The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-26 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

TEA.—The dealings have been very limited, owing to
the near approach of the public sales, which commence this
day:
SuGA.R.—Only a limited business has been transacted,
and prices have experienced no change of importance. In
the refined market dried goods have remained at steady
prices.
COFFEE.—The market has continued quiet, without any
material change to note in values. The stocks on hand,
compared with those of the same period of last year, show
an increase of about 1,600 tons.
Rim—Only a limited amount of business has been done
for home consumption, but for export there has been a fair
enquiry, and late rates have been well maintained.
SALTPETRE.—A rather large business has been done in
the better qualities, at slightly enhanced rates.
TALLOW.—The market has continued inactive, and prices
have shown a slight depression. P.Y.C. on the spot is
quoted 51s ; all the year, 50e 6d to 50s 9d ; and spring de-
livery, 51s 6d to 52s per cwt.

STREET HAWKING OF NEWSPAPERS.--,Yesterday
afternoon a deputation of some of the leading wholesale and
retail newsvenders of the metropolis waited on Sir Richard
Mayne, her Majesty's Chief Commi-sioner of Police, at the
office in Whitehall-place, for the purpose of calling his at-
tention to the increase in the system of hawking newspa-
pers in the streets, more particularly on Sunday, as a
public nuisance and obstruction, as injurious to the system
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of Foley-street, having stated the objects of the deputation,
called the attention of the Chief Commissioner to the act of
Parliament passed last session in relation to street hawking,
and which he contended gave the Commissioner of Police
power to interfere in the matter. Mr. nederwick, solicitor,
to the Stamps and Taxes, had given it as his opinion that
the police authorities had the power to interfere, on the
hawkers or boys being given in custody. The Chief Com-
missioner, after referring to the act which defines that per-
sons seeking for orders for goods at other men's houses
shall be deemed hawkers, said he could not, from the read-
ing of any of the sections, see that any person going about
with newspapers for sale were hawkers under the act;
neither did he see any provision in it that empowered the
police to interfere summarily. if hawking newspapers in
the streets was a public nuisance it must be made indictable
at law. A summons might be tried before a magistrate. He
was clearly of opinion that the police could not be em-
ployed
.under the act. They might proceed under the Sun-
day Trading Act, but that act had not been found very
effective.

Nothing has yet transpired regarding the insti-
tution of any criminal proceedings in relation to the affairs
of the Deposit Bans. A petition in bankruptcy, however,,
was presented yesterday by Messrs. Linklater and Hack
wood against Peter Morrison, the managing director, by
which means a full investigation into the affairs of that con-
cern will, it is ho ed, be secured. It is reported that Mr.
Morrison is still in London.