remainder of the week ;sill be occupied
with commercial matters of an important nature.
The Money Market is a very material thing as regards the
markets ; no matter if purchases are made under circum tances
ever so favourable, if credit is at a low ebb the transactions
must turn out not only unprofitable, but ruinous.
At the present moment money is very easy,and first-rate bills
are discounted at 3,2 f, and in some cases as low as 2f per cent.
It h understood that the Bank of England arc adopting' liberal
measures, some of their Directors finding it much to their in•
terest to encourage speculators, in order that they may get
rid of their vast stocks of Tea, Silk, Cotton, and other ar.
ticks. That the circulation of money has a greater effect on
the prices of articles thin any other cause, we have only to
refer our readers to tables lately published from Prince's Price
Current, and other documents, for fifty-four years back, and
it is there made clear beyond a doubt that prices &pond on
taxation and Currency, more particularly if tbctre he an exten-
sion of small notes in contradistinction to those of a large
amount.

The mails arrived this morning were the French and Flanders.
From the former country the only matter of commercial

importance is that of the general rise in produce, particularly
at Marseilles, in consequence of the improved accounts from
the Mediterranean ned other places. A cargo of Olive Oil
from the Greek Llands sold at a price equal to about 521. per
tun ; and Sicily Oil has sold at 521. 15s. per do.
In London, Cotton appears this morning to be very attrac-
tive, and sales by private contract are extensive, both on specu-
lation and for shipping. At Liverpool 5,000 bales were sold
on Tuesday.
Tallow was brisk to-day at 395. 6d., and higher prices ex-
pected. The candle makers are now beginning operations.
Timber and Deals in demand, and there is a good deal doing
in Mahogany.
The Oil trade is very brisk, and higher prices paid.
Con'aa.—The public sale this day was thinly attendel,
the prices remained without alteration, and several lots were
taken in. Some very fine red Trinidad Cocoa sold at 565.
to 60s. per cwt.
The Raw Sugar Market was steady to day, and sales to a
moderate extent was executed. Crushed Sugar on board
sold to day at 325. per cwt.
The accounts from America had the efflet of creating
much briskness in all sorts of produce from that country.
TEA.—The sale at the East India House finished this day
about noon. We shall insert the full particulars to-morrow.
In the meantime it may be stated as a fact that Boheas sold
sd. per lb. higher; Congou (common), 3d. ; g►ood and fine,
4d. ; in some cases, 6d. per lb. higher; common Hysons, 3d. ;
and fine, 4d. to 6d. per lb. advance on the previous sale.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET—(YESTERDAY).
The sales to-day are large, and the market is gradually
rising. Between 5,000 and 6,000 bags have been disposed of,
but as holders meet the demand very freely, prices are thereby
kept down. Brazils and Egyptians are, however, decidedly
better that they were at the end of last week, and all other
descriptions are more firm.

ACCIDENT.—As Price, the engineer of the Me-
dina steam•packet, from the Isle of Wight to Southampton,
was coming down stairs at the Rose and Crown Inn, on
Monday evening, he slipt, fell to the bottom, and was killed
on the spot.
A NOVEL REMEDY FOR A COUGH.—The fol-
lowing label appeared lately upon a bottle of cough medi-
cine :—" Two table spoons or four tea spoons to be taken
when the cough is troublesome." In these days of colds and
influenzas the above expensive remedy may not be found un-
availing ; but we recommend all those who feel desirous of
trying this specific to lay in an extra quantity of plate.
At a broker's shop in Drury-lane there is for sale
" A green child's phaeton, admirably adapted for a brief
country excursion." On an auctioneer's placard was lately
affixed, " A splendid nobleman's mansion to be disposed of
unfurnished with every convenience." An advertisement in
a daily morning paper recommends mothers to send their
progeny to a commodious boarding-school, where there is
"no entrance required ; and at Bartholomew fair, which is
rife with orthograpical curiosities, a showman invites you
to view " an animated likeness of Greenacre, taken after
he was hung." . _

The young German Prince whom we stated the
other day to have endeavoured to carry off a pretty ac-
tress of the Vaudeville has renewed his attempt. But the
police having been apprized of it he has met with insu-
perable obstacles, and the consequence is that he has
become mad. It was he that a patrol of the National
Guard apprehended the night before last, at twelve, upon
the steds of the Opera, with no covering upon his person
but a bedsheet, reciting with much gesticulation passages of
Racine's tragedies, mingled with songs from Mina, The
Guardian Angel, and other new vaudevilles. The Govern-
ment is about to have him conducted beyond the frontier.
—Paris Paper. _ _

A female vagabond has for some time past been
paying her visits to the credulous young women in and
around Bradford. A young women in the service of a
gentleman residing not far from the factory, Great Horton,
engaged the old sybil to tell her whether she should ever
be married, what sort of a husband, how many children,
and many other questions which are in the chapter of
"luck." The old woman persuaded the young querist to
tic up four half-crowns in the corner of a handkerchief,
which she was to deposit in her box, and which would ma-
terially hasten on her wishes. This being done, the old
lady took her fee and her leave, saying, " Be sure not
loose the handkerchief until such a circumstance comes to
pass." But the girl could not wait the time, and being im-
patient to know her " luck" beforehand, went to her box,
brought out the charm, and untied the knot, when to her as-
tonishment and dismay, the four half-crowns were trans-
formed into four penny-pieces.—Balifax Express.
LEVELLING OF RANK.—IL is curious how the
ignorant and simple always raise.or depreciate others, what-
ever their rank may be, to their own levels, when they talk
of them. I listened to one little girl telling a story to
another, in which kings, queens, and princesses were the
actors. " And so," said the queen to the princess, " what
a very pretty doll that is of yours !" " Yes, Miss ; papa
bought it for me at the Br.zaar, and gave ss. 6d. for it,"
&e. This reminded me of the sailors telling stories on
board of a man-of-war, who put very different language
into the mouth of Royalty. " Well," says the King,
" blow me tight if I'll stand this. You must buckle to as
fast as you please, Mrs. Queen." " I'll see you hanged
first, and your head shaved too," answered her Majesty in
a rage, &c. &c. What Queens may say in a rage it is im-
passible to assert ; but to the seaman this language ap-
peared to be perfectly regal and quite correct.--yea,
Monthly illagazinefor September.

The blackguardian representative of the talent, cha-
racter, and respectability of the Halifax Tories, has the im-
pudence to charge the Liberals of the borough with haring
resorted to a " wholesale and unprincipled system" of
making objections to Tory voters ; and yet, from its own
statement, given in the same paragraph, it appears that, in
the township of Halifax, the Tories have made 233 objec-
tions, and the Liberals only 145. The same reputable
journal deals very largely in select cases of fraudulent vot-
ing, alleged to hare occurred amongst the Liberals at the
late elections ; but its known talent for manufacturing lies,
stamps the value of such statements. We caution the
creature, however, how it provokes retaliation ; for we
have much in our power. There were no fewer than fifteen
of Mr. James Wortley's supporters who gave their votes,
after having ceased to hold their qualifications ; and it is
not unlikely that some of the more conspicuous may be
prosecuted for a misdemeanour. What adds to the auda-
city of the charge thus made against the Liberals, is the
fact that, though professedly in a Halifax paper, it is really
written by a Leeds Tory ; and the Tories of that borough
have actually made objections to upwards of two thousand
of their Liberal fellow•townsmen !—Halifax Paper.
A LEFT-HANDED MARRIAGE. —ln passing
through one of the small streets my attention was attracted
by the sound of music, and having entered a little hovel
whence it issued, I saw several people of both sexes cele-
brating a marriage in which I observed that no garland
was employed. Now the garland is always placed upon the
bride's head at a regular and orthodox wedding ; I was
therefore induced to inquire into the circumstances. They
presently explained themselves, however as follows ; after
I had been there a little while, without anybody objecting
to my presence, but the contrary, a man got up, personat-
ing the priest, and addressed the assembled party to the fol-
lowing effect : —" Here are two young folks who wish to be
married without the garland. What is your wish and
pleasure, ladies and gentlemen ? Have you any objection
thereto ?" Nobody expressed any, the only difference of
opinion being relative to the time the marriage should last !
some said that they should be married for two months,
others only six weeks. Two months were at last decided
upon ; the rings veer° placed on the respective fingers of
the man ilnd woman, and they wera duly pronounced man
and wife for the space of two months.—eudirnue's Wan-
derini)s in Greece.

We rejoice to hear of the recovery of the great musi-
cian, Hummel, from so ularniing and painful a disorder that
his phy6iolans had given him over, and his family were
summoned around him. He is now at the baths at Kis-
singen, near Wartzburg, in Bavaria, and happily in: better
health titan ever,--ifusical World.
Ciuineas were first coined in 1673, and derived their
114111 e the goN hAying been brought from Cirt;illea,