The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-03 00:00:00

in tic value s"re,-Ay any change has occurred. Gunpowder
and Imperial have been sparingly at former rates.
Mnt,AssEs.--Tbi, t'tornoon at public !Ale 49 puncheons of
I3engal 'lleacle were taken in at 21 sper cwt. for dark quality,
being above the value.
SmeEs.—To-day Black Pepper was purcha7:ed with more
freedom, and 1,036 bags of Malabar at auction were all sold
at full rates. White was only in limited request, and 172
bags at public sale nearly all taken in, good ordinary mixed
at 3d to 3id, middling 4d. Nutmegs met with little atten-
tion, and 8 pkgs at auction went a little cheaper, and sold at
3s 7d to 4s for good bold brown.
Fr:tar—The transactions in Currants have been upon a
small scale, and holders experience difficulty in obtaining
47s to 48s for Patras, and 46s to 47s for Zante and Cepha-
lonia. The market for Raisins has a dull appearance,
and the value of Valencias is 30s to 40s according to quality.
Figs have been purchased with caution, and for all common
sorts prices keep very low.
SPIRITS.—To-day there was less activity in the Brandy
market, but holders generally would not take lower rates.
In Ruin little business was transacted; at auction 00 hhds cf
Calcutta went Id per gallon cheaper. For West India the
demand privately was only for small parcels, and prices are
drooping, Is lld to 2s being taken for proof Leewards, and
3s to 4s 6d for Jamaica according to quality.
• INDIGO.—Since the terminetiou of the quarterly sales of
East India a fair business has been transacted, and ,of the
bought in lots 200 chests have been disposed of at full rates,
indeed low Madras brought an advance of 2d to 3d per lb.
Otis.—The market has been better supplied with Sperm
Oil, and the trade operating with caution, a decline in the
value has taken place. Southern has been in fair
demand privately, and the rates paid have been
equal to those previously quoted. In Cod, a good deal has
been done, in consequence of 261. having been accepted.
Seal has been sparingly dealt in, andprices continued to go
down. The market is thin for Palm, and a fair demand
exists. Cocoa Nut has been purchased with caution pri-
vately, and 30s to 32s Gd per cwt are the rates accepted for
low to fine. Olive has been only in limited request, but in the
value little variation has occurred. Linseed Oil has been in
excellent request on the spot, and prices are on the ascendant.
Rape Seed Oil is little wanted, and prices on the decline.
Lard Oil is little wanted, and could be bad at 391 to 42/
per tun.
TALLOW.—Russian has been purchased with caution on
the spct, holders have been desirous to realise, and a further
decline in prices has taken place. For forward delivery there
are few buyers to be met with. For other descriptions of
Tallow the demand is on the decrease, and prices continue
to go down.

A DEEP TRICK.—A few days ago a young woman
apparently about twenty-five years of age, of short stature,
and innocent looking, went into a haberdasher's shop in New-
town-row, and asked for a pair of black stockings, which
were ticketed in the window at ls. ad. The stockings were
handed to her, and after a careful examination she tendered
a half-sovereign in payment. The half-sovereign was
weighed, pronounced to be good, and the change, amongst
which were two half-crown pieces, duly handed to the pur-
chaser. The woman counted the change over and over, and
at length said she was sixpence short, and on the shopkeeper
endeavouring to explain, she said she thought the ticket only
said one shilling, and pretending to be offended at what she
termed an imposition on poor people who worked hard for
their money, she then put down the change, and insisted
upon having her half-sovereign back. The shopkeeper,
somewhat nettled in her turn, returned her the money, with
an observation that she had little to thank her for, which
indeed was the case, for, on looking over the change previous
to replacing it in the drawer, she found that her artful and
unprofitable customer, who had quitted the sh,p, had sub-
stituted a bad half-crown for a good one, with which she had
got clear away. The poor haberdasher had taken her first
lesson in what is called " ringing the changes."—Nuttingham

Journal.
On Monday night last, as two sailors of the English
schooner Elizabeth, moored at the Quai de l'lsle, at Havre,
were returning on board their ship, they both fell into the
water. A sub-officer of the Customs, named Paris, imme-
diately plunged into the sea after them, and saved one of the
men, but the other was drowned, and his body has nut yet
been seen.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
HOUSE OF COMMONS, Monday. Feb. 2.

THE MILITIA.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said, that as some misappre-
hension appeared to exist in the public mind with regard
to the mode and time of calling out the militia, he would
beg leave to w.l( the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, the
Secretary-at-War (Mr. Sidney Herbert), whether it Sias
the intention of her Majesty's Government to call ont
that body under the existing law, or to introduce a new
measure for that purpose?
Mr. S. HERBERT said the Hon. Member was quite
correct is supposing that considerable misapprelu rision
did prevail in the public mind on the subject, which arose
from the circumstance of not observing the distinction
between " embodying" and " training." The Govern-
ment had no power to embody the militia, but it had a
po.ver to call them out for training, and beyond that
it was not intended to go. It was, however, the inten-
tion of Government to bring in a measure fur the pur-
pose of consolidating and amending the various Militia
Acts, with the view to greater facilities of calling out
for training the militia force; and on this part of the
subject he was anxious to say a word with respect to
the formation of militia clubs, which he understood was
being carried on in many parts of the country, and
which offered on certain pecuniary considerations to
guarantee to persons draw n by the ballot to provide
them substitutes. He would recommend to persons en-
gaged in or joining such clubs to suspend their pro-
ceeings until they were aware of the measures which
would be introduced by the Government, which, as re-
lated to the mode of raising the militia force, would be
found much less onerous than the present system of the
ballot, which the new Act would put an end to.—(Hear,
hear.) Under these circumstarh:es, he did hope that all
parties interested in this subject would suspend their
proceedings until they saw what the Government in-
tended to do.
Mr. MITCHELL wished to know when returns as to
certain details connected with the timber duties would
be ready? The whole of the timber trade, he observed,
was in a state of stagnation, from want of knowing what
was intended by the Government.
Sir R. PEEL said that the returns would be laid on
the table to-morrow (this day).
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in
answer to a question by Mr. O'Connell, which was un-
derstood to relate to the duties on distilled spirits in Ire-
land, said he had no present information on the subject,
but would inquire.
IRISH SPIRIT DUTY.

Mr. O'CONNELL had seen by the statement of the
Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (the Chancellor of the
Exchequer) that a very considerable reduction was to
be made in the duties upon all foreign spirits imported
into this country. He would wish to know whether it
was proposed that any similar measure would
be introduced in reference to sprits distilled in Ireland ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he
was not prepared to answer the question at pre-
sent, as he had received no information on
the subject, but he would make inquiry.