The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-21 00:00:00

COLONIAL MARKETS.

TEA.—•A moderate enquiry has been experienced for
common congou at 8/d. The general opinion of the trade
being that should peace be effected the tea market will be
the first to benefit by it.
SUGAR.—Thero has been an increased demand for this
article, and an advance of about 6d to qd per cwt. has
been well maintained throughout for both colonial anti
foreign buyers, for both home and foreign consumption
being in the market, and a him quantity offering than
usual. Bahia brought 36e to 3-'s Gd. Muscovado Manilla
36s 61 ; good and fine yellow 41s Gd to 44e. Madras, good
grainy grocery, 41s to 43s 61. Mauritius, low to bright
yellow, .-e95 61 to 43s Gd; low and mid dark greys
38s 61 to 40s, and grainy 39e to 42s 6d. Bengal,
small grainy yellow; 41e to Vs. Pernambuco, low
to good heavy damp brown, 35s Gil to 40s ; damp white
41s 6d to 42s 6d; brown, 23e 6.1 to 23s 9d per cwt. Porto
Rico good fine grocery, 41s 6d to 44s per ewt. The refined
market has also advanced about Gd per cwt. Brown lumps,
s to 508 6,1 per cwt.
COI-TER.—A better inquiry has prevailed, and rather
higher rates have been realised. Plantation Ceylon has
been mach wanted at 603 to 63s for fair quality. Native
Ceylon realised 52s to Us per cwt. Mocha has also been
inquired for at slightly advanced rates, viz., 74s to )Os
per cwt.
COCOA.—This article has met with little attention, late
prices being barely supported. Trinidad grey 40e to 435,
and low mid to good red 43s 61 to 48s 6d per owt. Ame-
rican Carolina brought 24s to 28e per cwt.
RICE.—The market has ruled steady, Madras, "good
pinky, sold for 103. 6.1 per cwt, being a full price.
SPlCES.—Pimento has brought full prices—ord to mid
steady 4 to 4a, good mid 4A to 41, good ord coarse grey
4iti to 4 per lb. Pepper—Singapore valued 54, Penang
white 74d to 8d per lb for middling. Zampa pod mid to
fine bright red 32s to 39s per cwt. Nutmegs—Penang
small brown,s 5(1 to 2s 6d per lb. Penang closes is to is id
per lb.
COCHINEAL.—This article has been fully supported, and
former rates have in most cases been obtained. Teneriffe
silvers 3s 10d. to 3s lid, black 4s to 4s 4d, Honduras
silvers 3s 9a to 3s Lid, Me ican fair to fine silver 3s 8d to
3s Od per lb.
SALTPETRE.—There has been an active demand, and
rather high rates have been obtained for this article.
Bengal 121 b refraction, 31s ; 141, 33s 6d to 345. Bombay,
34e to 35s per cwt.
TALLOW.—The market is depressed in consequence of
the failure of a large Liverpool speculator. P.Y.C. 47s Gd
to 48s, last 3 months 47e per cwt.
GREEN Faun'.—The demand continues good, the ap-
proaching Easter holidays giving an impetus to the trade.
Three cargoes St. Michael oranges, sold by Keeling and
Hunt at public sale, went at a reduction upon the price
of last weak. Spanish nuts are selling freely. Barcelona
dull. The advance in Brazil has checked consumption.
Lemons without alteration.

Seven priests, three of whom are Lazarists, and a
number of Sisters of Charity, have arrived at Marseilles,
cn their way to Constantinople, where the typhus fever
is raging. Oae of the priests has a wooden leg ;he
wears the cross of the Legion of Honour, and was for-
merly a missionary in India.
CONFIRMATION AT ST. JAMES'S, PICCADILLY.—Yeater-
day afternoon the Bishop of Oxford, acting for the Bishop
of Lenloll (who is unable at present to resume the active
duties of his episcopate), held a confirniatio•a at St.James's
Church,Piccadilly. The body of the spacious church NY 39
filled with youthful candidates of both sexes, amongst
whom were a large number of the children of the nobility.
The usual pra3ers of the Church, and those specially ap-
pointed for the occasion having been read by the Rev.
J. E. Kempe, M.A., the rector,. the bishop ascended
the pulpit, and delivered an earnest address to the
candidates, explaining at some length the origin and
nature of the holy rite into which they were about
to enter. His lordship then returned to the commu-
nion table, and admitted the young persons who were
presented to him by the imposition of hands. The
Bishop of St. David's will hold a confirmation, for the
Bishop of London, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, on the
2Sth April ; and it is expected that that which is an-
nounced for St. Giles's and St. George's, Bloomsbury,
on the 29th April, will he held by the Hon. and Rev.
Dr. Henry Montague Villiers, who, prior to that time,
will have been consecrated Bishop of Carlisle.
THE PROGRESS OF IRON SHIPBOILDING.—NEWCASTLE.
ON-TYNE, March 20.—About a month ago we gave a list
of iron ships and steamers building and fitting out on
the banks of the Tyne, with the trades that they were
intended for. The following is in addition to what was
then published, and shows in a remarkable manner how
almost all the maritime States in the world are gradu-
ally absorbing iron steam-vessels into their trades.
Messrs. C. Mitchell and Co., of Walker, recently launched
and are putting machinery into, a screw collier, the
Eupatoria, for the General Screw Collier Company, the
Paris, a large screw vessel, to run with passengers and
goods between Hamburg and Havre ; a screw collier, of
600 tons, for the Screw Collier Company ; and are also
building two screw colliers for the Hamburg Gas
Company, two small craft for the Baltic, and a large
passenger steamer for the North of Europe Company.
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in the Hamburg and Havre trade ; also two smaller ves-
sels for Denmark, and an iron paddle-wheel steamer for
an Italian company, to be engaged in the passenger
trade. Messrs. Leslie, of Hebburn, have also an iron
steam-ship of 1,000 tons in an advanced stage ; and
Messrs. Palmer, of Jarrow, have two merchant
steamers in hand, and have a large number of work-
men engaged night and day upon - an immense float-
ing battery, which they are building for the Govern-
ment. This firm is also fitting out a large screw-
steamer, the Dutchman, of Waterford, intended for the
cattle trade. Mr. Marshall, of South Shields, is fit-
ting out an iron paddle steamer, the Protector, intended
to run with goods and passengers at Rio Grande; the
Victoria Dock steamer for towing out of the Victoria
Docks, London, and the property of Sir S. M. Peto ;
the Ajax, a Thames tug; and the Nicuwe Sluis, intended
for the Rotterdam tra le ; Mr. Marshall is also building
a large steam-vessel of ,400 tons for a Greek house, a
sailing-vessel for a Tyne owner, and two tugs. Messrs.
T. and W. Smith, of North Shields, have launched a
screw steamer for the Mediterranean trade, ansl are
building a large paddle steam ship to run between Dun-
dalk and Liverpool. Messrs, Richardson, Brothers, of
:Nliddleton, are building an auxiliary screw iron vessel
'for Ali. W. S. Lindsay, M,P., which is intended for the
East India trade.