The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-01 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Supplies generally are ample ; but as regards pickled
fish—herrings and alewives especially—a considerable
portion is of indifferent quality and almost unsaleable.
Sugar and rum continue to advance in value. There is
not any coffee or pimento yet at market.
Pimento.—We are yet without any very reliable in-
formation with respect to the new crop. The rumours,
however, as to the anticipated short yield have not been
contradicted.

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Rice.—Some further sales, but confined to the best
samples of Bengal, have been effected at 15s. to 15s. 6d.
20 tierces Carolina, the only recent receipt were taken
at 21s. per 1001. Patna has been moved at 16s. 6d.
Rum.—About 150 puucheons, 18 proof, have changed
hands at 3s. 6d. per gallon. Holders are now looking
for an advance.

Salmon.—We quote No. 1, with carge, at 76s to 80s.
per barrel.
Soap.—No sales of any moment have transpired.
Steele's 60 lb. crown is scarce and wanted.

Sugar.—Continues to improve in value. The sales
include 50 hogsheads good middling at 18s. 6d. per
100 lb.

Tobacco.-80 boxes Cavendish 18's have been taken
at lid. per lb. We have nothing to report of leaf.
Exchanges on London.—Colonial and Jamaica Banks.
90 days', per cent. premium ;60 days', 1 per cent.
premium ; 30 days', 11 per cent, premium.

RECEPTION OF MR. DARGAN BY THE QUEEN.—The
crowning act—that which gave a meaning and a pur-
pose to the royal visit and all its incidents—was, in our
mind, the gracious, the cordial, the almost affectionateh
reception which the greatest .monarch gave to her
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greatest subject when he was yesterday presented by
her minister. Formalities gave way for the instant be-
fore the instinctive impulse of a woman possessed of in-
tellect to understand, and of heart to appreciate, the
signal services rendered to the cause of progress by the
man in whose presence she then was. The cordial grasp
of the arm- -the arm ennobled by industry—indicated
what was expressed in words not meant for the public
ear ; but no one who was close enough to observe the
emotions of the crowned monarch, as she looked upon
the untitled subject by whose munificent patriotism the
temple in which she then stood was raised, could fail
to see that the Queen felt that a great man was there,
and that feeling so, she was desirous before that august
assembly of her people to mark her appreciation of his
character and of his services. The impulsive cheer
that burst from all around as the Queen thus pressed
the arm of William Dargan showed that those who
witnessed it appreciated the compliment paid to the
man, the compliment paid to the country, and the ho-
mage paid to industry in the person of the great apostle
of labour. One other incident occurred in the afternoon
perhaps still more indicative of the purpose of the pre-
sent visit of the Queen. We do not desire to intrude pry-
ingly into the private proceedings of the Sovereign ; but
we can hardly look upon the visit with which the Queen
yesterday honoured Mr. Dargan at his private residence
as other than a public recognition by the Sovereign that
industry- —let us rather cad it labour—is ennobling, and
that she, at least, whatever an inert aristocracy, gene-
rated in corruption, and unconscious of the value of hu-
man labour, may think, respects and honours those who,
living by industry, promote it, extend it, refuse to sever
themselves from it, and become the apostles of indus-
trial development as the best means of elevating the
nation and giving prosperity to the people. The honour
paid to Mr. Dargan by this act of Royal favour marks
an epoch in the progress of the age. It was the first
visit ever paid by the Queen to an untitled subject. To
him it was a high and honouring distinction. His coun-
trymen of every class will with one accord accept it as
a national compliment, while every man who lives "by
the sweat of his brow' will feel a new impulse spring
up within him from the consciousness it will impart that
"labour" is no longer held to be dishonouring—that
favours denied to dukes and to earls have been awarded
by the Queen to the family of a man whose present po-
sition of pre-eminence is due to his connection with
" labour."—Freeman's Journal.
EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN FACTORIES.—To-daY
(Thursday) the new act to regulate the employment of
children in factories comes into operation.