The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-24 00:00:00

COLONIAL

TEA.—The market ren7l;iiielikaciive, with no change in
prices to note. Common Congon is nominally is °Ad per

lb.
SUGAR.—There has been an active demand for most of
the finer qualities of foreign and colonial at full prices, but
inferior descriptions have ruled rather easier. Toe arri-
vals have been very limited and not equal to the deliveries,
and stocks show a large decrease compared with the same
period last year.
COFFEE.—The imports still continue very small, and the
demand being active, full prices are realised for Plantation
and Native Ceyl'n. The greater part of the present stock
is in second hands, and but little is expected to be offered
during the week for public competition.
RlCE.—There has been a good demand for all qualities,
and the pareelson offer being limited full prices are readily
obtained.
Ruiz.—A. disposition has been exhibited by speculators
to purchase, at lower rates, but very little business has
been transacted.
TALLOW.—Themerket rul-s very firm, with an increased
demand fer fine P.Y.C., at slight advance. P.Y.C., on
tho spot and for March delivery, 66s to 66s 6d, and last
three months, 55s 6d to 54s per cwt. ; home melted,
53s 6d. The stocks, as compared with the same period
last year, are 14,000 casks deficient.

THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL SERVICE.—It i 3 in the con•
temptation of the Post-office authorities to place clerks
on board the Australian mail packets between Alexan-
dria and England, in order that the mails may be sorted
on. board. _ _ _ _ _

THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Monday.
—The screw steam ship Etna will leave here to-morrow
at two o'clock with the Aastralian mails. She will take
out a small cargo and 30 passengers. The Etna being
the first vessel of this line, from Southampton to Malta
and Alexandria, the route is as yet but little known,
and she consequently carries but few passengers and
little cargo. She is beautifully fitted up with first-rate
accommodation, and her speed is said to be great. She
has a pretty large mail for Australia.
Tllll MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Monday.—The United
States' mail steamship Hermann, Captain Higgins,
arrived this morning from Bremen, and will sail hence
on Wednesday, with the English, French, and German
mails, passengers and cargo, for New York. The
Spanish screw-steamer Barcelona, Captain Brunet,
arrived to-day from the Spanish ports, bringing 40,000
dollars in specie (4,0001. sterling) for England, a cargo
of fruit, partly for England and partly for Hamburg, and
several passengers ; she is to sail for Hamburg on Tues-
day. The Hamburg and Brazilian Company's steam.
ship Petropolis, C iptain Gmle, arrived to-day from
Hamburg, and wilt sail again on Wednesday, for Lisbon
and the Brazils, with a very full cargo, and between
70,000/, and 80,0001, in specie.
EMBROIDERY.—In the year ended the 31st December
the value of embroidery and needlework imported was
70,3711._; in the preceding year it was 42,543/.

THE FREEHOLD MOVEMENT IN SCOTLAND.—A move-
ment has been commenced in Scotland, originating with
the Rev. Dr. Begg, of Edinburgh, with a view to an
Act of Parliament being obtained extending the 40,.
freehold qualification for voting in the English to the
Scottish towns and counties. The feeling of the public
has declared itself already very strongly in its favour.
PROPOSED CRIMEAN MONUMENT.—SHEFFIELD, Moo-
ds), Nigbt.—At noon to-day a large meeting presided
over by Mr. Pye Smith, the mayor, was held at the
To wn•hall, to adopt measures for the erection of a monu-
ment to perpetuate the memories of the soldiers—na-
tivei of Sheffield and neighbourhood—who fe 1 in the late
war. The movement originated with a body of working
men. Having obtained the approval of Miss Nightingale
to the project, a deputation went to London and ob-
tained an audience at the Horse Guards with the Duke
of Cambridge to solicit him to lay the first stone.
MIDDLESEX REFORM MEETING.—•A numerous meeting
of Liberal electors, from various parts of the county, was
bell yesterday, owing to the very general feeling ex-
pressed that a new Reform Society should be esta-
blished. Resolutions were unanimously passed, to the
effect that the society should be organised, and that I,cal
committees should be formed. The general committee
was appointed, consisting of Baron Rothschild, M.P. •
J. A. Roebuck, Esq., M.P. ; Major Reed, .M..P. ; P.
H. Le Breton, E q., and other influential reformers.
D. Nicoll, Esq., was elected treasurer; and R. Pratt,
Esq., of No. 19, Es.ex-street, Strand, hon. solicitor.
DEATH OF A MAN UNKNOWN FROM LAUDANUM.—
Yesterday morning, at an early hour, man unknown
was discovered by two police-constables lying on the
pavement, near ShoreditchLChusch, in a state of insen-
sibility. He was removed' to the station of the G divi-
sion, as it was supposed that he was suffering from the
effects of liquor, but it wa's subsequently ascertained that
his condition was the result of a narcotic. Two bottles
were found in his pocket, which were labelled " Lauda-
num, poison." He was conveyed, to the London Hospi-
tal, where he expired from the deleterious mixture. The
reporter was unable to obtain a description of the de-
ceased's dress, or any other particulars relative to the
mysterious case. Mr. W. Baker, the coroner, will hold
an inquest on the body to-morrow.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—A daring burglary and exten-
sive theft were committed at Edinburgh in the course of
Friday night or Saturday morning. The shop of Mrs.
Lennie, jeweller and optician, Princes street, an attrac-
tive and large establishment, was entered from the ter-
race over tLe 'windows, and the whole frontage being
exterior to the building itself, the burglars obtained ac-
cess by simply tearing up the zinc, sawing through the
wood, and breaking the lath and plaster. Oa descend-
ing to the shop they carried off a large quantity of jewel-
lery, valued at from 1,2001. to 1,5001., and consisting of
several hundred rings, guard chains, brooches, &o. On
the night of the robbery there was a party in the tem-
perance hotel above the shop, the windows of which
looked out upon the terrace, nevertheless the thieves
escaped detection, and no trace has yet been obtained
either of them or the property.
FORTIFICATION OF SWANSEA lIARDOUR.—It has been
officially announced as the intention of the Government
to fortify the harbour at Swansea by mounting two
heavy guns on the salient angle of the east pier. This
is in accordance with the recommendation of the com-
mittee of inquiry, consisting of Colonel Gordon, Colonel
Marryatt, Captain Westmacott, RE., and Cap' ain Hew-
lett, R.N., which sat a few months since at Swansea for
the purpose of determining the best site, and who have
altered the position from that originally proposed. The
War-office have requested information as to the capa-
bility of the pier to bear heavy ordnance, as from a
recent report the pier is not stable enough for a battery
of guns. In reply, the authorities have been informed
that there is every likelihood that thepier will be rebuilt,
and that the War Department can erect any masonry
that may be required for protection and the efficiency
of a battery.

SEIZURE OF A SLAVER.—Some time in the month of
December last a Cuban or Spaniard arrived in this city
from Havannah with a welt-filled purse, the contents of
which he intended to invest in the purchase of a cargo 9f
"black ivory." Before he had eaten the first meal in
his hotel his presence and intentions were known to
some of the detectives attached to Uncle Sam's civil ser-
vice, and a watch was set upon his actions. After some
consultation with certain parties here, whose business
mainly consists in advising adventurers of this class, the
schooner Jane P. Glover, of Harwich, Massachusetts,
was purchased, and the usual quantity of water casks
stowed in her hold. Having a coasting licence, she then
put off for a certain place on the Connecticut River,
where she was to take in water, fearing detection
should she attempt it here. Atter that she was
'to meet a 1.140 p somewhere near Saybrook or New
London, and receive from her the captain, crew,
and owner, together with the usual stores of
beans, rice, castor oil, and other requisites for a trip
to the African coast. These proceedings were all known
to the authorities, but it was deemed advisable, in view
of the ruling of the courts hereabout as tg the amount
of evidence sufficient to warrant a conviction, to give the
negro-stealers a taste of Connecticut justice. By some
means the information sent by District-Attorney I‘l.(Keo,
to his colleague in' Connecticut leaked out, and after
taking in her water the schooner got wind of the chase
and suddenly hove anchor and put off into the Sound,
whether the sloop followed her. Frightened by the
action of the Connecticut marshal, the schooner would
not take her stores on board, and they were therefore
brought to this port by the sloop, surreptitiously trane-
ferred to the bark Painpillia, and are now probably in
‘a
ss
e a
Havannah, or very nearly so, together with the
pur-
chaser of the schooner. After beatin-crti,buauntd fory sou
re
the schooner returned to this p
week seized by the order of District-Attorney li„‘Keo't
n
as a slaver.—Nou York Tribune.