The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-22 00:00:00

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending Oct. 19, 1841, is
345. W. per Cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(TIIIS DAY.)
Amsterdam C F. i 2 8 ,Gibraltar .. .. .....
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam .........2 U l2 8/'Genoa
Antwerp l2 7 :Milan
Hamburgh M. B. 13 14 Venioe
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 60
,Palermo, per oz 118/
Ditto, 3 m0nth5......... 25 85 Lisbon
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 25 90 Rio Janeiro 27
Frankfort on Maine... 15011 Bahia
Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37/ !Buenos Ayres
Berlin-- ... 7 iNew York, 21 days sight 46/
Vienna, effec. tl. 3M. 9 .56 Philadelphia 46
Trieste, ditto
Madrid ... 36 !Portugal Gold Coin £3 17 5
Cadiz
Bilboa

Barcelona
Seville

MORTALIT Y in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending Oct. 16, 1841." The Table is
issued from the Office of theßegistrar-Genei al :

Weekly
Total. Average

CAUSES OF DEATH.

1838-9-40
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 139 204
Diseases of the Brain, •Nerves, and Senses 145 151
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Hea-t and Bloodvessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other

Organs of

Diseases of the .Adnays, &c.... .
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Diseases of Uncertain 5eat...... lll 103
Old Age, or Natural Decay 54 71
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 24 25
Causes not specified
Deaths from all causes... -
Average Weekly Deaths .. 926

Deaths in tho Average Weekly
Week. Deaths,lB39-9-10
Western Districts ... 111 ...... 139
North Districts
Central Districts 179 ..... 190
East Districts
South Districts

Total BlO

It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the
32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon-
don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of
Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality.—
and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras. Kensington,
Fulham, Hammersmith ( Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad-
dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Brom
ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camber • ell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as
enumerated in 1331, was 1,594.890. The weekly avenge for
1836, 1639, and 1310, was obtained by dividing the deaths in
the three years by 156.
TE3IFEIZATURE IN Tile WEEKS ENDING
Oct. 9. Oct. 16.
61° 64°
48 46
54 54
21, 1841.

Highest
Lowest
Daily Mean .
General rtegister Odice, Oct.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

( From the London New Price Current of October 22.
SUGAR.—For British Plantation Sugar there has
been an extensive demand for both grocery and refining
purposes all the week, prices have further advanced is
to Is. 6d. fur bright yellow sorts, and the market has
been again nearly cleared of such, on all other sorts the
rise as oomparcd with the rates of this day
week amounts to 6d to Is per cwt, the pur-
chases for the three market days have amounted to the
large quantity of 2,000 hhds and tres, besides 100 hhds
Barbadoes at public sale which went with spirit is Gd
to 2s above the rates of the last auction, tine yellow
fetched 7 1s 6d to Tes, good 68s to 70s 6d, good middling
66s 63 to 675, mid 64s to 65s ad, low heavy
59s per cwt. ; privately fine brown or low middling
yellow Jamaica have been selling at 60s, grey mid with
a good deal more colour 61s to 625, good mid yellow
665, good Gls ; Antigua and Jamaica line 70s to 71s ;
Grenada good brown 58s ; Antigua mid yellow rather
dingy 633 per cwt ; of fine kinds the supply is scanty.
To-day the demand was good for all sorts of West.
India Sugar, and rather higher rates were paid, making
the advance for the week 2s on bright yellow, and is on
all other kinds, the total sales for the week amount to
the large quantity of 3,000 hhds and trcs, the market
closed with a firm aspect.
REFINED.—For all descriptions of Refined Goods a
further advance of Is. has been paid. Standard Lumps
82s to 82s 6d ;_ Hamburgh Loaves and Tittlers common
82s to 86, good 87s to 91s, fine 92s to 101 s, very fine
102 s to 105 s; brown lumps low to fine 76s to 81s per cwt.
Treacle common 23s 6d to 263; Patent 27s to 29s Gd; best
old make 28s, and golden syrup 30s to 32s per cwt.
Pieces, common to middling 59s to 665, good to fine 67s
to 75s l;er cwt. Bastards low 42s to 445, middling 45s to
495, good to fine 50s to 57s per cwt. Bonded Crushed
Sugar 29s to 22s 3d for first sort. Loaves at 325,_ and
14 lbs 31s. Treacle at 12s 3d to 13s 6d. Bastards at
12s to 14s, and Pieces at 16s to 19s per cwt. Dutch
Crushed Sugar is neglected.
MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the demand was active
for all sorts, and at public sale 6,799 bags were all sold
at an advance on the rates of Tuesday's sale of Is to Is 6tl
for bright yellow, and 6tl to is for brown and low yellow
sorts ; very fine yellow fetched 69s 6d, fine GGs to 66s 6d,
good Gls 6d to 645, good mid 59s to Gls, mid 57s to 58s,
low .53s 6d to 55s 6d, fine brown 50s to 535, mid and good
465 to 49s 6d, low 40s to 42s 6d, very ord 36s to 33s 6d.
EAST INDlA.—White qualities of Bengal at a further
advance of 6d to Is per cwt; Brown and yellow sorts at
an advance of is per cwt; fine white 72s to 73s Gd; mid
to good 65s to 695; mid yellow 55s to 58s, low bright
51s 6d to 53s Gd, damp bright brown 43s to 49s 6d.

This afternoon Bengal was in brisk request ; at public
sale 2,192 bags 17 hhds were sold at a further advance
of Gd to Is per cwt ; fine white fetched 72s Gd to 735,
good 69s to 7ls Gd, middling GBs, good and fine yellow
60s to 63s Gil, middling 58s Gd to 59s per cwt.
FOREIGN.—BraziI Sugar lower than has been the case
for several years, and prices have suffered a further de-
pression of 6d to ls per cwt ; Bahia, fine strong white
went at 235, good 225, low 20s, brown 15s, yellow and
grey mid to good 17s to 19s. Ilavannah low white at
255, mid 2Gs 6d. good strong 27s Gd to 28s Gd, fair brown
16s Gd, mid to good yellow 18s Gd to 21s per cwt.
MOLASSES.—West India, at full rates, and rather
higher for the best sorts. Antigua fine, 2Gs to 275.
Demerara common 22s to 22s Gd per cwt. Foreign
Molasses at 7s to 7s 6d for good sort.
COFFEE.--Importers of British Plantation Coffee have
been less disposed to realise this week, and having sup-
plied the market very sparingly, former rates have been
supported; but the trade have been cautious in their pro-
ceedings, and the operations by private treaty have been tri-
vial in all qualities; only 27 casks 28 barls unclean Jamaica
have been offered at public sale, which went heavily at 57s
to 67s for good to fine ordinary, and triage 35s to 4.5 s
per cwt ; to dispose of a large quantity lower rates
would have to be submitted to for even clean kinds.

This afternoon the home trade operated with more
freedom by private treaty, and the public sales
went off at stiffer rates ; 327 bags Singapore,
Java, and 178 bales Mocha were offered, the
former sold at 43s Gd to 44s for good ordinary
brownish, fine ordinary 48s 6d to 50s, good and fine
ordinary pale 50s to 565, the latter sold at 98s to 100 s
for middling clean garbled.
TEA.—The demand has been good for black Tea this
week, and the rates previously established have been
fully supported. To-day thne trade were desirous to
operate in Tea, and a good demand existed for black ;
green kinds were in steady request, but holders appeared
rather more disposed to sell than at the public sales of
4,234 packages were accepted for Congou, but-all other
sorts of Tea brought the former value, and the principal
found buyers. Congou fine blackish leaf Pekoe flavor
fetched 2s 7id to 2s 101 d, mid and good blackish leaf
rather strong, 2s to 2s 2d, good ord is 114 d ; Caper,
good Is 8d to is 10d ; Hyson, very ord is 94d to
Is 9d, mid 2s Id to 2s 3d, good mid 2s 6d tons 7d,
fine 4s 3d to 4s ; Company's Congou met with a good
sale at Is 10d cash.

RUM,•BRANDY, AND TIOLLANDS.—There has been an
extensive demand for all descriptions of Jamaica Rum
this week, and the large quantity of 600 puns have been
sold at fully former rates, 26 to 30 per cent.
over-proof have fetched 4s 4d to 4s 10d, 32 to 34
over 5s to 5s 3d, 36 to 38 over 5s 6d to 5s 9d, and
superior marks 6s 2d to 6s 9d. Leewards have
, been only in limited, but prices have been sustained; the
sales are only 170 puns, proof ordinary at Is 10d, better
quality Is lld to 2s. In strong Demerara few sales
have been' made, butprices have been sustained.
Of Calcutta some small parcels have been sold
at Is. sd. proof. Of Mauritius 150 hhds have
been sold at Is 6d proof. The arrivals have
been light this week. Brandy of all descriptions has
met with a good demand, and holders are firm at the
following
, ditto 1837 hhds 5s 7d
rates :—Cognac first brands of the vintage of
1836, hhds at 6s, puns 5s 10d
puns 5s sd, ditto 1838 hhds 5s sd, puns 55 3d, ditto
1839 hhds
ss, puns 4s 10d, ditto 1840 hhds 3s 11d.
puns 3s 9d
Per gallon ; of fine old sorts the
supply is small. Geneva has been taken more freely,
and a fair business has been transacted at stiffer rates,
paids 7d to
for2Bd. British eorn
common shipping sorts,
Spirits have
been fit
for
'bilelettynoisd 2 fetchl
excellent request, and the distillers arc firm at
105 4d cash.