The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-02 00:00:00

BRISTOL SUGAR-JULY 1.

.
The sugar market has been very inactive during the
week, and the sales of West India are under 200 hhds., at
easier rates. A parcel of about 75 puncheons Jamaica
rams has been sold, bat the price has not transpired.

- - COAL SIAKKET.—JULY 1.
Prices of Coals per ton at the close of the market.
s. dal Wallsend, 4u,c.
Bates's West Hartley .. 14 Oi s d.
Bebside's Hartley l6 3 Lambton 16 6
Htl'pool West Hartley...l6 0 , Tees • 17 I
Haswell Gas , 13 6, Hetton l7 0
tautield Moor Butes 14 GI Kraddyll l5 9
Walker Primrose .. ...... :13 3,Heuvr, Hall 15 3
Haswell Hartley' ........16 0 south Hetton 18 9
Wylam ..... ....... 15 6 Eden Main l5 9
w allsend. dtc iaswell 17 0
Stewart's - .17 0 Kepier Grainge l6 0
Riddell . l4 6 ttussel'b Hetton l5 9

Hartlepool Hetton l6 0
Sontik Kelloe... .... ... 16 3
Ships at market

4ealiam
Whitworth
~ 49; sold, 39.

DIVORCE IN tyCoTLAND.—Be, v7een the years 1540 and
1856, a period of 316 y ears' 317 Divorce Acts a tinculo
matrimonii were pas-ed in Scotland. During the last
decennium 99 degrees of divorce bad been granted at the
suit of hu-biLds and '75 at the suit of wives, making a
total of 174.

- The Peninsulor and Oriental Company notified yes-
terday that a reaction of 25 per cent. would be made
in their rates of pa'eage money for all (Ificers on unec-
pired furl.-iugh compel;ed to return to India during the
next two months. It is said that the number on fur-
lough is 800. - •

Liv=iron, Wednesday —The Liverpool, New York,
and Philadelphia Steamship Cdmpany's screw steamer,
City of Washington, left the Mersey to-day, for New
York direct, with a large number of passengers (among
whom were Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Veziu), a wail, and
a very large cargo of merchandise.
THE " GERAT EABTERN "—At a meeting,if the Eastern
Steamship, Comp4ny yesterday it was announced that
the vessel may be launched in September, but that the
trial trip to,Portland, Maine, will be deferred to the
April following. Her total cost will amount, including
to 597,195/., of which 190,0001. re-
amllaicnosnttombgeenmceies,"
met.
Of this 92,0001. will be provided by
ellis at present in arrear, and to supply the balance of
98,0001. the directors were empowered by the meeting to
borrow 100,0001. upOn del-entures.
IMPORTANCE OF 'KNOWING FEENCEL—In thia happy
country of eurs, where any man may be anything from
President downwards, everybody should know a little
for an oreergeLey. Several of everything, particularly French, BO as to be prepared
good app4+intmet!ta as foreign Minieters because they
lettge might,be the mtscot
could not speak any language
al capable men have mis,ed
convenient rionmeanofanabas
per-
haps to France, where a ematte •
be found extrt-melysecuring
rtitinegi raonrrenm.baAs,ayk,uo.w
the language will
Our
presefir reprp.en 1 ative to the
ofperor of . France la-
bours under the disadvantageambassador.
speak the language of the notbeing able to
ci.untry ; but fortunately
for us the Emperor can speak English
Minister can have intercourse with him
vi,itto th a t our
cut the aid
of an interpreter: Bet all Frenchmen cannot
lisb, and R.rritee Vernet, the great battle painter, ;E. 2g.
of them. We areii kelp, it seems,,according tou correspon-
dent" one
of the Providence Journal, to be
deprived of the
services of the_great Pieria' artist in departing our
l
na-
tional capitol because he does not understand Eng,
and our 'Minister cannot speak French. .Mr.
Nlih
...-agtun, it
is Fai 4, zeiieived instructions to make an offer to Vernet,
and sent for him to communicate the intelligence to him.
The Minister read the de patch to the artist, who could
not understand a word of it ; and when some one asked
him whether be intended going to America, he replied
that be did not know he had been invited. Perhaps some
friend has been found before this to act all an interpreter
between the Minister and the artist, and the Fiend.
man will have learnt the honour that hall t,en paid him.
_-_77Noto York Timid. ,