The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-13 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

SUGAR.—The demand for British Plantation has been
more limited, and prices have declined. Barbadoes, by
auction, realised 41s for fine yellow, 39s to 40s for good,
and 35s 6d for low,

REFlNED.—Standard lumps have been at 50s 6d per
cwt.

EAST INDIA.-10,400 bags Bengal only partly sold at
6d to 15 decline; Benares low white 38s 6d to 395,
mid to good 39s 6d to 40s, very fine and fine strong
white 45s 6d to 495, mid 36s to 38s, and low soft
yellow 30s to 31s. Mauritius, 8,901 bags at auc-
tion were nearly all taken in at abuut previous
rates, middling to fine yellow 36s Gd to 395, but
a small portion sold at 34s 6d to 35s for low and mid
yellow, and at 33s 6d to 34s for fine brown. Manilla,
7,178 bags, were nearly all sold; low damp and washed
black at 28s to 29s per cwt, some damp brown being
taken in at 32s Gd. Siam 3,702 bags were taken in at
40s to 43s for mid to fine strong yellow.
FORBlGN.—Pernambuco, 4,000 bags was taken at
39s to 43s for low to fine white, and at 38s to 40s for
mid to fine yellow; 277 bags 7 cases Santa Martha went
at 35s 6d to 39s 6d for yellow, and 32s to 38s Gd for
damp and washed; 3,436 bags 584 bales, however, were
taken in at 18s to 26s for white, and 20s to 26s 6d for
damp and washed. Cuba, 233 hhds, duty paid, sold at
34s 6d to 37s 6d for low to good. Havannab, 2,093
bags, were bought in at about 40s for good and 43s for
fine yellow.
Co7FEE.—Jamaica has been taken in at 90s for fine,
and 60s for mid, and there have been sales of low mid
and mid at 42s to 55s of fine and of fine ord at 30s to
40s and ord and good ord at 21s 6d to 29s per cwt.
Ceylon has been rather in favour of buyers; fine
coloury 74s to 765, mil and good mid 45s to 55s fine
ord to low mid, 31s 6d to 42s Gd; ord and triage, 16s to
29s Gd; Pea-berry, 43s to 47. F; good ord Native, 27s to
27s 61. Costa Rica went cif at steady prices, fine and
fine tine ord, 33s to 38s. Mocha has been taken in at
54s to 58s for mid, and at 35s to 59s for ord. Bengal ord
yellow sold at 26s 6,1 per cwt.
CocoA.—Trinidad has been sold at 38s to 40s for
grey, and at 40s to 44a for red; St. Lucia, 38s to 40s for
mid and good.
IlicE.—Singapore Java has been sold at 7s 6d to 9s
per cwt. Bengal has been taken in at 12s to 13s Gd
tor the finer sorts, and Madras at 9s to 9s 6d, the market
being dull.

SiicEs.—Pimento has realised 411 d to 40, white
Pepper has been cheaper, 4d to 41d per lb. Black
Pepper 2id to 2id; long Pepper 20s 6d to 2ts 6d per
cwt. Mace is 6d to 2s 4d; Nutmegs Is 4d to 3s 6d;
and Cloves is 8d per lb.
INDIGO.—The quantity sold on Wednesday (when
owing to the Jewish holiday, the sales were uninter-
rupted) was 930 chests, the previous prices being ob-
tained, with some spirit in the bidding:-.
SALTPETRE.—The market has being quiet, and grey
8 to 81 per cent, refraction, 24s 6d to 25s per cwt.
ARROWROOT.—St. Vincents has been sold at 5d to Sid
per lb.
Itcx.—There has been very little doing.
TEA.—The market has been quiet during the week.
There are public sales on to-day.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been 45s 6d to 46s per cwt, and
Town 47s 6d.

TILE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—An ex•
tremely beautiful black leopard, and the first living
example of a Free Kangaroo (Dendrolagus inustus)
which has reached this country, were added to the
society The
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of Lieut.-Colonel Butter-
v ortb, the governor of Singapore, who availed himself
of the obliging kindness of Captain M'Quhae, to transmit
them in her Majesty's ship Dissialu.. The collection of
living animals which has been formed in Nubia and
Senaar, for the society, by the command of his Highness
Ibrahim Pacha, and which are now in Cairo, was in-
creased last month by the arrival of two antelopes. The
society received five ostriches by the last Peninsular and
Oriental Steam-packet Company's steamer, and have
advice of the arrival at Liverpool of a pair of tigers,
which were shipped some time since, at Bombay, as a
present from J. W. Hadow,
BOSTON.—OPENING OF THE GREAT NORTHERN
RAILWAY.—The committee of gentlemen appointed to
make the arrangements for celebrating the opening of
the above line, are exercising a most laudable activity,
and we doubt not the entertainments in progress for that
great occasion will prove in every respect worthy the
spirited and intelligent inhabitants of Boston. We last
week observed that no particular demonstration would be
made on the actual day of opening the line (Tuesday
next), but that the event would be celebrated in a be-
coming style on the Thursday week following. Invita-
tions to the dinner have already been accepted by the
following among other gentlemen invited :—E. Denison,
chairman, G.N.R. ; G. H. Packe, V.P. G.N. ; T.
Wetherell, Dir. G.N.; Hon. O. Duncxmbe, Dir. G.N.;
Charles Chaplin, Dir. G.N.; A. F. Paul, Dir. G.N.; W.
Cubitt, Eng. G.N.; James Meek, Dir. G.N.; John
Barff, Dir. G.N.; J. Peto, Cont.; %V. M. Nurse, Dir.
G.N.; Captain Laws, Dir. G.N.; J. R. Mowatt, Sec.
G.N.; J. Deniston, Sec. E.L,; C. Parker, Mayor,
Louth; F. Rowan, E.L.; W. Hodges, G.N.; B. B.
Cabbell, M.P.; Lieutenant-Colonel Colquhoun, Dir.
G.N.; IL Daubney, Mayor, Grimsby; R. Ellison, Dir.
G.N.; H. Fowler, E.L. The Lord-Lieutenant and the
Earl ot Yarborough are also invited.—Siuniford Mercury.
DIOCESE or OXFORD.—The Rev. Dr: Phillimore,
as Chancellor of the diocese of Oxford, has appointed
the following gentlemen as surrogates for granting mar-
riage licenses for Oxon, Berks, and Bucks, and for
proving wills, and granting administrations, in Oxon
only, viz.:—The Rev. George Coleman, rector of Water
Shotlord, Bucks; Rev. Robert Freemantle, rector of
Middle Claydon, Bucks; Rev. Richard NorrisiHussell,
rector of Beachampton, Bucks; Rev. Arthur Ishaw,
rector of Weston Turville, Bucks; Rev. Thomas Horn,
rector of Mursley, Bucks; Rev. Frederick William
Cartwright, vicar of Oakley, Bucks; Rev. Thomas
Carter, vicar of Burnham, Bucks; Rev. John Robert
Pigott, vicar of Hughenden, Bucks; Rev. John Tyr-
whitt Drake, rector of Amershaw, Bucks; and the Rev.
Ed ard Thompson, vicar of Lambourn, Berks.
CHARGE OF ROBBERY AGAINST A LETTER-CARRIER.
—Samuel Harrap, a proprietor of flys, and for several
years a letter-carrier of the Exeter post-office, was ap-
prehended on Tuesday by Peake, the officer, at his re-
sidence. Peake noticed that Harrap seized a reticule
bag, which Mr. Peake immediately took from him, and
in it and other parts there were found a variety of valu-
able articles, consistint, of a reticule steel clasp and
mounting, gold guard-chainF, pencil cases, gold rings,
brooches, seals, eye-glass, and cameo-lccketr. The pri-
soner was immediately taken before the magistrates.
where the authorities of the post-office attended, and
after examination was remanded.

THE WANT of THE BALLOT.—Among the sufferers
by the improper interference of the Marquis of Exeter
in the Parliamentary elections for Stamford, there is one
upon whom misfortune has fallen most severely in con-
sequence of the vote he gave, and to whom the elective
franchise has in reality proved a curse. The man's name
is Littledyke—he is the individual who was discharged
from his work at Burghley after nearly fifty years' ser-
vitude, and the same whom the Noble Lord personally
repulsed when he assured his Lordship that he voted
against his nominee by mistake. This unfortunate per-
' 89Hl we We told, is now a recipient of parish relief he