The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-07 00:00:00

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's a better demand for E !st
fl,ci by private treaty several transactions have taken
place at rather higher rates, Bengal selling at 9s to
lls 6d forwhite, broken 8s 6d to 85 9d; Madras, pinkey
7s 9d to 8s 6d, Coringa grain 8s 9d to 9s 6d, cargo 7s 6d,
Arracan 8s to 8s 6d, and Manilla white 9s to Ils 6d per
cwt. At auction 2,546 bgs Bengal were disposed of at 9s to
9s 6d for mid white. Cleaned Patna has been in good
demand at from 10s 6d to 14s, fine 15s to 17s, town
dressed Carolina 225 to 28s, and American 165 6d to 17s
6d per cwt. Of Sago several parcels have been sold at
19s to 22s for small pearl, and Sago Flour is wanted a
15s to 15s 6d. In Tapioca operations have been upon
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more extended scale at 2d to 5d per lb. Arrowroot h
been selling at 4d to 9d for St. Vincent's, Bermuda la
to is 3d, and East India 24c1 to 3d.
hlic sale 293 bags small pearl
SAGO.—To-day at pub
were taken in at 22s for fine.
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SPIRITS,—Prices are
lower for Leeward Island Rum,
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and transactions have been upon a small scale at is 6d
to is 7d proof. East India has been operated in with
caution, is to be obtained at is 5d proof. Demerara
i'sotffeured at a further decline, and only limited trans-
actions have taken place at 2s to 2s 3d for 30 to
,40 per cent over proof. For Jamaica the market
has a dull aspect, and sellers are willing to
accept for choice marks 35 to 38 per cent over proof
33 iOd to 4s 2d, fine 3s 5d to 3s 9d, good mid to good 33
to 35 over proof 2s 10d to 3s 4d, low and mid 30 to 33
over 2s 4d to 2s 9d; for Brandy there are free sellers of
Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1850 at 4s 4d to
4s 6d, 1849 ditto 4s 6d to 4s Bd, 1848 ditto 4a 8d to 4s
10d, 1847 ditto 5s 4d to 55 6d, and inferior sorts 2s
6d to 4s. Geneva is is 7d to is Bd, fine is 9d to 2s.
SALTPETRE.—To-day Calcutta Saltpetre met with
little attention, and at auction 632 bags were all taken in
at 24s 6d to 25s for mid grey 17i to 10i per cent refrac-
tion; these are barely former rates.
INDIGO.—This afternoon at public sale 51 serons Gua-
temala Indigo went at firm rates, and realised from 4s
to 4s 7d for low Cortes to good Sobres.
COCHINEAL—This afternoon at auction 38 bgs Cochi-
neal were only la part sold at 3s 2d to 3s 4d for ord
Honduras silvers.
T.iseeow.—Dealers have operated with caution in
Russian on the spot, and prices tend downwards; fine new
yellow Candle is to be obtained at 38s 6d to 38s 9d per
cwt, and old at 37s 6d to 38s. For delivery operations
are upon a small scale, and new is offered at 39s
to 39s 3d for last three mouths of the year.
Home melted is obtainable at 375, net cash,
still the demand has been less than previously. Of other
sorts supply is exceeding the wants of dealers. At auc-
tion 530 casks Australian were only in part sold at 35s
to 36s 6d for Beef; and Sheep 36e to 38s, these are
rather lower rates. The quantity declared for sale is
1,000 pkgs-
OlLS.—Price continue on the decline for Southern Oil,
and there are few buyers. 90 tuns went at 26/ 5s to
291 5s for mid to fine. Seal is cheaper, and operations
have been upon a limited scale—pale at 32110 a to 33/, and
other sorts 291 to 32/ Cod is held for 371 to 37/102, but
few purchases have been made. The rates demanded for
fine Sperm are 861 to 871; and operations are upon a li-
mited scale. Headmatter in small parcels has been selling
et 921 to 941 per ton. Prices are still going down for Lin-
seed Oil, 32e 3d to 32s 6d having been accepted on the
spot, and 33s per cwt tor delivery; still transactions
have been limited for all purposes, and there is a plentiful
supply of Oil. Rape Oil is not much in request, and can
be obtained at a further decline—brown selling at 31s
6d to 325, pale 33s to 33s 6d; and Foreign Refined 345.
At auction 170 casks East India went at 31s to 31s
3d. Palm is not cheaper; sales, however, have been
limited at 28s to 28s 6d for fine. Olive Oil has fallen in
value, and operations are to a limited extent—Gallipoli
at 391 to 40/, and other sorts 371 lOs to 381 lOs per tun.
Cocoa Nut cannot again be quoted cheaper ; but of 200
pkgs at auction a small part only sold ; good to fine
Coehih and Ceylon at 29s 6d to 32s per cwt. Of East
India Ground Nut Oil, 28 pkgs sold at 29/ to 33/ ; 220
ditto Teel Seed, nearly all taken in at 32s ; 150 cases
Poppy Seed Oil 31s per cwt.

EXPERIMENTAL TRIP FROM LONDON
TO PARIS AND BACK.
On Thursday, the Ist of May, amid all the favourable
auspices of that most memorable morning, the " special
express day service," which is to bring the English and
French capitals within twelve hours' journey of each
other, was dnly commenced. The plan contemplated
by the directors of the South-Eastern Railway was
tried, and, to the satisfaction of both nations
benefited, it succeeded. The English who, in
spite of the attractions tempting them at home, accom-
panied the expedition, arrived punctually and safely
at Paris, via Folkestone, as promised, eleven hours
after their departure from London. The French, who,
similarly adventurous, have already left their country to
visit us, have also, to an unprecendented extent, experi-
enced on their way the great desiderata of all travelling
—celerity and comfort. The inconveniences which for-
merly attended the voyage in the dark, the annoyance
of embarking and disembarking in small boats, the
horrors of a compulsory delay, have all been done
away with; the fatigues consequent on these have been
decreased, and the tendency to brave those remaining
has been quickly promoted by the novelty of the
mode of communication, originally projected and now
carried out by the spirited directors of the South-Eastern
Company.
The new service may therefore be considered perma-
nently established; it has stood the test of experience,
and though as yet comparatively unknown, it has
already become popular with those for whose good it was
intended. The number of passengers, principally
nreigners, who came by it from Paris yesterday, was
greater than on any of the preceding days of its exist-
ence. Oat of London most persons are at present loath
to go; nut the prudent of those to whom the duty of
departure is imperative have mostly discovered the ad-
vantages of the day service, and have availed themselves
of tee rapid and facile mode of communication at length
afforded them.
The difference between this day service and the night
service which, in some degree at least, it supersedes, con-
sists, as we explained on Saturday, principally in an
independence or the mails on the part of the former,
in its adaptation to the convenience of the public rather
than to the requirements of the Post-office. Supported
thus entirely by private patronage, the designers of the
plan appeal, not unsuccessfully, to the personal feelings
of the traveller; who, by their arrangement, no sooner
leaves the one train than he finds the steamer ready to
start, and no sooner quits the steamer than he steps into
the other train, which is waiting to carry him on to his
destination.
The simplicity of the scheme, which is merely a suit-
ing of the hours of departure by land to the exigencies
of the tides, seems at first sight, like most ingenious dis-
coveries, to be so extreme, that we are surprised rather
that it was not evident before, than that it should have
shown itself at last; but considering the practical diffi-
culties which hampered the originators at first, remem-
bering, too, the tardiness of distinct though not rival
interests, to see in any coalition equal shares of common
good, we can better account for the delay, and better ap-
preciate the boon, when, all obstacles removed, it is so
unexpectedly conferred. - -• •
From our experience of the service, however, we
should say that the system, improved as it is, is capable
of still further development; that more rapidity will be
attained, and more security ensured to the traveller by
the progressive experience and attention of the company,
whose care it will assuredly be to cherish the scheme to
which they have given birth. At Folkestone, for in-
stance, there was, as we went, a stoppage longer than
wo had anticipated; at Dover, as we yesterday re-
turned, we noticed that some short time might have
been saved in the transportation of the luggage to and
from the Custom-house, by means of a cart drawn by
horses instead of by men. Again, in a service intended
to combine the excursion with the express train—which
proposes to take the man of business for a trifling sum
to Paris in a day, and for half as much again to allow a
fortnight there to the mere holiday-maker for enjoy-
' ment, might—for the benefit of the latter class, be pro-
vided with a functionary, half-passenger's guard, half-
interpreter, to whom, in their doubts and difficulties,
the unlearned, save in their mother-tongue,
might make their appeal. These, however, are
matters of detail, to which, for their own interest as well
-as for the public good, the company wil doubtless attend.
The more easy and the more attractive they make the
route, the more travellers will there be to reward them
for their labours. Sufficient for the present is it to be
thankful that by these trains the entire journey from
London to Paris will, hereafter, he performed, as it has
been for the last few days, in eleven hours by way of
Boulogne, in twelve by way of Calais—the passage across
being made in two hours by the steam-ships of the South-
Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company. Such
a fact needs little comment. Before 1851 it would have
astonished, now it will only gratify, our readers:
Chronicle.