The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-24 00:00:00

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

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Males ••• ••• •••—• .•• _.....
••• 783
Females ... ••• ••• ... ... 745

Total ... ... ... ... ... 1,528
Jr* this number ar© included 62 cases of death by
Cholera, 87 by Scarlatina, and 68 by Typhus Fever.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of Jan. 23.)

SUGAR.—To-day the general character of the Sugar
market was that of less firmness, as large quantities of
East India and Mauritius were offered at public sale,
and various parcels of Sugar are advertised for this
week. There is, however, still a readiness
shown by some parties to do business. In West
India Muscovado a fair trade was concluded, whilst
the rates paid are equal to those et Friday: The quan-
tity sold amounted to 480 hhds, &c., including a public
sale of 150 hhds 15 brls Barbadoes, which went off
briskly at fully former rates ; indeed good and fine rea-
lised an advance of 6d per cwt ; low yellow sold at 56s
6d, middling 37s 6d to 38s 6d, good 39s to 40s 6d, and
fine 41s to 43s per cwt. The superior sorts of West India
are still scarce, and much wanted.

REFINED.—To-day former rates were well supported
for Refined Goods, and on the part of the home trade a
readiness was evinced to make purchases. Bonded
Crushed Sugar is held with firmness at from 28s 6d to
29s 6d per cwt. There are many buyers rather under
these rates.

MAIIRITIUS.—This afternoon the quantity of Mauri-
tius Sugar submitted to public competition was exten-
sive, and amounted to 13,214 bags; the whole found
buyers at and after the sales, but merchants were com-
pelled to accept prices 6d per cwt under those current
on Friday.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Penang
offered at public sale was upon a larger scale, and
amounted to 3,016 bags 689 baskets; the whole sold,
but at a reduction of 6d to Is per cwt. Madras met with
less attention, and 4,403 bags 32 boxes sold at a reduc-
tion of fully 6d. Of Bengal 1,582 bags were disposed of
at steady rates.
FOREIGN.—Today there was no public sale of Foreign
Sugar, and privately several inquiries existed, but busi-
ness of moment was prevented by holders insisting upon
an advance on last week's rates.
MoLAssEs.—The demand is active for West India,
and prices keep on the advance for all sorts. The sales
by private treaty are 300 puns of Antigua at 20s, and
small parcels of Dominica at 17s to 17s 6d. There is
more business doing in Bengal Treacle, and at-better
prices; holders are firm, and insist upon 16s per cwt.
COFFEE.—This afternoon the biddings were spirited
at a public sale of 4,276 bags Costa Rica Coffee, and the
whole sold at firm rates, mostly for home consumption—
low middling went at 475, fine fine ord 35s to 365, fine
ord 32s to 34s 6d, good ord 30s to 325, ord 27s to 28s 6d,
damaged 27s to 30s, inferior 25s to 265. Of Plantation
Ceylon 93 bags went at full value—fine ord grey unclean
40s, good ord 32s to 365, damaged 355, and triage Its
to 265. The market for Native is quiet, at 34s to 34s 6d
for good ord.
TEA.—Although Black has been operated in with
caution, still holders display firmness and insist upon
full rates. Congou of sound common clean quality can-
not be purchased under 8d per lb. Green is held with
firmness ; but the sales made aro of little moment.
Pekoe and scented Tens are not much required, yet quo-
tations have undergone no variation. Of 11,800 pkgs
of Tea offered at auction only 2,900 actually found
buyers.
SPIRITS.—For East India Rum the demand has be-
come small, there is also a decline in the value, and
Is 3d to is 4d have been accepted for proof, whilst the
quantity on offer is large r. Leeward Island is offered upon
rather lower terms; the purchases made have been small
tit is 5d to Is aid proof. Demerara met with little attention.
There is much demand for fine Jamaica, and full rates
are offered, but the supply continues scanty. The rates
current for plain and mid quality 28 to 33 per cent over
proof are 2s Sd to 3s 2d, good mid and good 34 to 38
over 3s 3d to 3s Bd, fine 3s 9d to 4s, and superior 4s ild
to 4s 6d per gallon. Brandy continues in excellent re-
quest, and the rates paid are fully equal to those cur-
rent on this day week, deliveries also continue to be of a
satisfactory nature. The value of Cognac best brands
of the vintage of 1847 is 3s 8d to 3s 10d, ditto 1848
3s 4d to 3s 6d, and inferior 2s 4i to 3s sd. Geneva
has been dealt in with caution for exportation at
I s 10d to is 11d, and fine for home consumption at
2s 6d to 3s. A more active demand exists for British
made Spirit, and prices are firm at 9s 10d per gallon
net cash.

RICE.—To-day a good business was concluded in East
India Rice by private treaty, and 682 bags Bengal at
public sale sold at full rates—good middling and good
white realised lls to Ils 6d, and damaged 8s 6d to
lOs 6d per cwt.
COCHINEAL.—This afternoon Cochineal met with little
attention, and of 241 bags at public sale not above one
half sold at rather easier rates. Ord to good Honduras
silvers went at 3s 9d to 4s 4d, middling black 5s 3d,
Mexican silvers taken in at 3s I Id, and black 4s 2d.

SALTPETRE.—Deliveries continue to proceed under
favourable auspices, still rough met with less attentio❑
by private treaty, and the rates accepted are rather
under those current previously. At auction 352
bags of Calcutta were disposed of ; good grey Gi her
cent refraction realise 26s 6d, and not reti acted 255 6d
to 26s per cwt. The prices current for low to fine are
from 25s 6d to 27s 6d per cwt. Nitrate of Soda has been
only in moderate request.
FRUlT.—Currants have been extensively dealt in, and
better rates are obtained ; sales having been made at
34s to 39s for new. Of fine the stock is much re-
duced. Some holders will not sell at present rates,
and the consumption proceeds under favourable auspices.
Raisins attract more attention, and the tendency of
prices is to advance; Valencias realise 37s to 38s. Figs
are not much wanted, and on the part of holders a desire
is shown to sell. For Muscatels and Sultana Raisins
there is a dull sale.
INDlGo.—There is still firmness in the market for
East India, and a fair demand exists both for home con-
sumption and on speculation. The rates paid are
equal to those previously current, or an advance on
those of the last quarterly sales of 2d to 3d per lb.
The business done has been again chiefly confined to
second hand goods. For public sale the quantity de-
clared is 10,800 chests. Spanish is in steady request
and prices have an upward tendency.
TALLow.—Although Russian on the spot is offerd at
a further reduction, yet only small purchases have been
made by soap makers or chandlers. There is also a
desire on the part of holders to accept 405 9d to 41s for
fine P. Y. Candle. The quotation for the last three
months of the year is 41s, but few buyers aro met with.
Home made continues to be dealt in with caution at 41s
to 41 6d net cash. The public sales have been large,
and went at lower rates, but the parcels offered were
nearly all sold. On Friday 1,000 pkgs of Tallow will
be submitted to public competition. Rough Fat 2s 4d
per stone.
On.s.—There has been no public sale of Fish Oil
held since our last report, and arrivals aro yet of
little moment, but operations have not been upon a
more extended scale. To-day there vas a great demand
for Linseed Oil, and it was difficult to purchase under
23s per cwt on the spot.

THE SILK TRADE.—MEETING OF THE SPITAL-
FIELDS WEAVERS.—Yesterday evening a meeting of the
operative broad-silk hand-loom weavers of Spitalfieldc,
Bethnal-green, and the vicinity, was held at the School-
house, house Hare-street, Bethnal-green, in pursuance o of
printed circular, " for the purpose of taking lb .
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prevents the s
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reductions, persevered in by the Manufacsthutnreer by
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of local
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boards of trade, feeling confidentitshtahteisi7lEnleodi::ithmbild feeepdaeirarfatue-1
state of things continue, not only
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of whom concurred in the ad
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It appears,by report made by the governor of the
a tl e advances made to State
since Vienna, that i the State
Bank of approvingsetter w
since May. 1848, amount to 72,000,000 florins (about
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7,000,0001. sterling). During the past year the number
of bills di-counted was 65,000, representing a capital
amount of 429,500,000 ff: The loans granted upon secu-
rity amounted to the sum of 164,500,00011., and ad-
vances made upon the deposit of bills, to 72,000,000(1.
The total amount of businesa transacted by the bank
during the year represented a sum of 2,335,000,0009., or
about 230,000,0001. sterling.
MAIDSTONE.--HOP DINNER. The annual hop
dinner at the Star Hotel, took place on Wednesday last,
when between forty and fifty assembled to partake of the
good things provided by the worthy landlord, Mr. Mu-
russ. The winner of last year's sweepstakes was Mr.
Hollings. The lowest set for the present year was
80,0001. and the highest 230,0001. The average betting
Wll5 It boll t 145,001.—Maidecina thurna4

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Bittern, 16, Com•
mender Hope, arrived at Spithead this afternoon, from
the west coast of Africa. She sailed from Sierra Leone
on the 26th of December, with mails, and Lieutenant
Crowder, of the Rapid ; Dr. Negus, surgeon of the
Waterwitch ; and Lieutenant Page, of the Sealark,
passengers. There were remaining at Sierra Leone,
the Sealark, Ranger, refitting after being ashore - 1b
Snap tender, and the Adelaide, prize tender to the 'Sae—
lark. The Bittern has taken four prizes and :sham
in another. The squadron's officers and men
were healthy, and the slave-trade more thriving
than ever. Several captures were made betweas
the interval of the Rapid sailing from Ascea•
lion and the Bittern from Sierra Leone. The latter iu
ordered to Sheerness, to be paid off. The Commodore
had made up his mind to come to England forthwith,
and may be expected at Spithead in a few days. Ho in
reported ill.
The Malabar coal depot was removed this morning
from the basin, and has since been placed at her moor-
ings on the west side of the harbour, opposite Cold
Harbour, Gosport.
Wind—N. W. by W. Fresh gales, and hazy weather.
PIA Arounr, JAN. 20.—Her Majesty's steam-sloop
Driver arrived to-day, with supernumeraries from
Portsmouth, and is appointed to return thither this
afternoon.

Her Majesty's troop-ship Apollo was warped to her
sailing moorings yesterday, and will be ready to go
of harbour on the Ist of February.
The Confiance steam-tug will be masted on Monday.
Her Majesty's steam guard-ships Forth and Seahorse,
lying off the Dockyard New Basin in Hamoaze, are
ordered to be moored head and stern for the reserve
steam-vessels to lie alongside, without sheering with the
tide, and thereby obstructing the passage of the harbour.
Three lift hammers are to be erected in the south
smithery in the Devonport Dockyard.
Wind southerly, light breeze and foggy.
Admiral Dacres will strike his flag (blue at the fore)
this evening at sunset, and the ship will sail to-morrow
for Chatham, to be put out of commission. The Ads
miral, family, and suite, landed at Portsmouth yestior,
day, and are at present the guests of the Port-Admiral.
PORTSMOUTE, JAN. 23.—The Dido, 18, Captain J.
B. Maxwell, arrived at Spithead this morning, as noticed
elsewhere, and is ordered to Sheerness to be paid ofG
This ship has made an astonishingly quick passage home
—the quickest, we believe, yet known. She has run
over 13,438 miles in 77 days, and has averaged 174 miles
per day ever since she left New Zealand, from which
station she ran to Cape Horn (5,017 miles) in 25 days.
The Hannah, 22, Captain Erskine, was at AUCILIII4
when the Dido sailed.

The Rattlesnake surveying-ship, Captain Owen SW..
ley, and her tender the Bramble, were surveyingin Torre*
Straits.

The Fly, 18, Captain Oliver, was at Wellington.
The Acheron surveying steam-sloop, Captain Stoke,*
was at Newcastle, a small place near Sydney, coaling on
her way to New Zealand.
All who went out in the Dido have come home in her
—a rare occurrence.

The President, 50, Captain Stanley, flag of Vice.
Admiral Dacres, also arrived this morning from the
Cape of God Hope station. Rear Admiral Reynolds,
C. 11., arrived at the Cape to relieve Admiral Dacres on
the 16th of November (as we stated on the arrival of the
Indiaman Madagascar on Friday last). The President
left at anchor in Simon's Bay, the Southampton, 50,
Captain Cory, flag of Rear-Admiral Reynolds ; the
Espiiigle, 12, Commander Campbell, refitting a new
foremast; the Geyser steam-sloop, Commander Brown;
the Dee troop-steamer, Master-Commander Filmer; the
Seringapatam store-ship, Master-Commander Russell.
The Nimrod, 20, Commander Belgrave, sailed on the
same day as the President for the Mauritius, at which
place was the Brilliant, 26, senior officer.
The Eurydice, 26, Captain Anson, arrived at Joannah,
on her way to Zanzibar, on the 24th of October.
The President arrived at St. Helena on the 17th of
December, and sailed on the 21st; Ascension on the
26th, and sailed on the 28th ; islands both healthy;
called off St. Michael's on the 18th inst., blowing very
hard, when all the vessels there (about 43 sail) were
getting under way. She is ordered to Chatham, to be
paid off.
The Cygnet was all well on the coast of Africa on the
26th of December.

The Bittern, 16, Commander T. Hope, sailed to-day
for sheerness to be paid off, taking supernumeraries for
that port.
The Sharpshooter steam-schooner, Lieutenant• Com•
wander J. C. Bailey, sailed this afternoon for th• Medi—
terranean.

The Salamander steam sloop, and Jackal!, small
steamer, were removed from the steam-basin to-day,
preparatory to their sailing, in company with the Rat•
tier and Growler steam• sloops, for Plymouth, where they
are to form part of an advanced squadron of steamers e$
that port. They are to be manned, pro tem., by seamen,
riggers, and men from the Ordinary, and commanded by
Messrs. Bead, of the Superintendent's yacht; Welch, of
the Fairy; Allen, of the Fire Queen; and Balliston, of
the Myrtle; and, if the heather will permit, will sail to•
morrow.

Wind, W.N.W.; fresh gales and cloudy weather.
WooLwicn, JAN. 23.—Lieutenant Onalow, one cor-
poral, and twenty-one privates of the Woolwich divi-
sion of Royal Marines, relieved Lieutenant Grey, and
a similar number of men, yesterday, who were serving
on bor.rd the Fisgard slag-ship of Commodore Eden, at
this port.
Ihe Janus steam vessel went down the river on trial
to-day, accompanied by the Monkey steam-vessel, and
appeared to make good speed on starting.
The Niger steam-vessel is having a quantity of coals
put on board this afternoon, preparatory to being again
tried to-morrow or the following day. The Basilisk
steam-vessel is under tf.e shears, in the inner basin, and
it will be some time before she is ready for trial.
MALTA, JAN. 12.—MOVEMENTS, &c., SINCE JAN. 5.
The Terrible, which arrived rrom Naples on the sth,
left, on her return to the Admiral thereat, on the 9th,
with stores and provisions. which would seem to indi-
cate that his Exceleecy dogs not contvenpla e making
Malta this year his sinter quarters. The Vanguard
arrived front Pith rani on the 7th, and the Rodney trout
Naples on the Bth; the former had a narrow escape from
getting on shore as she was leaving Palermo, and but
for the opportune aid of the Terrible, the consequences
might have been very serious. Both the Vanguard
and Rodney leave next week tojoin Sir Charles Napier's
squadron at Lisbon, for which same destination, calling
at Gibraltar, the Sidon took her departure on the 9th.
The Sultan, Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamer, arrived from Southampton and Gibraltar
on the afternoon of the Bth in some hours short
of ten days, including stoppages at the last-
mentioned pert to coal, under quarantine, and netwitha
standing the prevalence of strong contrary gales of wind
for no less then 350 miles of the voyage, which all cir-
cumstances considered, is the quickest passage on record,
this vessel is, however, noted for her astonishing speed,
and for the superior seamauships of her Commander
(Captain Brooks), who. as the senior of the company's
eflicers, carries a commodore's broad pendant. She left
again for Constantinople on the morning of the 9th, and
may he looked for back to carry on the Indian mails and
passengers to Southampton about the 24th. The Seid
(Tunisian brig of war), sailed for Tunis on the sth; and
the Russian cutter of war, Orianda, fur the Piraeus, of
Athens, on the 11th.
A serious disturbance took place on board the Rod-
ney, at Naples, on Christmas Eve, a very large portion
of the crew having expressed an unwillingness on such
an occasion to obey the order for extinguishing lights at
eight P.M. Many of the mess traps were cast overboard
and also shot, and order was not restored before the
otlicers interfered with drawn swords, and nine of the
ringleaders were placed in irons.