The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-13 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—ln no place have combinations among workmen
been more frequent, or their consequences more severely
felt, than in the town of Sheffield ; and perhaps an ac-
count of what has there lately taken place may serve to
point a moral even to artisans themselves.
Anterior to the passing of Mr. Hume's Act, which,

I am not mistaken, legalized unions of workmen for certain
purposes, the masters then were subjected to the capricious
dictates of their men, whose power was most despotically

exerted whenever a run of good trade had enhanced the
value of their services ; er when any offence, real or
imaginary, had been offered to them collectively or indivi-
dually, their tyranny was usually manifested by with-
drawing themselves from their masters' employ, and pre-
venting others from supplying their places, which they
termed " shelfing ;" and if any one of their body presumed
to remain at work, or any new workmen dared to occupy
their seats after sentence of " shelfing" had passed, the
backslider or interloper was punished by a process too
well known by the name of " rattening ;" e. g.—were
he a grinder, an expert deputation from the committee of
the branch to which he belonged did him the favour

vice.

during the night to visit his trough, and cut in two the
band or leather of his wheel, and the instances were rare
indeed when the perpetrators of such outrages were dis-
covered and brought to justice, the meetings of the bohies
whence they emanated being carried on under the cloak
of secrecy, from fear of legal consequences; but, no
sooner had Mr. Hume's Act come into operation
than the hood was thrown aside, and the various
branches of the cutlery trade openly met together,
and formed unions under the advice of a then popular
attorney, the ostensible object being to promote their
interests ; but, as will hereafter appear, ingenuity could
not have devised a surer plan for the utter extinction, at
no distant day, of the foreign trade of the town, and with
it their own destruction as artisans. One would imagine
they might rest satisfied with the present order of things,
it being well known that many of them are in the habit
of earning with ease from 41. to 51. per week, and none
less than 18s. flow many deeds were prepared by the
gentleman alluded to I cannot pretend to say—it is thought
the number corresponds with the various branches of which
the trade consists, which are probably between 20 and 30;
among them may be noted the coal miners, the table blade
forgers, the scissor forgers, the file grinders, the scissor
grinders, the scissor smiths, and the razor blade grinders.
The extent of these associations may be understood Item
the fact that to one of the bonds are appended nearly SOO
signatures. It is, however, but an act of justice to some
whose names are subscribed. to state that all were not
given voluntarily—some were called upon to sign without
knowing their contents—others obliged to execute, on pain
of being " rattened ;" while one was dragged from his
workshop by a rabble, armed with sticks and other
weapons, to the before-mentioned attorney's office, and
there, fur the sake of peace, compelled to become a party
(the attorney is not here charged as bring present or in
his office on the occasion, but it is affirmed that one of
his clerks witnessed the signing by the party under cote.
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after the signatures were affixed, five of them were directed
to hold it in their hands by the bookkeeper, and swear
" to stick to one another, not to work at an under price,
and not to teach any fresh hands who should not have been
three years at the trade."
Let me now advert to the matter of the bond—the
parties consist of the workmen on the one part, and (in
general) the publican at whose house the branch of trade
then held its meetings on the other. Among other things
the former covenant to pav Is. per week for themselves,
and 6d. for every apprentice, for the benefit of the as%o-
ciation, and, as a forfeit for each neglect, Id. per week.
Then follow clauses limiting the time when apprentices
shall he taken, their number, the persons to be instructed,
and the prices at which work is to be done ; that if the
masters shall act in an illegal or oppressive m inner, or if
their conduct in the individual workman's opinion he
considered illegal, arbitrary, or oppressive, the cases shall
be referred to the Committee, who are authorised to call
a general meeting, and if, in the opinion of such meetin.q,
the masters' conduct be considered illegal, arbitrary, op-
pressive, or injurious to the trade, then the workmen are
to give legal notice, and leave the masters' employ, and are
not agai❑ to work for them until the grievance be re-
dressed to the satisfaction of the parties. Each workman,
in conclusion, binds himself to the publican in the penalty
of 201. for the performance of his engagements. Such
are some of the distinguishing features of the iron rule
under which the merchants and manufacturers of Sheffield
have groaned since the early part of the year 1831. It
is difficult to imagine how any professional man, gifted
with ordinary acuteness, could have been induced to stake
his repot ition by preparing deeds which bear on the
face of them such incontestable proofs of illegality ;
their baneful influence would at this moment have been
in active operation in all branches of trade, but for the
indiscretion of the attorney, who has not only marred his
own handywork, but found it convenient to leave his
clients in the lurch at a time when his aid and counsel
were most needed. Had he been content with the profits
arising from letters for payment of arrears of contributions
(and it is said their number sent at the time the wrong
card was played was not much fewer than 1,000), he
[Li Ist have been still reaping the reward of his great ex-
ertions in the Unions' service; but at an unlucky mo-
ment he was led to adopt the expedient to which I next
advert; as, however, the full extent of his ingenuity can-
not he duly appreciated unless I set before you the form
of his circular, it is subjoined:—
" Str,—l am directed by the Table-knife Hafters'
Union to apply to you for payment of the debt due from
you to them ; and sinless the same, together with the
costs of this application, be paid to me within four• days
from the date hereof, I have positive instructions to com-
mence legal proceedings against you without further no-
" I am, bcc.

" Debt, IL ss. 6d.—Cost, 3s. Gd."
The debt here demanded was for arrears of contribution
and forfeits under the bonds, and you, doubtless, in com-
mon with the person addressed, would have dreamed of
no other process in default of payment of a debt of
11. ss. 6d., than a court of conscience summons, or, at
most, a serviceable writ from one of the courts at West-
minster. But, mark the superior cunning of the Unions'
attorney above the common every-day practice of his bre-
thren. He hints not at arrest, nor at the forfeit of the
20/. penalty. No ; philosophers represent punishment to
be more intolerable in anticipation than in the blow ; that
would have been unnecessarily alarming the poor artisan;
he quietly advises the committee of the Union to pounce
upon him unawares ; the advice is adopted, and the man
is consigned to York Castle for a period of 23 weeks on
mesne process for a debt of I/. ss. fid. Nor was this a
solitary instance of abominable oppression ; 22 other poor
men were in like manner torn from their families when
the debts applied for amounted only to from 17s. to 41.
or Si. at the utmost, and languished in the same prison till
he and they were liberated by a Judge's order, on filing a
common appearance. The process files of the Court of
King's Bench afford proof of the melancholy fact that,
between July and December, 1831, inclusive, upwards of
60 bailable latitats were issued by this same attorney
against members of the Unions, at the suit of the publi-
cans, or other nominal trustees of the associations. Of
that number, those who had friends settled by paying,
or securing, the debt (in some cases only 175.) and costs
of writ and arrest, usually 4/. 18s. 6d. Some put in
bail ; the rest, as before stated, were taken to York Castle,
and during the period of their incarceration the house-
hold goods of several were sold at a sacrifice to provide
sustenance fur their wives and families, but before re-
dress could be had it was necessary that the actions in
which these poor men were defendants should be disposed
of: destitute of the means, they applied to the masters for
a helping hand, the boon was not denied, the plaintiffs'
proceedings were urged forward, the Court's oral judg-
ment in three cases set Mown for argument was sought
for, and no counsel being instructed to support the
bonds, jud;inent was given for defendants by default.
A record in anothet case was entered for trial, still no
counsel appeared in support, and judgment was at length
obtained, as in case of a nonsuit. In every one of the 23
sctions, and in others in which bail above had been put in,
judgment has been take❑ for the defendants ; but one pub-
lican having been plaintiff in about nine of them, the
united costs were more than it suited his convenience to
discharge, and he relieved himself by taking die benefit of
the Insolvent Act. Whether a sense of shame, or a con-
viction thit his " occupation is gone," has induced the
attorney to desert his clients on the eve of trial, it is not
for me to determine ; but that be has left them in the
hour of their need it is certain.

The masters, I am happy to learn, have now taken the
oppressed under their special protection, and will permit
no workmen to be molested by the Unions, whose pro-
ceedings are said to have lost to the mercantile houses of
Sheffield, within the last two years, the execution of
orders m the amount of 100,0001. It is to be hoped that
as the " bonds" are now but as waste paper, the Trades'
Unions in Sheffield will see the folly of their conduct, and
henceforward go along in unison with the masters in
support of the true interests of their important town,
which will of necessity rise or fall in proportion to the
union or disunion that shall exist between the two classes.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient servant,
November S. A SHEFFIELDER.
—Times.

Our Correspondent 0. P. R. has written a
long letter on the Trades' Unions at present
agitating France, England, and Germany. He
attributes these organizations to the diffusion of
education ; and supposes that those who pa-
tronised the Lancasterian Schools—William
Allan, Henry Broughatn, the Duke of Sussex,
Lord Holland, &c.—were not aware, when they
sought to place education within the reach of the
poor, that the latter would seek to make their
knowledge available to the improvement of their
physical condition. In this supposition, we are
persuaded he does great injustice to the distin-
guished individuals in question. Every human
being naturally seeks to promote his own hap-
piness as much as he can ; and it never was sup-
posed that any man would not avail himself of
his knowledge to promote his physical well-
being. Nothing, we are persuaded, would
more gratify the disinterested individuals who
promoted education, than to learn that education
had actually improved the condition of the poor.
But it does not follow that they approve of the
wild notions now afloat among the working
classes. It is very easy to say that men have a
a right not to be poor ; but if there are a num-
ber of poor in a country, how are they to alter
their condition ? Will Trades' Unions work
this miracle ? The handloom weavers in this
country amount to many hundred thousands.
Their wages are so low that existence must be
a burden to them. Did any one ever suppose
that any combination or union could raise the
wages of the weaver ? Not even the wildest
enthusiast. 'rlie circumstances of any trade
must be favourable for the purpose, or combi-
nation will be inoperative. Unions are only
effective while there is a rising demand for work.
We are anxious for the welfare of the labouring
classes—we consider their welfare to be the
wages area
welfare of the nation. High great
bles6ing to a country ; but high wages will
never be obtained by fettering enterprise, aid
deterring men possessed of property from
embarking it in undertakings affording employ-
industrious. All interference will
ma
eviewntt o thtodeiminish profits and increase wage,'
must defeat its object. " The labourer (says
O. P. Q.) has a right to marry—has a right
to have children—has aright to expect to main-
tain them out of the gains of his active industry

and patient toil." Granted ; but it may so
happen that his active industry and patient toil
will not enable him to maintain them. Is he
then to help himself " out of the enormous
fortunes of some ;" in other words, we are to
have a scramble whenever patient toil and active
industry are not sufficiently rewarded ? For
some years there has been great distress in the
iron trade. The furnaces in Staffordshire and
Wales were greatly reduced in number, and a
number of workmen were thrown idle. Of
what avail was their right to have children,
if the masters of the works could not
carry them on without loss ? Robespierre
was a great philanthropist of this school.
According to Buonarotti, he thought that every
man had a right to have children, and to expect
that by his industry and toil he should be able
to support them. With a view to assist the
poor, he conceived that humanity required the
destruction of the rich. His great object was
to reduce mankind to a happy level. It was
better, he said, that a few thousand rich men's
heads should be cut off; than that the mass of
mankind should languish in poverty. It is very
easy to declaim on this subject ; but the short
and the long of the matter ►s, that labour, like
every other commodity, will be well or ill remu-
nerated according to the demand for it. The
Trades' Unions may do mischief ; they may also
at times do good, by counteracting the tendency
to over trade. But that the condition of the
working classes is to be materially benefitted by
such means, we hold to be the greatest of al
chimeras.— Morning Chronicle.
We find in a Sunday paper, the Examiner'
the following paragraph, under the head of
" Rumoured Intentions of Ministers respecting
the Assessed Taxes" :
" There are great doubts whether Ministers will give
up the assessed taxes. The evil genius of the Govern-
ment is for making a stand, as it is called, against the
demands of the people. Those who desire the downfall
of the Ministry can wish nothing more to the purpose
than that they may attempt the stand advocated by Mr.
Stanley. Even now, however, we repeat our often ex-
pressed opinion, that the fair assessment of houses is
more advisable than the repeal of the tax. The great,
who have evaded the tax, should bear their just share of
it, and it were politic to continue the tax for that object.
The instance of Lord Burlington shows how they would
be acted upon by an equitable assessment. The window
tax should be abolished altoge'her, and the house tax
fairly imposed ; but Ministers, if they yield any thing,
will, on the contrary, propose the repeal of the house tax
and the continuance of the window tax."

This statement of the rumoured intentions of
his Majesty's Ministers we know to be correct.
One of the first measures of the session will be
the repeal of the house tax, which, if fairly im-
posed, would be one of the best and cheapest
taxes with which the country could be burdened,
but which, being unfairly assessed—falling heavily
on the poorer and middling classes of society,
and very lightly on those who are the most able
to pay—has very naturally become the most
odious, and is, in consequence, doomed to
sacrifice. With regard to the window tax, how-
ever, we can positively state that there is not the
slightest intention, at the present moment, on the
part of his Majesty's Ministers, to repeal it, and,
in consequence, that it behoves those who are desi-
rous of getting rid of it to adopt those measures
which the Constitution has sanctioned, for obtain-
its repeal. For our own part, we are still of opi-
nion, notwithstanding all that has been_said and
written respecting those taxes—we mean the
house and window taxes—that they are just in
principle, and that the whole of their injustice
and oppression lies in the inequality of the
assessment in the one case, and in the absence
of a just scale in the other, graduated according
to the means and capabilities of the people ;
and that it would be much better to introduce
reform into their assessment, and so continue
them, than to repeal them, and to allow other
taxes which press more severely upon the poor
to remain untouched. Such, we have also
reason to believe, is the opinion generally en-
tertained by those:who have studied the principles
and operation of taxes, and who have no motive
in supporting their opinions but a desire to
lessen their pressure, and thereby add to the
comfort of the community. If, however, the
public continue to think otherwise, these taxes
must go, at whatever sacrifice of future good.—
Menzing Advertiser.
The Globe says, in Roman letters, " We
have reason to believe that all the fine writing
about General Ellice becoming Governor of
Portsmouth is utterly gratuitous, as no such
ap-
pointment has ever been in contemplation."
And the Times says, in italic letters, " This is
just what we expected." Now we care little
what the Times " expects," nor what the Globe
has reason to believe." We will only repeat
our positive assertion that the appointment is,
or has been in contemplation. When Major-
General Ellice shall himself explicitly state that
he does not believe that his appointment to the
Lieutenant-Governorship has been contemplated
within the last week by those who have the
power of appointing him, we will readily ac-
knowledge that our informant has grossly de-
ceived us. But, for the present, the matter
stands thus:— We have reason to know that the
appointment is contemplated. The Globe has
reason to believe that it is not. We rest our
statement upon authority upon which we are will-
ing to stake our character. The Times rests its
denial upon the " well known ! delicacy and
honour of Lord Grey !—Morning Post.

,
ATROCIOUS CRUELTY.—It is with pain
that we relate the following act of cruelty, which was
committed in Roker-lane, near Pudsey, on Thursday
week. About one o'clock on that morning William
Emsley came home; his wife had got his supper ready,
and was sitting up expecting him. He threw the door
open, and told her to go out of the house; she entreated
him to sit down and get his supper, but the brute knocked
her down. She again invited him to get his supper, and
then he placed her upon the fire! She extricated herself
from that dreadful situation, without any serious injury,
but, as she was getting over a wall, on her road to a
neighbour's house, he let loose a bull-dog at her, and,
while the dog held her, struck her several severe blows on
the bead. He then asked her if she would ever run away
again, and she promised she would not. She got away
from him as he was taking her back to the house, and ran
through a gate into a field. He again set the dog at her,
and while the dog worried her, he kicked and beat her in
a most cruel and brutal manner. She cried out " Mur-
der," and a man of the name of George Tordoff ran with
a pitchfork to the place. When the husband saw him
coming he left the woman, and slipped the dog at the
man, but he beat the dog off with the pitchfork. The
husband then left the unh ippy woman, and walked away
in the direction of his uncle's house; but when he had
got a few score yards he returned, to see if his wife was
in the house, and swore that if she were not dead he
would kill her! The neighbours, however, rescued her
from further violence. He went into the house, and
declared that it any man went in or near him he would
murder him. Mr. W. Hutchinson, the constable, came
and charged another man to his assistance to take him into
custody. He knocked the assistant down, but was secured
immediately, and delivered up to the constables of Pudsey,
by whom he was conveyed to the lock-up room at Brad-
ford, for the purpose of being examined before the
Magistrates. The woman's jawbone is fractured, and her
body nearly covered with bruises. Her lower extremities
ire di eadtully lacerated and mangled by the dog. Her
life is, of course, in the greatest d inger. She remains at
the house of her father, Mr. St-phenson, of Faraley. We
would fain hope that the husband is insane,--Leeds Intel.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON MARKETS.

(From the " London New Price Current" of yesterday.)

SUGAR.—Tbe Sugar Market continued in a very de-
pres‘ed state all last week ; the prices again fell Is. per
cwt., brown 51s. a 525. ; the fall from the late highest
point about Sc. per cwt. ; the estimated sales for the week
about 2,000 hhds. and trs. The estimated males this day
were 700 hhds. and trs. at last week's prices. The stock
of West India Sugar is now 47,725 Mids. and trs., being
8,407 more than last year. The stock of Mauritius
76,940 bags, being 14,176 more than last year. The
delivery of West India is 2,052 hhds. and trs., being 886
less than last year. The delivery of Mauritius is 2,321
bags, being 2,323 less than the corresponding week of
1832. The Refined Market continued very dull last week,
and the prices still receding ; sales of Crashed were re.
ported at rates Is. lower, fine at 315., good small Lumps
665. 6d. ; for the Crashed there were rather extensive
inquiries, but the buyers continued to offer prices still 6d.
to Is. per cwt. under the reduced prices of the market;
for the home trade there was little inquiry. The Refined
Market has a firmer appearance this afternoon, large
parcels having been taken off the market at the late
reduced prices; few goods are offering; fine Crashed,
sales at 31s. and 31s. 6d., low Lumps 625.
MAURITIUS SUGAR.—The purchases of Mauritius last
week were quite iocensiderahle; the prices neatly in pro-
portion with West India Sugars. This day's sale of
1,092 bags of Mauritius not cleared by the speculators
sold freely at Market prices, 525. 6d. a 578. 6d.
EAST INDIA SUGAR.—The low qualities of East India
Sugar continue inquired after for export, but no sales of
any extent are reported.
FOREIGN SUGAR.—There are no sales of Foreign
Sugar to report.
CoFrEx.—The Coffee Market was very heavy last
week, and the prices generally lower; the good and clean
descriptions of Jamaica supported the previous currency ;
all other qualities were 2s. lower ; Demerara and Bar
bice fell 2s. a 31. In Foreign or East India Coffee there
was littledoing; a parcel of Brazil sold at 605., and rather
extensive offers were made, but at such low prices, 59c.
for fine ord., that the offers were immediately refaced.
There were no public sales of Coffee this day, and up
till a late hour this evening no private contracts were
reported.
COCOA.—This day's public sale 446 bags Trinidad
Cocoa, sold very slow, 465. a 48s. 6d., formerly worth
625. and 635.

Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-The Rum Market
has been apparently more firm since the Government con-
tract has been advertised. There are several sales of proof
Leewards at 28., which was not previously easily obtained.
Jamaica is also more inquired after, though the Market
must still be stated heavy. Brandy is dull, and there has
been an additional heaviness since the opening price of the
Brandy in France for last year's vintage transpired ; it is
lower than what had been anticipated, tieing vintage of
1833, 130 francs per 27 veltes ; 1832, 150 francs ditto ;
1831, 180 francs ditto ; 1829, 195 francs ditto. In
Geneva there are no transactions to report.
TALLow.—The Market has been steady. The public
sale of Friday consisted of Siberia and inferior (Soap)
Tallow, and sold 425. 6d. a 435. 9d.

1932. 1833.
Stock of Tallow on Monday 28,562 31,640
Delivery last week
1ND1G0....-.There is no alteration in the demand or in
the prices of Indigo.
Ftwitr.—The late arrivals of Figs appear of better
quality and better packed than the first cargoes, they
hive in consequence sold rather freely at 60s. ; Snip na
Raisins in drums and barrels 425. a 435. ; new Valentia
Raisins are in good demand at steady prices.
OlL.—The Oil Market generally is firm ; the demand
for Linseed Oil is still great for the home trade and expor-
tation. Rape Oil is also inquired for. Some small ship-
ments of Whale Oil have been made.

Tu RPENTINIC. —The two arrivals this week, about2,ooo
barrels, have been taken by the drawers at 13s. 9d.
COTTON. —There are no purchases of Gatton by private
contract. By public sale on Friday, about 1,200 bogs
Surats were brought forward ; about one half sold id. per
lb. lower than previous nominal prices, making the late
reduction about 2d. per lb. from the highest point of the
Market.

WlNE.—There is a new and rather important feature
in the Pert Wine Trade. Don Miguel has refused to allow
the empty casks to be forwarded to the Upper Douro for
Wines ; there will be, in consequence, a complete inter-
ruption to the supply of last year's vintage, and as all the
Wines belonging to the Portuguese have been indiscrimi-
nately seized by both the contending parties, and in a great
measure used and wasted, there is only the \Vine belonging
to the English for the supply of this country, and the
quantity is represented to be very limited. The stock here
is touch reduced, as the late arrivals are all take❑ off the
quay for immediate consumption, in place of going into

the warehouses as formerly.
IRISH PROVISIONS —The last week's import of foreign
Butter was only 1,362 casks of Irish. It was, however,
large, say 25,904 firkins, and of Bacon 5,483 bales, with
further arrivals yesterday and to-day of about 6,000 firkins
of Irish Butter, and 2,500 bales of Bacon. There are
still several vessels with further supplies on the passage,
and had the entire of the arrivals been landed, the stock
would be much larger than it appears to be. The Butter
and Bacon market continues heavy, at least purchases are
made only by the trade to supply their immediate wants,
all spirit for speculation among them appears completely
annihilated. Friesland Butter at the quay we nominally
quote 945. a 965. per cwt. , and the following are the
prices demanding generally for Irish, Carlow 80s. a 83s.
on board, 81s. a 555. landed ; Belfast 80s. on board, 82s.
landed; Waterford 70s. a '74s. on board, 71s. a '7sy.
landed ; Cork 735. a 745. on board, '76s. a 775. landed ;
Limerick 735. a 735. 6d. on board, 765. a 76s 63.

landed ; Sligo 70s. on board, 735. landed ; Dublin 68s.
a 695. on board, 70s. landed; Westmeath 70s. on board,
725. landed ; Newry 695. and Banbridge 70s. on board,
for parcels now on the passage. Prime small singed Bscon
we quote 38s. a 40s. landed, and heavy 4s. a ss. per cwt.
less ; at 355. a 365. there are sellers of Waterford size-
able, and of heavy at 325. on board for this and next
month's shipment ; Belfast Bale Middles 325. on board,
325. a 335. landed; Belfast Tierce Middles 355. a 365.,
and Limerick 375. a 38s. landed; Belfast Bladder Lard
435. on board, 50s. landed ; Waterford and Limerick
508. on board, 525. a 535. landed ; prime small Irish
Hams still in short supply, and in old Beef or Pork landed
or in new for shipment, very little business doing.
WooL.—The Wool sales of last week, about 2,500 bales

Sydney and Van Diemen's Land, not only sold at full
Market prices, but the ord. Is. 9d. a 2s. 61, sold at a
further advance of 2d. a 3d. per lb. The prices were-
Australian, good 3s. a 4.. 2d., ord. 2s. a 31. 3d. ; Van
Diemen's Land, good 2s. 4d. a 35., low Is. Bd. a 2s. 3d.
TEA.-Boheas in large cheats 3s. 10/1, buyers ; the
Market generally is very firm. The demand for Boheas
and Cangoits has increased. Clearing of all kinds last
week 486,512 lbs.
SPICES.-Tlie public sale of Cinnamon Ilth instant.-
111 bales Ist sort, taxed at 6s. 6d. per lh., sold at 6s. Bd.
a Bs. 7d., not taxed 51. 3d. a 6s. 4d. ; 715 bales 2d sort,
taxed at ss. 6d. per lb., sold at 5.. 7d. a 7s. 5d., not
taxed 4s. 6d. a 51. 3d. First sort, fair to very good, sold
91 a Is. per lb. lower than last sale, the ord. untaxed
about ls. per lb. lower. Second sort, good and very good
sold very unevenly, some lots being Is. per lb. dearer than
others of same quality ; the average may be 3d. per lb.
higher; mid. 3d. a 6d. lower ; untaxed 6d. a 9d. lower.
Broken sold about 2d. higher.
SALTPETRE. -The India House sale went off Is. 6d. a
2s. lower. At public isle in Mincing-lane 2,184 bags
Saltpetre sold 321. and 325. 6d. for 10 refraction, and
1,481 bags were bought in, 31s. 6d. a 325. 6d., the
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1,400 bags cargo Rice, all taken in at 10.
Toßacco.-The demand for Tobacco has subsided;
the Market is heavy.
EAST INDIA HOUSE SALE THIS DAY.)-10 tons
Saltpetre, Company's E. I. Refined, 365. 6d. ; 646 tons

ditto, 31 to 51 refractions 335. a 345. 6d. ; 22 chests
Cloves, good bright Bencoolen, is. sd. a is. 6d. ; 15
chests Mace, fine 7a. 4d. a Bs. sd. ; 5 chests Nutmegs,
brown unsorted, 7s. a 7s. 9d. ; 9L chests Csssia Buds,
sifted, weak flavour, taxed at 80s., only 4 chests sold

SOs. 6d. The Spices sold very high ; the Saltpetre, 15. 6d,
a 25. lower.

GLASGOTV MARKETS, Nov. 9.

No sales made in Coffee, Pimento, or Ginger.
865 bags Black Pepper were sold at aid. ; and a
small lot of fine Bengal Rice at 191.
Runs is very 11,t; Jamaicas are held at 2s. 7d. a 2s. 9d.
for 16 0.P., and Leewards at 2s. a 2s. Id. for proofs.
Nothing done in llyewoods.
For Ashes there has been more inquiry ; sales have
been made in Pots at 235. 6d., and Pearls at 255. 6d.
Y. C. Tallow is selling in small parcels at 475.
Whale Oil steady at 181., and Pale Seal and Cod is
naminally held at 191. per tun, old measure.
For Raw Sugars there has beers a good demand this
week ; the sales amount to 700 hbds. and tr. 3loist
browns 525. 6d., dry browns 535. a 545. 6d. ; middling
and good middling 55e. a 575. 6d., and fine at 6l s. No