The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-18 00:00:00

WA LLACI-HA.

The Provisional Government at Bucharest has ad-
dressed a note to
.the Councils of France, Austria,
and Prussia, soliciting the intervention of those
powers, in case the constitution sworn to by Prince
BinEsco should be attacked.

MARLBIUY-STItEET—(THIS DAY.)
Mary Basterville, a woman of the town, was placed
before Mr. Bingham, charged with having uttered a
counterfeit half-crown.
Mr. Richard Forrest, chemist, &c., 20, Marylehone-
street, Regent-street, said, on the previous evening,
about five o'clock, the prisoner came into his shop and
called for two ounces of salts. Witness served her
with them, and received the half-crown produced in
payment. Directly he felt the coin he found that it
was a counterfeit. He told the prisoner such was the
case, and she protested against all knowledge of its
being base. Witness then sent for a constable and gave
her in charge.
The prisoner said she had not the least idea that
the coin was bad. She had taken it of a gentleman,
fur favours conferred, a few minutes previous, and
would not have attempted to pass it had she known it
to havo been a counterfeit.

Mr. BINGHAM said such might have been the case, and
he should therefore discharge her.
GENTLEMANLY AMUSEMENTS.-Mr. Arthur Morley
and Mr. James Bradley, two fashionably dressed gentle-
men, were charged with wilfully wrenching the knockers
off several doors.
I'. C. 181, was on duty a little after four this morning
in St. James's-street, when he saw the defendants, and
two others not in custody, go up to a door in the above
street and try to wrench the knocker off. Not succeed-
ing, they went to several other doors, and eventually
wrenched a knocker and a door-handle off. They caught
sight of witness and ran away. He pursued them and
took them into custody.
Mr. BINGHAM fined Morley 31. and Bradley 40s.
The money was immediately paid.

MARKET NEWs---(THIS I)AY.)

COMONI4Ii.
SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation continues
quiet, 415 hhda having been sold at a decline of fully is
per cwt since this day week. The public sales have
comprised 7,400 bags Mauritius and 5,800 bags
Bengal. The former was nearly realised at a fur-
ther decline of 6d per cwt; brown at 30s to 365; grey
and yellow at 37s to 40s; but the latter brought
steady rates; yellow and white Behares from 35s 6d to
435, with grainy qualities at 355 GI to 49i. The quantity
of British Plantation landed last week at the Lut and
West India Docks was 796 hlide 111 tierces 135 barrels.
There wore taken for home consumption 1,272 hhds 154
tierces 318 barrels. The:stock in the same place is 18,316
lihds 2,508 tierces 4 461 barrels.

COFFEE.-42 casks 1.50 bags Jamaica, 555 Plantation
Ceylon, and 900 bags Native Ceylon were offered by
auction. The Jamaica and Plantation Ceylon were
chiefly disposed of without alteration in value, but there
were no buyers of Native at the previous value of 30s
rood ordinary, and the whole was consequently
withdrawn.

Cocoa.--50 bags Trinidad realised 36s for ord red,
being the former currency.
Rust.—The quantity landed last week at the East
and West ludie, Decks was„ 931 puns 7.11105. There

was taken for hwne consumption 105 puns 7 hhds, and
exported 28 puns 150 lihds. The stuck in the sem
places was 17,944 puns 3,298 hhds.
RICE.-4,100 bags 1,500 pockets Bengal, and 2,000
bags Madras at auction, sold with animation, at prices
fully supporting the advance of is paid by private con-
tract. Bengal of fine white quality brought 12s 6d,
good mid and good dito lOs 6d to 12s, and mid broken
9s to 9s 6d per cwt. Madras chiefly at 9s for pinky
grain.

SPICES.-210 bags Pimento brought a further slight
advance, 34d being paid for fair quality.
SALTPETRE.-1,620 bags Bengal were all taken in at
the previous value of 24s 6d. to 26s 6d for Si to 4i per
cent. refraction.
TALLOW.--V.Y.C. is 44s per cwt on the spot, and
Town 46s 6d.
TEA.—The market is firm.
71.A.Y 11A. SETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 41 ; Clover
ditto, 41 to 51; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 101 per load.
Trade dull, at the above quotations.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 41 ; Clover
ditto, 41 to 41165; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 105 per load.
A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand.
WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; Clover ditto,
4/ to 51; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 10s per load. Supply
but moderate, and trade dull.
New Meadow Hay 2l 5s to 31 per load.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve
o'clock.

LAND-TAX.

Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented a petition from Sir
John Melphion, Bart., a large landed proprietor in Lin-
colnshire, complaining of the want of appeal from the
decisions of the Commissioners of Land-Taxes, and
praying the House to pass a measure to enable persons
who felt themselves aggrieved by such decisions to appeal
to some higher tribunal.
LORDS' AMENDMENTS.

The Lords' Amendments to the following Bills were
considered and agreed to:—
Burntisland Harbour Improvement.
London and South-Western Railway Company and
Southampton and Dorchester Railway Company Amal-
gamation.

THIRD READINGS.
The following Bills were read a third time and passed—
Esdaile's (Orphan Working School) Charity Estate.
New Grand Canal Company (Ireland), N 0.2.
SUGAR DUTIES.
Lord G. BENTINCK gave notice that he would pro-
pose, on the House going into Committee on the Sugar
Duties, in lieu of the descending duty of 21. 7s. 9d. to
15s. in the new Act on refined sugar, to substitute •
fixed duty of IL 165., and also, in lieu of the descending
duty of 11. 4s. Bd. to 13s. 4d. on foreign raw sugar, to
substitute a fixed duty of 11. 12s. 6d., with the. view of
protecting British refiners of sugar as against foreign
refiners.