The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-02 00:00:00

West Middlesex. . . 51.15s.prent.i 6:.1 12 9

COURSE OF EXCH

Amsterdam .......... 12 13

LNGE.-(THIS DAY.)
Leghorn .............. 3t 22
Genoa .
Milan ..

Dlto), at sight ...... 12 9
Rotterdam 12 13
26 50
damburgh • • M.ll. 14 6
Parts, 3 days' sight .. • . 26 10
Ditt0....... • ....... 26 40
Sfareeilles .... • • • ..... 26 50
.. 26 50
Frankfort on Maine.... 126
Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... • .
Vienna, efrec. • • 10 2a
Trieste, ditto • • . .. 10 30
Madrid .............. 46
Cadiz • • • ..
Barcelona • • • •

Venice........ • • . • —
Naples ...... • • .... •• 39%
Palermo, per oz . .
Lisbon.... ...... it
Oporto ..... . • • .. • • bl
Rio Janeiro • • 24
Bahia . • • . • • .

ituettos Ayres • •
New York, 21 days'slglit
Philztdelphta
PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz.
Foreign Gold is bars...£3 17

New Dollars .... • . 0 4 *4
Portugal Gold Coln 0 0
,;panlsh Doubloons .. 0 0 0
Sliver In bars ...• .• •• 0 4 11%

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of Nov. 2.)

SUGAR.—To-day there was no further advance in the
value of raw Sugar; but exports as well as the home
trade were desirous of doing business, whilst on the part
of merchants there was firmness, and they offered but a
moderate quantity for sale. The purchases made
in all kinds of West India, both by refiners
and grocers, were upon a Lager scale, and privately
amounted to 1,000 hhds and tierces, for which fully
former rates were obtained. A public sale of 133 hhcls
of Barbadoes went off with fair spirit at very full prices
—fine yellow selling at 43s to 465, good 41s to 42s 6d,
middling 38s 6d to 40s, and low 38s per cwt. The
market for raw Suger closes with a firm appearance.
MA CHITIUS.—This afternoon Mauritius sugar of all
kinds was in good request; and the parcels offered at
public sale, amounting to 6,309 bags, 336 casks, 3 bar-
rels, and 27 tierces, mostly found buyers at former
rates; very dark brown went at 20s to 2Gs 6d; low and
middlicg, 28s to 295; good, 29s 6d to 31s; fine, 32s to
33.; low yellow, 33s 6d to 34s 6d; middling, 35s 6(1 to
36s 6d; good, 37s to 38s 6d; fine, 39s 6d to 425; washed
and syrupy, 24s to 36s 6d per cwt. A part was taken
in rather abov, the value.

RILFINED.—To day the purchases made in refined good:
were upon a large scale, but there was more desire
shown to sell Standard Lumps at 52s 61 to 335, and
brown grocery at 51: 6(1 to 52s per cwt. Bonded Crushed
Sugar is wanted by exporters at 235 6(1 to 29s 6d, but
only a small quantity is to be obtained.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the purchases made in
white Bengal Sugar were upon a more extended scale
privately, as full rates were paid. At public sale 321
bags of yellow went up—good rather grainy selling at
41a 6(1, middling 38a to 404 6d, damp and washed 378 to
40s. In Madras there was a fair business done privately,
but holders would not accept former rates.
FOREIGN.—There was no public sale of any kind of
Foreign Sugar; privately some purchases were made by
exporters and the home trade, and the prices paid were
fully equal to those of Tuesday last, and the quantity
on offt,r is less than of late.

MOLASSES.—TO-day the demand was limited for West
India by private treaty, and 15s to 19s is the value of
low to fine quality. Of Mauritius 328 casks 68 brls at
public sale were all withdrawn.
COFFEE.—This afternoon the quantity of Costa Rica
Coffee submitted to public competition was large, and
amounted to 7,908 bags ; there was a desire on the part
of holders to sell ; the whole, however, was disposed of;
in consequence of holders submitting to a reduction
on former rat((s of 2s to 33 for the lower, and Is
to 2s for middling and good kinds—ordinary went
at 26s to 27A, good ordinary 27a 6tl to 29s 6(1, fine
ordinary 30, to 325, fine and tine fine ordinary 33s to
38s 6d, low middling 483, good middling 55s 6,1, and da-
maged 21s to 31s 6(1. Plantation Ce) lon met with at-
tention, and 800 bags and 80 casks were all sold at
rather high rates.
_ ....C,,roec,oA.—To_day
at public sale 460 bags Bahia were
on, u, end all taken at 39s to 41, for fine bright red.
of
TTErAin._ida.r4ilv‘...re,reison y
British Plantation is not smuch in demtud, and 363 bags
in part :mid at 38s to 418 per cwt.
of black, and they morear firmness on the part of holders
dutywore only
The
arrivals
ercoffering a less quantity of all
kinds for sat o.
during the past week, b"uatls
has been
been
public
pa4id,ooino packages
during
time on 496,896 lbs. There
attention the last few
sale. Congou met with more was
ahna4ve low rates for
days, and purchases to a fair e
but holders are compelled to formeraceaetptsdit,
all kinds—common only selling
Sid to 9(1 per lb. The very low prices tatoovdrjtecote":ail '"11
green have caused the trade to direct their
more for
to all kinds . the value of low sound Twankayntn
is Gd to 7tl, and llyson ordinary is to Is 2d per lb.
1 The stock yet shows an increase over that of 1845 ;
but all kinds Are lower in price, and there is a greater
importation.
RICE.—To-day the market was abundantly supplied
with East India Rice, and the quantity offered at public
sale amounted to 9,884 bags ; holders were willing

sellers, but, submitting to a further reduction in prices
of 6d to Is, caused nearly the whole to find buyers; Ben-
gal, good white, but aather lroken, went at lls 6d to
123, good middling ditto Ils to lls Gd, middling ditto
10s Gd.

FRUIT.—To day at public sale 142 pkgs damaged
Patras Currants were only in part sold, butts 42s to
445, caroteels 42s to 455, brls 445; 3,080 drums Turkey
Figs only partly found buyers at lower rates, drums 38s
to 449, half ditto 50s; 835 pkgs Muscatel Raisins went
at 40s to 46s for boxes in layers. The market for Fruit
has a dull appearance.
SPIRITS.—To-day Jamaica Rum met with attention,
and brought very full rates. Sales to a fair extent were
made, and 3s 6d to 4s 6d paid for fair to fine quality.
The market for East India is in a dull state, and not
more than is 6d can be obtained for proof with certi-
ficate. Leeward Island met with little attention, and is
to be obtained at Is 8d proof. Demerara of quality
sells more freely at 3s to 3s 3d per gallon.
Hops.—There is no further reduction to notice in the
value, and fine samples are in good demand, but inferior
are little wanted and are in plentiful supply. Prices of
all sorts are much under those that prevailed a month
back. •

SPICES.—To-day there was not much demand for
Maiabar Peper, and 986 bags at public sale went at 20
to 2d for good half heavy brown ; 7 bags Pimento
fetched 6d per lb.
INDlGo.—Since the conclusion of the quarterly sales
Of East India the market has presented a firmer appear.
ante. All kinds have been in fair demand by exporters
and the home trade, whilst the rates paid are 2d to 3d
per lb higher, and there is but a moderate quantity on
offer.

SALTPETRE.—To-day Rough was purchased with
caution by private treaty: and at public auction 1,19 q
bags were only partly sold. British Refined is in good
demand, and prices are firm at 32s 6d to 335. In
Nitrate of Soda the operations are upon a more ex-
tended scale, and on the part of holders there is firmness.
CocruzinaL.—Holders are not inclined to submit to
any further decline, and refrained from offering any at
public sale. Privately, there has been little passing; we
quote Hondaras silver at 3s 9d to ss, and black 53 4d to
$s 6d per lb.
_ _

SAGO.—There is a better opinion entertained towards
this article ; but at present no advance can be noticed
in the value. Privately, however, several parcels have
been sold—low to mid small Pearl at 155 to 18s, and
good to fine 19s to 22s per cwt. Sago Flour is little
wanted, but, as the supply is small, prices are supported.
Ou,s.—The market for Cod Oil has a dull appearance,
and prices continue to recede, sales having been made at
261 to 261103 per tun, and the supply is on the increase.
The purchases made in Seal by exporters and the home
trade have been trifling, whilst on the part of holders
there is a desire to sell. Southern met with more
attention, and as the supply is less plentiful prices.
are firmer, whilst sales to a fair extent have been made
by private treaty. Sperm met with little attention;
holders are still willing sellers, and accept 801 to 831 for
good and fine quality; the quantity on offer is more than
sufficient for the wants of the trade. There are further
arrivals of Oils, but the consumption continnes to be
very satisfactory, whilst prices are under those current
at this time in the past year. Palm is wanted by ex-
porters and the home trade, and full rates are obtained.
Privately several parcels have been sold. For Cocoa
Nut quotations rule high, but exporters and the home
trade operated wi h caution by private treaty, and at
public sale 30 tons of Cochin were only part sold at 65s
to 65s 3d for fine quality: although Linseed Oil can be
obtained upon further reduced terms, still the purchases
made have been to limited extent only by the home trade,
whilst few shipping orders were entered into: the supply
continues on the increase, and the crushers are sellers
at 28s 9d to 24s per cwt on the spot. For arrival
there are sellers at 245, but few buyers are to be met with,
Rapeseed is dull of sale, and cheaper, whilst the supply
continues on the increase, there are sellers of pale at
36s 6d to 375, and brown at 35s 6d to 365, the sapply
is on the increase and like so to continue. Olive con-
tinues to decline in value, whilst exporters and the home
trade operate with caution.
WooL.—Since this day week the demand for all de-
scriptions of Colonial has been limited at the quarterly
sales, although holders have been willing to sell, ac-
cepted prices 3d to 6d per lb under those of the last
auctions. The chief part of the wool passed the hammer
has bean taken in and withdiawn.

TALLOW.—There is no further decline to notice in
the value of Russian on the spot, but the home trade
has shown more disposition to perate. A good busi-
ness has been concluded by both soap-makers and
chandlers, but the rates taken are 44s 6d to 45s
for fine P. Y. Candle, and at which holders
are desirous to sell. For deliveries up to the
close of the year, there are sellers at 43s 6d to 445; and
for spring months at 44s 6d to 45s but few buyers are
to be met with. Home finds a free sale at 45s to 46s
nett cash, but the supply is good, and there is a desire
to sell at present rates. Other sorts have further de-
clined in value, but a fair amount of business has been
concluded. At auction 150 boxes of South American
were sold.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

At the Court at Windsor, the 30th day of October,
1847, present the Queen's most excellent Majesty in
Council; this day the Right Honourable James Stephen
was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's
most honourable Privy Council, and :took his place at
the Board accordingly.
[The following Order is substituted for the Order pub-
lished in the Gazette of the 26th instant.]
At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the
28th day of September, 1847. present, the Queen's Most
Excellent Majesty in Council; Wheareas her Majesty
doth deem it expedient to appoint the town and port
of Portland, in the district of Port Phillip, New
South Wales, to be a free warehousing port fur the
purposes of an Act, passed in the session of Parliament
holden in the eighth and ninth years of her reign, in-
tituled "An Act to regulate the trade of the British
possessions abroad:" Now, therefore, her Majesty,
by and with the advice of her Privy Council, and
in pursuance of the authority committed to her
by the said Act, doth order, and it is hereby ordered,
that the said town and port of Portland shall, from and
after the first day of January one thousand eight hun-
dred and forty-eight, be a free warehousing port for the
purposes of the said Act : And the Right Honourable
the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury,
and the Right Honourable Earl Grey, one of her
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, are to give the
necessary directions herein as to them respectively may
appertain. WM. L. BATHURST.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Forfar.
Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia—William
Cruikshank, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Lyell, resigned,
Oct. 18, 1847.

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
Joseph Clarkson, retailer of beer, Woolwich.
BANKRUPTS.
George Sandeman, ironmonger, York-street, South-
wark, to surrender Nov. 11, at two, and Dec. 17, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official
assignee, Basinghall-street; Fitch, Union-street, South-
wark.

William Chappelow, jun., wholesale saddler, Jermyn.
street, St James's, Nov. 10, at half-past one, and Dec.
18, at tvrb, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, offi-
cial assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Lawrance and
Plows, Old Jewry-chambers, Old Jewry.
Thomas Lands, boot maker, Edgeware-road, Nov. 9,
at half-past twelve, and Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jury
Chambers ; Lambert, Gray's Inn.
Arthur Joseph Head, attorney, Hammersmith, Nov. 8,
at two, and Dec. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street,
London ; Long, Old Broad-street, City.
Joseph Henry Page, auctioneer, Pancras-lane, Lon-
don, Nov. 12, at twelve, and Dec. 10, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole-
man street; Holt, Chatham-place, Blackfriars.
James Adams, surgeon, Ftnsbury-Nuare, Nov. 12, at
hall-pa,t twelve, and Dec. 10, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street
City; Mackrell, Lincoln's Inn-fields. ,

William Wilkins and John Everett Evans, woollen
drapers, Trowbridge, Wilts, Nov. 19, at eleven, and Dec.
15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, offi-
cial assignee, Basinghall street ; Teague, Crown court,
City.

George Bennett, wine-merchant, Southampton, Nov.
12, at one, and Dec. 15, at eleven, at the Court of B4nk-
ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings,
1 London; Wheelock, Chancery-lane, London.
Rowland Turner, tailor, Old Cavendish street, Mary-
lebone, Nov. 12, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 15, at one,
at the:Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee,
Brisinghall-street; Wood and Fraser, Dean-street, Soho.
Morgan Lewis, linen-draper, Oxford-street, Nov. 10
and Dec. 14, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank
ruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street.
William Newson, merchant, St. Mary Axe, Nov. 10,
at eleven, and Dec. 17, at half-past eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury;
Lawrence and Co., Gld Jewry-chambers.
George Heath and George Dunn, drapers, Canterbury,
Nov. 10, at two, and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Green, !official assignee, Aldermanbury;
Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside.
John Henry Spicer, paper maker, Wandsworth, Nov.
10, at one, and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groen, official assignee, Aldermanbury ;
Tucker and Co., Sun chambers, Threadneedle-street.
John Terry, ironmonger, Bath, Nov. 19, at half-past
eleven, and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Bristol District
Court. Acrarnan, official assignee, Bristol ; Physick,
Bath ; Frankham and Co., Basinghall-street, London.
Edward Cowcher, apothecary, Bath, Nov. 12 and
Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller,
official assignee, Bristol ; Neate, Lincoln's-inn-field.
Joseph William Gardener, teazle-merchant, Wotton-
under-Edge, Nov. 15 and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Bris-
tol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ;
Jones and Co., Crosby-square, London ; Timbrill and
Merrick, 'Wilts.

Charles Lowe Swaiuson and John Birchwood, manu-
facturers, Manchester, Nov. 12, and Dec. 10, at eleven,
at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official
assignee, Manchester ; Worthington, Erle. and Berry,
Manchester ; Fox, Finsbury-circus, London.
John Wright, dyer, Pendleton, Lancashire, Nov. 15
and Dec. 6, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
You, official assignee, Manchester ; Walker. Southamp-
ton-street, Bloomsbury; John and Barratt Whitworth,
Manchester.
William Walker Cooke, hat manufacturer, Denton,
Lancashire, Nov. 12 and Dec. 9, at eleven, at the Man-
chester District Douro. Robson official assignee,' Man-
icheater; Clarke, Gray, and Woodcock,i Lincoln' Inn-
fields, Loudon; Brooks, Ashton-under-Lyne.

John Robinson, worsted spinner, Bradford, Nov. 25
and Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Nethersole, New Inn,
London; Forster, Bradford; Messrs. Ifarle and Clarke,
Leeds.

Henry Wilders, brewers, Uttoxeter, Nov. 13, at
twelve, and Dec. 14, at half-past twelve, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Bir-
mingham; Welby, Uttoxeter; James, Birmingham.

DARING AND MURDEROUS
ASSAULT.

An assault. with intent to rob, was committed
upon a workman on Saturday, which, from the ag-
gravated circumstances of the case, demands more
than a mere notice. It will be recollected that, in
the report of the destructive fire at Lancefield on
Friday evening, it was stated that the warehouse
of Messrs. Patrick Robertson and Co., were in con-
siderable danger. The workmen belonging to the
firm who were on the spot, observing that the pro-
prietor was not present, deemed it expedient about
one o'clock A.M. to dispatch one of their number to
Mrs. Robertson's residence in Buccleuch-street,
Garnett-hill, with an intimation of the nature of
the fire. This was accordingly done, and the man,
after delivering his message, returned to Main-street,
an unfinished street leading from Argyle-street up to
13lyths wood-square. He had got about half- way down,
and was at the open and unprotected part of the road,
when three stout men, who had the appearance of
carters, darted out from the side of the path, and col-
lared the unfortunate messenger, roughly demanding
where he was going. Thinking they were but in jeet
he told them where he had been, and entreated
them to let him pass, but the only reply he re-
ceived was a blow which felled him to the
ground. One of the ruffians then threw himself
on the poor man, and the other two commenced
to rifle his pockets. In their savage haste—for the
man called out for assistance—they had apparently
used a knife to tear open his clothes, as he felt
a sharp weapon grazing along his skin while they
were handling him very roughly. Dreadfully
alarmed, the poor fellow natural:y thought they
had a design to murder him, and contrived to get
his clasp knife out of his pocket, which he opened, and
by a desperate effort turned himself over, and stabbed
in the groin the man who was holding him. The
stab must have been a severe one, if it do not prove
ultimately fatal, as the man immediately after re-
ceiving it fell back heavily. His comrades, seeing
the condition he was in, stunk behind, and thus_
allowed the workman, who was in a terrible state
of excitement, an opportunity of effecting his escape
from them. Having found three policemen in Argyle-
street, he communicated to them the particulars of
the attack, and they immediately proceeded to the
spot, but the vagabonds had made good their
retreat, carrying with them their wounded com-
panion. The clothes which the man had on, when
attacked in this murderous manner, were in nume-
rous parts completely cut through, and a deep scar
in his left arm, and three cuts on his breast, attest
the ruthless nature of the assault which was made
upon him. We sincerely trust that the miscreants
will speedily be apprehended.—North British Mail
of Monday.