The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-24 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

SUGAR.—The market for West India has been dull, and
reduced prices have been accepted. Barbadoes low to fine
grocery realised 33s Gd to 40s, and heavy 32s 6d to 335,
being lower. East India has declined 6d per cwt. Mauri-
tius good and very fine yellow brought 35s 6d to 37s 6d,
low to mid 33s 6d to 355, good and fine brown 30s to 335,
ord 28s to 295, crystalised low to fine yellow 36s 6d to 395.
Privately, a cargo afloat sold at 34s 6d. Bengal went 6d
cheaper, viz, very good white Benares at 30s, damp at
31s to 34s Gd,, mid was taken in at 33s to 345. Soft Madras
was taken in at 28s to 29s 6d for brown to low yellow, and
good yellow sold at 32s.—Foreign--Floating cargoes of
Brazil have been inquired for. Pernambuco has been taken
ip at 31s 6d to 32s 6d for mid and good brown, and Ma-
nilla at auction met with no offers. Havannah was taken
in for sound at 34s to 36s Gd, but washed brought 32s 6d
to 35s for mid brown to mid greyish yellow.
COFFEE.—Native Ceylon has been at about 46s to 46s 6d.
Plantation has been dull; fine fine ord sold at 55s 6d, fine
fine ord and low mid at 53s to 56s 6d, low mid and mid
at 55s 6d to 595, good mid at 603 6d, mid and good mid
bold colony at 56s to 58s 6d, triage at 43s to 50s, and pea-
berry at 59s to 66s 6d per cwt. Good waste taken in at
70s to 755. Mocha was taken in at 65s for mid, and at 60s
for bold triage ; good ord Bahia sold at 47s to 49s per cwt.
CoooA.—Trinidad has been taken in at 34s to 37s for
mid and good red, and at 31s to 33s 6d for ord and good
ord grey. Grenada partly sold at 30s to 32s 6d for ord grey
to mid red.

RlCE.—This article is lower : Bengal declined 3d per
cwt., good bold yellowish dusty selling at 13s 3d, and mid
and good mid 12s to 13s Od.. Madras good pinky realised
12s 3d, and damaged 6s 6d to lls 6d.
SPICES.- Singapore mace is lower, mid blood wormy
selling at 2s 4d, and mid dark at 2s 6d per lb. African
ginger is 6d cheaper, ord and mid rough brought 20s 6d to
22s 6d, and damaged 18s 6d to 225. Nutmegs receded ld
per lb ; Singapore realised 2s 8d to 2s 9d for mid bold
brown, and 2s 2d to 2s 4d for ord small and shrivelled.
Pepper is firm.
COTTON.—This article has been at steady rates, but not
active.

TEA.—The market is heavy. Ord to good oid Congon
is about is to is id, mid is ld to is 2d, good ord to mid
Souchong is ld to is 2d, good ord Hyson 104 d to is, mid
to good mid do 2s to 2s 4d, and Gunpowder is 6d to 3s 6d.
SALTPETRE.—This article keeps steady. Bengal has
been taken in at 12s to 13s for mid and good mid. The
business done is limited.

TALLOW.—P.Y.C. on the spot is up to 66s per cwt.
HEMP.—Russian clean has touched 681. and 70/.

GREEN FRUIT.—The demand for oranges, both in Lon-
don and at the outports continue good, and this combined
with limited arrivals, tends to sustain the prices, three
cargoes of St. Michael, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at pub-
lic sale, went freely at the advanced figure obtained of
late. Seville Sours scarce, Lemons improved 2s per case.
A better inquiry for nuts, but the high price asked checks
all speculation in the article.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, March 24.—Wind this day at Noon, N.N.E. ;
strong breeze, and cloudy weather.
FALMOUTH, March 23.—Wind, E., moderate. Arrived
—Sarah Prinsep, from Rio Grande, for Liverpool ; Ceres,
Dram.

PORTSMOUTH, March 23.—Wind. E.N.E. Sailed—Earl
of Shaftesbury, for Malta.
DOVER, March 23.—Arrived—H.M.S. Boscawin, for the
Baltic.

PLYMOUTH, March 23.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—War
Hawk, for London.

BRISTOL, March 23.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—Glenelg,
for Demerara ; Ann, Alicante ; Phillyra, do. ; Maria,
Barbadoes.

LOWESTOFT, March 23.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived—
H.M.S. Lightning.

SCILLY, March 21.—Arrived—Anne, from Marseilles,
for London ; Gazelle, St. Domingo, for Hamburgh.
ELSINORE, March 20- An English war steamer (paddle-
wheel) arrived from the North Sea yesterday afternoon,
and passed through the Sound ; she was barque rigged.
WEXFORD, March 21.—The Star, from Liverpool to
Waterford, laden with salt, came ashore on the rocks East
of Camsore Point last night, is full of water, her hull
covered at high tide, and she is likely to go to pieces on
the first change of wind in a southerly direction; the ma-
terials are expected to be saved.
SHIELDS, March 22.—The Britannia has been stranded
near Carril, in a bad position, and was covered at high
water ; crew supposed to be drowned.
LYMINGTON, March 22.—Tbe Bull, from Poole to Ports-
mouth, ran on the mud, waterlogged.
BRIDLINGTON, March 22.—There have been picked up
in this neighbourhood a quantity of small wood, apparently
cabin ceiling, and some deck plank ; the stern of a boat, a
writing-case, broken ; a bible, written inside of which is,
" This book belongs to the barque Josephine of Wisbeach ;"
a Wesleyan hymn-book, Robert Grain of Lynn supposed
written in it, the book scarcely wet ; and 11b. of candles ;
but no bodies or vessel. In the writing desk are the in-
dentures of three boys, all dated 15th Jan., 1854, each
bound for five years, and to have 45/. each. Names :
James Moss, Francis Dalmella, and Alfred Blandford.
Bound to Robert Hogg Buckham ; Charles Collis, 314,
Buckingham-street, Middlesex, broker.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LivEnrooz, Friday, 10 a.m.
Wind, N.E. ; moderate, and fine
Arrived—Star, from Buenos Ayres and Queenstown,
with loss of foremast, &c. ; Sidney and Jane, Malta.
QUEENSTOWN, March 22.

Wind, variable and calm.

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Arrived—Amazon, from London, for Bermuda, with
convicts ; Gleam, Leghorn, for Liverpool ; Saucy 'Jack,
Arcirossan, for Marseilles ; Exhibition, Fowey, for Liver-
pool.

Sailed—Canada, for New York ; Eliza Keith, Cadiz.

(BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.55 a.m.
Arrived, 23d—Fredrika Christiana, from Fohr ; Hertia,
Sunderland.
Arrived, 24th— Superb, from Uddewalla ; Jeanette and
Mary, Stettin ; Wilhelmina, Hamburgh ; Emanuel, Copen-
hagen ;,Adonis (s), Bremen.

Sailed—Elbe '65, —for iii;mburgh ; Earl of 3fulgrave,
Galatz ; Alipore, Malta ; Deslandes, West Coast of Africa.

THE LATE FIRE IN FLEET-STREET.—Yesterday after-
noon Mr. Payne, the city coroner, resumed, at the Por-
tugal Hotel, Fleet-street, the inquiry respecting the
circumstances attending the fire which destroyed the
premises of Mr. Hall, beershop-keeper, 158, Fleet-street,
on the 28th of February last. Several witnesses were
examined, and the inquiry lasted nearly five hours, but
the evidence did not substantiate a charge against any
one. The jury found a verdict, that `The premises,
No. 158, Fleet-street, were wilfully set on fire, but there
is not sufficient evidence to show by whom."
NORRIS'S RAILWAY-CHAIR PATENT.--The mighty and
elaborate railway system is likely to obtain an accession
of strength and value from application of Mr. Norris's
patent chair, which guarantees the most perfect con-
tinuity to the metals, without disturbing the necessary
provision for their expansion. With the desire of sti-
mulating and satisfying the laudable curiosity of scien-
tific men, several series of experiments have been made
on the permanent way at Walsall, South Staffordshire,
with the most unqualified success. The process,
although by description apparently complicated and
technical, is in practice simple and economical ; and it
is far from improbable that it will find its beneficial way
over most of our new lines of rail, as well as upon those
whose repairs are needed. There is nothing in the
practice that prevents its ready adaptation to any exist-
ing railway, and there are in it so many obvious advan-
tages, that it may be fairly ranked as one of the boldest
practical agencies towards a successfully secure develop-
ment of our railway economy.--ilforang.papfre