The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-05 00:00:00

SEEDS.

There is less activity in the demand for linseed, and
prices are rather easier. Rapeseed also may be purchased
on lower erms. Mustardseed moves off slowly at late rates.
Tares are dull, but cloverseed and trefoil are held at
extreme rates. Cakes are steady at full prices.
Carraway 368 to 38s
Coriander l2s 16s
Hempseed, per qr 30s 388
Linseed,Eng,.sowing 64s —s
Crushing Ms 58s
Baltic -0 -8
Odessa —s —s
Linseed Cake, p. ton
English £lO Os £lO 58
Foreign, p ton £9 Os £lO 58
Rape Cakes,p. ton 4 158 5 5s
Rapeseed, p. qr..... 548 548

furnip,White,p.bus.l2s to 14s
Swede
Mustard, Brown Bs Us
White, new l4s 20s
Tares,Winter, new.. Bs6d 9s

Old -s —s
Canary, per quarter 68s 70s
Rye grass, new 22s 26s
Clover, Red Rug., et. —s —a
White -s -s
Foreign Red —s
White —s —s
Trefoil, new —s -s

WOOL MARKET.

The public sales of colonial wool have been brought to
a close. During their progress about 93,000 bales were
offered and disposed of at an advance of from Id to 2d per
lb. By private contract very little business is doing in
any kind of wool, and English qualities are offering on
lower terms. Last week's imports were 1,822 bales from
Algoa Bay, 502 from Port Philip, and 585 from Sydney.
The following prices were realized at the public sales :
Sydney—Scoured lamb, is 10d to 2s 10d; do. fleece, is
Ild to 38 Old ; lambs', is 6d to 2s ld ; skin is 6d to is

STATEMENT OF TALLOW SHIPPING AT-ST. PETERSBURG.
Tallow despathed from Cronstadt 1859. 1858. 1857.
to Aug. 10, 0. S. (estimated at 25 Casks. Casks. Casks
poods to the cask) 27,322 18,162 13,169
In ships loading and lighters 4,935 10,058 4,169

Total loaded off from St. Petersburg,
Aug. 5, 0. S.
Do. after this date

Total at the close of the navigation

112,012 103,761

London
Liverpool 313 1,291
Bristol
Other English ports
Ireland 1,227 203
Scotland
Germany 9lO 1,151 1,580
i'rance

Total 27,322 18,162 13,169

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

TIIAMES.

DARING ROBBERY AT THE LONDON DOCKS —A man
named Donovan was charged with the following robbery of
brass beams, in conjunction with other persons not in cus-
tody.

It appeared from the evidence that on the afternoon of
Saturday, one of the prisoner's companions was observed
to be passing the beams under the Shadwell- gate of the
London Docks. The prisoner was outside the gate, and
observed to a man who was watching there that if he (the
man) did not leave he would do for him. The prisoner
went away, but was joined in a few minutes by his com-
panion, and they both left the neighbourhood. Shortly
after the prisoner was observed on Shadwell-bridge, at a
short distance from the docks. He was shown to a police-
man as one of the men concerned in the robbery, and was
given into custody. The man who was seen at the dock
gate with him made his escape.

The engineer of the company said that the the brass
beams were for the engine in the engine-room, and were
worth about £3. There were three other sets of brass
beams missing. He did not know the prisoner.
The prisoner denied that he was the guilty party, and
said that the witness was mistaken as to his identity. He
was not near the dock gate at the time of the robbery. He
called two females in support of his statement.

The evidence of his witnesses went to show that at the
ime of the robbery he was with them near the Minories.
Tho prisoner was committed for trial.

TILE AMERICAN PRESIDENC'T.

On the subject of the next presidential election
and the political prospects, the New York Herald
of the 23d ult. says :
The organisation of the new House of Repre;
sentatives in December next will involve amost ex-
traordinary conflict of sections,parties,and factions
in reference to the presidential succession. It will
be the opening battle of the campaign, and its re-
sults will go very far to determide the organisation
of parties and their relative strength in the general
November election of 1860. The following table
exhibits the strength of the Republicans, Demo.
crats, anti-Lecompton Democrats, and Southern
opposition factions respectively, in the elections
which have been made to this new Congress :
Rep. Dem. A.L.D. S. Opp.
Maine
Massachusetts
Vermont
New York
New Jersey 3 0 2 0
Pennsylvania. 2O 2 3 0
Ohio l5 6 0 0

Indiana

Illinois
Michigan 3
Wisconsin

lowa 2
Delaware ..
South Carolina
Florida 0
Missouri
Arkansas 0
New Hampshire 3
Rhode Island
Connecticut 4
Virginia
Alabama
Kentucky 0
Tennessee.
North Carolina 0
Texas
Oregon 0

Total lll

" For the States to elect we adopt the following
estimate, resting partly upon probabilities, but
chiefly upon their representation in the last Con-
gress

Rep. Dem. A.L.D. S. Opp.
Minnesota
Georgia
Mississippi
Lousiana 0 3 0 1
Maryland
California 0 1 1 0

Total 2 18 1 6
"According to these figures the next house will
foot up as follows :
Members elected .. 111 71 9 18
To be elected.... . 2 18 1 6

Total 113 89 10 24
Total vote of a full house 236
Majority
The _Herald continues :

" Thus the Republicans will lack six of a ma-
jority, allowing them the full benefit of some four
or five North Americans elected by fusion arrange-
ments. The Republican managers, however, cal-
culate in.the house organisation upon the cordial
co-operation of such anti-Lecomptonites as Clarke
and Haskin, of New York ; Adrain, orw Jersey ;
and Hickman, of Pennsylvania. With the office
of house clerk to Forney, and the printing to some
such firm as Blair and Rive, it is probable that the
Republicans may secure their Speaker."