The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-06 00:00:00

has been sold at 2s ld to 3s 8d per lh. ; Nutmegs, at 2s 6(1 to
4s 1,1 per it).; Limaica Ginger lu:s realised 213 s to 9/ is per
cwt. ; Cassia Lignea has been at 56s 6d to 630 per cwt.
Rim —Good bold white Bengal has been sold at 245, an",
other sorts at 21s to 21s Ed ; Carolina has been taken in a`
29s to 29s 6d ; Penang has been sold at 22s 6d to 23s per
cwt. A good deal of Sago has been offered.
Rust.—Jamaica, 30 to 35 per cent. ever, has realised 5s t(,),,
6s; Leeward proof, 3s 6d to 3s 9d; and East IndiaPo°'
3s 5d to 3s fsd per °allot).
SALTPM RE.-738 sold at 28s for silbs. refraction,
and 27s 6d to _Bs for 4 per cents. refraction.
COWTON.—Thc: market is steady. abut
previous has been a moderate business doing. at 6
previous rates. Y
TALLOW.—Some attention has been directed to A• 4• ~e
deliverable in the autumn, and about 5,000 or 6,000 cas":6'd
been taken at from 45s to 46s during the last month' 46 51,
has been paid for early deliveries. P. Y. C. is now at
per cwt. on the spot. Molt
TOBACCO.—There was a slight indication of imr°Ce but
in the early part of last month for some descriptions, the
which has subsequently not been confirmed.
last ten day s the market has been exceedingly quiet'diag
incla
for
transactions very limited. Sacs 1,100 hits,
upwards of 300 laids for exportation, and 200 blici;,6/1
Ireland and Scotland. Imports, 248 hlids. Stecic2bils
hits, against 27,658 hhds in 1846. In Virginia ti
been been 240 hits, chiefly- for Ireland and Scotland• es;
becoming comparatively low of good and fine descriPtLine
middling and ordinary have been neglected, Duringla
sod for borne
ns
trade the demand has been confined to a few limited select fair
for immediate use. In Kentucky Leaf and Strir,/Isner
business has been done at steady prices; sales of t,,,h,e "trzds
have been 300, and tf the latter 550 hhds. lue" the
have still continued to purchase sparingly', and dery
principal business done in strips has been in parcels, an the
fined to few buyers; the market, as respects striP, O.
finest quality, may be considered firmer in price; it) leaf t fro,
wards of 300 hhds have been taken for exportation, 11'1.5105
home trade scarcely anything done. In blarylan,uood
have been about 20 hhds. Havannah leaf; of °sod
and fine quality, has been much inquired aftet,e tent
sales might have been effected to soma but
provided suitable descriptions could have been procured, ors
stock k comparatively rare of fine quality ; in Mid tnnrices
sorts sales have been made to some extent at improve. r. vs,
Havannah Segars of approved brands, and elegible Vretg
A beep
have been in good request, and parcels hale pies
taken freely at full prices. Several limited to,
have been made for exportation at lovr =daps.
Cuba has been in more demand both for home use an d'it.
portation. Columbian leaf and roll has been in ra'nd
quest; of the latter very little remains in the marke,t,,
leaf of fine quality stock extremely small. In Navin" ley
roots an improved business has been done. In Manii:,st
a few sales have been made for exportation at firmer

RAILWAY SHARE MARKET'
BRISTOL, 31aacu 4. pito
STOCK EXCUANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter,
New, l2%—Great Western Quarters, 6% p.—Ditto, Fn7,6, oaf
Midland (Bristol and Gloucester), 16 p.—Portbury Pier ae,""i3i
es
Company, 4 dis.--South Devon, 6 per cent., N. p.—Tait Vale.
div.—Ditto, New, % p.
LIVERPOOL, Mina( 4. yD
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn, Clitho9e.'glisO
North-Western, par—Birmingham and Dudley, 5% p.---l&irtee
and Oxford Junction, 9% p.—Buckinghamshire, k, vutlinceli‘
Perth, 14% p.—East Lancashire, New (Scrip), 1% p.—E,ab 3d.
shire, 3% p.—Great Northern (Nos. 1 to 198,000), 0 a'
Ditto (Nos. 108,001 and upwards), IA p.—Leeds and Thirst, ses
—Ditto, Preference, 1% p.—London and North-Western, cror
div.—Ditto, Grand Junction Quarters, 19 p. ex div.—Dill
tern, New, 12% p.—London, Birmingham, and Southern ;et Er
div., and New, 55;4 —Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shard r:
tension), 3 p.—Ditto, Halves (late Liverpool and Bury). prA
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Quarters, O. 1,...',1610"
Ditto, ditto, No. 2, 22% ex div. —Ditto (late Great Grl.'"by, C.
Sheffield), 4% dis.—Midland Stock, 121%—Ditto, 401. Shares' Ditto
—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—North Union (A), 217 ex difi;)4l4
(B), 151 %ex div.—Preston and Wyre, 35—Ditto, Halves sow:
p.—Ditto (B), p•—Shrewsbury and Chester, New, 1,,
Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, % p.—West Riding I:°'o't
p.—York and Newcastle, 36%—Ditto, New, 6% p.—f Sefri
Ballymena, 7% dis.—Dublin and Drogheda, Thirds, 518 ,Ti

and WarrenpOint, 1 p. _
MANCHESTER, Matzen 4. SDI
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Laticriso-F0,91
Cheshire Junction, 7-16 p.—Birmingham and Oxford Juncti.
—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., par c. new—Blackburn, Dar,,4-1
Bolton, 3-16 c now— Buckinghamshire, 9-16—East Lancasui',: rir°
(scrip), 1!4 Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 20 —Fleetwo"„oll:
toil, and West Riding Junction,- !,‘ —Great Northern (Direct jla4u
ern), Regd., 14 —Ditto (late London and York), Reg.,
derslleld and Manchester Railway and Canal, Thirds, 1,4„010:,
and Thirsk, 11,—Ditto, New, !,4 dis.— Leeds, Dewsbury'
chester, New Branches scrip (blue), 3% Manchester,
lock, and Midland, 34 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Linn, 11
(Grimsby 201. Shares), 134—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoluslit:
—Manchester and Southampton, 16s. c.—North Staffordslooll'
—Oldham Alliance, % —Preston and Wyre, 35 Scold 11 voloii,
7!c2—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 13-16—West Rie-isg

1% p.—Wharfdale, 3-16.
LEEDS, MARC!! 4.
110'sa•
STOCK EXCHANGE.--The sales are—Ambergate, NottinZ sst
Boston, par—Eastern Counties (York Extension), lOs Vtir
cashire, 2% p.—Ditto, New (scrip), 315. p. East and NCLZ 64 9'
shire, 18s. p.—Great Northern (late London and York), Der
—Huddersfield and Manchester, 31. 16s. 6d. p.—Leeds>plalJ,
bury, 7 n. p.—Ditto, Branches Scrip (blue), 31,4 P.
tensions Scrip (green), 15s. p.—Ditto, New Extensions (1)`1
0
p.—Leeds and Thlrsk, dis.—Ditto, New, 2s. Gd. 41%.
Preference, 335. p.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 119. ' orb°.
London and Brighton and South Coast, Fifteenths, 6s. P.--":_-1.10;
ter and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extension), 31. 3s. 9d. Y'd
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (late Great GrimsbY a' vocr
field), 4% dis.—Ditto, Extensions, 295. dis. —Ditto, Griffl9bYtb 13,1.
114 dis.—Newcastle and Berwick (North Shields), 12 p.--1°.....4)111°1
tish, p.—Ditto, Quarters (late Carlisle Branch), 2dii
Extensions (scrip), 16s. p.—Northern Counties Union, 259. `'.o,3,°'
Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, ss. 6d. p.—W est maw dt re'
p.--Wharfdale Junction, 2s. Gd. p. —York and North Midlafi
ference, p.

SHEFFIELD, MAacn 4. ILO
STOCK Excmatsat.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottinglaajf'
Boston, par—London and Brighton and South Coast, 55i—ci yltr
chester and Lincoln Union, 1 dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, at,Wee
cohishire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 121. 10s. Shares, dIP*
Riding Union, 2 p.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Masten 4. 0, OP
Siocx EXCIIANOE.—The sales are—Edinburgh and North, ,L
9d. p.—Ditto, New, 255. 9d. p.—Newcastle and Berwick, 121010,
Northern Counties Uuion, 245. dis.—North British, P.
P
Extension, 15s. 6d. p.—York and Newcastle, Extension, 6%
HULL, Maaen 4.

AnnSTOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Eastern Counties, :-rt
i4ev•
tension, % p.—North British, Quarters, 89s.—East Lancashire. iyat
(scrip), IN, p.—London and York Extensions (scrip), 2%
Riding Union, 38s. p.

EDINBURGH, Mann 3.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are— Caledonian, New, 580.,641;;,
Direct Northern (scrip), Gis.—Dundee and Perth, 34X—Dltto,
_;.0;
22%—East Lothian Central, 555. —Edinburgh and Glasgow.
22—Ditto, Quarters, 19N —Eindburgh, Leith, and Granton, 20r,,
Ditto, Preference, 21—Ditto, New, 66s.—Ditto, Quarters, 7
;,e,
Edinburgh and Northern, 17%—Ditto, Ness', 875. 6d.—Pre49:595.
port, Gii—Ditto, ditto, New, Ms.—Edinburgh and Pe" 411.—Grest
—Ditto, Halves, 19s. 6d.—Great North of Scotland, 901.
Northern (late Direct Northern), 84s.—North British, QU Soot,
6d.—Ditto, New, Quarters (scrip), 28s.—Ditto, 7 !.:31i
land, 243(.d•
tish Central, 22%—Scottish Grand Junction,
298,..—scottis.

. acit 3. w .!11,e;
STOOL Excristeol. —TheGLASGOW sales are—Ma Caledonian, 5s
donian and Dumbartonshire, 495. 6d.—Dundee and Ar',";-ntral..,o"'
No. 3, 51. 28.—Dundee and Perth, 351.—East Lothian
6d.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 2l%—Ditto, Qualto "--' Oak
.--
Edinburgh :and Perth (New Co.), 65s.—Ditto, New, 221; sj I 18,-;
gow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 641.—Ditto, Halves, NO. 4,, ~o tlano.
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 6%—Great North ° pirect,
56s.—Great Southern of Madras, 2s. 9d.— Kilmarnock and ft). oirda,
40s.—Manchester and Southampton, 23s.—North British,
765. 6d.—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 28s.—Scottish Central, 4•21%
Scottish Grand Junction, 2Ss. 6d.—Scottish Midland Juncti°°'
—Stirlingshire and Midland Junction, 475.

PRICE OF NEWSPAPERs.—We observe that a
re'oo
spectable Liverpool journal, which two or three tnonth,..9,:isive
was conspicuous for the fuss it made in joining the u'icopi
cheap newspaper movement, by reducing its price per and
to 3d., has already been obliged to retrace its steps eat
make an advance, having " no alternative for the Pr'-era.
but to raise the price to the equipoise of a fair reninnoa-
tion." " Threepence," it further intimates, "is not a °La,.
nerating sum for any journal published in Liverpo°
Liverpool Courier.
THE LATE MAJOR-GENERAL HARE, C.B. who
This distinguished Waterloo and Peninsular officer, for
died on his passage home from the Cape of Good 11013"dia.
many Years filled the office of governor of the eastern to
trict of that colony, and had but a short time previon3oo
the melancholy event completed his term of service iig
-
entered the army as a cavalry officer in 1799, and durtiiis
the late war saw some rough service. He took part inn„lce
landing at the Helder, and in the campaign under the
of York in August, 1799; in the 29th and 26th of kt,ig;o-1.
1800, he assisted in the landing and advance upon re Iriol
His next services were rendered during the campaign 01
p.
for which he received a medal. In 1809 he was at the '",t,
r
ture of the Islands of Ischia and Procida. He was alg°,.(,;
gaged in the campaigns on the eastern coast of Spain "-o
August, 1812, to the end of the war in 1814, including t
taking of Alcoy, battle of Biaco and Castella, siege of s'.ip
operations before Tarragona, and blockade of Barcelona- l.
1815 he was attached to the army under the Duke of IYl—
and was wounded at Waterloo. On the latter ec.,sy";
sion he was a Major in the 20th Dragoons (since disbandu"
and succeeded to the command during the action.
sg•
(SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF FOREIGNERS IN DISTaS f
Thursday the annual general court of the membenit:,
this society was held at the London Tavern, Blshopsg_tft
street, J. Labouchere, Esq., in the chair. From the rer;
of the committee it appeared that the subscriptions had c°--0;
siderably decreased during the past year, amounting t°
,'"io
more than 370/., whereas in 1842 they were 5001, and r
1845, 1,6001. In consequence the number of pensioners rbe
ceiving ss. a week bad been reduced from 85 to 80, but !
same quantum of casual relief bad been afforded as dur/1,.t
more prosperous years. The total number of persons re'n
lieved last year was 2,529, and 70,926 foreigners had been
benefited by the society since its establishment. The rece'rto
from varioes sources during the past year amounted •
2,490/. 12s. 5d., and the expenditure to 2,981/. ; but 133rthe
sale of some of the society's stock there remained in The*
hands of the treasurer a small balance of 171. 13s. 10d. tr
report concluded with an earnest appeal to the public Oa
further support. It was then adopted by the meeting, nl4
cordial thanks having been voted to the chairman, the c°°-
broke up.
0. Of
[ADYERTISEMENT.]—The Registered l'aleto.
Llama cloth, the most fashionable coat for both the preset:,
and approaching seasons. still retains the same moderer,
price, which, with its usefulness and gentlemanly aPPes.da
since, has secured such general popularity. It has been
by special command for their Royal Highnesses PET,Te
Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of °#-.1
Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the sever]
v
royal visitors to the British Court. In London it can on it
be purchased of the patentees, H. J. and D. Nicoll, Co%r
tailors, 114, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill. Agents„
Liverpool, Dawbarn and Son, Bold-street ; for Dublin, ,
Macdona, Molesworth-street ; for Birmingham, Wareing an
Son, New-street; and the principal tailors in other largo
towns.

genes
On the 28th ult., at Escot, Devonshire, the lady of Sir John
naway, Bart.' of a son.
On the Ist inst.. at Thurloc-square, Brompton, the wife al.

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Frazer, Esq., of a daughter. of
On the 2(1 inst., at Upper Tooting, Mrs. John lievrstson,
daughter.
On the 2d inst., in Eaton-square, the lion. Mrs. Yorke, of a '°n.
On the 2d inst., at Eeeleston-square, the wife of J. Pitt TaylOr•
Esq., Ofason.
On the 3d inst., at Clapham New-park, Mrs. T. A. Longnich, or
daughter.

M A itIdED.
On the 2d ult., at St. Leonard's Church, Deal, George, only son
George Hooper, Esq., of Cottington, to 3lary Dehane, eldest daugo
ter of the late Valentine Edwards Clayson, of Deal.
On the 3d inst., at Eltham Church, Benjamin Wilson Pidcock,
of her Majesty's dockyard, Woolwich, to Emma, daughter of Charles
Fenshani, Esq., of Shooter's-hill.---

DIED. the on
lyOn the 26th ult., in the 20th year of his age, John David,
son of Mr. Joseph Price, of North Addington-place, Camberwell.
On the 21st of December last, at 3lercara, Madras PresidencY,
Lieutenant Percy E. Barber, 3ith Regiment 31adras N. I. a
On the 16th ult., in Edinburgh, Joanna, Countess Dowager
Stsir.
Ou the 27th tilt , at the Down House, Dorset, Dame Elizabeth
Ann, wife of Sir John Wyldbore Smith, Bart. R• C.
On the 27th ult., at Brighton, Esther, the wife of the R • ev.
Hales, M.A., aged 26. Alexander,
On the let inst., at the Vicarage, Takeley, Essex,
second son of the Rev. Charles Clarke.
On the Ist inst., at Fountain-place, City-road, Mr. Thomas Browu

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or the Savoy, tu th,l ()utility of ;Middlesex, Saturday, ugh
6, 1847.