The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-17 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

SUGAR.--There has been a good demand for West India,
and a large amount of business has been transacted at a
slight advance in prices. Refined goods remained at about
former rates.

COFFEE.—The market has exhibited more animation,
both Native and Plantation Ceylon sold readily at fully
previous rates. Other descriptions were without change
in value.

RICE.—The stocks on hand are limited, and business has
in some measure been restricted by the high rates demanded
by holders.
SALTPETRE.—A moderate business has been done at
steady rates. British refined is quoted 258 26s per cwt.'
TALLOW.— The market remains very dull. P.Y.C. on
delivery 45s 3d per cwt.
the spot, is quoted:—New 44s 6d, and last three months

HipEs.—Subjoined is llessrs. Culverwell, Brooks, and
Co.'s result of the hide sales :—" At the fifteenth series of
hido sales for the year a fair inquiry prevailed, chiefly for the
home trade, the export demand being limited. East India,
ox and cow. Calcutta—Of the quantity offered (which
was large) a fair proportion found buyers at about late
rates; the home trade being the principal operators. Dacca
hides were in most request, and were nearly all sold. The
analysis of the sales is 137,251 Calcutta new parcels, 27,279
brought forward from former sales, and 20,651 Bombay,
Madras, ke. ; in all 185,184 hides, of which 132,520 were
sold. East India—Buffalo, For those sold late rates wore
maintained. Leather—Australian was in moderate request,
at about late rates for the portion .sold. East India sold
irregularly, in somo instances at easier prices. Salted
hides—Australian sold at about late rates, Cape were only
part sold."

It has been notified
that the coupons due on the
Ist of September on the Egyptian Government
first and second issue, will be paid
at the office of Messrs, Freekliz and Goschen on
Loan of 1862,
that date,

The following circular relates to the suspension
of Messrs. George Little and Co. :

4, Cullum-street, London, Aug. 15.
Sir,--It is with much regret we are under the necessity
to the non-receipt of remit-
otaf nicnefsorfim,oimngDyeomuetrhara outing
Demerara,
we
are unable to meet our engage-
ments. We have every reason to believe that our estate
is not only solvent, but will show a considerable surplus.
We shall not, however, be in a position to submit any de-
finite proposal till the receipt of advices from Demerara,
in reply to the announcement of our suspension, and which
cannot be received for about eight weeks. In the mean-
time we have placed our affairs in the hands of Messrs
Coleman, Turquand, Young, and Co., who will, as soon as
accounts are received from Demerara, convene a meeting
of our creditors,—Trusting to your forbearance in the
meantime, we are, &O.:

GEO. LITTLE and CO.

were on a more exten-
sive transactions in the Foreignand Colonial
-
ry on duce
scale,.ll Itahrek er te
Bank rate of dis-
nerdmaythe
count having caused a good speculative demand for
sugar, in which a large business was at en-
hanced rates. Coffee also was in good demand, and
superior qualities of both plantation and native
Ceylon sold at full rates.. Rice was more in-
quired for, but the quantity on offer being small
prices tended upwards. In tallow the dealings
have only been to a moderate- extent, without any
material change in values.
The usual quarterly sales of colonial wool, being
the third for the presentyear, commenced yesterday;
the quantity to be offered amounts to about 133,339
bales, only 19,875 of which are from the Cape of
Good Hope. There was a very good attendance,
and home buyers operated freely, the prices ob-
tained being fully equal to the average of those
current of the May and June sales, while a few
superior Sydney descriptions brought an advance of
about id. to ld. per lb.
TRIAL BY JURY.—Trial by jury may be an excel-
lent institution, but it has its weak points. Yester-
day, George Morris Mitchell was indicted for stealing five
pieces of paper the property of the Incorporated Law
Society of the United Kingdom. On the 15th of March
last the prisoner applied to the secretary of that society for
permission to make extracts from " Hansard's Petitions to
Parliament," which was granted. In consequence of infor-
mation which he received the librarian subsequently ex-
amined the volume to which the prisoner had referred,
and discovered that five leaves had been cut out of it. A
search warrant was obtained, and the five missing leaves
were found in a drawer at the prisoner's house. The
prisoner admitted that he had taken the leaves, and was
acquitted by the jury.—Pall-ma iioazdte.