The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-17 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of July 16.)
SITGAR.—To-clay the home trade purchased Raw
Sugars with increased freedom, whilst exporters were
more inclined to do business, and better prices were
obtained for all sorts. The purchases made in West
India Muscovadoe were extensive, and for bright gro-
cery kinds the rates obtained were 6d above those oflast
Friday for grey and brown more money was obtained,
so that for these sorts prices close the same as on Friday
last. At public sale 110 hhds Trinidad were sold at
38s to 38s 6d for low and mid yellow.
REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were extensively
dealt in by the home trade, and prices further advanced,
brown grocery Lumps selling at 57s 6d to 58s, and
Standard Lumps at 58s 6d to 595. Bonded Crushed
Sugar is little required, and 31s 6d to 32s is the present
value of the best.
MAURITIUS.—This afternoon, at public sale, 942 bags
and 49 casks Mauritius were offered, and taken in at
rather above the value-7-good and fine yellow at 43s to
465, middling 40s 6d to 41s, low 38s to 39s 6d, fine
urown 37s to 37s 6d. 52 puns Trinidad Molasses at 20s
per cwt.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon white Bengal Sugar met
with attention, and 1,579 bags at public sale were all
sold at rather higher rates—fine white Benares at 48s,
good middling and good 45s 6d to 46s 6d, damp and
washed 42s to 475. Madras is not much required, and
419 bags were taken in at 34s for damp yellow and
brown.
FOREIGN.—There has not been much desire evinced
on the part of exporters to do business, whilst the home
trade purchased only small parcels by private treaty, al-
though there were sellers upon former lower terms. The
refiners working under bond are not much in want of
Sugar at present. At public sale 3,788 bags and 145
chests Pernambuco were offered.
MOLASSES.—In West India the business transacted
privately has been trifling in all sorts. In East India
little business has been done, and prices still tend down-
wards, whilst there is a fair supply.
COFFEE.—This afternoon Native Ceylon was wanted,
and the parcels offered at public sale, amounting to
1,435 bags were nearly all sold at full rates. 12 casks
and 539 bags Plantation Ceylon were chiefly disposed of
at steady rates. Of Jamaica 17 trcs 82 barrels 6 bags
wers sold at full rates. 25 bags St. Domingo sold at
32s 6d for pale. Of Mocha the quantity offered at
public sale was large, and amounted to 519 bales 365
half-bales ; nearly the whole was taken in above the
value.

, CocoA.—Although West India can be obtained at a
reduction on former rates of 2s to 3s per cwt, still little
desire has been evinced to operate, and 102 barrels
118 bags at auction were nearly all taken in and with-
drawn. Foreign Cocoa is heavy of disposaL Of all
kinds. of Cocoa the arrivals still exceed those of last year.
TEA.—There has been a falling off in the demand for
black this week, still holders evince firmness, and insist
upon fully former rates for all kinds, whilst here is but
a moderate quantity on offer. In Congou only a small
amount of business has been done, but common cannot
be obtained under 9d, and good common 9id per lb. For
green former rates are asked, but the business concluded
has not been of much moment in any sort.
RICE.—To-day at public sale 1,768 bags Singapore
Rice were sold at a decline on former rates of 6d to ls;
middling white went at 14s to 15s, good 15s 6d to 16s,
sea damaged 88 6d to 14s. Privately little was done in
any sort of rice.
SPICES.—To-day at public sale 1,016 bags picked
Zanzibar Cloves were only in part sold at Bid to Sid for
fine, and at 7d for ordinary. 32 bags Bourbon fetched
7d per lb.
SPIRITS.—There is a plentiful supply of Rum, and the
quantity- on offer far exceeding the demand, a further
fall in the value must be quoted. The deliveries con-
tinue to be unsatisfactory, especially for exportation ;
Jamaica is offered ld to 2d per gallon under former
rates, still the purchases made have been trifling in all
kinds by exporters and the home trade. The total sales
since this day week are only 200 puns. High flavoured
sorts 5s 2d to 5s 3d. East India is little required, and
proof with certificate can be procured at 2s 6d. Leeward
Island have been operated in with caution, and prices
are yet on the decline. Demerara is dull of sale. For
Brandy prices remain much the same as on this day
week, but there has been little desire to do business by
exporters or the home trade. Geneva is in good request
for exportation at 2s 8d to 2s 9d, and for fine for home
use at 3s to 3s 3d. For British Corn Spirits the demand
Is dull.

Immoo.—The quarterly sale of East India which
commenced on Tuesday has gone off better than was ex-
pected, considering the late dulness that prevailed in
trade generally. Importers of Bengal showing a desire
to realise occasioned the home and export demand to
be good for all sorts, whilst the principal
portion passed the hammer has been sold ;
good and fine qualities brought last sale's rates.
Surpah has been only in moderate request at
from last sale's quotation to 2d per lb in advance.
There was little disposition evinced to do business in
Madras, but buyers are compelled to pay the rates of
the May sale to 2d per lb advance. There has been only
a moderate attendance of exporters or the home trade.
To-day during the progress of the sale 91 chests were
withdrawn, and 906 chests have passed. There is no
alteration to notice in the prices of Bengal, which remain
very irregular.
SALTPETRE.—AII qualities of Rough are much re-
quired by exporters and the home trade, and in cense-
quence of the scanty supply, buyers are compelled to
pay stiff rates. In British Refined a good deal has been
done at 33s to 33s 6d, at which prices are firm. Nitrate
of Soda is in little request.
Ou.s.—Although the supply of Linseed is not large,
still there are sellers upon further reduced tet ms.
On the spot the home trade operated with caution,
and only small parcels were taken by exporters,
whilst 27s per cwt was accepted. There are sellers for
forward delivery at 26s 6d, but few contracts have
been concluded. The consumption, however, does
not decrease. There is no further advance to notice in

the value of Rapeseed Oil, but large purchases have beon
made. Olive Oil cannot be quoted higher, but the
demand is good both from exporters and the home trade.
Of Palm the stock has been further increased, still
the market is firm, and many purchases have been made.
Cocoa Nut is less required, whilst the supply is on the
increase, and prices are on the decline. The value of
Lard Oil is 43s to 475, and of African ground Nut Oil
41s to 42s per cwt; but little business has been done. Of
Fish Oils there are large arrivals, still holders are firm,
and there is no decrease in the demand. Southein of
all sorts has been in excellent request; at public sale 100
tuns were all sold. In pale Seal a good deal has been
done, other kinds have been sold to a fair extent. For
Cod a fair demand exists, and there is but a moderate

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quantity on offer. Sperm does not improve in value, as
there is a plentiful supply, but by private treaty several
purchases have been made.
TALLow.—Russsian on the spot is offered upon fur-
ther reduced terms; still the town and country trade
have purchased with caution. There has been little
business transacted: for forward delivery. Other
sorts of Tallow are little wanted, and can be obtained
upon rather lower terms. The value of rough Fat is
2s 9id per stone of 81bs. The supply from St. Peters-
burgh this season is estimated at from 135,000 to 140,000
casks.

JERSEY LA W.
The following is an account of justice as administered
in the island of Jersey, and is wondrous strange if true:
--‘‘ I knew a scoundrel in Jersey, who owed a person
residing in Southampton 801. The creditor had heard
the debtor had come to Jersey; he pursued him to Jersey
toobtain the money. The debtor happened to be at the
pier head, when his eye saw there his friend, the cre-
ditor, land from the packet, come doubtless to hunt him
up. He dogged the gentleman to an hotel, fetched the
officer, and served upon him a bill for eighty pounds,
at the suit of a Mr. A. The sheriff found Mr. B. at
breakfast, and asked him if his name was Mr. 8.,
and having replied in the affirmative, he handed
him the demand. The astonished Mr. B. looked
at him, and recovering a little from his surprise,
cried out, Why, odzounds the man owes me the
money, not I him! I am come over to-day by the packet,
on purpose to get it. Ha! ha! this is a capital joke 1'
You will not find it one, Sir. Are you prepared, Sir,'
demanded the Sheriff, 'to pay that money?' Un-
doubtedly not.' roared Mr. B.; I tell you the scoundrel
owes me! Pretty thing, indeed! Ha! ha! That's rich!'
Will you find bail that the amount is paid?' pursued
the Sheriff: I tell you, Sir, the boot's on the wrong
leg; the knave owes me the money, and I have left my
business, and put myself to great expense and inconve-
nience, to come over here and recover it; and as soon as
I have swallowed down this muffin I shall be off and find
him. I must return by the next packet. Ha! ha! that's fat!
Me owe it? Ha! ha!' I will wait, Sir,' replied the Sheriff,
till you have finished you meal; and then, Sir, as you will
neither pay the money nor find bail, I must fulfil my
instructions, painful as they may be. You must con-
sider yourself try prisoner.' Imagine the surprise, the
disgust, the indignation that seized upon the infuriated
creditor as he found himself actually in durance. And
there, in spite of all his ravings about his innocence
and the infernal mistake, he remained three long
weeks, till he was brought up to the Hall, and no one
appearing against him, he was discharged ; for his ras-
cally debtor had, as you perceive, caused him to be un-
justly arrested and confined, in order to allow himself a
clear exit to France, which he effected. And there was
no redress for the poor creditor, so he quietly went to his
home at Southampton, after suffering his three weeks'
imprisonment in Jersey, minus his eighty pounds, and,
rejoicing that ho was at length out of that infernal place."
—The Emigrant, by W. H. Leigh.

PIRACY—FOUR MEN KILLED.
The Mayo Constitution publishes the following from a
correspondent at Westport:—
On Saturday, 4th instant, the schooners Olive Branch
and Sarah were plundered off Eagle Island, on the Erris
coast, of five tons of Indian meal each; and on the sth
instant the schooner Ranger, on her way to this port,
was attacked in Blacksod, and 170 barrels of meal taken
off. The pirates, in their hurry quitting the vessel, left
one of their party after them, who has been handed over
to the police here.
On the 7th instant the Emily Maria of Skerries, a
smack laden with Indian corn,was attacked near Inniskea,
but the Captain having applied to the Commander of
the Emerald cutter, now stationed in Broadhaven, for the
marines which were on board, the people made so despe-
rate an attack that the marines resolutely defended the
property under their care, and shot four of the plun-
derers dead, and wounded several others. It is to be
hoped that this melancholy
occurreueg Will put stop to
.
plunder on the Ems c94Bt.

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THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON
THE ELY AND PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY.
ELY, FRIDAY EVENING.--This morning the inquiry
respecting the death of Thomas Staples, ttle driver of
the engine of the express train which recently ran off
the Ely and Peterborough Railway, was resumed at the
Lamb Inn in this city, before Mr. Marshall and the jury
previously empannelled.
Captain Simmons, one of the Government inspectors
of railways, was present, as also Mr. Samuels, Mr.
Richardson, and Mr. Scott, of the Eastern Counties
Company, who work the railway.
The CORONER adverted to what had been done at the
previous meeting of the jury. He had had that part of
the line where the accident happened surveyed by a
competent disinterested engineer, who had prepared a
plan of the spot for the information of the jury.
Mr. Pratt Collier, the engineer alluded to, produced
the plan. The decline from the Hundred Foot-bridge to
to the place of accident was I in 173, the distance was
three chains and five lengths. There was a difference
of seven inches in the levels of the up and down rails,
the up rails being the lowest. The accident happened
on the up rail. The gradient on the down rail was lin
264 feet.
John Mayo, a fireman in the service of the company,
said he was stoker to the engine attached to the train,
and the deceased was the driver. The train consisted
of the engine and tender, a break van, and two passenger
carriages.
CORONER.—Did you feel any difference of motion at
or near the place where the accident occurred ? Wit-
ness—No, I did not. We were going at a steady rate.
CORONER—Were you going faster than usual? Wit- ,

ness—We were not. We never go fast down an incline.
My mate was a careful steady man. I was with him
five weeks, and I never saw him drink anything. We
were going at about 25 to 30 miles an hour.
CORONER—Have you experienced any peculiar jerk
in passing over the fen country? Witness—Not at this
place, but I have at Downham at a crossing.
CORONER—Have you noticed any jerk or difference of
motion in passing off a viaduct on to an embankment?
Witness—l have not. I did not feel any giving way of
the tender just before the accident.
John Gardiner, who acted as guard of the train, said
the engine left the rails about 50 or 60 feet beyond a
wooden viaduct over an occupation road, and felt no mo-
tion until the train reached that place. Observed no
jerking on crossing that viaduct. The engine gave no
warning of running of the rails.
CORONER—Have you any idea as to the rate of the
train at the time of the accident? Witness—Between
thirty and forty miles an hour. After the accident I
went back, and saw a left hand rail on the up line torn
out of its place; this is where I suppose the engine first
left the line. The ballast was cut up and the sleepers
cut through.
William Stanfeild, a plate layer, employed on the
line, said he examined the line where the engine left
the metal. There were seven rails broken and dis-
turbed. There was one broken and three bent on the
left side and three bent on the other side.
CORONER—How often is the line inspected? Wit-

ness—Every other day. This part of the road does nol
much settle. There were eighteen sleepers cut through.
Ido not know how many chains. There has been a
difference in the levels of both rails ever since I have
been on it. The rails were not lifted up to the level, but
merely where depression existed.
Jacob Dyke, another plate-layer, said, I assisted in re-
pairing the road. I have observed that the road was not
in so perfect repair as I could wish. I don't recollect
ever saying that I thought an accident would take place.
I have remarked that the settlement on that part of the
road near the Hundred Foot-bridge was so great as to
require more men to be employed on it. I spoke to Mr.
Jackson, the foreman of Mr. Peto, the contractor, to
allow more men to attend to the settlement, and in a day
or two extra hands were put on. There had been a set-
tlement of six inches since the last time the gauge was
taken. I should certainly have lifted the rails more
often if more hands had been on. There was a greater
sinking where the accident took place than in any other
part of the line. When I saw the engine coming along
she seemed to be travelling at about forty miles an hour.
The engine " wriggled " about a good deal. I have seen
many trains pass that part of the line, but none of them
went so fast as that which met with the accident.

Mr. John Hunter, locomotive superintendent of the
company, deposed—l have seen the broken rail and the
axletree of the tender, and consider them as being of
good metal. The axletree might have been broken by a
violent jerk. The engine has recently been thoroughly
repaired. It has inside cylinders. She is a very steady
engine, of Braithwaite's manufacture, forty-horse power,
and capable of travelling with a train at fifty miles an
hour. There was nothing in her machinery that could
account for the accident. In my opinion one of the frac-
tures of the rail was caused by a lateral and not a down-
ward pressure.
After several other witnesses had been examined,
many speaking positively to the speed of the train having
been excessively great, Captain Simmons re-inspected the
line, and, on his return, stated he found the sleepers
where the accident happened from the " Hundred Foot-
bridge," to within ninety or a hundred feet on the Ely
side, to be more or less damaged. He could not give an
opinion as to the precise cause of the accident. The line
was in good order.
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At one o'clock the jury returned the following ver-
dict;—" We find that Thomas Staples, the deceased,
came by his death by being crushed between the tie rod
of the axle guard of the break van, which was attached
to the train on the Ely and Peterborough Railway; and
we further find that the accident which led to his death
was occasioned by some part of the train running off the
line by reason of its being propelled at too high a speed,
the embankment at the place of the accident being out
of order, a settlement of the permanent road having been
allowed to take place, and the rails below their proper
gauge; and we cannot separate without expressing our
decided opinion that whenever an accident occurs it
would be much better for public satisfaction that rail-
way companies should leave the line undisturbed until
inspected by the Government authorities, in order that
a more conclusive and decisive opinion might be ar-
rived at."