The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-14 00:00:00

7111? PROLUC.E MARKETS.

(From the Weekly Circular of Joseph Travers and Sons.)
The Produce Markets this week have again exhibited an
mproved tone.

TEA.—The attention of the trade has been fully occupied
the week with the samples of green, ex "Glencoe," a large
portion of which have been sold privately, and realised ex-
treme prices; the remainder are advertised for public sale
on the 17th, together with other descriptions. The market
continues very steady for mo t kinds, and Congous from
lld to Is 3d may be quoted dearer. A telegram from China
and Japan, in anticipation of the mail, arrived on the 12th
instant, but contains no news of interest. New season
Kaisows may be looked for about the end of the month.
COFFEE—The puhlic sales have been small, comprising
only a few parcels of fine East India and Costa Rica, all of
which realised full value ; privately, the market is very
firm, though not much business has been transacted. The
quantity offering is very limited. The result of the Dutch
sale on Wednesday next is awaited with much interest, and
will materially influence our market, as several large car-
goes of various descriptions are in course of landing, and
some large parcels are advertised for sale. Native Cey-
lou, of fair ordinary quality, has been sold at 665.
SUGAR (Raw).—A very good demand exists for al
classes, refiners being the principal operators. No
change in quotations can be noticed ; but towards the
close of the week prices are rather firmer. The value
of an article is that which it will realise, or the
price that the consumer, or we will say the buyer, will give
for it; it is the buyer that establishes the value, and the
relation of value, amongst different qualities of the same
article, giving more or less for one quality, &c., than
another, as it seems more or less fit for his purpose. Sugar
being valued at prices which include the duty, the buyer
takes them accorsiing to their abstract value, at rates which
include the duty.

MURDER BY A BOY IN FRANCE.--A lad named
Dalbia, little more than 16 years of age, was tried last week
by the Court of Assizes for the Haute-Loire for causing the
death of a companion named Vissac by stabbing him with
a knife during a foolish quarrel, in which the first provoca-
tion seems to have been given by Vissac. The prisoner
protested that he had only used the knife in self-defence.
The jury, having found him guilty of wounding without
intention to kill, the court sentenced him to five years' .

prison m ent.
EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.—We regret to re-
cord the death of Mr. Cheape, of Strathtyrun, under the
followin,, mournful circumstances. The deceased gentle-
man, who possessed a large estate in Fife, being at the
New Club in Edinburgh, retired in perfect health at •his
usual hour. He had an unfortunate habit of reading in
bed, and having fallen asleep, it is believed that the cur-
tains, catching fire, fell on his face, whi h was frightfully
scorched. It appears that he had brought water from some
of the neighbouring rooms, and at last succeeded in extin-
guishing the flames, but not before his hands and thighs
were hopelessly burnt. Instead of rousing the house, Mr.
Cheape crept to an empty bedroom near, and lay for seve-
ral hours in torture, till the servants of the club found him
in the morning. This was the more remarkable, as the
sufferer himself had great skill in medicine, and often at-
tended on others in similar suffering. He became blind
and delirious during the few hours that he survived, and
was attended by his brother, who now inherits the beauti-
ful property of Strathtyrun, near St. Andrew's. This sad
event is a fearful warning to those who indulge in the
habit of reading in bed, so dangerous not only to them-
selves, but also to all who are unfortunate enough to live
in the same house, and thus to be hourly in danger of a
similar tragical end.
The first sod of the Eccles and Wigan Railway was
cut on Wednesday by the Earl of Ellesmere. This railway
is intended to connect Manchester, Patricroft, and the North
Union Railway with Wigan by a route about three miles
shorter than the present ling to Wigan. It is expo:
that the line will be finished in 1863. The sod was turned
with the usual ceremony, and a dinner concluded the day
proceedings.
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EXTRA MAIL FOR THE WEST INDIES.
notice was issued at the chief office,
that by command of the PostmasterS-Gt.
for Madeira, St. Thomas', West Indies,t
Derwent, would be
tire evening of the 20th inst.
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letter from Porto Plata,
mail steam
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Yullg.l9l"me from the sea, at first struck the fort, and
WataillteDs .t—haAt at eight a.m., on the 13th Aug.,
knocked down a portion of the outer walls ; it then struck
the Robert Todd (British schooner), from Thomas, lifted
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her six feet from the sea, and capsized her, when she filled
but did not sink, and had afterwards been right ed. The
otherveasels in the harbour heeled over on their b earn eade,
but righted again.