The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-04 00:00:00

COX ONIAL.

Suoart.—The demand ForßriiiihPl;.llt;tion has fallen off, there
being a fuller aupply and the sales consequently have not been large.
P.elined Standard Lumps have bean 64s to 6486 d per cwt.
EA.Wr - 3,810 bags 55 chest, -et ent at barely previous rates;
fine wliPse lieroires 545, add 50s 6d to 518 6d low and mid white
59. to 515 64 damp and washed 47s 6fl to ils ; tine brown 42s to
42s Gd ; mid Khaur Ci9B 6d; m,cl sound yellow Mauritius kind 47s Gd.
Madras sold at 4Gs to 47s for mid damp yellow, and at 40s for mid
brw,n. 8,499 bags Mauritius nearly all found buyers, but at Is de-
ne ; very tine yellow ~3s 64.1 to 54s ; fine 520 to 533 ;good mid 49s 61
to .503, and good and fine grey 49s to 51s per cwt.
FoREIGN. 4,202 bags Pernambuco were taken in above the value.
Mid dry yellow, 23s to ?4s ; sine brown, 20s • low yellow, 20s to 213
per en t. 3,476 boxes, yellow Havanna!' chiefly found buyers at 178
to 248 for low to good, and 829 I.oxes white at 25; 6,1 to 31s per cwt.
Corrxx.—Jamaica has found buyers at full prices ; 50s to Ills 6d
ptf owt have been paid, according. to quality For Berbice low mid
unclean, GOs ; for fine ord, 52s to 58s ; and for ord al,cl low ord, 40s
to 43s per cot have been refused. Ceylon has been rather cheaper;,
good ord bold pale, rather mixed, 46s to 46s 6d. Plantation sorts.
58s to 625. Mocha has been dull.
Cocos.—Foreign is held for rather higher rates; 764 bags Brazil
were taken in rather above the value, viz., 34s to 36s for sound.
SALTPETRE.—There has not been much doing. At auction, 268 to
26s Gd have been the prices paid for 8% to 8% lbs refraction.
SPlCES.—Pimento has been firm at 3%d to 3Nd per lb for mid.
Black Pepper has been sold at 2%d to 2Ticl per lb, the rest being
taken in at 2%d to 3d per lb. Cassia Lignea has re,lised 48s to 49s
per swt.

- MlL—There has not been much done in this article, 'whether as
regards East or West India.

Corrox.—The demand is moderate.
TEA.—The Tea market has been quiet.
HEMP.— Clean is 32s per cwt.
TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 42s 61 per cwt on the spot, and Town 45g
per cwt.

TonAcco.—Tbere was an extensive business last month, sales
being estimated at 3,880 hhds, and en addition may probably be mado
to this amount, as the sales of one importer have not bees accu7ately
ascertained, and we have therefore omitted in our summary any of
the numberot hhds stated as having been sold, reports being so much
at variance. Of the above, 3,000 hhds have been taken for Spain; a
largt portion consisted of ord and mid Kentucky, E 4 2d to 3d, and
which has materially relieved the market, by reducing considerably
the large stock of export descriptions. Consump dye demand has
been steady, but limited ; and the market has not presented any
feature. Imports 50 hhds. Deliveries 1,088 hhds, against 1,124 lit
the corresponding month of 1845. Stock 26,620 hhds, against 29,91 G
hhds in 1845.

(From the London New Price Current of April 3.)
To-day the business transacted in the West India Market
was extremely limited, only 100 hhds and tres finding pur-
chasers.

REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were purchased with.
caution ; 63s to 63s 6d are the rates taken for Brown, and 644
for standard lumps. Bonded crushed sugar is little wanted,
and first quality can be obtained at 34s 6d per cwt. Loaves
are neglected.

Al A URITIUS.-This afternoon the quantity of the Mauritius
Sugar offered at public sale was large, and amounted to
10,411 tags 29 hhds awl 633 casks. Nearly the whole sold
upon former terms.

EAST INDIA —This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with at-
tention,• and 2,253 bags at auction were all sold at steady
rates.

RICE.—To-day Bengal Rice met with little attention,
and the sound of 1,298 bags at auction was all taken in at lower
rates.

COFFEE.—This afternooori there was little deQire evinced
o operate at a public sale of 2,576 bags of Rio Coffee, and the
ouud was all taken in at about the former value.

TEA.—The biddings were very languid at the public sale
leld yesterday, and of the 3,248 pkgs offered, the sma'l
nnportion of only 650 found purchasers, upon rather lower
:erms.

SPIRITS.—There are few buyers of Jamaica Rum ; fine has
sustained the former value, but for all other kinds rather
lower rates are taken. Leeward Island has met with little
attention, but stiffer rates are insisted upon. Demerara has
been in much better request, but prices have not improved.
in Calcutta only a limited business done, but prices are firm.
There has been little inclination shown to operate in Brandy
here, and rather lower rates are taken. Fine Geneva for
home c-n-umption is still much in request, at 2s 9d to 3t, but
the common export sorts is little wanted.

COLLI=-1-ONS AT SEA.
THREE VESSELS LOST.
During the severe gales that prevailed in the early part
of last week several collisions of vessels occurred off the
north coast between Yarmouth and Shields. In three in-
stances the vessels almost immediately foundered, and ac-
companied with an unfortunate loss of life. The one of the
must fearful consequence took place about four o'clock cn
Tuesday, off Flamborough Head, upon which occasion both
vessels were totally lost. One, we are given to understand,
was It.evily laden, and the other was in ballast. The former
was the brig Britannia, of Shields, master's name Blewis, and
the latter the Gironde (also a brig), belonging to Sunderland,
Mr. Moore, master. As far as we have been able to learn, it
appears that at the time there was a heavy rolling sea on,
the wind blowing strongly front the north-west. The Bri-
tannia, it is said, was carrying as much sail as was prudent
making for London, while.the Gironde was on the opposite
course fur Sund rland. From some unexplained cause
they did not observe each other until they had come so
close that a collision was inevitable. The concussion was tre-
mendous. The trigs sustained irremediable injury, while
almost every man was thrown on his back by the violence
of the shock. One of them had her masts carried away and
her hull cut down to the water's edge. After the vessels had
been disentangled from.each other, it was found that they
were making water very
_fast, The loaded brig being per-
fectly disabled, the other one took her in tow, and an attempt
was made to run in for Scarborough ; the crews in the mean
time working vigorously at the pumps in order to keep them
afloat. In the course of an hour the loaded brig broke from
her towing ropes, and soon afterwards sunk, the crew (0-
taping in the boat and getting oa board the Gironde. But a
short time elapsed, however, before all on board the latter
were also compelled to leave her, and within ten minutes she
shared a similar fate, foundering m very deep water. For-
tunately the men were picked up by a fishing-boat, which
bore down to their assistance, and in the evening the poor
fellows were safely landed at Scarborough. On the pre-
ceding day a similar catastrophe happened in the Hasboro
Gat, within a few hours' sail of the northern entrance of the
Yarmouth roads. The vessel that suffered_was apparently fu
schooner of about 150 tons, but her name has as vet not
been ascertained. She was run into by the William of shields,
a loaded coal brig, trading to London. Immediately after the
collision the Frew were heard crying out, " We are sinking,
we are sinking." The master of the William instantly'
brought his vessel to, and directed the boats to be lowered,
with a view of rescuing those on board the schooner; but,
before that could be accomplished, she had disappeared, ear-
ring with her the whole of her unfortunate crew, who must
have perished. The William remained near the spot for more
than two hours, but saw nothing of them, nor could they
discover any portion of the wreck by which the ill-fated
vessel could be identified.

TOBACCO PIPES.—The number of tobacco pipes used
in London last year was 364,000 gross, or 52,416,000 pipes ; it re:
quires 300 men, ach mall making 20 gross 4 dozen per week, Cu'
one year, to Teaks them ; the cost of whict, is 40,9501. The average,
length of these pipes is 123/ inches, and if laid down in a horizontl
position, cnd to end together, they would reach to the extent
10,310 tulles, 1,600 yards ; if they were piled up one above anotho'
perpendicularly, they would reach 135,148 times as high as Wit'
Paul's; ; they would weigh 1,137 tons 10 cwt.; and it would reclui'"
104 tons, 9 cwt., 321bs. of tobacco to IEI them.
The Samarang, 26, Captain Sir E. Belcher, arrived at ga-
nilla from a cruiee on the 22d of December.