The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,

Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Turner, Exeter;
Spyer, Broad-street-buildings.
Thomas Cariss, coru dealer, Thirek, Yorkshire, Jan.
11 and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Young, official assignees, Leeds ; Johnson and Co.,
Temple; Leman and Clark, York; Courtenay, Leeds.
PRICE OF SUGAR.
____

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending December 12,
1848, is 225. o%d. per cwt.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of Dec. 15.)

Stioaa.—The demand was brisk to-day for West
India for home trade purpcses, and the rates paid are 6d
per cwt. above those of last Friday; the market also has
a firm aspect. At public sale 107 hhds Barbadoes went
at stiffer rates; fine yellow fetched 40s to 40s 6d,
good 37s to 395, and middling 35s 6d to 265; 52
hhds Trinidad, low yellow 33s 6d to 34s per cwt.
The purchases to-day are 505, making 3,745 hhds and
trcs for the week, which is a large quantity for the time
of year- On Tuesday 315 hhds 125 barrels Porto Rico
Sugar, :150 hhds Barbadoes, and 115 hhds of Demerara
chrystalised will bo offered at public sale.
REFINED.—To-day Refined Goods were in excellent
demand for home trade purposes, brown lumps at 46s 6d
to 475, and Standard Lumps 47s 6d to 48s. In Bonded
Crushed Sugar there is no variation to notice.
MAIIRITIIIS.—This afternoon a good demand was ex-
perienced for Mauritius Sugar, and 3,990 bags at auction
sold readily at fully former rates ; good yellow at 378
to 37s 6d, middling 34s 6d to 35s 6d, low 33s 6d to Us,
fine brown 32s to 335, good 31s 6d, middling 305, out d
condition 30s to 363 per cwt.
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at 36s to 378 for yellow, low to fine white was taken in
at 38s to 41s per cwt. To-day there was no public sale
of Foreign Sugar, but privately much inquiry existed.
For the week 1,900 bags yellow Havannah have been
sold at 193 6d to 20s 6d; 1,000 bags white Pernambuco
38s to 39s 6d, and several parcels of low Java, Manilla
and China at firm rates.
MOLASSES.—There is at present not much demand,
yet holders remain firm, the rates asked are 14s to 17s
for West India, 13s to 14s for East India, and 15s for
Bengal Treacle ; the purchases made are, however, still
of little moment ; at auction 14 puns of ordinary St.
Vincent's were taken in at 14s per cwt.
COCOA —This afternoon at public sale 3,113 bags
Guayaquil Cocoa were offered; the sound was taken in
at 29s to 30s, but damaged sold at 25s to 26s 6d per cwt.
COFFEE.—This afternoon Ceylon Coffee was in excel-
lent demand, and 944 bags Plantation at public sale sold
at stiffer rates; middling 503 6d to 525, low middling
46s to 495, fine and fine fine ordinary 35s 6d to 455,
triage 29s 6d to 30s, and pea berry 48s to 525. 45 bales
Mocha went at stiff rates; ordinary old yellow long
berry 57s to 59s 6d, middling greenish, not long bean
52s 6d, low middling 48s to 48s 6d, damaged 45s to 50s,
and triage 15s to 225. The value of good ordinary
Native Ceylon is 29s 6d to 30s per cwt.
TEL—There has been little passing in Black this
week, and sellers are willing to accept former reduced
rates; 6kd to 7d is the value of common Congou, and
7fd for good ordinary. Green met with little attention,
and can be purchased upon rather lower terms. For
Scented and Pekoe Teas there is a dull sale, and quota-
tions tend downwards. Pnblic sales are declared to take
place on Thursday; at present the quantity advertised is
3,000 packages.
SPICES.—To-day at public sale 125 bags Bourbon
Cloves sold at 6FI to 7d for middling and good, and or-
dinary 6d; 1524 bags Malabar Ginger 255, damaged I7s
to 20s 6d; 1722 bags Malabal Pepper sold at stiffer
rates—shot 30 to 31-d, half heavy 2id to 2id, damaged
24d to 34d; 41 bags of White, sound 44d; 50 bags of Pod
taken in at 50s tces6s; 114 boxes Preserved Ginger sold
sold 13d to I Id; 53 cases of Preserved Nutmegs 2s to
2s id; 27 packages Malabar Cinnamon sold aid to 4d;
96 boxes of Capenne Pepper, damaged 2d, is to is lid;
one lot sound is 8d: 5 packages Nutmegs taken in 2s to
38 4d for brown, and middling 2s 6d; 4 cases of Mace
sold at is 10d to is lld, and mouldy is 10d.
SALTPETRE.—To day rough Saltpetre was in excel-
lent demand, and 2,748 bags at auction were nearly all
sold at rather higher rates; Calcutta, 28 per cent refrac-
tion went at 27s 6d, 44 to 4i do at 26s 6d to 275, 64 do
26s to 26s 6d, 9i to 9 do 255 6d to 265, and damaged
20s 6d to 255; a portion was taken in at 27s to 27s 6d for
5i to 7 per cent refraction. A public sale of 1,000 bags
Calcutta is declared to take place on Tuesday.
RICE.—To-day the demand was act brisker for East
India Rice. At public sale 2,699 bags Bengal only in
part sold at lOs 6d and 11 s for good white, and damaged
8s 6d to lOs per cwt, which are full rates.
Seco.—At public sale 351 chests of Pearl Sago sold
at 24s to 25s 6d for fine, and inferior 17s 6d to 18s 6d;
23 brls Tapioca 6-4 d to 7d per lb. A public sale of 666
bags Sago Flour is declared to take place on Wednesday.
INDIGO.—For Madras rather more demand has been
experienced this week, and the rates paid are 2d per lb
above those of the last quarterly auctions. At public
sale this afternoon of 22 serous Guatemala Indigo sold
at 2s. 6d to 3s 2d.

BOCHINEAL.—Buyers have made purchases with in-
creased freedom this week ; for low and silvers prices
must be quoted Id higher, whilst better sorts and back
fully sustained the previous value. At auction- the
quantity offered was large, still the whole sold.
SPIRITS.—The operations in Demerara Rum have been
to a fair extent this week, and at stiffer ratrs. The sales
are 250 puns; 33 to 35 per cent over proof at Is lid to
2s, 34 to 36 over 2s to 2s ld, fine 35 over 2s 4d. In East
India an extensive business has been done, the sales are
1,400 puns at is 3id proof. Leeward Islands is held for
stiffer rates, business in consequence has been restricted
to 100 puns at is 4d to is 5d proof. Jamaica is held
with firmness, plain quality 30 to 33 per cent over proof
at 2s 8d to 2s 10d, middling and good middling 23 to 36
over 2s lld to 3s 2d, good 3s 3d to 3s 6d, and
fine 3s 8d to 4s 2d. The amount of business
done in Brandy has been small this week, and at
rather lower rates. Deliveries do not fall off. Cognac,
best brands of the vintage of 1845, can be bought at 5s
to 5s 2d, ditto 1846 4a 8d to 4s 10d, ditto 1847 3s 3d
to 3s 10d, inferior 3s to 3s 4d, Bourdeaux 2s 3d to 2s Bd,
Spanish 2s to 2s 4d, and French 50 per cent over proof
2s to 2s ld. Geneva is little wanted, the value of ex-
port sold is is 10d and of fine for duty 2s 4d to 3s per
gallon. For British-made Spirit the price has been re-
duced to lOs per gallon.
FRUIT.—On Tuesday there was a public sale, consist-
ing of 109 butts 136 crtls Patras, 116 butts 128 crtls
141 brls and 30 bxs Zante ; all the Patras sold—the
butts at 35s to 375, and the crtls from 37s to 38s, which
was fully is under the market price ; the Zante were
taken in at 355. There has been very little busi-
ness doing by private treaty this week ; but not-
withstanding the reduction in price, and the panic caused
in the trade by Tuesday's sale, the principal importers
continue firm at former prices. The stock of Valentia
Raisins is getting small, and the price firm at 365. Sul-
tana Raisins are selling freely from 60s to 68s. Turkey
Figs are brought very sparingly from 56s to 84s.
OlLs.—Previoas rates are not sustained for Linseed
Oil, although a good home demand has existed, whilst
exporters have been buyers to a fair extent. Olive has
been dealt in with more readiness. Palm is
yet only in limited request, and prices are
receding on account of an increased stcck. The value of
good to fine is 30s to 31s, and for low to mid 27s to 295.
The moderate rates are likely to extend consumption.
Of Cocoa Nut further parcels have come to hand,
and much dulness exists in the market. Of
Fish Oils imports have been trivial since this day
week, whilst deliveries are to a fair extent, still no Un-

provement is apparent in the position of business. To-
day at auction 99 casks of Palm Oil sold at from 25s 6d
28s 9d per cwt.
TALLow.—This afternoon not much demand existed
for Russian on the spot, and the rates taken are 43s 9d
to 44s for fine P.Y. Candle; at auction 1,012 pkgs of
South American sold at 39s 3d to 435; 294 pkgs Austra-
fian 393 3d to 435; 31 ditto North American were with-
drawn; 50 ditto of Cape sold at 43s 9d to 445; 40 csks
of Italian at 41s per cwt.

PRESENT AND PROPHETIC HIS-
TORY OF THE LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AM)
SOUTHPORT RAILWAY.
(From the Liverpool Times.)
This line was originally projected by a Manchester
company, who had the data to go upon, of the great
passenger traffic from the interior, by canal and
coaches, irrespective of the Liverpool traffic.
With this groundwork, the West Lancashire prepared
a Bill, seeking powers to make a Coast Line from
Southport to Liverpool, joining the then proposed Leeds
and Bury Railway at Kirkdale, which would secure not
only the Lancashire canal and coach traffic, but also that
of the vast tinily migratory population of Bootle, Lither-
land, Segforth, Waterloo, Formby, and the far-famed
sanitorium Southport, and, in addition, opening out a
sea shore of thirteen miles, hitherto inaccessible for want
or
_a road of any description.
the Rouse
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thiswas before Parliament, Committees of
toeshbtrowseouotf C,.ilolmßmaiolwnsayhßarilusdeoteframpipnaerde,ntaity tahastpetciumine_,
project then was placed, category the West Lancashire Bill
when, through the en
andconsideration. bowled out almost without a decent
The
appeared abandoned altogether,
Toogood, of Lottcye:aseverance of the solicitors, Messrs.
and the Liverpool and Sosit
board of Directors was formed,
oorft Railway Bill was car-
variousof Liverpool, a Livenrpol Messrs. Duncan and Ratcliffe,
ried, without almost a ahadusvP
through its
Parliament,
, and
eonrlTed for by ,
stages, during the
on its own absolute intrinsic reer°siPet:Ps°l6ointha'
,ienext
in the
The portion of the line from South
c,'lnprising about l3i miles, was ol3Ztt to Waterloo,
Messrs. Ilolme and At`Cormick
shcrt space of three months, and the result' oftetli
;.,-ill, we ate informed, show that a return of 15 e the
r,-
for nine mouths, and 7i per cent. for the thr‘p•eertvienetne-
montha, is a very moderate estimate when the remaining
r
iortion of the line is completed up to the junction with
the Lancashire and Yorkshire line at Sandhills- bridge
a distance of only 31 miles. ,
For the information of the sceptical we will give the
facts as they have reached us, in order to show that there
is some solidity in railway investments, under sound
management.

Du—rirg the summer, or rather the autumn months that
the line has been opened irom Southport to Waterloo, the
average number of passengers was about 4,000 per week,
notwithstanding the drawback of an omnibus convey-
ance of fire miles, and the Lancashire traffic conveyed
by coaches from the Euxton station of the North-
Western, which, however, on Monday nest, will be
transferred to the Lancashire and Yorkshire, and con-
veyed from the Preston road station at Walton to Wa-
terloo by omnibus. _ _

The total cost of the line from Southport to the junc-

tion at Sandhills-bridge will not exceed, for a single line,
180,0001., including plant of engines, carriages, &c., or
say 10,000/ per mile, upon which a return is to be made,
and not upon 50,0001, 60,0001., and 75,0001. per mile, as
on some of the great lines.

It may there Fore be assumed ;that the average for the
year, when the line is completed, will show a traffic of
500,000 passengers, and this will give, at the low money
average of Is. 6d. per head, 37,5001. per annum gross
receipts.

Tne working expenses of a single passenger line of
chi, kind, requiring no night work or double staff, is
estimated at 10,0001., leaving a balance of 27,5001. as
profit. yielding a dividend of 10 per cent. and a reserve
of 9,5004 to meet wear and tear, and to replace stock,
say— Dividend, 10 per cent £lB,OOO
Expenses
£28,000
Receipts

Reserve fund

9,500

ST. PETERSBURGH.
The last advices from St. Petersburgh give the fil-
lowing summary of accounts received from the interior
respecting the state of the harvest :
••Irtuvi mt.—The harvest of winter corn good—of
summer, moderate. Hay good and sufficiently abundant.
" CllERSON.—tomplaints predominate of a bad har-
vest of kinds of grain. The summer of this district
has been of a peculiar character, a burning heat with
uniform south-east winds and no rain, the result of which
has been, an unhealthy atmosphere, andi a; scanty pro-
duce of grain and hay, which has been further dimi-
nished by the ravages of the locusts. It was not until
the middle of last September that things recovered a
little, when the fields and meadows clothed themselves
in their spring array of green.
" Kassw.—Throughout this province the harvest of
winter grain is below en average, but the summer crop
is somewhat more abundant.

" KosTnoma.—Tbe entire harvest has been pretty
abundant..

" ARCHANGEL.—Throughout this province the har-
vest bas been tolerably good.
" GRODNO.—The winter crop of corn is good, and
the summer crops abundant.'!
The exports at Cronstadt up to the 27th November.
are given as follows : Grain, 341,614 chetwerts;
bristles, 69,032 puds ; linseed, 273,697 chetwerts; tal-
low, 3,281,932 puds ; potass, 348,021 puds ; hemp,
1,358,085 puds; and flax, 814,032 puds. The Customs
receipts up -to the same date had been 12,412,119
roubles, being an increase of 420,760 upon the receipts
of 1847. The return of the movement of the shipping
trade is as under:—

With Goods
In Ballast
With Coals

Total

Arrived.
1,027
48
439

Sailed.
1,351
116

1,514 vessels. 1,467 vessels

Mr. Robert Chambers, of Edinburgh, in an in-
,eresting account, given in his Journal, of a visit
made by him to Paris, in September last, tells us
that, at an evening party at Lamartine'e, a Parisian
gentleman present, by way of " doing the agree-
able " to the British stranger, expressed a hope that
England might soon become a republic. " Not, I
hope, till the English are Republicans," was the quiet an-
swer of the person addressed. " I could see," continues
Mr. Chambers, " that the words told. They do, indeed,
badinage as they were, touch the whole case of France
at the present moment. It has the misfortune
to be a republic, while not one-fourth of the people
have any affection for that form of government. Any
Government, as we well know, with a small amount
of cordial support from the people, must, in order to
live, be a tyranny. France, therefore, being under
a rule which rests on so narrow a basis, necessarily
exhibits practical restraint, while nominally con- ,
ducted on the broadest democratic principles. It
is but the simplest converse to this fact, that a despotism
whichall are well affected to, might be practically more
Liberal than the reddest republic that ever breathed." The
pertinence of these remarks to the present position of
affairs in France requires no enforcement from us.
The truth must out : France has become a Republic
before the French were Republicans. As we do not
dabble in predictions, we shall not venture to conjecture
the issue of such a state of things. We are resigned to
wait, not without solicitude, until Time shall further
evolve the events of the great drama.—Liverpool Mercury.
RESUMPTION or PUBLIC WORKS.—We are glad to
learn that arrangements are now completed under which
stir. M'Cormick is to proceed with the completion of the
long suspended dock works. This will not only infuse
new life into the place, but will prepare it for commer-
cial operations.—Liverpool Mercury.
THE LONDONDERRY STEAMER.—This vessel, which
has acquired such notoriety by the late lamentable ca-
tastrophe that occurred on board, is now lying at Lance-
field Quay, a few yards to the west of Mr. Napier's
wharf, Glasgow. She is getting overhauled for the
purpose of being again put on the passage between this
end Londonderry. It is intended to ventilate the steer-
age in the most efficient manner, so as to prevent the pos-
sibility of 'such a painful occurrence being repeated.-
IVorth British Daily Mail.
Accounts from Smyrna, of the 24th November,
state that business during the week, although not very
brisk, had, nevertheless, not been inactive. The sales of
opium had been about 300 couffes at 72 to 83 the chequi.
Prices continued to have a downward tendency, owing to
the unfavourable news from Europe. The last packet
for England, which left on the 21st, took 238
boxes, 33 of which were for Singapore, 43 for
Hong-Kong, and 162 for London. The exports ,
of the drug since the commencement of the harvest
up to the above date had been about 1,300 couffes, and
there remained a stock on hand of about 700 couffes.
The prices of madders were going down ; 1,000 bales
had been disposed of during the week at from 163 to
175 per owt. The stock comprised 4,000 bales. Of
valonia there had been sold for the London market
during the same period about 3,500 cwt. at 53k, and
2,000 cwt. of second quality at 35 to 38. The prices of
this article were rising ; the stock on hand consisted of
between 5,000 and 6,000 cwt. of the old harvest.
Has A CAT NINE LIVES ?—A most extraordinary
circumstance lately occurred in Bedford, which has
given rise to much discussion and speculation. It ap-
pears that Mrs. Ilalfheed, of Harpur-place, had three
kittens, and it was thought proper only one should
be kept ; accordingly orders were given that
two should be forthwith drowned, and two were
drowned, says 'our informant. The dead kittens were
then buried in the garden. Six weeks afterwards
a kitten was seen to come out of the ground on the
spot where the two unfortunates had been buried, and
it was immediately recognised as one of those identical
victims! To remove all doubt about the matter, the
ground was turned up, and only one dead kitten was
found in the hole. It is supposed that it was a case of
suspended animation, and if so, it is the most protracted
case of the kind that has come to our knowledge. At all
events, the cat is alive and well, but much smaller than
its brother, who did not go through the process of
prowning and burying.—Ltedford Times.
THE WHOLESALE SWINDLERS:.--The family of
swindlers, Maria, Ann, and Joseph Whitehouse, alias
Green, whose capture we noted recently, were again
brought up to the Manchester Borough Court, on Mon-
day last. Mr. Reay, of the Liverpool Guardian Society,
stated that a number of other cases of swindling by the
prisoners had been discovered, but they were similar to
those already investigated, and hitherto they had not
been able to find the husband of Mrs. Whitehouse. He
had, therefore, no additional evidence to produce on that
part of the charge.—Mrs. Buxton repeated the evidence
she had previously given respecting the towel missed
from her house, and identified by her little girl ; but
it was not thought to be sufficiently conclusive to war-
rant the prisoners' committal on that alone. Mr. Rev
then preferred a charge against Maria Whitehouse (the
mother) and Ann (the daughter) for passing base coin
at Liverpool. Mrs. Birchen, of Waterloo, Liverpool,
was celled, and stated that the younger prisoner bought
a pound of sugar in her shop, on the evening of Friday
the 28th of January last, for which she paid a coun-
terfeit ss. piece, the baseness of the coin being disco-
vered immediately after she left the shop. Mrs. Hum-
mer stated that she lived about a mile from the last
witness, and she was paid a base ss. piece at nine o'clock
the same night, for some coffee; she believed it was paid
her by the elder prisoner, but she was not positive. A
baker residing near the same neighbourhood was also
said a base ss. piece for some bread. He belived it was
the younger prisoner from whom he received it, but he
would not undertake to speak positively. Mr. Maude
':;id he should discharge the prisoners as far as his juris-
diction was concerned, and leave Mr. Reay to act as he
thought proper with respect to the matter. Mr. Reay
then had the younger prisoner taken into custody, the
mother and son being liberated.—Manchester Guardian.
TRADE OF ODESSA.—The following review of the
trade-of Odessa for the month of September is from the
local journal of that part:—" During September, the
export commerce of this port increased very perceptibly,
thanks to the multitude of foreign vessels that arrived.
The total value of exports from this port during Septem-
ber amounted to 0398,766 silver roubles. The chief
articles exported were 205,407 chetwerts of wheat, 5,355
ditto of linseed, 6,971 puds of wool. Neither rye nor
tallow have been exported. The price of grain has been
comparatively firm, and in that of soft wheat, rye, and
oats (the two latter for internal consumption) there
inwas a very October,e
of grain is a little higher here than it was at the
svoidetbnatt riaste,thwehpierhesemntaimntoamineendt itself
fparliseee
corresponding period of last year. The highest
price of soft wheat is seven roubles fodrteen copeks;
herd wheat, 6 71; rye, 4 28; oats, 4 57. The stock of'
grain here has also considerably increased by arrivals
!cora the interior; there are now in warehouse more than
800,000 chetwerts of wheat, and 25,000 chetwerts of
r) e, barley and oats, which is more than the stock
of the same period last year. The value of the
imports from abroad has risen here during September to
613,587 roubles for merchandise, and 328,527 roubles in
specie, making a total of 942,414 silver roubles. And
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been 827 arrivals of vessels here, and 650 sai
DEATH OF LORD DUNSANY.—We regret to have
to announce the death of the Right H
llis Lordshie expired on. Lord Dunsany.
/-1-"daV, the' 11tat Clevedon, in Somersetshire, on
inst. Lord Dunsany, the fourteenth
baron a that title,
of Ireland, and l' was one of the Representative Peers
lieutenant and custos rotulorum of the
county of Meeth, and formerly Lieutenant-Colonel in
in which he served in Holland
and Egypt, at the lanain •
was severely wounded. &nal, which latter country he
'ear and is succeeded by
thordship was in his 76th
lion. Randal Edward
Plunket. The late Lord had bee en a constant resident on
his property
Mee,th, where he gave
much employment to the poor, lingsea:ii,hinavges