The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-26 00:00:00

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending March 23,
1847, is 325. 113/ d. per cwt.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London :Yew Price Current allarch26.)

SuoAß.—To•day a further fall ensued in tho value of
nearly every sort of Colonial Sugar, the quantity brought to
market being more than the home trade could take off. Of
West India Muscovado, the small quantity only of 200 hhds
and tierces found buyers at lower rates, making the total
sales for the week only 500 hhds and tierces, and the fall Is.
during that time.

REiI\ED.—To• day no further rise took place in the value
of Refined Sugar, but all sorts are wanted for home use at
former rates, and the supply is scanty. Bonded Crushed
Sug:r is with difficulty to be obtained under 375. per cwt. for
first quality, so scanty is the supply, and large the orders on
band unexecuted.

MAURITIUS.—This afternoon two parcels of Matnitius
Sugar, amounting to 11,429 bags, 339 casks and 90 trcs were
submitted to public competition, a fair proportion of which
consisted of strong working descriptions; for even these
there was less demand, and prices fell Is per cwt, yellow sorts
met with little attention, and the sates taken were is to Is 6d
per cwt under those of Tuesday's sale, on brown the fall Is.
The chief part of the Sugar, however, sold.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon 818 bags and 76 chests of
Bengal Sugar were offered at public sale, and sold at about
the former value. Madras is little wanted, and 1,413 bags
at auction were taken in at moderate rates.

FOAEIGN.—To-day there was no public sale, and pri-
vately only 150 cases of brown Macao were sold at 23s 6d
per cwt.

MOLASSES.—By private treaty there is only a limited de-
mand for West India; at public sale 171 puns Demerara were
taken in at 23s for middling quality; 125 puns of Barbadoes
at 25s for good ; 58 puns of St Kitts at 235, and 68 puns 6
hhds St Vincents at 245, being about the former value.
COFFEE.—This afternoon two parcels of Ceylon Coffee
were submitted to public competition, and amounted to 1,550
bags. There was little desire shown to purchase, and a part
only sold at a fall on former rates at 6.1 to Is.
TEA.—AII kinds arc cheaper than they were at this period
in 1846, notwithstanding the large consumption. Cengou
met with little attention, although there are sellers at mode.•
rate rates. Pouchong is little wanted. For Souchong the
demand has teen limited. The better descriptions of Young
Hyson have been operated in with more freedom, and the
parcels sold were at full rates. Of the lower sorts of Green
large parcels have been sold, owing to the low rates that
have been taken ; in good and fine a fair business has been
done at about late prices.
Rica.—To-day the market was in a dull state for East
India Rice; and 1,304 bags Madras at auction were takes
in Is under former prices, viz., good yelluw rather dusty,
Bengal grain, 18s to 18s 6d per cwt.
Sricx.s.—Although Black Pepper can be obtained rather
under previous rates, still all qualities have been operated in
with caution privately for hom consumption as well as for
exportation. White met with little attention by private
treaty; at publicsale 11 bags were sold at 31d. to 40. For
Cassia Lignea prices rule firm, the demand being
good and supply small. The arrivals keep small, and
the stock is less than last year; but the deliveries
are smaller, and prices are fully as high. The high
rates insisted upon for Pimento caused the home and
export demand to be limited this week by private treaty.
At public sale 40 bags wore taken in at 5%d for mid rather
coarse, 5d was offered. For Ginger the market is im-
proving ; the demand privately has been good for all sorts.
For Nutmegs the home demand is good, and exporters have
baen buyers to a fair extent. Mace is wanted. Also the
better sorts of Cloves, In the valve of Cinnamon there is
no vriation to notice; the inferior and coarse sorts are ne-
glected, but good and fine are in fair request, and the supply
is small.

Fautr.—There has been several fresh arrivals lately of
Currants, three cargoes of Chesme and Red Smyrna Raisins,
and a cargo of Valencia Raisins from Liverpool ; the market
has been rather quit this week, the exporters taking only
small parcels of Currants. Of old Red Smyrna Raisins some
sales have been made at 31s 6d to 32s for shipping.
SPIEtITS.—The nearest value of Leeward Island is 38 6d
to 3s 8d for proof strength; but the amount of business
transacted has been trifling. East India is heavy of dig..
posal, and can be obtained at 3s 4d for proof with certificate.
The business concluded in Jamaica has been trifling in all
sorts, and prices are nominal. In Demerara scarcely any
purchases have been made, and the nearest value of strong is
4s 10d to 5s per gallon. The stock of Brandy bas been fur-
ther increased, and there are sellers upon reduced terms.
Geneva is wanted for exportation, and several parcels have
been said, common at 2s 7d to 2s 8d ; fine at 3s to 3s 6d per
gallon. For British Corn Spirits and Gin prices remain the
same.

OILS.—For Linseed Oil prices have slightly given way.
Rape Seed Oil cannot be quoted higher, but many parcels
have been sold. Olive met with less attention, still holders
remain firm, on account of the moderate stock. Of
Cocoa Nut, holders are enabled to obtain the
high rates of 47s to 50s per cwt. for fair to
Of Palm holders are inclined to realise, but the purchases
made have been to a small extent. Lard Oil is in fair re-
quest, at 45s to 50s. For Sperm a much better demand pre-
vailed, and prices have improved. For Cod Oil the limited
business transacted was at 271 5s to 271 10s. Seal is little
wanted. Southern has been disposed of to a fair extent, but
not at better prices.
TALLow.—Prices have further given way for Russian on
the spot, and the demand has been limited from soap makers
and chandlers all the wetk ; 503-6 d to 51s per cwt. are the
prices accepted for fine Petersburgh yellow candle, For deli-
very in the last three months of the year, the demand is
however good and quotations range firm at 46s 6d per cwt.
Home-made is little wanted, and there are sellers at 49s 6d to
50s net cash, the supply being on the increase. For other
sorts of Tallow the market is in a dull state, and prices are
lowering.

IMPE RI AL PA RLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

ROUSE OF LORDS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
NATIONAL RATING.

Earl FORTESCUE presented a petition from Ax-
minster, praying for an alteration in the laws relating
to the removal of the poor, and substituting a national
rate on all real and personal property.
POOR REMOVAL ACT.

Lord BEAU NIONT presented petitions from the
board of guardians of the Hartsmere and Goole Unions,
in the counties of Suffolk and Yorkshire, praying that
greater effect might be given to the Poor Removal Act
of last session, by enlarging the area of settlement.
The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition frem'Goole,
in favour of an efficient poor-law for Ireland, the peti-
tioners complaining that their rates had been greatly in-
creased by the recent inundation of Irish poor into that
district.

FRAUD ON LORD COLVILLE.
Lord COLVILLE, who spoke in a very indistinct
tone of voice, complained of a fraudulent and false as-
sumption of his title by an individual calling himself
Lord Colville, of Ochiltree. We understood the Noble
Lord to say, that this ihdividual, without any right
to the privileges of a Peer, made use of this
pretence to obtain his liberty from imprisonment under
the sheriff of Middlesex in which he succeeded, and
went down to Scotland and voted at the late election of
a representative peer for that country. The Noble Lord
contended there was not a vestage of a claim which that
individual could suggest in palliation of his conduct.
Lord ROSEBERY understood the general nature of
this case from a private communication, and believed
that his Noble Friend could not do that which he de-
sired to do. By the resolutions of which he was the au-
thor and which had unanimously passed the House inj 822,
no person except the son or other lineal descendant, or
the brother or a Peer of Scotland, could vote for the
election of a representative of the Peers of that country,
without first coming before the House and proving his
right to vote. The Noble Lord could not, therefore,
summon the perscn to the bar of the House ; and the
better plan would be to move for a copy of the proceed-
ings of the late election, and when it was laid upon the
table a Committee could be instituted to investigate the
whole of the circumstances. W hen the House had
adopted the resolutions, they had taken no measures to
purify the list of the peers of Scotland ; end if, there-
fore, the party had voted in right of being a lineal de•
scendant of a former Lord Colville, it would be impos-
sible to arraign him for the fault with which he WR
charged.
Lord BRA UGHAMconceived that no other course.eould
,be adopted than that which has been recommended by

his Noble Friend. As the law at present stood any man I
might walk into Holyrood House, and tender hie vote,
as a matter of course, without any one having the power
to prevent its being taken. The only alteration that had
been made by the resolutions of 1622 was to prevent
persons beyond a certain degree of relationship frcm
voting, but they did not and could not prevent personation,
nor could the House amend the evil, for it was only in
case of a contested election that the House had any
right to scrutinise the vote.
The LORD CHANCELLOR conceived that the better
plan would be to consider the future rather than care
about the past. As the law at present affected the case,
it could not interfere with the personation of a brother of
a peer. It was true that before a pet r was able to vote
he must come before the Chancellor and prove the right
to his title before a writ could be issued.

Lord CAMPBELL assured the Noble Lord opposite
that a usurpation of a title gave no legal right what-
ever, and the Noble Lord was wrong in supposing that
the Courts of Westminster entertained the case of an
individual because he bad been allowed to vote for the
election of a Scotch Peer. The Courts at Westminster
grunted a rule to show cause on that ground, but there
cause never was shown. In his opinion a law ought to
be passed requiring that no individual should be allowed
to vote until he bad made good his title.
Lord COLEVILLE gave notice that on Monday he
would move for a return of the Peers who voted at the
recent election.

The subject then dropped.
IRISH POOR-LAW.

The Marquis of SALISBURY presented several peti-
tions in favour of an extended system of poor-laws for
Ireland.

GOVERNMENT EDUCATIONAL GRANT.

Earl FITZWILLIAM presented several petitions
from places in Lancashire and Yorkshire, against the
proposed grant of the Government for the purposes of
education. Among them was one signed by 25,000 of
the inhabitants of Leed. The petitioners emphatically
denied that it was the right or the duty of Government
to interfere with the education of the people. To that he
would answer that if it was not the right or the duty of
the Government to interfere, neither was it the right or
the duty of private individuals. But if; on the other
hand, it was right for individuals to interfere, he
apprehended it was also right for the Govern-
ment. The petitioners net only stated this, but
went further, and stated that voluntary efforts
were quite sufficient for the education of the people. If
this were correct, then ought every person in the
country to be educated; but if they were not then it
was clear voluntary efforts had not been sufficient.
Lord BROUGHAM presentcd a petition from a con-
gregation of Protestant Dissentt-rs in Suffolk, against the
same grant. Ile found, on looking at the petition,
that it contained the names of more ladies than
(Hear, hear.) The petitioners stated that they decidedly
protested agairst the measure as unconstitutional ;
favouring th Established Church against the Dissent-
ing sects, and exercis!tig a tyranny over the 'teachers
who accepted the grant. The Noble Lord also pre-
sented a petition from Barnes, in the county of Hert-
ford, against the Poor Removal Act.