The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-30 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of Oct. 27.)
&WAIL—To-day importers of raw Sugar exhibited
greater firmness, and a further decrease was apparent in
the quantity brought to market, of both free and slave
labour sorts; the tendency of prices are also upwards for
all kinds, West India was in excellent request for
home consumption and realized an advance of 6d
per cwt on former rates, whilst the quantity sold
was 720 hhds, &c. At public sale 74 hhds of Barbadoes
were taken in, fine yellow at 40s to 41s, middling and
good 36s 6d to 37s 6d per cwt. The market for Raw
Sugar closes with a firm aspect, and the sales of West
India for the week reach 2,999 hhds and trcs.

REFINED.—To-day Refined Goods were dealt in with
greater freedom for home trade purposes, and realized
better prices, brown grocery lumps were sold at 47s Gd
to 48s, and Standard lumps 49s per cwt. In Bonded
Crushed Sugar there is no variation in the state of busi-
ness or in prices.
Mecninus.—This afternoon there was n good de-
mand by private treaty for all sorts, and a public sale of
233 bags went at better prices, fine yellow 39s 6d, mid-
dling 35s to 365, low 34s 6d, and washed 34s 6d to 38s
per cwt.
EAST INDIA..—This afternoon there was an increased

demand for Madras Sugar, and 4,514 bgs at auction
sold at stiffer rates, good yellow 37s 6d, middling 35s
to 36s Gd, low 33s 6d to 34s 6d, damp and washed 333
to 36s 6d. Of Bengal several parcels were taken by
private treaty.
FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign
Sugar, and by private treaty the operations for the week
are a cargo of white Bahia at 19s, one of Pernambuco
15s for brown, and white 19s, 400 chests of low to fine
yellow Havannah, duty paid, at 37s to 42s per cwt.
MOLASSES.—Prices have ceased to decline for W. 1.,
and purchases to a fair extent have been made this
week, a less quantity is on offer. Low to fine quality is
from I4s to 17s. Of Cuba 200 puns sold at 16s. In
Bengal Treacle a large business has been concluded,
but at the low rates of 15s to Iss Cd, and exporters were
the chief buyers. For Honey, prices remain the same
as on this day week, and there is not a larger supply.
COFFEE.—This afternoon there was more demand f6r
Plantation Ceylon Coffee, and at public sale 2,599 brls
97 csks all sold upon full terms, good middling 53s to
555, low mid and mid 40s to 48s, fine and fine fine ord
30s to 395, other aorta 21s to 295, Native kind 275, pea
berry 503 to 503 6d, and damaged 20s to 425. Of Rio
445 bags were offered, good ord 24s to 24s 6d, and da-
maged 18s Gd to 23s per cwt.
TEA.-There has been no public sale, but privately an
increased quantity is on offer, the demand continues to
diminish for all sorts. Congou is offered rather under
former rates, dealers operate with reluctance; ordinary
is to be obtained at 7d, good ordinary 7d
to Sd, middling 9id to 11d, good middling and good
I lid to is lid, fine is 2d to is sd, pekoe
flavour is Gd to is 10d. Souchong met with little atten-
tion, and sellers are willing to accept 8d to 9d for com-
mon, Is to is Gd for middling and good, and is 8d to
2s Gd for better sort, The value of Pouchong is 4d to
8d few buyers are to be met with. There is much dull-
nese in the market for Green, whilst quotations tend
downwards,

SPICES.—BIack Pepper met with less attention even
than last week, whilst prices tend downwards, as there
is a fair amount on offer. At auction 1,560 bags of
Sumatra, were offered sound, was nearly all taken in at
2d for good clean black, and at 21d for grey, but da-
maged sold at lid to 21-d; 389 bags went at 2d to *I
for ord sound dust and stalky. White Pepper is worth

from 4d to 9d according to quality; not much demand ex-
perienced this week. The value of Cayenne is 10d to
2s, and of African Pod 30s to 60s per cwt. Prices con-
tinue to rule under that time. Of Pimento the supply is
extremely small; there are several buyers, whilst the
rates paid are 4id to 5d per lb. Of Cassia Lignea there
is still scarcely any here, and prices are nominal at !Os
to 1 lOs per cwt. Cassia Buds find a dull sale at 68s to Ns.
The quarterly sales of Cinnamon will take place on
Monday, when 981 bales and 50 chests will be offered.
The market has a very quiet appearance, and prices
generally tend downwards. For Cloves there is an im-
proving demand. For Mace there is more demand this
week at Is 10d to 2s 6d, and fine 2s 8d to 2s 10d. At
auction one case of wild realised is 6d. In Nutmegs
several purchases have been made in the private market,
and at firm rates. For Ginger the market is quiet. Of
Jamaica 83 pkgs at auction were disposed of.
RICE.— There has been rather more disposition mani-
fested to make purchases in all sorts of East India
during the last few days, and full rates have been paid
for white Bengal, but other kinds must be quoted a little
cheaper. By private contract a fair extent of business
has been done. At auction, 384 bags were dis-
posed of 1,848 bags Madras were in part sold, mid- '
tiling and good pinkey white Ss 6d to 9s ; 797 bags of
Singapote And Penang found buyers; fair cargo is to
75 6d. 1,621 bags Ceylon, mid and good Pearl Barley
8s to 8s 6d, and damaged 7s to 8s per cwt. Patna finds
a more ready sale at 125 6d to 19s, but Carolina mot with
a dull demand, town dressed at 255 to 28s, and Ameri-
can at 22s to 23s per cwt. On Thursday 2,200 bags
.Madras will be put up to public sale.
FRUIT.—To-day the public sales of 6,589 pkgs Valen-
tin Raisins wont at lower rates, and a small part only
sold at 55s to 888 per cwt for new.
CocumgAL.---Prices are not lower this week, but the
home and export demand has not increased. Of 202 bags
offered at auction a part only sold at 3s 6d to 4s for
Honduras silvers, Mexican black 4s to 4s ad, and silvers
as &I per lb.

SPIRITS —For Jamaica Rum prices must be quoted
rather lower, on account of the reluctance evinced by
exporters and home-trade buyers to do business with a
large supply. For the week the sales are only 100
puns at as to 3s 2d for fair quality, 32 to 38 per cent
over
proof, and small parcels of mid to fine 5s 4d to 4s 4d,
Demerara is cheaper, and the sales for the week amount
to only 100 puns, 33 to 35 per cent. over proof at 2s 2d
to 2s 3d, and 36 over 2s sid. East India has fallen to
is 4d to is 5d proof, and at which only small parcels
have been sold. For Leeward Island there is much
dulness in the market, and Is 5d to is 6d is the
nearest value of proof. Thera are further arrivals
of Rum, but the low prices occasion large de-
liveries. Bordeaux continues in excellent demand, and
former rates are well kept up ; Cognac best brands of
the vintage of 1846 selling at 48 10d to ss, ditto 1847 at
3s 10d to 4s• inferior marks 3s to 3s 6d, aid brands
28 :2il to 2s 4d. Eer 9eneva the market is dull at 2s to
2s 1(I for common, and 2s 8i1!0 3s 6d for fine. Of British
made Gin several parcels have beeri taken for exporta-
tion this week at 3s to 38 3d proof, uns;:"awned casks
inaid4d,
SALTPETRt.-g4O-day rough Saltpetre was less in de •
wand, and 2,155 bags at auction went 6d per cwt lower
for ihid kinds, whilst ord and the beat realized full rates;
Calcutta, ord and mid grey 6to 11 per cent. realized
24s 6d to 255, good 41 to 51 per cent 26s to 26s 6d, fine
41 26s 6d to 275, middling and good yellow 7 to 5 per
cent 25s to 25s 6d, and Madras not refracted 23s per
cwt. A public sale of 1,300 bags of Saltpetre is declared
for Tuesday.
Cocos.—West India is offered rather under former
rates; there is also a larger supply, and only a limited
demand. At public sale 530 bags of Grenada were dis-
posed of, For Foreign the market is in a dull state,
and prices keep on the decline. At public sale 769 bags
of Para were taken in at 29s to 30s.
Ou.s.—To-day at auction 85 tuns of Southern Oil
went at lower rates; fine at 26/ to 261 lOs good 251 to
251 loci low and paid 23l 10a 19 241 10si 80 tuns Qi *4l,

Oct

Aberdeen .. • • ..

Amiens and Boulogne . • • •• • • • • •... • •
Belfast and Ballymena •• •• • • • • • •
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Caledonian.— • • • • • ••• • • • • •

•
Chester and Holyhead. • • .. • • .... • •
Cockermouth and Workington.—
Dublin and Drogheda• • • • • • •••• • • • •

Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen •• • • •• ••
East Ang1ian........................

Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • • • • • • • • •
Edinbnrgh and Northern • • • • • • • • • • • •
Eastern Counties and _North Eastern..
East Lancashire • • ..... •• • • • •
Eastern Union • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

;,390

Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • •
Glasgow and Greeneck • • •• • • •• • •• • •

Great Southern and Western • • •• •• ••
Great Western,&c•. •• •

Kendal and Windermere • • • • • • •
Lancashire and Yorkshire.. • • • • • • • • • •
Lancaster and Carlisle • . • • • • • • • • • • • •
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport• •
Londonderry and cnniskillen........
London and North Western, &c.
London and Blackwall.... • • • . • • ....
London and Brighton . • • • • • • • • • • • . • •
London and South Western .........
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Maryport and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • ..
Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham....
Midland Great Western (Irish) . • • • ..

772
5,071
1,642
79
817
726

617
3,535
1,807
16,046
1,541
1,430
2,605

960
4,304
20,120

10,958
2,555

142
43,047

665
9,920
10,21
2,845

Newcastle and Carlisle •

North British .. • . • .....

Paris and Rouen . • •

Rouen and Havre.. • • • • • • ••

Scottish Central .... ..

Shrewsbury and Chester
South Eastern and Branches ••• • • •
,South Devon ..• ............

Taff Vale ........::

'Waterford •and Limerick....
Whitehaven Junction •
Wishaw and Coltness..• •• •
York and Newcastle . •
York and North Midland..

22,390
1,216
832

2,580
5,678
1,971
1,040
1,340
10,204
1,563
1,983
801
291
202

13,123
6,109

3,746

722
14,203

928.
1,110
2,914
1,172
2,042
19,759

9,680
1,419

116
41,918.

839
8,977
9,005
2,214

22,765
894

2,457
8,114
3,179

602
9,846

11,738
8,095

THE BRAZILS.
FALMOUTH, OCT. 28.—Her Majesty's packet Penguin,
Lieutenant Leslie commander, arrived this morning with
the Brazil mails. She left Rio do Janeiro on the 13tb,
Bahia the 23d, and Pernambuco the 29th September,
and brings about 35,0001. on freight.
The Penguin left at Rio her Majesty's schooner Spider,
which arrived on the Dth of September with the River
Plate mails; and her Majesty's ships Crescent and Alecto,
the American frigate Brandywine, the Brazilian cor-
vette Berenice, and the French corvette Alemane. The
Brazilian frigate Constitution and the French corvette
Expeditive were also at Bahia, the Brazilian corvette
Dona Francisca at Pernambuco.

This packet brings no :political news of importance.
Business was very dull at Rio, with no prospect of an
early amelioration. Coffee had hardly experienced any
alteration except the prices of superior qualities, which
had receded about 100 reis per arroba in consequence of
late unfavourable news from the,United States. Tho
quotations were for superior 2,600 reis to 2,700 reis ;
first good, 2,400 reis to 2,500 reis ; and second good,
1,903 reis to 2,000 reis ; stock, 35,000 bags ; sugar
(white), 2,600 reis to 2,800 reis ; brown, 2,100 reis to
2,200 reis ; hides, light and heavy, 125 reis to 1351
reis per lb.
Some attempts had been made at Rio on the 7th and
Bth of September to disturb the public tranquillity on
account of the elections, but nothing serious had taken
place. The baptism of young Prince had been de-
terred in consequence of the indisposition of the Em-
peror, but was expected to take place on the 19th of
September.

Exchange had experienced a considerable improTe-
ment, and about I 0,000/. had been effected by the Pen-
guin, at 234. Stock, 6 per Cent., 84 to 85k.

EXECUTION.

GLASGOW, OCT. 27.—The murderer, 111`Wheelan,
condemned to death at the recent Ayr sessions, for
highway robbery and murder, on the person of James
Young, at Forty Acres, near Ardrossan, expiated
his dreadful offence on the scaffold at Ayr gaol, on
Wednesday last.
The unfortunate James Young, it will be recol-
lected, was an honest, inoffensive, hard-working
young man, not more than 17 years of age. He was
returning home from his father's residence, when he
was waylaid by M`Wheelan, and most savagely mur-
dered fur the sake of the property the poor lad had
about him.

During Tuesday night the scaffold was erected,
and, at a quarter-past seven o'clock, yesterday morn-
ing, the magistrates and other authorities had arrived
at the gaol to see the awful sentence carried into
effect. On being prepared to proceed to the drop
he shook hands with the Governor, and said, "I
bear anger to no man. I owe no man any ill-
will. Fare ye well !" and, with great firmness, he
ascended the scaffold, and permitted the executioner
to arrange the rope, cap, &c. The wretched culprit
then, with a calm whisper, prayed fervently to be
reconciled to God. He was distinctly heard to say—
" Lord, take me to thyself ; oh Lord ! do not let my
guilty soul die in sin." He required not the least
support, and much horror was occasioned amongst
the crowd by the culprit standing so long under the
fatal beam without dropping a handkerchief, which
had been given him by the authorities as a signal for
withdrawing the bolt, which held him in existence.
For nearly half an hour did the culprit remain ,m the
state described, and there appearing no likelihood of
his giving the signal, the magistrates determined ors
directing the executioner to immediately comply with
the awful sentence. The order was instantly carried
out, and the unhappy man, after a few violent
struggles, ceased to live. The body, after hanging
the usual period, was cut down and buried in the
precincts of the prison.
The culprit was 32 years of age. On the night
before his execution ho confessed to having com-
mitted the murder.

TII E ATTORNEY AT TOE DEATH-BED SIDE.—
Speaking of the sudden emergencies which demand the
energies of the legal man, Mr. Warren says:—" Take e
case which I glanced at in a former lecture; your being
sent fur in haste, to prepare the will of some one sud-
denly seized with mortal illness, or who has suffered
some dreadful accident, hurrying him to a premature
death-bed. It may be a person of great wealth, whoso
property, both real and personal, is in a complicated con-
dition—whose business transactions are extensive and
intricate—who has a large family to provide for. Ile is
suddenly bidden, by the Supreme Disposer of events, to
turn his pale face to the wall. Haste! Haste! Life is
ebbing fast away: his family are weeping around him;
but he is waiting for—is thinking of—you, in his agony
and alarm: be has but an hour or two—it may be less
time to live: be has, with fatal imprudence, delayed
making his will till this terrible moment, and you are
now suddenly summoned, as the nearest professional
man accessible. Writing materials are at band: the
medical man has ominously whispered that you have not
a moment to lose; and he leaves you for awhile with his
dying patient. As you look on him—as you listen to
hint—are you flustered and bewildered? Does your ill-
regulated, turbid mind, fail to follow your unhappy
client, so that you do not distinctly perceive his inten-
tions and wishes—intelligible though they really are—
for the disposition of his property; do you feel a sicken-
ing consciousness that you cannot carry them into effect;
or do you, perhaps, imagine that you can, when you
really cannot? You draw up, however, a document,
professing to secure the interests of many tenderly-
beloved children, and other dear afflicted beings depen-
dent upon the testator, and their very sobbings may be
audible to you. Having caused that instrument to be
executed, you quit the apartment, assuring your client
almost at the last gasp, that as far as regards his worldly
affairs, he may die in peace ; and you depart with his
feeble thanks in your ears, the pressure of bis feeble
fingers on yours;—and yet, the instant that the will
comes into operation, it explodes, as it were, like a shell:
shattering every interest which it touches! It plunges
everybody and everything into inextricable confusion;
involves those whom your poor client best loved, in
ruinous and sometimes malignant and interminable liti-
gation; your blunder is proclaimed, canvassed, and vainly
sought to be rectified, in Court after Court of Law, and
Equity; you are unable to bear the agonizing but un-
availing reproaches of those on whom your ignorance
or incapacity has entailed such lamentable evils. You
dare not go near the grave of him whom you have so
dreadfully deceived and wronged!—Warren on Attornies
and Solicitors.
POST- OFFICE ARRANG EMENTS.—Arrangements have
1),:..en made by the Post-office authorities for the convey-
ance f the Tavistock and Launceston post from London
and the iptermediate town, by the London mail train to
Plymouth, whence they aro forwarded to Tavistock by
a two-horse conveyance, arriving in that town at half-
past eight, railway time. The coach returns in the
afternoon with letter; in time for the London mail, thus
giving the Tavistock people the advantage of answering
their London communications by the return of post.
The Cornish mail in the afternoon still continues to run
via Tavistock.—Devonport Independent.
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TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.—We observe that a
prisoner who died of cholera in Milban PenitentiaryPenitent
had been deprived of his dinner (as a p
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of discipline?hope orders will be given to discontinue
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withholding nourishment as cruel and
dangerous
in present
preseeircumstances, and, very question-
able at any time.—Examincr.