The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-24 00:00:00

SPIRIT MARKET.

Prices of Rum firm, but very little passing. Brandy little
better than nominal. In British Corn Spirits a steady busi-
ness, at 10s. ; and Geneva at Is. Bd. to Is. 9d.
TEA MARKET.

But little business doing, and that mostly for cash. The
market attracts but very little attention just now.
COLONIAL MARKET.

This department, which embraces such a variety of commo-
dities, was very bare of business. Of B.P. Sugar a very
scanty show indeed, and the eltent of sales but very
moderate. Prices very firm, varying between 555.
and 635. A damaged parcel of Cassia Lignea, in second
hands fetched market prices. Of 4,785 bags Mauritius Sugar,
the greater part sold and fetched full prices, the bulk varying
between 365. and 565. 940 bags Saltpetre fetched 21s. to 235.
A small parcel of damaged Brazil Coffee sold, as also 230 bags
Ceylon. The quotations of good ordinary Ceylon was about
105 s.

COAL M
6, d
Burdon Main l9 0
Holywell Main )9 6
Walls End Hilda 2O 9
Walls End Northumberland 20 0
Walls End Percy Bensham 19 6
Walls End Westgato .. l5 ii
Walls End Walker 2O (,
Walls End Belmont
Walls Endßraddyll'sHetton 23 3
Walls End Hetton
Wzi's End Limbton 23 9
Walls End Pemberton
Walls End Russell's Hetton 23 C
Walls End iitewart's 24 6

ARK ET.

s. d.
Wails End Whitwell 6
Walls End Hartlepool 23 9
Wahs,End Kelloe
lWalls End Barrett 2O 9
' Walls End Clarence Helton 18 6
Walls End Coundon
Wall 3 End Evenwood H 0
Walls Eud New Tees `2l 0
Wa Is Endßichardson's Tees2l 0
Walls End South Durham 251 9
Walls Ind West Tees l7 6
Blythe l5 6
Elsicar l7

Ships arrived since fast market.day, Si.
PRICE OF BREAD.
The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 1O;id for the 411'.
Loaf. Good Bread may be had at 9d.
PRICES OF SEEDS.
Per Cwt. Per Quarter.
New English Red C10ver...503.985. St. Foin -s. 50s 70s
Old Ditto Ditto -s. -s. -s. Rye (Irass -s. 295. tiOs
New Foreign Ditto ...-s. 60s. 90s. racoy Grass s. 45;. 6Cs
Old Ditto Ditto -s. -s. -s. Linseed, for feeding -s, 4ss. 52$
New White Clover sos. 603. 70s. Ditto, for sowing -s. 545. 56s
Old Ditto Ditto -s. -s. -s. Ditto, for crushing...-s 42:, 41,s
New Trefoil -s. W. 34t. Canary -s 100 s. I^ss
Old Ditto -s. 16s. 255. Hemp •-b. 335. 40s
Trefoil= s. 30s. 365. Per Bushel.
English Carraway -s. es. 525. White Mustard...lls. N. 14s. Od.
Foreign Ditto -s. 50s. sfis Brown Ditto l6s Od. 21s. Od
Coriander -s. 14:. 20s Tares 65.0.1. 06.111.
Rapeseed, English One (per Last) 211.201. Foreign ‘2.1?. 2bl.
PRICES OF HOPS.
Farnham Pockets (per cwt.) Ol Os. 01. Os. to 01. Os.
East K...nt Pockets.,
Ditto Bags 'l.los. (11.' Os. to V. 4s.
Mid Kent Pockets Si. 10s. 4/.los. to 5/. 12r.
Ditto Bags SI. 10s. 01. Os. to 4,:. Os.
Sussex

Yearlings Ol. Os. 31. 3s. to 31. 10i.
Old 1/Ids

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

We have received Montreal Papers to the 19th Feb.
LOWER PROVINCES.—We can state upon the very best
authority that Mr. Paul Beardsley, one of her Majesty's
subjects in this province, was arrested at a Lumber Camp,
near Presque Isle, by the Maine authorities, and thence
conveyed to Houlton, and there committed to custody,
to take his trial, a bill of indictment having been found
against him, for having participated in the arrest of the
Land Agent of Maine last winter, an act which was sanc-
tioned by the Provincial Magistrates and Government at
the time. W e have just heard that Mr. Beardsley has
given bail for his appearance next Session at Hamilton.
We look with the fullest confidence to his Excellency the
Lieut. Governor's taking the most active steps to have our
fellow subject discharged, and having ample redress
afforded him.

The Finance Committee has reported, the Supplies
have been voted, and the Session is fast drawing to a
close. The state of the finances of the province has been
for some time looked upon as desperate; there appeared
to be a sum of about 90,0001. unprovided for, but instead
of this it is made to appear, by the Report of the Finance
Committee now before us, that there is a surplus of
30,1221. 19s. 4d. The Committee has given in the first
place a comparative statement of certain revenues for the
years 1838 and 1839, showing an increase of nearly fifty
per cent, in favour of 1839, and that is taken as evidence
that the country is recovering from the depression of the
past few years. The revenues thus compared comprise im-
ports at Quebec, imports from the United States, duty on
shop-till and tavern licences, on hawkers' and pedlers'
licences, auctioneers' licenses, and sales on tonnage on
British vessels.

LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, MONDAY.—The sales of
this day are 5,000 bales, without any alteration in prices.
The New York packet ship Garrick brings 4,700 chests
of Tea ; her freight will be 2,7501.
Thirty-three vessels now building at Quebec are in a
forward state, and are expected to be sent to sea early in
the ensuing season ; their tonnage amounts to 18,093 tons.
We have the New Orleans Price Current to the 13th
February :—" We have yet but little improvement to
notice in the general business of our city, though the wea-
ther since Saturday has been favourable to our out-door
transactions, and the levee has been rendered more active
by the arrival of several large class steamboats from the
Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers, with full cargoes of
cotton, tobacco, &c. No further boats, however, havecome
in from Louisville and other ports on the Ohio River, still
ample supplies may be looked for soon, when an active
trade will take place. Money remains extremely scarce,
and the prices of most descriptions of merchandize have a
downward appearance. On Monday there was again a
pretty fair inquiry for Cotton, some 4,000 bales having
changed hands without any very perceptible change in the
rates. The demand far all kinds of exchange has been
limited since our last report ; but the rates for sterling
bills are still maintained, at 91 to 101 per premium ; there
is a slight decline on bills on France.