The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-16 00:00:00

COLONIAL,

SUGAR.—The market has been. rather more freely
supplied, and the quotations, therefore, have been
scarcely so high. The decline in British Plantation is
:bout 6d per owL Barbadoes realised 41s 6d to 42s for
fine yellow at public sale, and 37s to 38s for low and
Mauritius,
Lumps have been at 49s per cwt.
'flatiritius, 19,000 bags, about half sold, and at easier
s,lrtes; good to fine yellow 38s 6d to 40s 6d, low 35s 6d to
',ifs, ordinary to Sue brown 29s to 355, and low to good
• wee 353 to 40s per cwt. Privately, 4,000 to 5,000 bags
afterwards sold. Madras, about 11,000 bags,
-tn'll: all found buyers; damp and washed yellow 31s
6-681 6d, brown 28s to 30s Gd, being 6d cheaper for
-e grocery qualities, and steady rates for brown and
! good and fine grocery 40s to 41s 6d, mid and
l_(),IT Yellow 34s to 39s 6d; Bengal, about 10,668 bags-
4.t?l:int two-thirds sold; Benares good to fine white 41s to
33, good and fine strong yellow 39s to 435, and brown
lOrdinary to fine 31s to 35s 6d per cwt. Penang has
tbeen at 328 to 34s for damp, and Java, 1,200 bags afloat,
og realised 24s for Holland, and another parcel 19s
23s for brown and white for llamburgh.
FOREIGN.—Bahia was taken in at 36s 6d for low brown
and Havannah at 425; for superior, 22s 6d to 35s for
told to good, and 35s 6d to 37s Gd for fine.
CorritE.---The holders are firm, but are compelled to
use moderation in supplying the market. Native Ceylon
has been quiet; real good ord. at 35 to 35s 6d; but 36s
Was asked for a portion which was taken in. Fine ord
Plantation, 47s 6d to 48s 6d; good ord 35s 6d to 38s; and
low mid 51s to 535. Mocha has been rather dull. Low
mid. greenish 50s to 525;• Rio, afloat, has been sold at
28s; and low ord. Rio here at 23s per cwt; low to fine
28s to 295.
RICE—The market has been dull; fine white Bengal
(rather dingy) lls to Ila 6d; and mid. to good mid. lOs
to fos 6d; Madras good pitikey white 8s 6d to 9s, being
6d lower; Java taken in at 9s to 10s.
ARROWROOT—St. Vincent's has realised Gid, and
Bermuda 10d to is 3d per lb.
• SALTPETRE.—This article has been dull, but held for
fuller rates; fine strong grey 44 to 3} per cent. re •
fraction; Calcutta 27s to 27s 6d; and 7to 18i lbs taken
in at 26s to 26s 6d.

Spicm—Pimento has been cheaper, viz., 3 0
to 3ici
per lb. Black pepper steady at 21d to 2-id and white
4d to 4kd per lb for mid. Mace has been dearer. Cloves
is 4d to is 8d per lb.
COTTON.—A large business has been done in East
India, at id to id per lb advance.
, Aslxow.—The market is better, P.Y.C. being 40s 9d
to 418
per cwt on the spot.
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1.,1/, I.,l.—The market is dull. Leeward Island proof
to is 41d, and East India Is 31d to is 44d per
TEA.—There is a firm market.
GREENm. FRUIT.—The market has been somewhat de-
;riled this week, the high price of Oranges having
bbr,!aeized the consumption. Two cargoes ex " Kings-
sni",,ge and " Titania," the latter via Southampton,
at public sale by Keeling and Hunt sold at a tri-
g reduction upon the prices obtained last week.
essl. Lemons move off freely, none now . re-
ar, ridirl,g in first hands, but further arrivals
h ally expected. Chesnuts meet with a ready sale,
being
fe:3otilligh price of other descriptions of Nuts.
9uirrable to the consumption of this article. No in-
Witlnf°r Barcelona. Black Spanish dull, and the like
Ate li-`3l.razil. Seville Sours command a high figure, and
"1Y to do so for the remainder of the season.

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SILIIMERCERS, AND LACEMEN'S.
Lee ti,.,lll?o,N.—Last evening the seventeenth annual
ep:t. of this institution was held in Exeter Hall,
.tree
Esq., presiding. The minutes of the last
pro °g !laving been read and confirmed, the secretary
thai2ed to read the report, from which it appears
3,l„tUe total receipts for the past year amounted to
"i• 14% 6d., and the disbursements to 12,9412 6s. W.,
aft' Which latter amount 1,0901. Os. 6d. was expended in
cort,,cli:ng temporary relief to sixty applicants. The
regret'"Lttee, in their report, mentioned that they had to
that to announce a decrease in the gross receipts, but
no" the diminution arose from the falling off in the
tcher of life subscribers, and that as the donations and
egferlt nal subscriptions exhibit an increase, they feel assured
e continued prosperity of the institution, more espe-
to- Mall es they have been enabled, during the past year,
tio ltdd nearly 1.200/. to the capital stock of the institu-
kenL, The adoption of the report was carried übani
Do:7;Y. Several other annual matters were then dis-
iCe' cf, and the meeting separated by passing a vote of
Mks to the chairman.
/,THE CHARGE AGAINST MESSRS. WARREN AND
Vi,,,n"ta."--The judges have decided on admitting Messrs.
"jr, en and Fuller to bail. Each was yesterday bound
sou:(h, his en
recognisance of 2,0001., with four sureties of
each, thus making, in all, B,oool—Bath Chronicle.
The Rev. Edward Bayfield, curate of Lye, is on
i Point of proceeding to Australia as a missionary, hav-
-o.l?een selected for this responsible post by the Society
ig_the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts.—
ir master Journal.