The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-15 00:00:00

low white went at 39s 6d to 40s, mid to fine 40s fid to 435,
grainy white 45s 6d to 47s 6d, fine soft yellow 39s to 40s, and
mid to good 36s to 38, 6d.
FOREIGN.-To-day there was no public sale of Foreign
Sugar, and privately little business was done. For the
week the private purchases are only two cargoes of brown
Bahia at 21s per cwt.
MoisassEs.-This afternoon at public sale 144 pkgs Bengal
Molasses were taken in at 18s, and 69 casks Mauritius at the
same price. By private treaty there was little buaincss con-
cluded, and vices tend downwards.
COFFEE. - This afternoon Native Ceylon Coffee was in
demand, and at public sale 2,865 bags were in part sold at
fully former rates ; real good ord 345, dam 30s to 32s 6d, whilst
superior sound was taken in at 35s Of Plantation, 157
casks went at firm rates; middling and good middling 52s
to 565, low middling 45s to 48s 6d, and other sorts 36s 6d to
445. 29 bales Mocha taken iti at 45s for low middling green-
ish. 40 bags Bahia sold, fine ordinary 32s 6d, and at 29s
for damaged; whilst _0 casks Jamaica were taken in at i4s
for middling. By private treaty 1,800 bags Java have been
sold al 34s 6d per cwt.
TEA.-The value of ord and good common Congeal is 41
to 84d, mixed blackish leaf 9d to is Oid, blackish leaf lld
to la Oid, ditto strong is ld to is 3d, Pekoe flavour is 4d
to is 10d; Souchong, goon and fine Is 8d to 2s Bd, in-
ferior 2d to is 6d, and Pouchong 6d to 8d per lb.
There is still no rise to record in the value of Green,
still the demand for bath town and country consumption con-
tinues. to increase, and holders are less disposed to
,realise.
For other sorts of Tea the demand is getting better, and
prices are firm.
Rim-To-day Rice met with little attention, and at auc-
iiiiri 2,146 bags 128 packages went at rather lower rates;
good white Bengal at 9s to 93 6d, and low 7s 6d to 8s per
cwt.
SPICES.-Cassia Lignea is wanted, and former rates are
obtained without difficulty. At auction 2,764 chts were
readily disposed.of, , mid and good realised 89s to 93s 6d, low
to mid 87s 6d to 88s, good ord coarse 85s to 86s, Mouldy Bss
to 18s 6d, and broken 82s 6d to 84s per cwt. There is still firm-
ness on the part of holders of black Pepper, and more has been
submitted to public sale this week, but privately a fair busi-
•ness has been concluded; Malabar heavy 3-id to 3id, half
heavy 2nd to 3d, Sumatra 2id to 2ad, and better sort 24d to
3d, per lb. ,White is held with firmness at 4id to 9d, and is
still in small supply. Pod Pepper find I a more readY sale at
4us to 60s-per cWt. In Cinnamon there has been only a limited
business concluded, still lower rates are not accepted. For
,Ciovea there is a fair demand; 13encoolen at is 4d to is 10d,
Amboyna Is to Is 2d, 'Bourbon and African 7/1 to Bd.
'For Mace the market is firm, and orders are getting
; for 'first and second sort the rates paid are
from 2s 2d -to 2s 9d, and for inferiot' is 10d to 2s. • Fee
.Nutmegs -there has been a good demand and thd supply
is still small; for brown the rates paid are from 2s 6d to 3s,
and for better sort 3s 2d to 3s 9d. Ginger is much in de-
mand, and prices are still on the advauce, as the supply is
limited ; '5 casks, 106 boies of Jamaica went at from 31 18s
to S 1 18s, and better sort 61 to 81 10s; there was no su-
perior bold in the sales. Pimento continues to be wanted,
and former rates are well supported ; the supply is also not
so plentiful. At auction 248 bags were sold at 3%d to 37$ d
for mid to good, but chiefly at 3Ndd to 34d per lb.'
FRVIT.-The business done in Currants since our 'list has
been very trifling, and a reduction in price of about is per
cwt on the low and middling descriptions may be quoted.
,Valentiti Raisins are: quite neglected. There is very little
inquiry for other sorts. •
ISPIRITS.--The sales made in Leeward Island Rum this
week have been of little moment, and the rates asked are
Ise to Is 40 proof. East India has been dealt in with
caution, shitt in, the value no variation is apparent,
,and good • quality, cannot be obtained under is 3d
pers gallon 'proof.. There has been a good business
concluded in Jamaica, and the sales for the week reach 300
puns, chiefly of the better Sorts, and mostly for exportation.
Thire is'no iinpfovernent id' the value to record. Re quote
.121.0.1P.M.M31;.bierprearat' from 2s 2d to 2s 4d, 30 to 36
over 2s 6cl to 3s 2d, pod to fine 3s 3d to 3s 9d, and dhoice 3s
lod to 4s..Sailslo, a fair extent have been made in Demerara
at freM,ls 10d to 2s 2d foe 28 to 40 percent overproof. Brandy
continues to'find a freessale, and at firm rates. Cognac, best
brands•of the vintage of 1845 at 5s 7d to 5s 9d, 1846 ditto
`ss'•3d to 58•5 d,• 1-17 'ditto 4s 2d to 4s 4d, 1848 ditto 3s 7d to
Is 9J, inferior brands 23 2d to 38 6d, arid Bordeaux is lid to
2s id., • Geneva for exportation met with a fair sale at is 9d
to Is,lod for pale, and.2s 3d to 3s 3d for fine fit for duty. In
the.value.ot British made Spirit there is no variation.
quantity declared for public sale on the 10th
of next month is now 7,684 etas. On the part of exporters
home de-aleri there has been little desire evinced to operate
in fast lndia this week, still holders are not disposed to ac-
cept lower rates. The market for Spanish has a quiet aspect.
•,SatsrissisaE.---.To-day there was a dull demand for rough,
and-at auction 1,962 bat? Calcutta were for the most part
takeachi at fttll fate---good to fine grey 12 to 3 per cent at
26s 6d to 27s 6d.

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COCHTNE4L.—Ehere is still little desire evinced to operate,
and 29 bags of—Mexican at ' Anction to-day sold at barely
' forftier rat'Vgi JAM' tit 3,3 'lod ''ti} • ?Is,' and Silvers' 3s to
3s 9d , . •
..• decline for Olive, and there are
sellers, of,Ganipoli,at.44 Lto ,424. Spanish and Sicily 39c 10s,
to 401 I Os-, .13.itbary, Levant, and' Portugal, 38/ to 391 COCoa
Nut,'29s -6d' to"B3s- i4' the valve which a Air' business
has been concluded.; 'FOr.' Linseed " there is 'a desire
:",evinqc',"d....t.O. at. ;29-4, to. .cwt on the spot,
205c46d6./70AR114:1, e,3oiLayseelbleeersnamrearilliurng..dthelaiveceerypt
3a t 7 :a 2
t:-os •33d73
6tlo'
for pale; and. 4.58 6d for brown; the market is better
supplied. Cod, 261 to• 261 10s. For Souther Oil prices
are still on the decline, and vary from 241 to 26/
for low to 'good, at 261 lOs to 271 10s. Seal—There
are sellers of pale at 30/ to 301 10s, straw and tinged
281 lOs to 291 10s, yellow and brown 251 to 271 10s, whilst
lower rates are expected to exist. For Sperm 701 to 72/ per
tun is the value of first sort. There are sellers of Lard Oil
at 36s to 40s, a.id Ground Nut at 275. Imports of Fish Oils
have beeii light this week.
TALLOW.—To-day the public sales of Tallow went off at
rather lower rates. Of South American 990 pkgs were for
the most part sold at from 33s 3d to 395, and 244 casks New
South Wales Ms 6d to 37s Gd per cwt.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Their Loribhips met at Five o'clock.

The Eail of fIAItROWBY presented numerous pe-
titions praying for an alteration in the law regulating
the sale of beer.

TRANSPORTATION FOR TREASON BILL.
Lord CAMPBELL moved that this Bill be read a
second time.—Agreed to.

The standingorders sere then suspended, and the
Bill was passed through Committee, reported, read a
third time, and paused.

Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the
Manchester Law Association, kxpressing a hope that the
Bankruptcy Law Consolidation Bill might pass into a
law this session; also a petition from South Shields in
favour of a measure for the better ventilation of col-
lieriesi. and. a petition from a shareholder in the Dub-
lin and Dundrum Railway, complaining of the conduct
of the directors.

CANADA.
_..The NOBLE AND LEARNk:D LORD then laid upon the
table , the resolutions which he proposed to move on
Tuesday in relation to the affairs of Canada.
SALE OF- BEER BILL.
The Earl of HARROWBY then rose to bring for-
and the motion of which he had given notice for the
appointment of a Select 'Committee to consider the
operation of the laws- regulating the sale of beer. He
could not venture to propose the sweeping alterations
which he thought necessary without a previous inquiry,
_
and therefore be should now content himself with moving
for a Committee of Inquiry. The petitions which had been
presented from all classes of the community, more par-
ticularly from magistrates, proved the enormity of the
evil of which be complained. It was perfectly anoma-
lous that one set of traders engaged in the trade of beer
should be subjected to the surveillance and control of the
Magistrafes of the chstrict; another set of traders, dealing
in. a similar article, should be emancipated from such
surveillance and control. He trusted that he should not,
be' :met by, the old objection of damage to the revenue.
He trusted that we were no longer open to the sarcasm
of the poet
'• Ye all can drink, your country asks no more."
This was a,question 'affecting the public peace, and he
trusted that the inquiry he sought for would be granted.
Lord MONTEAGLE .thought the question required
the most careful consideration in all its bearings;, before
any new inearure of legislation could be introduced. If his
Nowe Friend merely ,wished to introduce a measure of
police for the better regulation of beer houses, he should
not object to it. But if it was proposed to revert to the
gistelit walliacs provedensing to demonstration
the public-houses,
sahldousyldsteomppoof maseih
when this law was enacted under the administration
of tho Noble Duke, that the public would
never receive the benefit of that enormous reduction
which took place in the duty on beer, unless the whole
system were thrown open. The licensed victuallers
were a powerful body, and had great influence with ma-
gistrates and Members of Parliament, and for years
they had inclined to crush their rivals in trade ; and
in Committee he should be prepared to show
the enormous amount of cadital invested in beer-
shops, and to show the interest of the public in the
continuance, and he shoUld object to- commencing an
inquiry in the month of June, and reporting the ex parte
evidence taken without the beer-shop keepers having had
an opportunity of being heard in their defence.
The Earl of HARROWBY was totally unconnected
with the Lfcensed Victuallers.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE did not object
to inquiry, although he was not disposed to
consent to any alteration in the law as it at presen`
stood.

•
The motion was then agreed to.
THE FRENCH EXPEDITION TO ROME.
---Th&-Larlot--ABERDEEN asked when the
commu-
nication Ircim the French Government relative to
se ?
invasion of Rome would be laid before the House
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE
time he thought
81)°talVbiNe EosfaidthtehatHnoeuseshotuhle
documents called for, at the should
shortly lay on the
because he
proper to say, that one of those documents
would not be presented verbatim,
thought it improper that the document should
be puolisbed in extenso without previous communication
with the French Government. At the same time he
stated that the object of the expedition was reported to
be to stcure the equilibrium of power in the Italian
States, and the safety and indeperd,lice of
the Roman people. These papers would ex-
plain the objects of the expedition more perfectly
with regard to the restoration of the Sovereign Pontiff.
Those documents would not put their Lordships in pos-
session of all the negotiations which had taken phee, but
they would show the opinion of her Majesty's Govern-
ment on the steps which had been taken fur the restora-
tion of ord. r in Rome.
• The Earl of•ABERDEEN wished for no papers, the
production of which would be improper, but while he
desired to know what. the House had a right to know
was, why so large a French force was at present in the
Roman territories. Hej must suppose, that before her
Maje,ty's Government assented in such expedition, they
must have known its object.
• The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was at a loss to
know shy the Noble Earl made use of the word ak'sent. ,
It the word assent were used as implying approba-
tion, Oetkle,beggedto say no such assent had been
given to that expedition by her Majesty's Government.
pie.Erkri. of, AI3ERDEEN said that ha alluded,
00.:wpr, a,.,th,.1•19b1e blarquis in which lie saki