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

THE SUN,

SATURDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 1,

LAW INTELLIGENCE. tried, convicted, and sentenced to 12 months' imnri-
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 30. sonment in 1846.
(Sittings at Nisi Psius, at Westminster, before the Mr. Childs—Then the man was liberated in 1347,
LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.) and having suffered fur infringing the laws of his
GREENLAND V. CHAPLIN. country he of course had purged himself of the
This was an action to recover compensation for offence.
certain injuries which the plaintiff had sustained whilst In the Sergeant's further cross-examination, he sail
travelling in a eteam-boat on the Thames. that Mr. Jones had been landlord of the Globe fur
Mr. Humfrey, Mr. Ryland, and Mr. Fry, appeared three years, and that no complaint ad been made
as counsel for the plaintiff, and the defendant was before the present occasion as to h
the manner in
represented by Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Bramwell. which the business of the house was conducted.
Mr. Humfrey, in stating the case, said the plain- Mr. Childs contended at some length that the de-
tiff, Mr. Greenland, is a carriage liner, who has fendant had not infringed the terms of his licence,
for many years been in the employment of Messrs. the words in the Act specifying that he must have
Leurie, carriage builders, in Oxford-street ; and the knowingly harboured men of notoriously bad charac-
defendant, Mr. Chaplin, is a member of the eminent ter to meet at his house. Now, the evidence adduced
carrying firm of Chaplin and Horne, and owner or did not prove anything of the kind, and surely the Le-
part-owner of a steamer called the Bachelor, plying gislature never meant or intended that the landlords of
between Hungerford.bridge and Vauxhall and Chel- public-houses should be subjected to the infliction
sea. The injury which the plaintiff sustained, and of penalties for admitting persons into their houses
in respect of which the present action was brought, who were of dishonest character. That it would be
was occasioned by a collision between a boat called . altogether a different question if the parties meet there
the Sons of the Thames, a Gravesend vessel, and the to plan or concoct schemes of plunder; but in this
defendant's vessel the Bachelor, the circumstances , instance nothing of the kind appeared. The men
of which will be found stated in the evidence given I found in the house were chiefly standing before the
below. l bar. That it was a casual meeting amongst them,
Robert Chipperfield, on the part of the plaintiff, 1 and it was a fact well known that many persons of
I was on :bid character lived about the immediate neighbour-
said —On Sunday, the 16th July, 1848,
board of and commanding the steamer called the Sons hood of the Globe, and how was the landlord to act ?
of the Thames. She was lying at llungerford, and 1 lie could not be expected to institute inquiries into
about to go to Gravesend. The Atalanta was between I the characters of all his customers ; and as long as
her and the pier, and the passengers going by the' they behaved properlynvhile under his roof he was
Sons of the Taatnee had to cross the Atalanta. When I not bound to turn them out. Such persons, although
the Sons of the Thames left the pier she got into the i they may be known to be bad characters, still they
passage way, and. as she was nearing the were not to be excluded from the public-houses ; for
regular
Adelphi pier the Fire King was seen lying at that : if they were ejected from one particular house they
pier. A little further down, at the halfpenny pier, 1 would find others where they would be received. Mr.
the Sunbeam was in the act of swinging round with ; Childs added that it would be an exceedingly difficult
the tide to go to London bridge. The Sons of the I task for a man in the defendant's position to know
Thames then stopped her engine, to avoid a collision i how he was to act if it was laid down that he N>o3 to
with the Sunbeam. At that moment a boat called refuse serving persons known by the police as having
the Bachelor came up, and, in her attempt to t forfeited their characters for former offences.
pass between the vessels, struck the Sons of I Mr. Secusa here observed that he should not give
the Thames on the corner of the paddle 1 his decision in the above case until he heard the evi-
, box. She went on, and then struck the bow dence en another charge of a similar description pre-
of the Sons of the Thames. The anchor of the Song i ferred against Mr. Watkins, landlord of the Red Lion,
of the Thames was lying partly in the vessel and lin Pearl-row.
partly over the bow in the usual way. The Bachelor Sergeant Berry stated that he visitgl this defen-
could have prevented the accident it the captain had dant's house three different times the same nighe, and
been using the same caution as witness. saw • some convicted thieves standing at the her ; that
Cross examined by Mr. Sergeant SHEE—During he mentioned the fact to the landlord, who said,
two years and half in which witness had been in coin- " What am Itodo ? I am not going to shut up my
Mend of a vessel on the river, there had been several house."
accidents like this with his boat, and one or two I In the sergeant's cross-examination he said the
persons travelling in his boat had had their lege I parties were all at the bar of the house ; that he never
broken. During a year he might have had occasion heard of any complaint, either by the police, the inha-
three times to throw out his anchor above bridge. bitants, or the parochial authorities, against the house
There were about 150 people on board his vessel on in question.
the day in question. There was nothing to . Mr. SECKER observed that on carefully perusing
prevent persons on board his vessel sitting the words of the Act, he certainly coincided with Mr.
near the flukes of the anchor. Some pre- Chilli' view of their meaning, and that in neither
caution might have been taken the next Sunday ca'e had it been proved that the defendants, had know-
n) prevent a similar accident, but witness ingly harboured bad characters to meet at their
could not say whether it was done or not. Since houses ; that they seemed to have casually met there,
this lest accident witness had fastened the anchor. and there was no evidence to show that they met for
There was no rivalry between the Sons of the Thames 1 the purpose of concocting plunder, or were harboured
ani the Bachelor. i there for such purpose by the defendant. Therefore
Henry Sparrow depcsed that he was mate on board he should dismiss both summonses.
• the Sons of the Thames, and remembered the 16th . L_l MBE TH.
o.e July. There was not sufficient room to admit of James Sinclair and John Ancler sol, powerful
the Bachelor passing between the Sunbeam and the fellows, were placed at the bar before Mr. Elliot, and
Sons of the Thames when she attempted to pass. charged with the commission of three most deter-
George Morris, the fore cabin steward on board mined and desperate robberies that have taken piece
the Sons of the Theme", witnessed the accident and in the metropolis for many years.
corroborated the preceding witnesses' account of it. The first witness called was Mr. William Davis,
Wild sm Flare, a coach trimmer and a fellow- who, upon being sworn, deposed as follows :—On the
workman of the plaintiff's, deposed that he was in night of Wednesday week, in proceeding from Long-
company with the plaintiff on board the Sons of the acre to my residence, 33, Swinton-street, Gray's Inn-
Thames on the morning of the accident. The plaintiff' road, I proceeded through Russell-:.quire and
was sitting on a camp stool near the bow of the Cromer street, and in passing along the latter I saw
vessel. When the Bachelor came in collision with a man behind me. This person I supposed to be
the Sons of the Thames, the anchor struck the plain- following me, and I also saw two men straggling
tiff's leg and jammed it against the companion hatch behind at a little distance on the other side of the
way. Witness assisted to remove the plaintiff after street. Supposing the man on ray side of the street
the accident to the hospital, where it was found on to be following me, I turned into Speedy-street or
taking off his boot that his leg was broken. The court to allow him to pass, and he did so, but le-
plaintiff, before the accident, was earning 363. a week, scantly returned and seizing me by the throat, turned
but since the accident he has lost his situation, though me round, and held me by the throat until one of the
he has been employed occasionally with the Mother men came and struk me three violent blows
Laurie. on the head with u
spome hard instrument, and I should
Mr. Sawley, a surgeon at St. Thomas's Hospital, have fallen from the effects of the blow had not the
proved that he saw the plaintiff on his removal to the first man held me up by the throat. The second
hospital on the day after the accident, and that he had man, as soon as he had struck me the third time,
sustained a fracture of the fibula into the ancle joint, commenced unbuttoning the top part of my dress to
He remained in the hospital until the 224 of August. get at my pockets, end while doing so a third roan
Dr. Roe had seen plaintiff's leg on Monday last, canoe up and said " Police, say he is drunk," and
and it had not then recovered its ordinary healthy immediately after all three left me and hurried away.
tone. There was great deformity, besides the injury In a moment or two I recovered, and followed them,
to the joint. but they soon got out of my sight.
Mr. Sergeant SHIM addressed the jury for the In reply to the questions of the Magistrate, Mr.
defendant. He contended that the mode in which Davis said that he at first noticed the man who sub-
the parties in charge of the Sons of the Thames & quently seized him by the throat in Russell, square,
carried their anchor was so negligent as to occasion and suspecting that he had been following him, he
the accident, and therefore that they, and not the ran through some streets not in his direct way home.
defendant, should base been responsible to the plain- When attacked he had a small sum of money about
tiff for the injury he had sustained. him, but did not think he had been robbed of anything.
Henry Barrett, on the part of the defendant, This, however, as well as his assailants starting in such
proved that he was captain of the Bachelor on the I a hurry, he attributed to the approach of a person now
16th of J illy ,18 48, the:i.' y when theaccident occurred. present, and who would be called as a witness. He
He never saw the Sons of the Thames until she did not think the prisoners were the parties, but if even
struck the Bachelor. Saw the Bee coming out from before him he could not swear to them.
the halfpenny pier. She gave way, and the Bachelor Mr. John Tipping, of No. 20, Speedy-place,
went on ; then the Sons of the Thames came along- Cromer-street, deposed that about two o'clock in the
side and struck the knuckle of the Bachelor. Had a morning of Thursday week, when returning home,
distinct recollection that the Bachelor was overtaken and en reaching close to his residence, he heard a sort
by the Sons of the Thames, and that the Bachelor of gagling noise. On approaching the end of Speedy-
was proceeding in the proper and ordinary course. court he heard a man say, "he is drunk," and saw
The Bachelor carried her anchor inside the boat alto- three men dragging a person, who subsequently turned
gether, unstocked. out to be Mr. Davis, up to the left side of the court,
d beard one of them exclaim, "he is very drunk."
Cross-examined by Mr. HUNIFILEY—Had been en
three days captain of this boat when the accident hap- The men then left him, and Mr. Davis almost directly
pened.—(Laughter.) It is not "once a captain afterwards recovered and followed the men, as did he
always a captain"—they did not do business in that (witness) also, but they soon got out of sight. He
way.—(Renewed laughter.) The Bachelor was (witness) could not swear to either of the prisoners as
going very easy when the Sons of the Thames touched being the men, but in size and appearance they re-
her. The Bee did not give way for the Bachelor sembled them very much.
until the mischief was done. This was the whole of the evidence as respected the
John Wheeler, mate on board the Bachelor, car- desperate attack on Mr. Davis.
roborated the preceding witness's account of the The prisoners, in reply to the charge, in the most
accident. dogged manner said they knew Nothing about it.
Other witnesses were called on the part of the de- The next charge against the prisoners was, that of
fence, but it is sufficient to say that there was the attacking a young gentleman named William Jacob
usual amount of conflicting evidence given in this as Conder, on the public highway, and stealing from his
in all kindred cases, each of the litigants, by their person a gold watch, a brequet gold chain, and about
witnesses, charging the other with being instrumental 10i. in silver. The complainant in this case had been
to the accident. so frightfully maltreated by his ruffian assailants that
Mr. Husaremy replied upon the defendant's case. his life had been for several days in great jeopardy ;
The LORD CHIEF BARON summed up, and and the robbery committed on him was of so daring
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff— and violent a character as to seriously alarm many in-
Damages, 2001. habitants of the neighbourhood in which it had been
committed.
Mr. Conder, upon being sworn, said he lived at No.
4, liolland-road, North Brixton ; that on the evening
of Tuesday week, about six o'clock, whilst proceed.
ing from Kennington-common, along the pathway
leading to Wyndham street, a man came up be-
, hind him and caught him tight by the collar. As
soon as he had done so two other men came up, one
of whom - struck him several blows on the head,
and the third man robbed him of his gold watch,
chain, and 105. in silver he had in his pocket. The
man who held him called out to the other who was
striking him on the head, and said, " Hit him again ;"
and the man did hit him again. The man who robbed
and struck him ran away as soon as they had done
so, and the third man, who held him, as soon as they
were gone, lifted him off his legs, flung him to the
ground with great violence, and then ran away. The
attack was so unexpected, rapid, and violent, that he
had not much -opportunity of observing the men, and
therefore could not take it on him to swear the
prisoners were the same. They were much such
men, but the man who held him was, he thought,
much bigger than either of them.
Edward Fox, butler to Mr. Thomas Henry Hall,
barrister, of 19, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn, and
Tavistoek-square, stated that on the evening of the
13th November, his master on leaving his chambers,
and whilst passing along Lincoln's-Inn-square, was
attacked by three men near the College of Surgeons,
who robbed him of a valuable gold watch and about
28s. in cash. From the statement of his master to
him (witness), it appeared that one of the men came
behind him and placed his hands on his mouth so as
to prevent him calling out, whilst the other two men
robbed him.
To prove the extent of violence which had been
exercised at the time, the witness produced a pair of
trousers belonging, to his master, and which he had
worn at the time, and the whole of the buttons in
front and one half of the left leg were completely torn
off, and the latter (in which part was the pocket with
the money) was carried right away by the thieves.
Ilia master was at present at Cambridge, but he ex-
pected home him in a day or two, when he would
appear against the prisoners.
Police constable Thomas Hardwick, 7 D, who Fp-
prehended the prisoners at Astley's Theatre, said
that from private information he received he had no
doubt whatever the prisoners were parties to all the
robberies mentioned, and others of a similar class ;
and if remanded to a future day, he had every expec-
tation of being able to produce one or more of the
stolen watches, and further evidence against them.
The
prisoners merely denied the charges, and were
remanded until Tuesday next.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
NEW COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
PA LSE ENTRY IN TUE PARISII REGISTRY.—In
the course of the day, Mr. BODKIN applied to the
Court to fix the amount of bail for the appearance of
Lord Dunboyne at this court, to answer a true bill of
indictment that had been found against him by the
grand jury for causing a false entry to be made in the
parish registry of marriages. The Learned Counsel
said the proceedings had been taken under the 6 and 7
Will. IV. cap. 86, sec. 41, and the facts leading to
the charge were these. His Lordship had, on the
27th of August, 1842, married the late Lady Dun-
boyne at Paddington church, and in the March of the
following year she, as a widow, raised 4,500/., by way
of mortgage on Tier estates, representing that so long
as she was a widow, she had power to raise money
on her estates, which were considerable. In Decem-
ber, 1845, his Lordship again married her at St.
George's, Hanover-square, then causing a false de-
scription to be entered in the parish registry of that
church, forming the subject-matter of the present
proceedings. Her Ladyship was since dead, having
died about the year 1846 or 1847.
Mr. BALLANTINE. who opposed the application,
said that there were now no less than three suits in
chancery pending abou` this matter, and the present
proceedings were only taken to harass and intimidate
the family.
The ItacoRBER said he wished the application had
been made before the judges in the other court, and
asked if Lord Dunboyne could not put in bail?
Mr. BALLANTINE said he could not—he was not in
London.
After some discussion his Lordship f.xed the bail at
1,000/. ; Lord Dunboyne in 5001., and two sureties
in 2501., with the usual notice.
Mr. BILLANTINE said it should be put in.
The RECORDER said that if Lord Dunboyne came
to Lonion, he should suggest that the affair be at once
taken before a magistrate.
At a later hour in the day the RECORDER informed
Mr. Bodkin that he had consulted the judges, who
entirely concurrel in the step he had taken.

POLICEs jbScTRETyLALRTENCE.
Yesterday Mr. Thomas Jones, landlord of the
Globs public-house, in the Borough-roal, was sum-
moned, at the instance of the superintendent of the
M. division, for unlawfully and knowingly harbour-
ing persons of notoriously bad character to meet and
remain in his said house.
Mr. Childs attended on behalf of the defendant.
Sergeant Berry stated that on the evening of the
27th instant, he went into the defendant's house, and
s-..w seven men in the tap-room, among whom were
two convicted thieves. Ile (the sergeant) called the
defendant's attention to the fact, and his reply was,
that "he could not help it; that he could not shut
his doors against any persons who conducted them-
selves properly while in the house." On two occa-
sions the same evening the sergeant said that he again
visited the same house, and observed other men of
equally bad character. standing at tha bar, and that
he again spoke to the landlord on the subject,
and he gave a siiniiar answer as he did on the pre-
vious occasion. -
In the Sergeant's cross •examination he described that
one of the men he saw in defendant's house had been

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TunKist' SPIRITS.—An importation of a parcel of
a Turkish spirit cllled " Riki," having tattoo pace
at
the port of Southampton, from Constlnt;nople, it wai
returned by the officers of the revenue for duty as sweet
cwd spirits, but the importer, considering, that it was not
liable to that duty, requested that it might be delivered
as spirits unsweetened. It appears that the spirit was
m 1 C d and flavoured with a resinous gum, and it was
therefore considered that it became liable to the high
duty as sweetened sprits, and ordered to be charged ac-
cordingly.
APOTHECARIES' lIALL:II—The following gentlemen
ps.s,-ed their exmnination in the scenic practice of
medicine, and received certiß:ates ts) prexti!,c on Thurs•
day:—Samuel Reynolds, DAach; Ge:7lrge Edward
Gains; Edward Humphrey Paget, Leicester.

EMBEZZLEMENT FROM THE
ROCIIDALE SA.VINGS BPINK.
A case of 'fraud, the most ingenious and compli-
cated, has recently been divulged, in consequence of
the death of Mr. George Haworth, the actuary of the
Savings Bank at Rochdale. That gentleman,
who held a highly honourable position in the town,
and was universally respected for his probity, integ-
rity, and gentled upright dealing, had held the office
of actuary in the Savings Bank for a period of more
than twenty years. On Monday, the 19th of Novem-
ber, he suddenly died, and at a meeting of the trus-
tees and managers of the bank on Tuesday last, the
object of which was to appoint another actuary, some
investigation of the books-took place, which led to
the discovery of a series of embezzlements, extending
over a long series of years, and amounting to a sum
more than that annually deposited in the bank.
It was discovered, in fact, that Mr. Ha-
worth had kept a private ledger, in which he en-
tered the accounts of a great number of the depositors
distinct from the bank accounts, actually pocketing
the whole of their deposits, no accounts of which
appeared on the books of the bank. At the
period of the meeting mostof thebanking books held by
depositors had, in accordance with the re quirements of
the Act of Parliament, been sent into the bank for the
purpose of having the accounts examined; and the
managers, after a searching investigation during two
days, discovered that an amount of between 34,000/.
and 35,000/., represcated by those books, did not
appear on the accounts as having been paid into the
bank ; and it is feared that further investigations will
show the amount embezzled to be even more than that
sum. The official inquiry has not yet closed, the
trustees having issued hand-bills calling upon the
depositors to send in the outstanding books forthwith ;
therefore there is no authoritative statement as to the
amount of the defalcations, or the precise mode in
which the embezzlement was effected ; but we have
reason to believe that 30,0001 is under the mark, and
that the fraud was committed, as we have stated,
by the actuary keeping a double set of books; being
in fact,. the agent of the savings bank for one part
of the depositors, and a banker on his own account
fur another portion. It is supposed that this
system of swindling must have extended over eight
or ten years, during the whole of which period
Mr. Haworth was held in the highest esteem
by the inhabitants of Rochdale generally, and
in fact by every one with whom he came in contact in
business matters. He was the proprietor of the Castle-
ton Town Mill, and employed about 200 hands, to
whom he was a most liberal master, so much so that
during the period of dull trade in 1847 he for many
weeks gave his hands two days' wages per week
while the mill was stopped, and, if it was required,
lent them as much more. He was the land agent of
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Co:npany, and in that
capacity large sums of money must have passed
through his hands. He was also steward and land
agent to the owners of a great quantity of property in
Rochdale and the a-ljoining district. It is said that
he had effected a policy upon his life for 3,0001.
Shortly before his death he made a sale of 15,0001.
worth of cotton twist, which he had held for a consi-
derable period, and if the whole of that money he
realised it will go far to cover the deficiencies.
Within the la't two years he made a will, bequeathing,
it is said, in various ways, no less a sum than 20,000/.,
and leaving an annuity of 3001. per annum to his
widow and an only daughter. The real amount of
asset., however, is not at present known, but it is not
anticipated that they will equal the amount of his des-
faleations. Mr. Tidd Pratt will visit Rochdale next
week to investigate the matter on behalf of the Go-
vernment.

WATERMEN'S STEAM-PACKET

COMPANY.

The annual general meeting of the proprietors
was held yesterday, at the London Coffee house,
Ludgate-hill, Mr. It. W. Jennings in the chair. The
secretary read the report of the directors, which
stated that the general earnings of the company's
vessels for the year amounted to 23,4761. 7s. 4(1, in-
cluding the hire of the two boats on the Gravesend
station. Deducting from that amount the working
expenses, repairs, &c., which were 23,0831. 12s. ld.,
and a sum of 3,6001. as the depreciation in the value
of the boats, they would have a balance against the
company of 3,2071. ss. 94. The balance from last
year's account on the same side amounted to 2,1051.
3s. 44. The directors accounted for this deficiency
by the fact that the number of passengers had been
seriously diminished by the unfavourable character of
the weather and the opening of the new railway.
During the year they had purchased a hulk to be
used as a store for their boats, and had also bought up
336 shares, making the whole number so bought in
777. They had done their utmost to reduce the ex-
penses ; and they hoped, by means of an arrange-
ment now under consideration, to effect a reduction
in the item of pier dues, which at present amounted
to 25 per cent. on the gross earnings. By these
means he hoped to have a more favourable account to
present next year.
The CHAIRMAN, in answer to several questions,
stated that the boats could not call at Hungerford-
pier just now, because an agreement existed which
debarred them; but that agreement would expire
soon, and the directors hoped to make an arrangement
more beneficial to the company. They had purchased
up the 336 shares at 881., the money paid upon them
being 8801• They had purchased the engines of the
Admiral under the misrepresentation of a servant,
since that time dismissed, intending them for their
own boat, No. 9, and they had sold a boiler for 20/.,
the tubes of which were resold for 351. by another
party, under the same misrepresentation.
A very long conversation ensued as to particular
items in the accounts; but explanations satisfactory
to the meeting were given by the chairman, and
Mr. LAING stated that the liabilities of the com-
pany were 5,713/.; the available stock, estimated
low, was worth 5,119/. ; and there were besides
twelve boats, which they valued at 2,7001. each, a
depreciated value.
The report was received.
The other ordinary business was transacted, and a
vote of thanks to the chairman having been passed the
meeting separated.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE

(From the Lnxdon New Price Current, Nov. 30
S UG A rt.—To-day operations in West India Sugar were
of little moment, still the better sorts were not to be
obtained at any reduction, but for inferior and brown
prices close 61 per cwt lower than on this day week.
The purchases amounted to 347 hhds, including a public
sale of 113 hhds Barbadoes, which went at full terms,
and realised from 37s 61 to 41s for low to fine yellow.
REFINED.—To. day there was a better demand for
Refined goods for home trade purposes ; still, at former
rates there were free sellers ; brown Lumps, good
quality, are quoted at 475, and fair grocery at 47s 61 to
45a. In Bonded Crushed Sugar there is no variation in
the value. Brown at 59a per cwt.
MAURITIUS.—This afternoon a public sale of 696 betel
of Maurit:us went at prices in favour of buyers, syrup
and washed yellow sold at 345 6d to 363 Gd, and brown
31s 61 to 34s per OWL
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the public sales of
3,423 bags Bengal Sugar went at rather lower rates, but
nearly ill sold; fine white Benares at 405 to 41s, good
39s to 39s 6d, low and middling 38s to 38s 61, Cossipore
43s 6d to 44s 6d, low soft yellow 34s 61. Madras must
be quoted rather cheaper, but 1,934 bags mostly sold;
soft brown at 28s 6d to 295 6d, yellow 30s to 335, good
bright yellow 34s to 355, and colory 33s 61 to 39s Gd.
Of Manilla 1,966 bags wore nearly all taken in at 343 ad
to 36s for 1 ay and middling yellow.
FORF.lGN.—Previous terms are maintained for Fo-
reign Sugar in bond, and there has not been a large
supply at market; still, shippers have made purchases
with reluctance, and only small parcels were taken
for refining under bond. At auction 1,844 chests
Havannah were, however, all sold at the former
value; low to good washed yellow went at from
18 i to 19s 61, and good to fine brown at 17s
to 18s; 2 boxes fine yellow realized 21s 6ci. 245 cases
Msnilla were taken in at 16s 6.1 to 17s 61 for low and
middling yellow. 4,669 bags of Manilla were taken in
at 385 6ei tor middling dry greyish yellow, being rather
above the value, but 347 hhds and 31 brls Porto Rico
were mostly sold at former quotations; good and fine
yellow went at from 38s Gd to 40s, low to middling 363
to 333, and one lot of low brown 335. Of Hate:wrth
2,250 chests were only in part disposed of; rather lower
rates were acceded to. Of Bahia 150 cases went at from
343 to 435 61 per cwt. The private operations in Sugar
during the week are of little moment.
TEA.—Fine Congou of the new crop is still in good
demand at from is 61 to is 91 per lb; there has how-
ever been little passing in other sorts, and prices are
on the decline—low and good ordinary can be obtained
at 81 to 84d, mixed blksh leaf 9d to 101, blksh leaf 10d
to Is, and strong is 14 to 13 41. There is not much de •
mind for good and doe sorts of Green, whilst rather
lower terms have been acceded to, but inferior kinds are
still in good demand, and last week's terms are supported.
COFFEE.—Tc-day there was greater firmness on the
part of holders of Coffee, and none was submitted to
public sale. By private treaty several inquiries existed,
and prices again advanced; sales of good ordinary
Native were made at .4946 d to 505, and fair clean Planta-
tion is with difficulty to be purchased under 55s per cwt.
COCOA.—Former rates are supported fur British
Plantation, and operations have been upon a more ex-
tended scale this week. At auction 369 bags and 97
barrels of Trinidad were nearly all disposed of, good and
fine at from 43t to 503, other sorts 38s to 425, and low
to good grey 34s to 41s. There is more activity in the
market for Foreign, and prices are firm at 27s to 27s 61.
MICE.—To-day only limited sales were made in East
India Rice by private treaty, still a pubic sale of 300
bags Arracan realised the lad rate s of 7s 61 to 95 Gd,
and one lot Os per cwt for p arl barley.
Spier S, —For black Pepper the demand has been
brisk by private treaty, chiefly from speculators and r x-
porters ; there is also a further decrease of supply, and
prices aro on the advance. For white Pepper the sale
is steady at 41 to 91 for low to fine, and a smeller
qulntity is on offer. Pod Pepper centinues to he dealt
In 51,1,1) el-al:ion at 35s to 503 FT cwt. Of Pimento more
h`sli;;:.c.n leered nuetion this wail-, v.iiikt there are
sev:,rnl bivor 514 sid per It. 'l'hr'r• i.e 5!ill
Cassia Lign:a to be obtained, whilst psieels would sell
freely at high rates. The Cinnamon market is quiet,
yet lower rates are not acceded to. Nam is still wanted;