The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-27 00:00:00

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males ...
Females ...

... 735
... 755

Total ... ._. ... ... ... 1,490
•In this number are included 40 cases of death by
Cholera, 50 by Scarlatina, and 53 by Typhus Fe►er.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of Feb. 27.)

&GAM—There was much desire evinced to operate in all
sorts of West India for grocery and refining purposes, whilst
the rates paid are 6d per cwt above those of last week;
business was, however, checked by the small and indifferent
assortment at market. A public sale of 146 bhds 2 trcs Bar-
badoes went readily at a rise of 6d ; fine yellow sold at 41s
6d, good 39s 6d to 41s, low to middling 37s to 395.
REFINED.—To- day a fair business was concluded in Re-
fined goods for home-trade purposes, and prices ruled firm ;
brown Lumps at 455 6d to 495, and Standard Lumps 49s 6d
to 50s. Bonded Crushed Sugar still sells readily at i 9.3 6d
to 303 6d per cwt.
M&uainus.—This afternoon the public sales of Mauritius
Sugar only comprised 20 casks, 3,514 bags. They went off
briskly at an advance on former rates of 6d per cwt; good
yellow realised 39s to 39s 6d, middling 37s 6d to 38s 6d, low
36s 6d to 375, fine brown 35s 6d to 36s 6d, good 34a 6d to
355, ordinary to fine grey 36s to 40s, washed and syrupy 33s
to 378 Myer cwt.

EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Bengal Su-
gar offered at public sale, amonnfed to 5,823 bags, and sold
at full rates; fine strong white went at 47s to 48s, middling
and good 44s to 465, good and fine yellow 40s 6d to 43s 6d,
middling 39a to 40 ; Benares, good white, 41s to 425, low and
middling 38s 6d to 40s 6d, damp 38s to 41s, and soft yellow
35s to 395. Madras is wanted, and 730 bags realized firm
rates. _ _ _ .

FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign
Sugar, privately several inquiries existed, and former rates
were offered; few sellers, however, are to be met with. The
market has a firm appearance, and stocks continue to get
smaller.
blotassEs.—Prices are well supported for West India, and
a fair demand exists at from 16s 6d to 20s for low to
fine. East India Treacle t 53 Id to 16s per cw;.
COCOA. —Holders of West India have confidence, and con-
tinue to refrain from submitting any to public competition.
Trinidad, good and fine red, realizes 43s to 475, low and
middling to 425, grey 393 to 435, and other sorts of West
India 38s to 425. Foreign finds a more active demand, at
from 27a to 28s per cwt. There has ag .in been no public
sale, and the deliveries are exceeding the arrivals.
COFFEE.—MIS afternoon there was little passing in Native
Ceylon Coffee, and 33s 6d to 345 is the value of good ordi-
nary. Plantation met with little attention, and 696 bags
138 barrels at auction were nearly all taken in above the
value; good at 653, low middling 525, fine fine ordinary 46s
to 50s, line ordinary 41s to 425. a few lots of ordinary and
good ordinary sold at 33s to 34s 6d per cwt.
TEA.—The market has been in a depressed state for Black
Tea since our last, and prices are not so firm. The trade are
not so anxious to purchase Green as they have been, and
quotations are lower. The public sales comprised 30,648
pkgs of which 7,600 were Congou, 700 Souchong,
1,800 scented Caper, 2,600 scented orange Pekoe, 1,400
Pouchong, 2,700 Twankay. 2,700 Hyson, 700 Young Hyson,
700 Imperial. and 4,600 Gunpowde. There has been lb tle
disposition manifested to operate in Black, still merchants
for the most part displayed firmness, and refused, excepting
in a very few instance,,, to sell but upon former terms. The
consequence was that nearly the whole has been take
in and withdrawn. For Green the biddings hare been
languid, and a willingness has been shown to sell. whilst the
rates accepted exhibited a dec,ine of 11/2 to 2d, indeed on
good and fine Gunpowder the fall was neary 3d per
lb. Twankay, however, sustained the former value. The
Canton kinds of Green were well got up, and excel those
of last season. Fine Scented Orange Pekoe attracted
attention and realised a slight advance; inferior kinds were
held for the former value, but not much inquiry has existed.
Of the total amount submitted to the hammer 6,900 pack-
ages were disposed of. Scented Orange Pekoe, very superior,
went at 3s to 3s WO, fine Is 9d to 2s, ordinary and
good oroinary 10d to is sd; Oolong, but middling strong
Burt Is 2d to is 2id, inferior 9id to 94(1 ; Young Hyson,
good ordinary colour is Id to Is 2d, but middling Is 2d to
Is 2 d; Cocgou, but middling new rather coarse burnt,
Bid to 91d, middling burnt, 10d to 11d, middling rather
strong fiat Pekoe flavour, Is 24d lo is 4d ; Souchong,
but middling rather strong burnt is 2d to 1s 2id ; Ning
Yong good ord 8d : Hvsoc, but middling, Is 2d to Is 2id ;
Gunpowder, good 23 9id to 2s 10id, but middling is 4-id to
is &id; Capers. but middling fresh burnt 9d, better sort is
B+l to Is 9id ; Imperial Cotton Is id. to is lid ; 'Tyson sort
is 9d to Is 9id.

Saco is no-t
much wanted, and prices tend downwards,
although the supply does not get upon a large scale. At
auction 106 chests of fine large Pearl were sold at 245. The
value of other sorts is from 17s to 235. Sago Flour is in
greater request at 15s 6d to 16s 6d, and a loss amount is on
offer. Farina at public, sale 160 bags were taken in at 16s 6d
to 17s per cwt for good and fine Fre.ich, duty paid.
Rim—To-day there was not a better demand for East
India Rice, and 1,105 pkts Bengal at auction sold rather
cheaper— good middling and good dusty white went at lOs
to lOs 6d, and damaged 6s to 9s 6d per cwt.
. .

i.'PICES.—To• day Pimento was in excellent request, and at
public sale 475 bags sold at stiffer rates; good middling
and good realized 3•-'0 per lb ; 275 sacks Bengal Ginger sold
at 24s 6d to 25s for good bold export sort, and damaged 23s
to 24s 6d per cwt.
Sriarrs.—Brandav is held with firmness, the demand is
not so good as arrivals are upon an extended scale. Cognac
best brands of the vintage of 1846 is held fur 4s 10d to ss,
ditto 1847 at 3s 10d to 4s Id, dilto 1848 at 3s 4d to 3s 6d, and
superior sorts 2s 4J to 3s 4d. Home and export deliveries pro-
ceed under faeouraule auspices. Geneva is still not much
wanted, and sellers are ready to accept is 9d to Is 10d for
ord, and 2s 4d to 3a 6d for fil:e. In the market for British
made spirit there is still much firmness. To-day large
sales were made in East India Rum at I s aid proof; and of
Leeward Island, several parcels were sold at is 4id. A
fair business was done in Jamaica at former terms.
SA .TPETRE. —To-day a good sale was experienced for
Rough, and 645 bags at auction went at stiffer rate4—good
strong grey 3 per cent refraction realised 27s 6d to 28s, 53/
ditto 2.75, and damaged 25s 6d to 26s 6d per cwt. 4
COCHUNEAL.--' • •
rw.ts afternoon Cochineal met with greater
attention, and 154 bagi llondtu ras at public sale mostly sold
at 35 8d to 4s 3d for ordinary good silvers, whilst middling
to good black was taken in tto
lid to 5s 3d per lb.
Ors.—The market continues to improveadvanee fdo r common Fish
Southernto lf 1, 01 to
Oils. This after noon pale Seal Uil
324 other sorts 271 to 301, Cod 261 to 26/ 5s
321 per ton ; pale 32s to 34s per cwt, and Linseed Oil 26s 6td
to 26s 9,1.
ft TALLOW.—The demand has been more active for Russian
on the spot, and an advance in the value is apparent. Sales
to a fair extent have been made, and the rates paid are 40s
to 40s 3d for P. Y. Candle of fine quality.
For delivery in the last three months of the year
several contracts have been concluded at 41s to 41s 3d, and
at which the market is firm. A tair quantity of home melted
found buyers at 40s to 40s 6d nett ca.h. Other sorts of Tal-
low sold with more readiness, and at firm rates. At public
sale 550 pkgs of South American were disposed of at 33s 8d
to 393 tor low :to fine • 4so cks of Austrolian 34s to
40s 3d ; 55 csks of Petersburg' second sat in part sold at
37a 6tl to 388; 12 cks Italian taken in at 37a 9d to 38s;
and 67 cks Odessa Beef 39s 6d per cwt. For auction 1,000
pkgs of Tallow are declared. Rough Fat is quoted at 2s 3id.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Their Lordships assembled shortly atter Five o'Clock.
Lord MONTEAGLE presented petitions from several
places ih Ireland, praying for an alteration in the poor-
laws, and a change in the area of taxation; also a peti-
tion praying for colonial reform.
The Earl of ABERDEEN presented several petitions
against the Scotch Registration Bills.

SCOTCH REGISTRATION BILL.
The report on this Bill was brought up.
IRISH POORA
-LW.
Lord STANLEY asked for an explanation of the
intentions of the Government
that
e regarding the Irish Poor-
law, ;and wouldto
a message be sent to the other
House,_lris
requesting themecrmunicate the first report
of the Committee on the Poor-law. Either the a Go-
then ct ; hd,
if or had not,
subje they had, made
esde up their minds on
mittee was useks,— ii the thought the Com-
ya rehspaodnsibniolitt'y whichthey
were throwing on the Committee
Such he thought,
they ought not to throw on them.
must have been the case. The Committee mumbled,
and the Noble Marquis laid before them a series
solutions as a foundation for the inquiry. In the other
re-
House the Government had pursued another course.,
resolutions similar to those of the Noble Marquis were
moved in the Committee of the Commons, not as matters
for inquiry, but as a plan agreed upon and submitted as a
Cabinet measure. A member of that Committee proposed
that evidence should be taken, and this motion was ne-
gatived at the instance of the First Lord of the Trea-
sury; as was also a motion that, in the absence of evi-
nce, this motion should be brought forward on 00
PPOnsibilitY Of Ills Government. Thus the Indere of

the Government in the House of Lords and Commons '
were in direct contradiction to each other. That resolu-
tion had been reported to the House of Commons, and
the First Lord of the Treasury had given notice of a mo-
tion for Thursday, to found a legislative measure on the
resolution. This was a degree of inconsistency in the
conduct of the members of the Government which he
could not reconcile. This resolution raised the important
question of a rate in aid, to be levied upon the solvent to
assist the insolvent proprietors of Ireland. He had been
told that this proposition had emanated from him (Lord
Stanley).
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—No it is not.
Lord STANLEY was glad to hear that from the Noble
Marquis. What he had said was, that provided they
could get an alteration in the area of taxation and of paid
guardians, he would consent tqa rate in aid, as a loan to
be repaid in more prosperous times, but the Government
had adopted the superstructure, taking away the founda-
tion. This proposition of the rate in aid he would
not discuss at present, it should not be taken by
itself; if so he thought they would be justified in
opposing it, and he hoped it would not be made a ground
of recrimination and angry feeling between the repre-
sentatives of England and Ireland. Much as he should
wish to see England and Ireland treated as one in mat-
ters of legislation and taxation, they were not so at pre-
sent; and it was not fair in Irish proprietors who
were exempt from income-tax to claim that they
should be put on an equality as regarded poor-
rates ; and, on the other hand, he hoped
that English representatives would not sanction the im-
position of a tax merely because it threw the whole of
the poverty of Ireland on the whole of its property.
Unless mutual sacrifices were made no benefit would
arise either to England or Ireland. He protested against
the manner in which this proposition had been brought
forward. He trusted either that the Committee of
their Lordships would be discharged, or that this
proposition of a rate in aid would be delayed until their
Lordships should have had an opportunity of taking evi-
dence on the sukeet
The Mal quis of LANSDOWNE said, that with re-
spect to what had taken place in their Lordships' House
he had pursued a course perfectly consistent. He had
offered suggestions, he had not submitted resolutions,
because he was' desirous that ample opportunity should
be given to their Lordships to examine the whole of these
questions. ith regard to the questions of the Noble
Lord, he asked for that which it:was impossible to give,
viz., an explanation of the motives actuating a Committee
of the House of Commons, as well as those influencing
his Noble Friend at the head of the Government. The
only resolution which had been • reported was one con-
nected with the immediate relief of Ireland, and
the reason for adopting that course was, that
as regarded that resolution, connected as it was with
the immediate relief of the poor of Ireland,
there was no room for delay. He regretted the neces-
sity of separating that resolution from the others. He
thought that a national poor-rate should be established
for 'relit( d. At this moment, in those counties which
have been dependent on the potato, the collection of
rates was almost impossible, and the present ad-
ministration of the law gave a direct encourage-
ment to the sub-divison of land. Admitting
the necessity of a rate in aid, and of fixing
a maximum, he could understand that the members of the
Committee of the other House might deem it expedient
to report on those points at once, but in the mean time
inquiry was going on, and before the Bill could arrive in
their Lordships' House there would be ample time for
their Lordships to complete their inquiry; therefore there
was only an apparent discrepancy. He objected to a rate
in aid as permanent measure, and the measure to
which the Noble Lord had alluded, was only proposed
as a temporary remedy for a present evil.
Lord BROUGHAM said that pending an inquiry
before Committees of both Houses into the working of
the Irish Poor-law, he would not discuss the subject, but
he was glad to hear the reluctance which the Noble
Marquis had expressed to the establishment of a maxi-
mum. They might rely on it that when in a
case of this sort they established a maximum, that
maximum inevitably became a minimum. They had
heard of a grant of 50,0001., he hoped it would be lost.
The motion was then agreed to.
After some further basiness their Lordships adjourned