The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-17 00:00:00

mid. 105 s to 106 s 6d; Demerara good and fine ord 91s. to
963; the arrivals continuing to come in slowly. East India
descriptions with certificate have been taken more freely for
home consumption at improved prices; Ceylon by private
contract, 95s 6d paid for good ord, and 93s for ord. country
damaged; at auction 330 bags sold with spirit, establishing an
advance on the rates of the last auction of ls; Mocha, for
small parcels the grocers have been compelled to pay 2s to 3s
advance, cleanly garbled descriptions have brought 100 s,
and for a small quantity of fine yellow 128 s has been paid.
This afternoon the auctions consisted of 1,884 bags Brazil,
and 68 casks 462 bags British Plantation ; good and fine ord
Brazil at 37s 6d to 41s, about 6 lots sold at 37s to 38s for
good ord. Dutch brought a further advance of 2s, low mid
Demerara selling at 108 s, good ord raged 93s 6d to 100 s.
Jamaica went at previous rates, low mid 105 s.
RUM, BRANDY, and HOLLANDS.—For Rum there conti-
nues to be a good demand from both the home trade and
shippers, and rather `higher prices have been obtained for
Leewards, the sales of which amount to 350 puns, proofs
to 3 per cent over-proof at 2s 10d to 2s 11d, 5 to 8
over 3s to 3s ld, 10 to 12 over 3s 2d to 3s 3d, 13 to 22 over
3s 4d to 3s 9d ; 25 to 28 over, 3s 10d to 4s ld ; 30 to 34
over, 4s 6d to 4s 7d. The sales in Jamaica have been 300
puncheons at stiffer prices ; 30 to 34 per cent have commanded
4s 5d a 4s 6d ; 35 to 37 over, 4s 7d a 4s 9d ; 38 to 40 over,
4s 10d ass. Brandy has supported last week's rates. Geneva
in good demand, at previous prices. British Corn Spirits re-
main at lOs 2d.

TEA.—In young Hyson and Imperial there have been a
good deal of business doing at lid. to 2d per lb on the iate
auctions for Bohea, Twankays, and other descriptions the de-
mand have become limited, but the importers will not sell but
at small profits on last sale's rates.
TALLOW. —The market continues to improve ; Petersburg
Yellow Candle, first quality, has advanced to 48s to 48s 6d ;
for delivery in the last three months holders ask higher prices,
and a good deal of business has been done at 47s to 47s 6d.
SPICES.—The demand for Black Pepper has greatly in-
cased, 3id to 3id paid for common and good light Sumatra,
4d for good light Malabar, and 4-id for half heavy. For Pi-
mento there has been a good demand, and stiffer rates have
been obtained. For Cinnamon in small parcels 3d to 4d ad-
vance on the rates of the late auctions continues to be ra.cl.
Nutmegs were sold at 4s to 4s 4d for fair limed consumer'.
East India Ginger has been in steady reque t at former rates;
620 bags Bengal at auction sold at 17s to 21s for low to goon
mid quality. Cassia Lignea is not wanted, either fir home
consumption or export. Mace and Cloves are held firmly.
SALTPETRE. —A fair demand has prevailed far Rough by
private contract, and rather higher prices have been obtained ;
at public sale 850 baskets Egyptian sold very dear, refraction
13 per cent of good colour but of rather soft quality at 23s to
23s 6d ; at present no auction is declared. English Refined
has been in good request at 29s 6d in hhds, and 30s in brls.
Rica.-800 bags Bengal went rather dearer, good a hite at
16s 6d, one lot 17s ; Carolina continues in request at the rates
quoted, and for export at 30s per cwt.
11 ooL—The extensive public sales commenced on Tuesday ;
the total quantity declared was 12,000 bales Austalian and
Van Diemen's Land, and 338 bags Spanish ; the former,
amounting to 5,600 bales, have been sold at rates fully equal
to those established last month, the flatter went at very good
prices. Prices of English continue firm.
Notoo.—There was a good and general demand for East
India, profits on the last
,quarterly sale of 2d to 3d were ob-
tained for the general run of old goods? and 4d per lb. for
picked lots.
""Ou.s.—The market for common descriptions of Fish Oils
has assumed a more lively appearance ; a geol ee nand has
been experienced for Seal; pale has advanced to 34/, brown
and yellow 271 lOs to 321.. Cod has sold to a fair extent at
361, which is also rather higher. In Southern a fair business
has been done; and 350 tuns at public sale this afternoon went
at stiffer rates, and brought 24l to 27/ for low to fine.—Sperra
sold steadily at 821. for first quality.—Linseed has again ad-
vanced, and the transactions have been extensive et 283.
Rape is 2s to 3s dearer, and a brisk demand has been expe-
rienced, 42s paid for pale, and 41s for brown.—Olive has been
taken more freely ; and Gallipoli has advanced to 551. ; com-
mon sorts are also higher.—East. India Cocoa Nut is held for
late rates, but the operations-have been limited.
COCOA.—British Plantation the rates previously established
have,been supported. This afternoon there mas not much
demand for West India, and 171 bags Trinidad at avction only
yartly sold rather cheaper, common grey to fair dark red at
41s to 44s 6d.

At an early hour on the morning of Tuesday, the
7th current, while it blew a severe gale from the west, the people on
board the Nithsdale steamer descried a small boat buffoting the billows to
the windward of Blackcoomb, and many miles distant from land. At
this time the steamer might be two miles off, but Captain Conning bore
up immediately, got to the windward of the tiny craft, stopped the en.
gines, and laid to. As the boat neared the steamer, it was observed
that one solitary individual was on board; and, after repeated direc.
tions to keep the prow of his craft to the Nithsdale, he was able to seize
a rope from the paddle.box, and was thus rescued, it may be said, from
certain death, in a gale in which well-appointed vessels were not free ff om
danger. While bearing down on the Nithsdale, Crane reports that he wa;
appalled by the figure of a dead man, which was swept past him on the crest
of a wave; and who wore a glazed hat attached to his head by a strap be-
neath the thin—in all likelihood some luckless mariner who had pre-
viously perished. The humanity of the Captain, crew, and passengers,
of the Nithsdale, is deserving of the most special commendation ; for the
tailor owes to them not only- his life, but a handsome sum which was
raised by subscription, to carry him back to Mona. By the Nithsdale
he was taken to Liverpool free of expense, and when once there will
readily find his way back to his native country, where he has an aged
mother wholly dependent on him for the means of support, and other re.
latives who may by this time have given him up for lost. On
Wednesday, the tailor paid a visit to Dumfries, and, in detailing his
hair.breadth escape, said the last hint his mother gave him before go-
ing to Laxey was, "that those who went to a fair without an errand,
generally found one before they got back."—Dumfries Courier.

THE LATE EXTRORDINARY OCCURRENCE AT
STREATIIAM.—An inquest was held on Wednesday, in the White Lion Inn,
Streatham, on the body of Edward Ss,iles, a postillion, whose death took
place in that town on Sunday last. The gentlemen referred to in the
following evidence are Mr. Bromley, of Gray's Inn-square, solicitor, and
his father. Mr. Bodkin appeared for the former. Thomas Davis, a
water.carrier belonging to the inn, deposed that a little after nine o'clock
on Sunday evening last, a carriage, in which were two ladies and two
gentlemen, drove up to the inn. The horses had been very res-
tive, and the pole of the carriage was broken. Witness assisted
in taking the horses out, and subsequently obtained some rope
from the ostler, with which he and the deceased, who accompanied
the carriage as postbox, spliced the pole. The horses were then
put to, and tht deceased wished to mount his horse for the purpose of
proceeding on the journey, but was prevented by the youngest of the
two gentlemen, who said lie (deceased) should not drive any further,
as he was incapable, from the effects of intoxication. A man con-
nected with the inn then offered to drive, but this was objected to
by the deceased, who raid he would go with his own horses, deny-
ing that he was drunk. The horses were a second time taken out,
after which the deceased, advancing to Mr. Bromley, junior, exclaimed,
" D— your eyes, I will let you know whether I am drunk or not,"
and immediately struck him with his fist on the breast. Mr. Bromley
returned the blow, striking the deceased under the chin, which
knocked him backwards on the ground. Witness assisted him up. He was
quite insensible, end his head fell on his breast. Some hartshorn was
applied to his temples, after which Ise was removed into the house, and
a surgeon shortly attended. The deceased was only struck once by
young Mr. Bromley:. He was not kicked by the horses. Deceased was
slightly in liquor, but not so much as to be unconscious of what he was
about. Was positive the deceased gave the first blow. The man who
came up and offered to take charge of the horses accused the deceased of
being drunk. A policeman was going to take the deceased in charge as
a drunken man. Mr. J. B. Lanford, wine.merchant, of No. 106, Fen-
church-street, who was accidentally present at the time of the occur-
rence, corroborated the evidence of last witness as to the deceased hay.
ing struck the first blow, and added that he had previously made use of
very disgusting epithets. lie believed the deceased was intoxicated.
Mr. Gardiner, a medical gentleman, gave evidence as to the
state of the deceased after the occurrence. There was an extensive
bruise at the back of the head, but no fracture. The man was suffering
from concussion of the brain. Witness bled him, and applied other re.
medics, but in vain. A post mortem examination showed that the ves-
sels of the brain were gorged with blood in consequence of a rupture.
The other parts of the body were in a healthy condition. Was of opi-
nion that the vessels of the brain were gorged before he received the
blow or fall, but thought that had he not been knocked down no fatal
consequences would have resulted. Other evidence was adduced to show
that Mr. Bromley had expressed his deep regret at the oceurrence. The
Jury having retired for half an hour, returned a verdict of " Accidental
death." A subscription was opened for the widow and children of de-
ceased. The inquiry excited much interest,
RURAL AFFAIRS.—AS regards the crops our
prospects are becoming more and more gloomy; and unwilling as we are
to excite alarm by " forecasting the shapes of future evil," no one can
shut his eyes to what is passing, or contemplate without regret the
hardships entailed on the working classes by the enhanced price
of the necessaries of life—particularly bread and oatmeal. Sum-
mer seems to have slipped from the cycle of the seasons, and
even autumn, so far as it has gone, is by no means what au-
tumn ought to be. In July we looked forward with hope to August,
and must now, we suppose, turn with the same feeling to the
month of September. Apart from rain the temperature is a great
deal too low, and for weeks past the thermometer has been oftener
at, or below, than above 60. A great deal of rain fell last week,
particularly on Tuesday, when it descended in torrents. For several
bours lightning flashed and thunder roared, and, strange as it may ap.
pear, some of the showers were profusely mixed with sleet or rather
hail. A great deal of grain was lodged during that disastrous day, and
considerable damage done to the hay wherever it unfortunately remained
unricked. In speaking of the weather a country gentleman says—" Did
you ever witness such a season as the present—that is, since the year
1 1816 ? I have lost ten acres of hay totally, and some of my neighbours
seem in the same plight. The elements may mend at last, but at pre-
sent I dread very considerable deficiency in the grain crops, more es.
pecially barley." The year alluded to was unquestionably a bad one,
but 1812 was worse, at least for some kinds of grain, and we conversed
lately with a retired corn-factor who sold that seasbn indifferent oats im-
ported from Galloway, at 12s. 6d. the Liverpool bushel. The sample,
though bad, was the best that could begot, and from lengthened carriage
would stand the purchasers 14s. per 45 lb. before it arrived at Its desti-
nation.—Dumfries Courier of Tuesday last.

On Tuesday evening the extensive vitriol works of
Messrs. Rundell, Richardson, and Co., situate in East-lane, were dis-
covered to be on fire. The engines of Whitecross-street station were
expeditiously on the spot, followed in succession by several others, and
providentially the flames were suppressed befere any great damage was
done.

MAYORALTY STURGEON.—On Wednesday, the
first sturgeon caught in the Thames in the present season was conveyed
by John Nelson, the Assistant Water-Bailiff, to the Lord Mayor. It is
usual to send the first sturgeon of the Mayoralty to the Sovereign ; but
the Lord Mayor having taken a view of the fish, observed that it was
too small and meagre to set before her Majesty, and accordingly pre-
sented it to a party which his Lordship intended to join at Blackwall at
six o'clock. Very odd accidents have befallen City sturgeons.
DEATH BY ST ARVATION.—On Friday night, an
old man, named Smith, came to the Police Office for protection curing
the night, where, in the absence of any refuge for the houseless poor in
this city, many other destitute persons come, and where he had been in
the habit of coming for nearly a month past. On that occasion he was
in such a state of weakness, that he was ordered to be removed to the
'loyal Infirmary, but he died on the road. It was the opinion of the
medical man who examined the body that his death was occasioned by
want of focd.—Edinburjh Courant.

FEVER IN GL.ASCO W.—The state of Fever stands
to .day as follows:—b2 Patients in the R‘iy,,l Irifiraizry ; 20
admitted from the 6th August till the 13th August; 90 empty
beds; no lines lying for admission.—Argus.