The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-10 00:00:00

BANKING D

Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,001
Rest . 3,991,333
Public deposits (in-
eluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Say-
ings-banks, and Di-

vidend accounts) 6,001,947
Dther deposits
Seven day and other

bills .........• ....

960,294

A 35,008,665

Dated the, Bth day of April, 1847

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of April 9.)

SUGAR.—To-day prices suffered a further depression
for raw Sugar, as the quantity brought to market was
more than the trade stood in need of, and merchants
were willing to sell, on account of the increasing value
of money, arid the heavy supplies of Sugar still
to come in. The private operations in all sorts of
West India Muscovado were upon a small scale only,
and did not exceed 80 hhds, &c., although there wt re
sellers at a further decline in the value, making the fall
for the week is per cwt. A public sale of 127 hhds
7 tres of Barbadoes went off with heaviness, and at a
reduction on the rates of Wednesday's sale of 6d to Is.
REFINED.—To-day Refined Goods were operated in
with caution by the home trade, although • lower rates
can be obtained for further delivery at 35s 6d
wereßoiideadecCeprouSdhPed
per cwt. Thesu tocgasril: isl onitoe twhaeni estnecdr,aste of
ldf;trsll qua-
lityrttsos

MAURITIUS.—This afternoon two parcels of Mauritius
Sugar, amounting to 9,315 bags, were submitted to public
competition, but the trade evinced little desire to operate,
and nearly the whole was taken in at the former value.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Bengal
Sugar offered at auction amounted to 3,616 bags ; nearly
the whole found buyers, but at a fall in prices of 6d to
Is. Madras is heavy of disposal, and 808 bags at sale
were nearly all taken in.
FORElGN.—lmpoxt,rs of Foreign Sugar have been de-
1-irous to sell this week, and submitted to lower prices
for all descriptions ; still the home trade have operated
with caution by privaV, treaty, and the market has been
plentifully supplied, especially with the better qualities.
Privately there are sellers of white, brown, and yellow
Havannab at a fall on former rates of 6d to Is per cwt ;
still few buyers are to be met with. For refining under
bond the purchases made have been trifling in all sorts
of Foreign Sugar, although there are sellers at a reduc •
tion on former rates. Fer exportation there are few
buyers, although merchants are willing to sell, and re-
duced their prices 6d to Is per cwt ; still the private
operations have not exceeded 1400 chests of good andAt
fine yellow Havannab, at 28s to 28s 6d per cwt.
auction 2,189 bags of Pernambuco were, however, all
sold, the duty to be allowed.
MOLASSES.—This afternoon at public sale 65 hhds of
Be
perngal
cwt.
Molassest were sold at 225, and better quality at
24s
COFFEE.—This afternoon 27 casks of Jamaica Coffee
of the new crop at public sale sold at prices in favour of
the buyers. For good ordinary Native Ceylon the
market is in a dull state at 41s, but for fine ordinary there
appears to be a better demand at 43s to 43s 6d per cwt.
TEA.—Altbough the arrivals have again been large,
still nonehas been submitted to public competition; but
by private treaty the market is plentifully supplied
with all kind= of black and green. The purchases made in
the low and better sorts of Congou have been to a small
extent, notwithstanding the moderate rates that exist.
Fine and good sorts of ()Teen are held for the previous
worth; but the amount of business transacted has been
of little moment. Of low and mid qualities, the trade
have been induced to take large parcels, owing to the
low rates, at which there are sellers.
RICE.—To-day further advanced rates being wanted
for Bengal Rice operated against business, and nearly
the whole of the sound of 4,080 bags at public sale vas
taken in at 19s 6d for fine white bright pearl, but the
damaged sold at 18s to 19s for first class, and at 1 is 6d
to 17s 6d for other sorts.
SPICES.—To-day Mace met with attention, and 11
cases of Penang at auction were sold at stiff rates. 31
casks of Dutch limed Nutmegs, for exportation only,
partly sold at lower rates.
SPIRITS.—The arrivals of all descriptions of Rum are
still exceeding the deliveries, and no improvement

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having taken place in the demand, prices are still droop..
ing. Although there are sellers of Exist I. dia. at love( r
rates, still there are few buyers, and 3: 2d to 3s 3d is the
value of proof Calcutta with certificate ; at auction 167
casks of Madras were taken in :t these rates. For Le( ward
Island the orders are unusually small, and 33 4d to 3s 5d
is about the value of proof strength, but if parcels were
to be pressed for sale, these prices could nut be obtained.
Jamaica has been operated in with much caution, by
exo, rters and the home trade, and it is difficult to
give accurate quotations. Demerara is dull of sale.
There are sellers of all kinds of Rum under present rates_
I here is still scarcely any desire evinced to purchase
Rum for Ireland or Scotland. Holders of Brandy are
) et desirous to realise, there having been further arrivals,
still the demand has been limited for home use and ex-
port. Geneva is not much wanted for exportation, and
prices are on the decline. Fine for home use is little
' wanted. For British Corn Spirits the demand is on the
increase. Gin is in good (It mend.
COCHINEAL—This afternoon there was not much de-
sire evinced to operate at the public sales, which con-
sisted of 260 bags of Honduras silvers, when not above
a third part sold at a fail on former rates of Id per lb.
OILS.--Although Linseed Oil can be obtained upon
further reduced terms . still the home demand has been
limited. For forward delivery there are sellers at 265.
to 26s 3d. Cocoa Nut Oil is held for the former worth.
For Rape Seed Oil a good demand exists, but prices
are not so firm. Olive has been only in moderate request,
and there appears to be more disposition on the part of
holders to realize. For Palm the demand is on
the increase ; still prices do not improve. Lard Oil is
not much wanted, and can be obtained at 49s to 48s.
Cod Oil can be obtained at 271 to 271 lOs per tun ; still
buyers have operated with caution. Seal has been
sparingly dealt in. Southern is little wanted. For
Sperm the market is firm, the demand active, and the
supply small.
TALLow.—Holders of Russian on the spot are still
desirous .to realise, and have further reduced their
prices 6d to 9d per cwt ; still the purchases made have
been limited. For delivery in the last three months of
the year, there are sellers at 465, but few buyers are to
be met with. Home made Tallow on the spot met with
a slow sale, and prices are going down. ' For other sorts
of Tallow the market is in a dull state, and prices are on
the decline. Deliveries have again become small.
Prices are much above those of this time last year.

FLANDERS MAIL.
BRUSSELS, APRIL 6.—The average price of wheat
in the week ending on Saturday, the 3d April, was
36f. 5c., and that of rye, 26Z 14c. per hectolitre.
These prices are rather lower than those of the pre-
ceding week, viz., 49c. per hictolitre on wheat, and
51c. on rye.
The Minister of the Interior has just addressed to
the governors of the provinces the following circular :
" I think it necessary to call your attention to a
question which is of great importance under the pre-
sent circumstances. It has been observed that the
disease which for ten years has affected the potatoes,
attacks, in particular, the late:species, which may pro-
bably be accounted for by the fact that wet especially
contributes to propagate this disease.
"It appears to me, Sir, that it would be use-
ful to direct the attention of the farmers to this
fact, and to point eut to them at the same
time how advantageous it would be to them, consi-
dering the present high prices of provisions, greatly
to extend the cultivation of early potatoes. They
would thus have the hope of enjoying a - double
advantage—first, their crop would not be ravaged by
the disease, if it should unhappily acpear again ;
in the second place, they would profit, by the high
price of provisions, to sell their stock at prices which
they would probably not be able to obtain at later
dates."

A letter from Stutgard, of the Ist of April, says,
at the end of March such a quantity of enow fell in
the environs that the mails were considerably delayed
by

A French journal, in one of its last numbers, states
that a general inquiry has been instituted in Denmark
to ascertain the quantity of corn in that country, and
that, in consequence of that inquiry, the exportation
of corn will be prohibited. A general inquiry has in
faet been made, but with great precaution, in order
not to alarm the people. It results from the report
that there is not only a quantity of corn sufficient for
the consumption of the country, but that some pro-
vinces, for instance Langeland and the Duchies,•have
corn which may be exported. As for the prohibition
of exportation, it was indeed talked of for a moment,
but, on the representation of very competent persons,
this measure was given up, which would have been
attended with great inconvenience.
The Cologne Gazette says, the steps which have
been taken of applying to several states on the banks
of the Rhine for the suspension of the duties on the
river, in favour of vessels laden with corn, flour, and
other provisions, have been favourably received by
the Grand Duchy of Baden, by France, the Grand
Duchy of Hesse, and the Duchy of Nassau ; and it
is affirmed that Prussia, Bavaria, and the Nether-
lands, are likewise well inclined to adopt a measure
of this kind.

The Swabian Mercury has a letter from Limberg,
which gives a melancholy picture of the state of
Western Galicia. The wounds which the insurrec-
tion of the peasants inflicted on the country are very
far from being healed. In the circles of Tarnow,
Sandow, and Wadowice, a number of villages are
found, in which many houses are empty, desolate,
and forsaken, where the fields are scarcely
half cultivated ; and even now there is little
prospect of their being so, though the Govern-
ment takes all possible measures and causes the
peasants to be supplied with corn seed. Many
peasants seem to have lost all attachment to their native
cLoiumnbtreyrg,
iatsnedlf ahrase lieanddeiendg agaviangaedboinnd,andiismsaotliuotne a
nlifed.
arewealth, a t
abl el caaduesqe
uma
taen may
alandownershweihrosreecsii
and this for fear of the peasants, for
theredrceamnciesstan
greatcethere,t fermentationlin many villages, and the peasants, ren-
dered savage and driven to despair by necessity,
could only be restrained by military powers. Under
these circumstances, it must be a great risk if foreign
corn dealers should:purchase a great quantity:of wheat
and send it down the Vistula, as they would be in
danger, in case of a sudden insurrection, of having
their corn seized and carried off.
PRAGUE, APRIL I.—The Archduke Stephen re-
turned to Prague the day before yesterday. The
Bohemian Gazette of to-day accompanies this infor-
mation with the following words, which excite not a
little attention :—" It is generally hoped that his
Highness will not give up the government of our
country."
His Majesty the Emperor, considering the present
want of work and the great distress, has granted an
extraordinary sum for the improvement of roads
about Prague, among which that of the road from
Prague to Konigrual appears to be the most neces-
sary, as the communication is always impeded during
the inundations and the breaking up of the ice.
BELGIAN FUND&—lisussELs, APRIL 7.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ..............
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........-
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent•—•
Ditto Three per Cent.
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto •• •• ••
Ditto, ditto, 1840. 100%
Dittoolitto, 1842 lOO%
Ditto, 1844.
• ... . 68%
Ditto of the City, 1832 .• • • 99
Ditto, 1843 •• • • • • •• •• 97%
Bank ofßehrium • • • • • •-•••• • • -• 879
—Brussels Papers. April 7.
:AUSTBIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, APRIL 1.
6 per Cent. Metalliques— •••••••• • • • • • • 10i
4 per Cent. dItto••••••
3 per Cent. ditto.... .................. •ioni
Loan, 1834
Ditto, 1839 • • ...... • • •• •••• • • • • • • •• • • lit)
Bank Shares • • • • • • 1590
EstQrbazy's Loan •

RAILWAYS: •••• • •
The Northern, or Ferdinand • • .... . 172
Gloggintz • • • • • • • • • ..... 121
Vienna—Milan • • • • • • • • • • .. 108 Leghorn%
93
Sienna ..... ....... .... •"• • • ••• • • • 691.4
Pesti' Bridge .• . • •••••••• • " • • • • •

OPINIONS ON Ma. DISRAELI'S NEW WORIC.--•
" Tanered," observes the Athenceum, "has entertained us
favour." This opinion seems
fully borne out; for we notice that a second
ten
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b
more than either
hiher 'inCpounibnligesby'or %Sybil,: and, Nye think
may stand
to have e
writer's
views, says,We hold it to be impossible for the author
wet! itthisotnanhdai
nag
of Vivian Grey' to write a work of fiction which shall
not be clever, brilliant, witty, and dashing. Tancred '
airtseaddyissebne
is all this, and, in truth,something more. Its writer has
borrowed for a season the pencil of Roberts, and become
a gorgeous painter. Characters, too, are admirably hit
off. Mr. Disraeli exhibits a master hand in his delinea-
tion of Fakredeen, the most elaborately drawn character
in the work. The first volume deals entirely with Eng-
land and the English, but makes the reader blush for
the hollowness and folly that crowd into the corners of
the little island. We could fill our columns with smart
saying and happy hits, but we leave them to be sought
in their natural home."
SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETT.--Yesterday a quar-
terly Court of the Governors of this Society, for the
reliet of sick and diseased seamen of all nations in the
port of London, on board the Dreadnought Hospital-
ship, moored off Greenwich, was held at the office of
the Society, in King William-street, City; John Labou-
chere, Esq., in the chair. The report stated that during
the past quarter 724 new cases had been received, and
the number of patients for the past year relieved were
3,941, making a total number since its establishment in
1821, of 79,585 individuals. The financial statement
exhibited a steady progressive improvement. Amongst
the recent supporters of the society were his Majesty
the King of Hanover, an annual contributor of 20L; his
Excellency Keying, the Imperial High Commissioner to
the Emperor of China, a benefaction of 1871. 10s. (ster-
ling), for which his Excellency has been enrolled e
Vice-President; Mrs. Somes, widow of the late eminent
hipowner, of her portion (one third) of an intended be-
quest of 1,0001 of Mr. Somes, &c. The report
adopted, and after some routine business, thesunpk.
We regret to hear that Mr. Justice thanks _ _
voted to the Chairman, and the meeting broke
Coleridge `was
not able to attend the Central Criminal Court yesterdays
in consequence of illness.