The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-04 00:00:00

TOTAL SUPPLY.

NEWGATE AND

The general demand was le
Per Sibs by 1
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Beef, inferior 24 2 8 Mutton, Inferior 32 3 C
Do., middling 210 3 0 Do. ,middling 3 8 4 0
Do., prime large 3 2 3 4 Do., prime 4 2 4 6
Do., c/o. sir 011....3 4 3 6 Veal I 0 4 6
Pork, large 2B 3 0 Pork, small 32 4 0

Iss active, at our quotations.

lc carcase.

GH HOP.
Since our last repoßOßOUrt, rather an extensive business has
been transacted in all new hops, at a decided improvement
in the quotations. Old qualities are held for more money.
Mid and East Kent pockets, 95s to 168 s ; Weald of Kent,
95s to 112 s ; Sussex, 92s to 110 s. per cwt.

COLONIAL.
SUGAR.—The demand for British plantation has been
fair, and prices have been well supported. Barbadoes, by
auction, realised. 36s to 39s 6d for mid to fine. Yesterday
there was rather less doing. East India—Bengal, about
two-thirds found buyers publicly, but at 6d decline ; fine
white 38s 6d to 398, mid and good 37s to 38s, loiv 36s 6d,
and grainy low white, 39s 6d to 40s. Common brown was
taken in at gds to 29s 6cl, for mid and good brown, and low
to good yellow, at 30s to 35s 6d. Refined was generally at
lower rates. Foreign Havannah 'was taked in mid to fine
yellow at 37s to 41s 6d, and low and mid brown at 34s 6d
to 368. Brown Bahia was taken in at 32s to 353 6d for
ord to fide.
COFFEE.—Business has not been active, and for Native
Ceylon of good ord quality, 478 per cwt. have to be paid.
Plantation Ceylon was taken at 53s to 64s for low mid, and
good and the most recent sales were at 568 to 56s 6d, for
mid and good. 70s to 735, for fine marks 49s 6d to 555, for
fine fine ord and low mid small, and 31s to 32s 6d for very
ord ; peaberry realising 678. Costa Rica has been firm,
having been taken in at 498 to 60s for fine ord to mid
coloury. Mocha, good garbled yellowish sold at 733 to
765, and longberry at 768 to 798 per cwt.
COCOA.—Trinidad has been sold at 35s to 39s 6d, for
mid and good red, and at 32s to 34s 6d for ord to good grey.
SPICES.—There has been a demand for Pimento at 6d
per cwt. for mid, and at 5d to 6d for ord to good. White
Pepper has been in good request. Singapore at 7d to 70
for mid and good, beingdearer. Allepy sold at 3d to 3d
for mid sound, and at 3ad to 30 for mid and good, being
_Luch has been done in any description.
SALTeßxepnogratlersoll a shade lower—ord, 241 to 191
c h trTaEkTNennoEtb.
per cent. refraction, at 24s to 24s 6d ; and good, at 28s 6d
for 5i per cent.
COTTON.—The market has been active, at full rates.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been dull, at 44s 6cl per cwt. on
the spot, which is scarcely the previous value.
GREEN FRUIT.—The stock of all kinds is reduced to a
small compass, and is likely to continue so until a change
of wind takes place. A parcel of Lisbon oranges, per Tagns
steamer, sold by Keeling`and Runt, landed in bad condi-
for Barcelona. Seville sours are in request, and there are
nt in° tns, arreea josuetd ofp r ificresst according
At° sepheacrualeatteirv. e i n Blackqui r ySpanish
nuts are out of first hands. A speculative inquiry exists
none on hand at present.
TOBACCO.—The imports during the past month
,were
1,553 hhds. ; the deliveries were 953 hhds. against 1,4!,(2ii}

the corresponding month of 1852. The stock is 18,784
hhds. against 21,637 in 1852. In Virginia sales have been
upwards of 150 hhds., chiefly leaf, at full prices ; in strips
few sales have been made, but holders appear very firm at
present quotations. For Kentucky leaf and strips the de-
mand has continued very steady, and holders have shown
no disposition to effect sales, excepting at full prices.
Some purchases are represented to have been made during
the month for re-sale, but particulars have not trans-
pired: Maryland, of good and fine sorts, has been taken
to some extent ; low descriptions, however, has been ne-
glected. In Havannah leaf transactions have been very
trifling, stock being nearly bare of selections suited to the
wants of the trade ; light descriptions for fillers are in
good request. The arrivals of Havanna sugars per last
steamer were taken by the trade at a slight advance in
price, particularly for those of eligible sizes, and more at-
tention has been paid to those remaining of the old crop.
In Manilla cheroots very little has been done in conse-
quence of a further advance in price—the stock is nearly
exhausted. Very few sales have taken place in Manilla
leaf. In Yara and Cuba transactions have been limited ;
two parcels of the former have arrived, one of which has
just been sampled, and proves of fine quality. Nothing has
been done in Havanna seed leaf, Florida, Porto Rico, and
St. Domingo. Brazil continues in fair request, but
buyers have not stocked themselves freely, prefer-
ring folded to flat descriptions (of which latter the
recent imports, were principally composed) at the re-
lative prices. In Columbian (Ambalenia) a large business
has been done, both for export and thb pmposes of the
trade, but chiefly confined to the best marks ; in Giron
few sales have been effected. A more extended business
has been done in German. The imports of the new crop
having produced a fair proportion, eligible both as regards
colour and texture ; there is more inquiry for cutting pur-
Amerfoot, except for snuff purposes, continues neglected.
Negrobead and Cavendish have not met with such a ready
demand as in the preceding month, but prices remain un-
altered. American Stalks are in less request, and mixed
talks are dull of sale. Smalls are in fair demand.

LIVERPOOL UNION BANIC.—The annual meeting of
the proprietors of this bank was held on Wednesday, in
the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. From the report, it
appeared, that the net profits of the past year was
42,0591. 11s. ld., deducting all bad debts. Out of
this a dividend of 6 per cent., together with a bonus of
6s. per share had been paid, leaving a balance of up-
wards of 14,0001. to the reserve fund, which now
amounts to 70,8991. By a resolution passed in 1848,
the dividend was limited to 6 per cent. until the capital
reached 60,0001., but it being now upwards of that
amount, the directors advised that the surplus should be
allowed to accumulate until it should reach 100,0001.
FASHION.—The marriage of the Emperor of France
has made the fashionable season much earlier than usual
and our English milliners have visited Paris at least a'
month before the customary period. Several important
changes in fashion, destined for March and April, have
already been forwarded by their agents to the house of
Messrs. Jay, of Regent-street, and have been courteously
shown to us. The novelty, however, which we were
most pleased with is of native produce, and is likely to
make great alterations in the peculiar requirements of
their trade. It is a " crape-silk," which possesses the
sombre characteristic of its first name, with all the dura-
bility that is required for mourning wear, as implied by
its joint appellation. ,

POISONING IN ROME.--All Rome is occupied in dis-
cussing the extraordinary attempt to poison the Marquis
Bandini of Macerata, together with his wife and family,
the success of which was prevented by a mysterious re-
velation of the plot to the marquis himself, not be-
fore he was extremely unwell from the effect' of the mi-
nute but oft-repeated doses he was unconsciously in
the habit of imbibing. The Marquis Bandini, soon after
his marriage with one of the daughters of Signor Maz-
zini, of Rome, a few years ago, returned with her
to his native city of La Marca, where he was soon
seized with a very severe malady, but recovered
on being brought back to Rome. Last summer
the Marquis spent some months again at Marcerata,
and he, as well as the marchioness, were extremely unwell
the whole time they were there, and likewise after their
return to Rome, without being able to specify the exact
nature of their malady. An anonymous letter, however,
revealed the affair some weeks ago, informing the marquis
that poison was daily administered to him, the marchioness,
and their two children, mixed in their food, and that, as
a proof of the assertion, the poison would be found secreted
in the house, behind a particular crucifix, specified
in the letter. Upon examination, this was found
to be strictly true, and consequently the marquis
immediately resolved to change all his household,
amongst whom was a Geneose maid, who went the
next day to the police-office, and applied for a pass-
port to return to Genoa. This circumstance ex-
cited the suspicions of the police, the marquis
having lost no time in informing the authorities of what
had happened, and the woman was arrested. From what
was subsequently divulged it is suspected that a man in
the pay of some person unknown used the influence he
possessed as the maid's lover to induce her to mix poison
with her master's food, and especially with the sugar,
which was drugged to such an extent that the eminent
Roman surgeon Baroni was twice seized with colic after
taking coffee with the Marquis Bandini. It appears
that this man, being taken very ill, confessed the whole-
plot to a priest, who either wrote or caused the penitent
to write the warning letter to the marquis. The con-
cealed authors of this infamous attempt are considered
to have acted from pecuniary motives, arising from the
succession to the Bandini property, but nothing has as 1
yet been ascertained.