The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-12 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

SUGAR.—There hasti;i7;;;l77;;; an exceedingly firm
market for British Plantation, and prices have risen 6d to
is per cwt, although the supply is larger. Within the last
two days nearly 2,400 hhds have been sold. Barbadoes fine
yellow sold at:4os to 4tis 6d, mid and good mid at 36s to
37s 6d. Jamaica good yellow 37s 6d to 38s, and fine brown
358 6d per cwt. Trinidad ord yellow 34s 6d, good, brown
33s 6d, Berbice mid grey 33s to 35s 6d.
REFlNED.—Standard Lumps have been 49s to 50s per cwt.
EAST INDIA.-12,348 bags Mauritius went at full rates ter
the finer sorts especially; the and superior yellow 39s 6d to
42s 6d, mid and good mid 36s to 37s 6d, good ans fine brown
33s to 345, and low to rine grey 33s to 38s. Bengal, 7,000
bags and 303 cases, about two-thirds sold; good and strong
yellow at 40s to 41s, fine 41s 6d to 43s 6d, and ord 36s 6d
per cwt. ' • ord strong brown 295, and low to good yellow 33s
to 375. Madras, 2,300 bags, only partly sold at 31s 6d to
338 for mid and good soft vellow.
FORElGN.—Havannah has been 6d to is higher; low to
good brown, 37s 6d to 393, and low to good grey and yellow,
39s 6d to 41s 6d; fine 42s to 42s 6d. Maccio has been he'd
at 38s 6d to 43s for low to fine white, and at 34s to 38s for
low to tine brown. Pernambuco has been sold at 37s 6d, and
low to good white at 38s 6d to 40s per cwt.
DICOFFEE.—The market has been very brisk. Jamaica has
been sold at 23s to 46s for low to mid. A good private busi-
ness has been done. G-ylon has risen 2s to 3s per cwt. for
Plantation sorts, and is for Native, food ord 34s to 35s ; good
and fine fine ord, pale, 34s to 475, and fine fine ord to low
raid 48s to 545. Peaberry, 51s 6d 57s 6d; Mocha black to
fine at 21s to 70s, has been taken in, and other sorts have
sold at 423 6d to 2s. Jamaica fine ord is about 43s 6d to
465. Madras fine fine ord. foxey 425. Bengal ord. mixed
325; and Costa Rica fine ord, 355.
COCOA.— Bahia has been held at 27s 6d.
SmEs.--Pimento has been held at high prices, viz., 3id
to 38d per lb. for mid. White Pepper has realised 3id
to 4d per lb. Bengal Ginger has been at 21s to 21s 6d;
and Jamaica at 60s for good ordinary to 1123 for superior.
SALTPETRE.—FuII prices have been obtained : 650 bags,
71 refraction, sold at 253 6d for Bengal; Madras, refraction
14i, went at 255.
IticE.—The market has been heavy; 900 bags low white
Bengal sold at 9s 6d per cwt, and some packets of better
quality at. 103 to 13s.
RI-M.—This article is very firm at fuller prices. Proof
Leewards is 5d to Is 6d,
Ltemerara 30 to 33 per cent over
2s 2d to 2s sd, and East India is 4 i to is 5d per gallon.
Corrost.—The market has been active at full prices.
TaLtow.—P.Y.C, has been steady, at 41s 9d to 42s per
cwt on the spot.
Trta.—The market has been very steady.
CocuusicaL.—Sales have been rather pressed, and prices
rule the same as last week.
w_qREEN FRUIT.—The market has been dull this week,
Twoh which is usually the case after the Christmas holidays.
Oneelfin
cargoes of Oranges, ex Heroine and Pearl, and part of
nondee Morice, from St. Michael, sold publicly by
The stgocak
oHunt, went at a
togareductin of 2s to 3s per box.
fresh arrival.; from
is reduced
kinds nu dull
Messina are daily expected. .Nots of all
coomdm ltiof sale,
the the high figure having its effect upon
are scarce, aPnd°ll No inquiry for Brazils. Seville Sours
Grapes of good' likely to continue so for the season. Almeria
in g in first hmlqausality, command a high figure, none remain.•
price depressed c•onsieligeo:otooecl.t. of chesnuts is large, and the

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DEATH or LORD TALI3oT.—We have to announce
the death of Earl Talbot, which took place at lugestre-
hall, Staffordshire, on Wednesday.
who had been ailing for The Noble Earl,
some iitne past, and of whose
recovery no hopes had been entertained fur some weeks,
was in his 72d }ear, havirig been born in April, 1777.
He was Lord-Li, urenant of Ireland for some years under
the Liverpool Administration. ar;cl up to his death held
the Lord-Lieutenuricy of the county of Stafford. He is
succeeded in his title and estates by Viscount Ingestrc,
a captain in the navy, and Member of Parliament fur the
Southern division of Staffordshire. The pr, s,itir Earl ii
in his 46th year, and married to Lady Sarah B, resforel,
daughter of the late Marquis of Waterford, by whom he
has a large family. His eldest son will be 19 next April.
EMIGRATION.—The number of persons who have
*lini,,rated from Lilerpool durinir the year 1848 is as
f°ll(7ws :—To United St -res. 1'37,501; North Amer:can
Colonies 2,066 ; %Vest Indies, 199 ; Australia.,
R"g-liong, 14 ; Falkland Islands, 12; total, 131,121.