The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-30 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

SUGAR.—There has been a quiet market, and prices
have been scarcely so high. British Plantation has been
sold publicly at 32s to 38s 6d for Barbadoes. East India
—Bengal good mid white Benare3 brought 37s 6d, and
good yellow Mauritius sort 363 to 365. 6d, being 6d. lower;
Madras also sold cheaper, a good deal being taken in.
Mid to good grainy yellow went at 353 6d to 375, and some
soft yellow at 31s 6d to 325. Foreign Cuba was mostly
taken in at 32s 6d to 353 6d for low brown to mid, greyish
yellow being above the value. Floating cargoes have been
in demand, and white Bahia and yellow Havannah has
been inquired for. Refined has continued very dull, and
brown lumps have been at about 14s, being cheaper.
COFFEE.—There has been more offering, and prices
have declined is to 2s, generally. The most recent sales
have been in Plantation Ceylon, which went heavily at
reduced prices, viz!, 56s to 635, and has since been quoted
privately still lower. Native has realised 45s 6d to 46s 6d
for good ord. Costa Rica sold at 46s 6d to 49s 6d for
good and fine ord foxey, at 50s to 553 for fine and f. fine
ord. Coloury mixed at 62s for mid, at 45s Gd to 46s 6d
r triage, and at 55s to 64s fcr peaberry. Rio has b aen
sold at 47s 6d for fine ord brownish. East India good and
pale went at 465.

- COCOA.—Trinidad sold at 31s 6d to 37s for ord grey to
fair red.

RICE.—A moderate business has been done at steady
prices.

SPlCES.—Pimento has been less active at 74d per lb for
mid to very good. Alleppi pepper sold at. 41d for good
clean. Mace brought 2s lld for good pale Singapore, and
nutmegs 2s ld to 2s 3d and 2s 8d for small to mid bold
brown.

SALTPETRE.—There has been an active inquiry at an
advance of 6d to 9d per cwt, 10 to 104 lbs refraction
bringing 28s 6d, and good and fine crystal 44 to 41. lbs 30s
per cwt.

COCHINEAL.—This article has declined ld per lb.
TEA.—The market continues quiet at lid to 114 d for
common sound congou.
TALLOW.—SaIes have been last made at 58s per cwt on
the spot.

GREEN FRIIIT.—The market continues brisk. The mild
weather assists the sale of grapes, several parcels from Lis-
bon, per Madrid and Iberia steamers, sold by Keeling and
Hunt at public sale, sustained the prices obtained at pre-
vious sales. Lemons have advanced 2s per package, Bar-
celona nuts 5s per bag. Nuts will be scarce and dear.
The orange-growing countries are favourable for the forth-
coming crops.

SIR EDWARD BLAKENEY.—The gallant Commander
of the Forces is gradually recovering from his late severe
accident, but remains still confined to his chamber at
the Portrush Hotel.

FOREIGN CATTLE.—The importations of live cattle of
various kinds from the continental states of Europe have
been unprecedentedly great during the past week. They
included nearly 29,000 sheep, with upwards of 5,000
head of oxen and cows, and a proportionate number of
calves and pigs, making altogether the extraordinary
large number of nearly 29,000 head °Mock of various
kinds. This far exceeds in extent all previous supplies
of this nature from abroad, and must have formed an
important feature in the general supply of live stock for
the London markets. As usual, the principal portion
of the importations have been from Holland, with some
few of small extent from France and Belgium ; and they
have been swelled so far beyond the ordinary extent by
Large supplies of horned stock, as well as sheep and
other cattle, from Denmark and the Hanseatic States.
MELANCHOLY DEATH BY HYDROPHOBIA.—The late
Christopher Commons, a comfortable farmer (65 years
of age), living near Ardbracken, Navan, was bitten by
his own terrier dog about the 12th of July last. The
dog was found to have gone mad immediately after.
Commons remained rather heedless about the small
wound inflicted on his face and arm ; but after a week
he applied to a quack in the county of Cavan for his or-
dinary cure. Trusting in this "nostrum," he went to
the salt water for some weeks, and remained pretty con-
fident that he was in no danger until Thursday, when he
became very nervous, and found an abhorrence of water
when offered him to drink. Sensible of his danger, he
obtained spiritual attendance for his coming death, which
he strongly apprehended. But still hoping for a cure by
a quack, he set out for one on Saturday last. The
quack, on seeing him, pronounced him beyond cure;
and although he administered some of .his "specific,"
Commons died in his house in five hours after in spas-
modic fits. The body was removed home, and interred
in Ardbracken on Wednesday.—Anglo-Celt.
INCREASE OF BUSINESS AT THE STAMP-OFFICE.—
THE NEW PENNY RECEIPT STAMP.—During the last
few weeks the employes in what is called the "Dry
Stamping Department" of the Stamp-office (or Inland
Revenue), Somerset House, have been busily engaged to
a late hour in the evening, on an extra pay, in getting
ready for the New Penny Receipt Stamp Act, which was
passed last session of Parliament, and comes into ope-
ration on the 10th day of October next, whereby every
person paying or receiving money is obliged to have
every such receipt stamped. The commissioners have
for the last few days commenced delivering these new
stamps to the public, but the daily applications from
parties licensed to sell stamps in the metropolis, and
throughout the United Kingdom, have been so great
that many have had some difficulty in getting their
orders completed to the full amount for the present.
However, so as to prevent delays and disappointment,
an extra number of men are constantly at work so as to
meet the emergency, as documents and deeds of every
description are being sent in by hundreds to be stamped,
as well as blank certificates, &;c. The new stamp is
similar to the old receipt stamps (dry stamped), with
the only difference of its being marked "one penny,"
instead of 3d., 6d., is. and upwards. As a vast num-
ber of the licensed dealers in stamps have a consider.
able quantity of the old stamps on hand, which would
be a great loss to them, as they will become useless after
October proximo, the commissioners have notified that
they will be able to obtain a similar amount of the new
stamps in exchange, at a trifling discount. The demand
will be greater than is generally supposed, if the new
postage stamps, or " Queen's heads," can be any criterion.
—Morning Advertiser.
EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE OF FORTUNE.—The sailor
whose lucky fortune, in becoming the sudden possessor
of property amounting to 60,0001. mentioned in The
Sun of Tuesday, is a Scotcbman named Thomas Black,
and has lately been doing duty as a petty officer on board
her Majesty's ship Leander, now lying in Plymouth
Sound. It appears that be is connected with a highly-
respectable family in Perthshire, was well-educated, and
intended by his parents for one of the learned professions.
Seventeen years ago, however, he ran from home and
entered the naval service, doing duty as a common sailor,
and, having acquired some reputation as a mariner, he
was advanced to the rank of a petty officer. This
was his position when, about nine months ago, an
advertisement appeared in the Times, informing Tho-
mas Black, if he were still alive, that by commu-
nicating with certain parties therein named, he would
hear of something very considerably to his advantage.
Thomas Black, however, did not read She Tinier,
and for months remained in ignorance of the " some-
thing " which his next of kin were beginning to
be afraid they would be obliged to appropriate to their
own use and benefit. Luckily for Black, however, he
one day entered into conversation with a footman, whom
he met accidentally at the Cove of Cork, and who had
heard from another servant some particulars touching
the lost heir to the Perthshire estates. The result was,
that Black made his existence known in the proper
quarter, and after the lapse of a few months his claims
were recognised, and he succeeded in obtaining his dis-
chame from naval servitude, on the arrival of the
Leander at the port of Plymouth from New York,
which took place a few days ago. The lucky sailor
and his friend, Lieutenant Barnard, R.N,, are now in
Scotland, adjusting the preliminaries.