The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-26 00:00:00

upon the Stock Board and the Exchange, and every-
', ii,g W. 15 dull. The fancies stood about as yesterday,
with a drooping tendency. Treasury Notes also stood
as yesterday, at 101, with a tendency upwards, and
101 k purchases to a considerable extent could be
made. Large sums are waiting for these notes to fall
to par, when they would be eagerly seized, but the
faintest glimmer of peace with Mexico would send

send thein up rapidly.
All out- door business was necessarily suspended by
the storm, and the Henry Clay packet-ship for Liver-
pool, and the Duchesse d'Orleans for Havre, are de.

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tained by the same cause.
We hear of some engagements of Indian corn to
Liverpool at 61 per bushel in bags, and expect to
hear of considerable shipments in the course of the
fall, when the price shall have settled down to its fair
average, in view of the great product of the year here
and the accounts from the other side, of the good
general condition of the potato root.
If, however, the disease of the vegetable should fol-
low, in Europe, the same course which it is running
here, there is no assurance that potatoes sound and
fine when dug will remain so after being housed—for
from various parts of New England, New York, and
New Jersey, we have well authenticated statements
that the rot is found very extensively in the po-
tatoes after being put away in an apparently sound
condition.

If this shall be the case in Europe, our Indian corn
will still be in considerable demand.
Cotton-The pressure to sell continues, and there
has been a further decline of 1 per cent., making 1
cent. per lb. decline since last Saturday. The sales
of the week amount to 4,250.
Up. & Flo. Mobile &N. 0.
2,250 bales. 1,700 bales.
Inferior none. 9to 94
Ord. to good ord 94 to 104 94 to 101
Mid. to good mid lO-- to 10/ 101 to 104
Middling fair to fair 11 to 111 11* to 111
Fully fair to good
fair
Fine
Flour-The market for the week past has been
more buoyant, particularly within the last three
days. The supplies are still very light for the season,
which gives great firmness to the market. The late
advance in England does not make any material
change in prices here, the orders having come out
much below present rates. The sales of the week
have ranged from 5 dolls. 624 c. to 5 dolls. 814 c.
for old Oswego and Genesee, and 5 dolls. 75c. to 5
dolls. 874 c. for fresh ground, and 5 dolls. 874 c. to
5 dolls. 94c. for new wheat. 2,000 barrels of fancy
brands have been sold at 6 dolls. 124 c. to 6 dolls. 25c.
Southern is in fair demand with sales of 400 barrels
of Richmond country, and about 1,000 barrels
Georgetown and Baltimore, all at 6 dolls. Rye flour
is scarce and wanted at 4 dolls. 121 e. to 4 dolls. 25c.
Corn meal is less plenty, and holders of Western now
ask 3 dolls. About 2,000 barrels have been sold
lately at 2 dolls. 73c. to 2 dolls. 94c. ; 500 barrels
Jersey at 3 dolls. 25c. to 3 dolls. 50c. The receipts
down the Hudson since the commencement of navi-
gation this season are, to sth instant, 2,127,497
barrels flour, 101,765 barrels corn meal. Exports
from Ist September to sth October, 53,272 barrels
flour.
Grain-The supplies of wheat continue very light
and the demand quite active. Among the late sales
are 4,900 bushels Genesee, old and new, at 125 to
128 cents; 1,400 do. at 131 c., and 500 do. superior
at 134 to 135 c.; 10,000 bushels Michigan, and Ohio
at 110 to 125 cents, according to quality ; and Illi-
nois at 100 to 105 c., and 5,000 bushels Southern in-
ferior, at 102 to 105 c., and good at 1124 to 125 c.
15,000 bushels Rye has been sold this week at 80c.
in the slip and 81 to 82c. delivered. 2,000 bushels
new barley brought 75c. Oats are lower-sales at
49 to 51c. Corn was much firmer, and a few sales
made at an advance of 3 or 4 cents, after the Hiber-
nia's arrival, but prices have since gone back. The
sales amount to about 125,000 bushels within the
week, varying from 62 to 63c. for heated, to 64 to
70c. for mixed ; 67 to 69c. for round yellow, closing
yesterday at 63c. for heated, and 66 to 67c. for
mixed, and 67 to 68c. for flat yellow. Receipts
down the Hudson since the opening the navigation
this season-1,461,404 bushels wheat; 3,080,682 do.
corn ; 218,135 do. rye. Export from Sept. Ito Oct.
5-23,972 bushels corn ; 92,733 do. wheat ; 9,490
do. rye • 8,647 do. oats.
Freights-There has been but little offering this
week. Flour has been taken for Glasgow at Is. 6d.,
and cotton at 5-16 d for round and square bales. The
packet rates are as follow :-
To Liverpool--Cotton,perlb.l-Bd. to 3 16d.; beef,
per tierce, 4s. to 4s. 6d.; beef and pork, barrel, 25.;
flour, ls. 6d.; turpentine, 25.; leather, lb., id.;
heavy goods, per ton, 255.; grain, bushel, 6d.
To London-Tobacco, per hogshead, 355. to 405.;
flour, 2s. 9d. to 35.; turpentine, 35.; spirits of tur-
pentine, per 252 gallons, 30s. to 355.; measurement
goods, ton, 30s. ; heavy goods, 30s. to 355.; beef
(3041b5. and 3361b5.), ss. 6d. ; beef and pork, bbl. is.
PHILADELPHIA, OCT. 8.
Little of interest has transpired to-day on account
of rain which, in a great measure, suspended
out-door operations. Cotton remains very quiet.
Flour is firmly held, but without sales, except in the
usual way, at six dolls. 12.1-c. to 6 dolls. 25c. for fair
and good brands fresh ground ; rye flour is held at
44 dols., with small sales ; corn meal is more firmly
held at 3 dolls. to 3 dols. 25 c. for prime ; and brandy-
wine wheat scarce : a small lot of Western red sold
at 130 cents. Corn is in better request, with sales
of 2,000 bushels good flat yellow, at 75 cents.
Southern Oats sold at 42/c. Groceries steady-the
only sale is 750 bags (musty) Rio Coffee at 64c to.
74c. Provisions without any particular change, and
sales limited. Whisky-small sales at 29c. to 30c.
Stocks improved much this morning : no advance
in Government securities, but the minor stocks ex-
hibited a disposition towards recovering last week's
prices.

NEW ORLEANS, SEPT. 30.
The effect of the Britannia's news, received yes-
terday, had not been fully developed. The ten-
dency, however, was unfavourable to breadstuffs.
Cotton—Sales of only 200 bales were reported,.
previous quotations being barely sustained. Fair
quality was worth 11c. to 11/c. ; middling to good
middling, 10/. to 10ic. Stock about 26,000 bales.
Flour—Sales were light, while prices stood about
the same. 500 bbls. Ohio and Illinois, good quality,
sold at 4 dolls. 50c. ; St. Louis City Mills was worth
4 dolls. 50c. to 5 dolls. 25c.
Corn—Sales were light; a few hundred sacks of
yellow sold at 65c. Nothing doing in wheat.
Oats—Sales at 30 to 30i.
Freights—Cotton to Liverpool, 5.8 d., and to Havre
1 A d.

Sterling bills, 6ie. to 7-Ic. Treasury notes, par.

HOP DUTY.

The following is an Account of the Duty on Hops of
the Growth of the rear 1847, for the under-men-
tioned Districts, distinguishing the Old from the
New Duty :
Districts.
Gloucester ...
Isle of Wight
Lincoln

Duty.
£1 17 11i
8,001 16 61
363 3 71

Lynn •••
Surrey
Suffolk
Sussex

60 4 4

... 10 1 41
... 1,266 12 2f
-100,377 6 11

110,081 2 1i

Old duty, at 1 12-20 d. per lb. 60,282 11 1 4-20
New duty, at l 8-20 17 ••• 44,556 13 4,116.20
Additional duty of 5 per cent.,
per Act 3 Vic., c. 17

... 5,241 17 71

£llO,OBl 2
NOTE.—The returns from the remainder of the
districts will be published as soon as received.
L. S. LYNE, Accountant-General.
Excise-office, London, Oct. 25, 1847.

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tolife FIRE AND NARROW ESCAPE.—Last evening, be-
e out
tween the hours of six and seven, a fire that at one time
of
houses,
u e and
s,
threatenedb
rt the
ke
idoi stabs
et r emu
i?d
scto no
fs eClue
situate at 6, Wood's-place East, Upper Whitecross-
street, St. Luke's, in the tenure of several poor families.
The flames commenced in the back room first-floor, but
from what agency could not be ascertained. At thelime
of the outbreak one of the lodgers, Mrs. Green, with her
two children, were in the upper part of the building, and
had it not been for the opport.une discovery and the
praiseworthy exertions of a neighbour, it is quite pro-
bable that a loss of life would have ensued. The brigade
engines from Whitecross-street station, with Mr. Mallett,
the head engineer, quickly.attended, but owing to the
distance of the burning building from the public tho-
roughfare, it was found necessary to attach nearly 300
feet of hose to the engine before the firemen could reach
the burning property ; that having been accomplished,
the flames were happilY confined to the premises in
which they originated, but they were not extinguished
until the whole of the families residing in the place had
lost their furniture, wearing apparel, and other effects,
thereby leaving them without a place to put their heads
in for the night. A more abject
womrscene of
.misa cery
hildcan
scarcely be conceived ; one pool. of
with ,
stated that she had not only lost everything that she pos-
sessed, but also the work she had in the room belonging
to her employers. lier escape was most miraculous,
flames having caught her dress, and consumed nearly the
whole of the back portion before she could get into the
open air.
MODEL LODGING-DOUSES FOR RESPECTABLE ME-
CRANICS are suggested by a correspondent of the Builder,
with such additional conveniences or comforts as 39. 6d.
a week or more might well afford beyond those now ob-
tained for 15. 6d, and 25. by the lower classes.