The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-23 00:00:00

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Edmund William Reilly, livery-stable keeper, Bath, June
6, and July 7, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, offi-
cial assignee, Bristol; Hellings, Bath.
William George Henry Taunton, civil engineer, Liver-
pool, June 5 and 26, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Holt and Rowe,
Liverpool.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, corn-
.' puted from returns made in the week ending May 20,
1851, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importation thereot into Great Britain :
From the British possessions in America 27a. 2d. per cwt
from the Mauritius ...
... 28s. iid. „
From tha East Indies ... 255. nd. „
+ ver ag e price of the three foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty ... 275. 4id. „
By authority of Parliament,
HENRY BICKN ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company.
-Grocers'-hall, May 23.

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.:,.. MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
,;1 (From the London New Price Current, May 23.)
5.13.3 AR.— To-day there was a good business transacted in
tie West India Sugar market, but at rather lower rates,
*taking the decline for the week 6d to is per cwt. The pur-
chases are 630 hhds &c.—including at auction 37 hhda 41
tiksJamaica which sold at 388 for good yellow, at 37s to 37s 6d
ibr mid, low 36s to 368 6d, and good brown 358 6d. 80 hhds
Trinidad, low and mid yellow 358 ad to 36s 6d, 9 hhds 35
tres 125 brls Barbadoes; low and mid yellow 36s to 30s,
Rood 32s 6d to 408 6d, 185 hhds 9 tres 13 brls Grenada;
raid to good yellow 37s to 395, low 36s to 361 6d, and ord to
&ilia brown 33s to 35s 6d per zwt. The total purchases for
the week. are 1,925 hhds, &c.
-` MEFINED.—This afternoon Refined Sugar was purchased
with reluctance for home trade purpose and rates are on the
itaeline, brown lumps selling at 47s 64 to 48s per cwt. For
till sorts of crushed the market is dull.
.7. MAURITIus.—This afternoon there was no public sale of
Mauritius Sugar, and the imited parcels sold privately were
at easier terms.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon previous rates were barely
supported for Bengal Sugar, but at public sale 2,100 bags
chiefly out of condition were all sold, low to good
mid whie
Benares 38s to 41s, date yellow 335 to 3656 d, and brown
27s 9d to 325. In Madras little was done.
~,yor.smx.—This afternoon the private operations in Fo-
reagn were small, and none was offered at auction. The ten-
aency of prices is rather to decline.
Moaassas.—Prices are firm for West India, and there is a
fair business doing. Antigua at 168 to 1.75, and other sorts
at 14s to 16s. Bengal and Mauritius remain dull of sale and
Elan be obtained at 12a to 123 65. Of Porto Rico !Glasses
)33 pans and 5 tres auction were taken ir at 16s 6d per cwt.
itniey is offered at a further decline.
COCOA.—There has been a further increase in the supply
OE Trinidad anal dealers not baing much disposed to operate,
the rates taken have been 33 to 5s per cwt under those cnr-
tent last week. Of 9 0 bags at auction the whole sold, ordi-
leyto good red at 393 to 465, and ()Tay at 25s to 38s 6d, but
_l
~,1?fly at 36* to 395. The value of's Granada is now 34a to
aM-1 and with a dull demand. In Foreign the purchases
28s, anal
trifling; Bahia and Para can be outained at 26s to
, ,__ p Gusl at 30s.
`-'°F EE.—This afternoon the market for home trade and
'non aorta of Coffee presented a dull appearance, and former
rates are supported. with difficulty. _Native Ceylon in small
oparecefilssk:o23oll;ivately at 398 to 40s. Of Plantation Ceylon
full value,
fitifeigs at auction were nearly all taken in at the
inid went
sortsanoda superior at 7is to 75s ; the small part
for other
of for
good to fine, and at 428 fid to 523
wards for all kinds of tendency of prices is evidently down-
TxA —A further redaction ction has taken place for common
and goodaogrdoo?l'moi,ule,saltleth llid per lb having been ac-
cepted ;
wer has been concluded. Other
sorts are purchased with .sultan;
to rather atrong blackish a there are sellers of medium
kiwi., is Ad to is 7d. q
ertallid to is Id, and better
parcels of Oolong have
been sold at easier rates. Tl:vre is till a plentiful supply of
with sellers at a further slight reduction, yet all sorts
Green,
have been operated in with caution
in better d
offer far exceeds dealers' waats. Scented wailed qPuesknoteityTeoans
are dull of sale at the previous currenar
_emend, and
i RICE,—To-day Bengal Rice was
2,046 bags at auction were all sold at full r
good mid white at 8s 6d to 9s 6d. Of AtaertateZl mid and
were withdrawn ; there were buyers at 16s. of Arrowroot
190 pkgs in part sold, Bermuda at is ld, other aorta of west
t
India 2d to 3d per lb. 40 barrels Tapioca taken in at 3d to
4id per lb.
Brlcss.—To-day prices declined %d per lb for Pepper;
k
1,031 bags at public sale sold—good clean black 2 Sumatra at
; good light Batavia 234 d, and Penang /a per lb. Of
_ ma Vera 136 chts sold at 32s 6d to 38s; loose and broken
/18,6 d to 333, these are lower rates. Of Pimento 9 bags went
at 434 d per lb.
at
SPutrr s.—There has been a further decline for East India
puntssdtoto4ools
sales are, however upon a more extended scale, and
puns at 18,3 d to is aid proof. The rates aken
been ___ ~. 6d for proof Leewards, and purchases have
business I
Demerara is cheaper; but a good
sorts,
and sales are 300 la
brn concluded in strong
The amount of a 40 over proof.
hhds at 2.3 to 2s 2d for 33 to
small by shipper business done in Jamaica has been again
sell, low and 74 quality home dealers; holders are desirous to
28 3d to 2s 7d, g 30 to 34 per cent over proof at
over 2s 8d to as 3d, anadlid t° good 33 to 34 per cent
Brandy is not cheaper, but littlfine 3s
4tl
to
4s
of Cognab best brands of the vintage
has been done. The value
per gallou.
6d, 1849 ditto 44 6d to 43 Bd,uilatage of 1850 is 4s 4d to 45
1847 ditto 5s 3d to 54 sd, inferio4y ditto 4s Rd to 4s 10d,
made
deaux 2s 2d to 2s 3d. In British 2s 64 to 45; and Ber-
Spirit or Geneva
there is no variation.
• INDlGo.—Since the termination
ofp:rhseoratlaome dealers toctions there has
beet little desire on the part of ship
operate in East India, and at former rates merchants are
pressedi a de-
disposed to sell; indeed, if parcels were to
be e
scale
previous
cline would be the result. Imports have been ona
since last week, and the stock exceeds that of thert
a deliveriesr pg
season by 2,700 chests, whereas home and expo
are less by 4,100 chests. The large public sale of 1,241
rons
of Guatimala Indigo will take place on Monday; there'
has
in consequence, beet but little business concludea
privatelys
in Spanish this weak.

SALTPETRE.— This afternoon Saltpetre was less in request,
and prices declined 6d per cwt. At auction 757 bags Cal_
cutta were sol&-tine 444 to 234 per cent at 27s 6d to 282,
and 514 ditto at 278 for very good.
COCUINEAL.—This afternoon at public sale 65 bags Tens_
riffe Cochineal were only in part sold ct 3s 4d to 33 7d, but
chiefly at :33 4CI per lb.
TALLow.—This afternoon the public sales of 600 casks
gythiey Tallow went at 368 to 37s 3d for Sheep; O 34s to
35s 6d; 200 pkgs South Amsrican 34s to 368 9d; LO cks
But India Vegetable Tallow 273 6d to 21s 6d.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.
-7. (THIS EVENING.)

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 22, 1851.
It p~s hereby notified that Viscount Palmerston, her Ma-
jesty'Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has
receive from Sir Stratford Canning, her Majesty's Amt;sess-
dor at Constantinople, a di,patch,dated the 23d of April last,
enclosing a" note verbale" or memorandum from the Porte,
announcing that the blockade of the coasts and ports of
Samoa has been raised by order of the Sultan.
WHITEHALL, MAT 23.

[The,foßowine. is substituted for the article which appeared
in the Gazette of Tuesday last, the 20th instant.]
The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Dalrymple,
Esq.., ,to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Princigal of the shire of
Wigton, in the room of Randolph Earl of Gllloway, resigned.
WAR-OFFICE, MAY 23.
Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant
Henry John Townsend Stephens to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Honourable Jacob Henry D. Astley, who retires;
Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Tardrew, from the Ist Regiment
of Life Guards, to be Surgeon, vice Abraham James Nisbet
Connel, M.D., who retires upon half-pay, May 23. eiee-e
. Bth Light Dragoons—Cornet Somerset John Gough Cal-
thorpe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Davis, who re-
tires, May 23.
2d Regiment of Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Francis
Holton, M. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon, May 23.
10th Foot—Surgeon Charles Alexander Gordon, M.D.,
frotrethe 57th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Mockler, who ex-
changes, May 23.
14th Foot—Ensign John Barlow to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Payne, who retires, May 23.
21st Foot—Captain James Hill Albouy, from the 46th
Foote to be Captain, vice Dickins, who exchanges, May 23._
45th Foot—Brevet Major Edward Baker Bere, from haf_
paylsth Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Donald
Wil-
liam.. Tench, who exchanges; Lieutenant George William
Moths"' to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bare, who retires;
Ensign Robert Graham Howard to be Lieutenant, by ptir-
chattevice Morris, May 23.
46th Foot -Captain George Caldwell Dickins, from the
21st Foot, to be Captain, vice Albouy, who exchanges,
May 23.
57th Foot—Surgeon Edward Mockler, from the_
10th Foot,
to be Surgeon, vice Gordon, who exchanges, May 23.
44:1?oot—Brevet Major William Mathias to be Major, by
puichase vice Jones, promoted in the 2d West India liegi-
meii Ll
eetenant and AdjutantJohn_M. M. Hewett to be
Ca plain, by purchase, vice Mathias ; Ensign George °Don-
• nelrt6 be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hewett, promoted;
Lieutenant Charles Lambert to be Adjutant, vice Hewett,
promoted, May 23.
99th Foot—Lieutenant Patrick Johnston, to be Captain,
witliout• purchase, vice Brevet Major Nicholson, deceased,
Feb..-17.
tad: West India Regiment—Major Loftus Francis Jones,
from the 6-2nd Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase,
vice Sedley, who retires, May 23.
STAFF.—Brevet Lietenant-Colonel Edward Macarthur, on
half-,pay Unattached, to be Deputy Assistant-General to the
Foes serving in New South Wales, vice Brevet Lieutenant-
Colonel Godfrey Charles Mundy, who resigns, May 23.
`Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire.
William Henry Frederick Cavendish, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant.
Conemission by her Majesty's Commissioners of Lieutenancy
for Ln.
Regiment of Royal Londonond o Militia - Lieutenant-Colonel
Witham Thompson to be Colonel, vice Colonel Sir Claudius
Stephen Huffier, Bart., deceased, May 13.
Coe slow by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire and
Bristol.
RO,kal South Battalion of Gloucester Light Infantry Regi-
ment of Militia—Allen Alematicier Bath wet. Gent., to 'be
Ensign, May 16 ; Edward Stratton Fitzturdiege Berkeley,
Geut.; to be Lieutenant, vies Fla-teker, promoted, Ley 19.
. 1 WHITEHALL, MAY ;5.
The Lord Chencellor has appointed William Henry Atkin-
son, of Blartotord, in the county of Dorset. Gent., to be a
Master Extraoroiraxv in the High Court of Chancery.
BAN Ii.RUPTCY SUPERSE ;ED.
Theanes Bag e, publican, Aston, Warwickshire.
BANKRUPTS.
71iraes'ilucks, cooper, a.irll Pond-bridge, Rotherhithe,
to surrender Jane 3, at two, and July 1, at one, at the Court
Bankruptcy. Edwards, ofileial assignee, SarriOrtiek-
cduh, Ba.singhaii-street; I.3orradaile and Dimsdale, King's
Arms-yard, eluorgate street.
John Bavin, draper, Wisbeech, May 31, at half-past one,
and July 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell,
official assignee, Basingleall-street ; Sole and Turner, Alder-
manbuty.
Shatirach Edward Robert Jones, apothecary, Wreekwar-
dine, Shropshire, June and 2% at twelve, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham;
Pdotteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham.
George Machin, spade and shovel manufacturer, Dudley,
Worcester, June 5 and July 3, at twelve, at the Birmingham
District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham;
Diegnain -and Hemmant,
-John Wilkinson, brace manufacturer, Nottingham, June
13 and July 11, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Shilton and Son,
Nottingham.