The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-13 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of November 13.)
SUGAR.—To-day the better qualities of yellow and grey
West India Sugar were much iought after, and the rates
offered fully equal to those previously current, but there was
only a small quantity on show, whilst inferior and brown
kinds met with a dull demand, although offered at a reduc.
Lion on last Friday's rates of 6d to Is per cwt.
REFINED.—TO- day there was little business transacted by
the home trade in refined goods, notwithstanding brown
lumps could be obtained at 62s to 63s 6d, and standard
lumps at 64s ad per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar sells much
more freely and at stiffer rates, first sort bringing 32s 6d to
33s per cwt.
111Auurrius.—Importers have manifested firmness this
week, and refrained from bringing any to public sale; good
and fine yellow descriptions have met with attention, and the
parcels sold privately were at full rates.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with at-
tention, and 3,094 bags at public sale were sold at 6d to is per
cwt advance for white Benares, and the rise on superior
grainy yellow was 6d, whilst all other kinds fully sustained
the former value.
FoRKIGN.—AII kinds of Sugar available for home consump-
tion are held with firmness, none has been offered at auction
this week, and the deliveries are still exceeding the arrivals.
There has been little inquiry after brown Brazil, but prices
remain at 40s to 445, whilst other qualities have been dis-
posed of to a fair extent at firm rates.

LYCEUM THEATRE.—The prosperous season which
this theatre has enjoyed was brought to a close on
Wednesday night. The performances comprised To
Parents and Guardians, Mrs. Harris, and the Magic
Hain, presenting no novelty beyond the treqsfer of a
" tag," or finale, with which the burlesque concludes,
from the good fairy to Mr. Keeley, who, not without
emotion, briefly expressed his and the company's grati-
tude for the patronage they have received, and pro-
mised they would do their best, on re-assembling, to-
wards the promotion of "a merry Christmas." The
Keeleys have produced, since the 20th of last December,
when they opened with the original dramatic version of
the Cricket on the Hearth, four burlesques, crammed with
whimsicalities, and splendidly put upon the stage, and
eight new farces, all more or less successful, from
which we may select the Marble Maiden, and Mr.
Wigan's Loan of a Wife, as excellent specimens of their
class. In comedy of larger pretension, they have pro-
duced, exclusive of a judicious revival of Jerrold's Nell
Gwyne, three dramas of considerable merit, ono of
which, To Parents and Guardians, ran fifty-one conse-
cutive nights. The season, therefore, has been prolific
of attractions, and we are pleased to find that the public
patronage has been so well bestowed.
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN TERMINUS: -.IIUN-
GERFORD-BRIDGE.—The desirableness of getting the
extension of the London and South-Western Company's
line to Hungerford- bridge carried out with the greatest
practicable expedition is said to have been one of the
leading topics under consideration at the recent meet-
ings of the directors, and, from the arrangements
whieh are making, and the facility with which they are
obtaining ground in cases where they anticipated
vexations obstructions and delays, they are now con-
fident they will be able to take up and put down pas-
sengers at Hungerford-bridge by June or July, 1848;
that is, in little more than a year and a-half from this
date; and it is calculated that in another year and a-half
they will be able to complete their further extension to
London-bridge.
TESTIMONIAL TO THE REV. THOMAS DALE.—

Yesterday evening, at a numerous -and highly-respect-
able
meeting of the parishioners of St. Bride, Fleet-
street, held for the purpose, the following resolution
was unanimously agreed to :—" That the Rev. Thomas
Dale, M.A., late vicar of the parish, having been ap-
pointed to the vicarage of St. Pancras, this vestry cannot
allow him to leave them without recording their great
regard for him individually, and their acknowledgment
of his invaluable services during a period of twenty
years, in promoting the welfare and harmony of the
parish, in administering to the necessities of the poor,
in increasing the funds of the charities, and the efficiency
of the parochial schools ; and, above all, in his very
able, faithful, and affectionate attention to the spiritual
wants of the parishioners. They desire also to express
their deep regret at losing him, and their hope that he
may be equally liked in his new parish."
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE
FROM FIRE.—Yesterday morning a public exhibition of
the use of the society's new machines for the preserva-
tion of life from fire took place in Queen's-square,
Bloomsbury, and excited great attention. The machines
are a great improvement on those hitherto used, being
calculated to receive several persons at the same time.
Two new stations are fixed, one at Knightsbridge-green,
Brompton, and the other in the West Strand, near St.
Martin's Church. The society have now twenty-two
stations, extending over mo:e than one-third of the
metropolis.
MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS.—Mr. George Buck-

land delivered a lecture last night (Thursday) on the
above subject, at the Westminster Literary and Scien-
tific Institution. He canvassed the peculiarities of the
German and Italian composers, and the styles of Lover
and other popular ballad writers. Ile elicited a warm
encore in Russell's song of " The Gambler's Wife," John
Parry's " Young England," and he also sung Lover's
" Sally, Sally," and the " Standard Bearer," and other
justly admired pieces, with much applause.