The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-16 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current, Oct. 15.)
SUGAR.—To-day West India Sugar met with ready
purchasers for home trade purposes; merchants also
displayed much confidence, and in some cases obtained
an advance on Friday's rates of 6d in the private con-
tract market. The sales are 850 hhds, includ-
ing at auction 299 hhds 2 tres.39 brls St. Lucia, which
went nearly 6d above the valuations, mid and good
yellow realising 39s to 41s, ord 37s 6d to 38s 6d, good
and fine brown 36s to 378, low 35e to 35s 61; 160 hhds
Barbadoes sold fully 6d above the last auction, ord yel-
low at 39s to 395 6d, and mid to fine 40s to 44s 6d per
cwt. There are several orders in the market unexecuted
for both grocery and refining sorts.
REFINED.—To-day prices were well supported for
Refined goods, and brown grocery lumps were not to be
obtained under 51s 6d per cwt, still home dealers are
less disposed to operate. Crushed Sugar met with little
' attention; at the same time, however, are not ac-
ceded to.

MAIIRITIUS.—This afternoon there was no public sale
Of Mauritius Sugar, and the parcels sold privately were
at stiffer rates. _

EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Ben-
gal Sugar off,red at public sale amounted to 3,840
bags, but holders demanding an advance of 6d
to Is per cwt on last week's rates, checked
business and a small part only sold—good and fine yel•
low like Mauritius realized 403 6d to 435, good and fine
graining yellow 48s to 495, ord and mid soft 353 to
38i 6d, low 333 61 to 345, good auti fine brown 326 to
333. Of Madras 4,480 bags sold at high rates, fine
white Benares kinds at 466 6d to 473, dry yellow 393 to
44s 61 per cwt.
FOREIGN.—To-day there is a brisk demand for Foreign
Sugar, and the private sales of yellow Havannah are 7,000
chests at rather higher rates. At auction 100 cases Rio
sold at 36s 6d to 38s for brown. _ _

COPPEE.—This afternoon Native Ceylon was again in
good demand, and privately. 2,000 bags sold 'el 583 for
good ord; at auction 745 bags were however taken in at
59 s. Plantation is less in request and the public
sales of 734 bags 300 casks went quietly, still full
rates were obtained; good realized 68s to 725, low
middling and middling 62s to 665, other sorts 57s to 61a;
Triage 54s to 58s. Of Costa Rica 2,360 bags 160 cases
sold at stiff rates, ord to good ord 48s to 53s 61, fine and
fine fine ord 54s to 56s 6,1, damaged 47s to 50s 61. 102
bags of Calcutta realiwd 42s 6i to 44s for light pile,
aad at 41s 6d to 45s 6d fur damaged; 159 bags Madras,
fine 65s 61. but 90 robins East India were taken in at 50s.

I TEA.—There has been a huge amount of business
concluded in Green, and former rates are well sup-
ported; indeed, a small advance has been obtained for
fin' sorts. In the market for Rack much firmness is
a2parent, and the trade continue free purchasers,
payirg rats fully as high as on this day week.
The value of ord and good common Cengou is
Is Old to is Id, medium Is Id to Is 3d, and better sorts
Is 311 to Is 7d. Some parcels of Pouehong have b2en
disposed of at Iq't to is, and supply is not sufficient for
dealers' wants. 01 SzentA and Pekoe Teas many par-
cels have been soli at rather better prices. The public
sales of 15,000 pkgs went off with fair spirit, and 4,800
sold.

MOLASSES.—TO-day at public save 53 tasks Molasses,
from Sydney, were sold at 5s to 5s 6d, in bond, and 60
hogsheads Bengal Treacle realised 12i.
COCOA.—To-clay at public sale 302 ban Trinidad
have been sold at 473 to 503; these are stiff rates.
RICE.—To-day East India Thee met with little atten-
tion,and at auction 2,781 bgs Madras went rather cheaper,
mid and good pinky selling at Os to 9s 6d. a few lot.
low 83 to 8a 6d. Of Bengal not half of 3,731 bp
found buyers at about the former value; fine whito 12
to 121 63, good mid and good 103 6d to 113, damaged
63 to 11. s, fine sound cargo taken in 93; 24 bgs Brazil
f3tchel 13s for good white, and damaged 103 to 113. Of
Brazil Arrowroot 17 packages were taken in at 3111. 32
packages Tous-!es-Moil at 2d to 31 for Sc. Kitts and
Grenada. _ _ _

SPIELITS.—A material improvement has taken place in
the demand for Bait India Rum, together with an ad-
vance in prices; about 600 pans have been sold at Is 4d
to is 4il proof. Leeward Island has beau in much
better request, and higher terms aro obtained ; the sales
are 300 puns at is 5d to is 6d proof. A fair demand
exists for Demerara at 24 ld to 23 41 for 30 to 40 per
cant over proof. Fine and good sorts of Jamaica have
been sold to a fir extent fur home consumption and
export at full rates, but inferior and mid continue to be
operated in with caution, and as theic is a
plentiful supply sellers are willing to accept
late rates, viz, for 30 to 34 over proof of mid and
ord quality rule at 2s 6d to 2i 9d; 34 to 38 over, good
middling and good 2s 104 to 3s 4d, fine and superfine
3s 6,1 to 4s 64. For Brandy the market has
become quiet, at the same time holi:ers are
firm, and obtain fir Cognac best brands of the vintage
of 1847 53 2d to 5i 4d; 1848 ditto 4s 94 to 4, Ild; 1849
dim 4s 81 to 44 104, and inferior sorts 34 to 4s 6d. For
Geneva the value is is 74 for plain, and 1s 84 to 2s for
fine. There is yet no variation in prices of British made
Spirit.
SncEs.—To-day the public sales of 236 bags Pimento
went at rather lower rates, middling and good selling at
611 to 6id, good ord bid to 6i4, and a few lots low 54d
to 6d. Black Pepper is held with more firmness, anal
auction 896 bags were taken in; shot Malabar at 4d,

Penang good light grey 311, bat 25 bags white realised
7id to 71d for good, 01 Bourbon Cloves the sound of 461
bags was taken in at 74-d to 83, but damakel sold at 6i i
to 7d. Of Bengal Ginger 679 bag 3 sold at 183 6d to 19s
f;r go:A middling export sort, and dnm•:ged 153 6d to
17s; 52 barrzls Jamaica realised 6S. to 82s for ordinary
to middling; these are rather lo.Aer rtes.
FRUIT.—For Currants the value of news is 43s to 455,
old 37s to 425 per cwt. Valencia Raisins are in good
request, new at 41s to 425, and old at 37s to 383. Sul-
tana find a more ready sale, and fine realise 60s to 62s
per cwt. Ia new Turkey pulled Figs a good deal has
been done at 563 to 703. Muscatels, good and fine 70s
to 803, and inferior 563 to 65s per cwt.
INDIGO.—To-day at public sale 30 seroas Guatemala
Indigo sold at 3s 7d to 4s 2d, these are firm rates.
SALTPETRE.—To-day the stiff rates demanded for
Calcutta checked business, and at auction 500 bgs were
nearly all taken in at 27s to 28s for 10 to 5i per cent
refraction for mid and good quality.
CoCUISEAL.—To-day at public sale 179 bags of Co-
chineal sold at full rates: Honduras silvers 3s 8d to
4s 2d, Mexican 3s Bd, black 3s 10d. 42 bales Bengal
Safflower 71 lOs to 81 125 6d. 52 chests Lac Dye, good
Is Ild.

TALLOW.—There has been only a limited business
concluded in Russian on the spot since our last report;
still holders remain firm, and obtain for fine new Yel-
low Candle 383 6d to 38s 9d, old 383 to 38a 3d per
c iet. Operations are of little moment for delivery,
and there are sellers for separate months at 399, last three
months 38s Gi to 38s 9J, and for January and February
at 39s 3d to 39s 6d per cwt. The value of home melted is
38s to 393 nett cash, and a good deal has been done; but the
supply is plentiful. Previous terms are maintained for other
sorts of Tallow, although large parce!s have been brought
forward. At auction 750 casks Sydney were nearly all
sold at from 35s to 38s 6d for ordinary to fine, low 33s
to 34s Gd; and 386 pkgs South American 36s to 38s 6d
per cwt. For auction 1,200 pkgs of Tallow are declared.
OlLS.—There is yet much firmness in the market for
Seal, and a good demand prevails; pale is 391 to 401,
straw and tinged 371 to 381 109, yellow and brown 35/ to
361 103. In Cod not much has been done, but holders
demand 35/ lOs to 361. Southern is much
wanted. A public sale of 93 tuns went at 331 is to
361 for ordinary to fine. Sperm has been operated in
with great freedom—good and fine realised 831 to
841 103, and on the part- of holders there is
firmness, there being a less quantity on offer.
In Rape Seed Oil transactions have been to a
limited extent, yet rates are firm, pale at 37s to 38i,
and brown 36s to 36s 6d. An improved home trade
demand has been experienced for Linseed Oil, and
several export orders have been completed, but prices
remain at 31s 91 to 32s on the spot, and there is
a plentiful supply of Oil. For delivery operations
are upon an extended scale at 31s 61 to 31s 9d,
and there are many buyers rather under these
terms. Olive continues in good request, and the
market is firm ; Spanish and Gallipoli at 44/ to 45/.,
other descriptions 42/ to 43/103 per ton. Palm met with
purchasers, and prices tend upwarde, supply being limited;
Cocoa Nut is much cheaper, but home and export orders
have become limited. At auction 390 pkgs Cochin were
only in part sold at 30s to 33s per cwt.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF TUESDAY.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 12, 1850.

The gleen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Wil-
liam Tudor Tucker as Consul at Bermuda for the United
States of America.

WHITEHALL, OCT. 14.

Tho Queen has been pleased to present the Rev.
Donald rylcFerlaue to the church and parish of Muck-
airr, in the presbytery of Lore, and shire of Argyll, va-
cant by the transportation of the Rev. Lachlan Mac-
kenzie, late rilini.tr thereof, to the church of the united
parishes of Jura and Coleniay._ _ _

CROWN-OFFiCE, OCT. 12.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT

PARLIAMENT.

County of Montgomery Herbert Watkin
Wynn, Lsq., of Saint James's squtre, in the county of
NlAdlesex, in the room of the Right Honourable Charles
1,17 a kin Williams Wynn, dec•oased.
WAR OFFICE, CCT. 15.
_ _

4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John
WlLiams Wallington to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Grant, who retires; Cornet Henry Astley Spaike to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wa!lington, Oct. 15.
14th Light Dragoons—Arthur Edmund Mantel, Gent.,
to bo Cornet, by purchase, vice Gordon, prompted,
Oct. 15.

15th Light Dragoons—Thomas Francis Maude, Gent.,
to 1)3 Cornet, by purchase, vice Howell, promoted,
Oat 15.

Ist (or Grenadier) Regiment of Foot Guards—Alex-
ander Mitchell, Gent., to bj Ensign and Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Rowley, promoted, Oct. 15.
30th Foot—George Francis La Touche, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Luxmore, promoted, Oct. 15.
31st Foot—Georg- Flower Herbert, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Barry, promoted, Oct. 15.
47th Foot—Major John Gordon to be iLioutenant-
Colonel, without purchase, vice Philip Dondas, who re-
tires upon full-pay; Captain John Sutton to be Major,
vice Gordon; Lieutenant John Sinnott to be Captain,
vice Sutton; John Sherwood Gaynor, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Ellison, promoted, Oct. 15.

48th Foot—Quartermaster Edward McMillin to be
Paymaster, vice James Masterman Pennington, who has
retired upon half-pay; Lieutenant and Adjutant James
Anderson, from half-pay 67th Foot, to be Quartermas-
ter, vice McMullin, appointed Paymaster, Oct. 15.

51st Foot—Wi Agg, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Robbins, who retires, Oct. 15.
52d Foot—Augustus Tarps Gervis, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Coote, promoted, Oct. 15.
59th Foot—Monteford Spread Morgan, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Burns, appointed to
,the 24th
Foot, Oct. 15

65th Foot—Thomas Walter Still, Gent., to:be En-
sign, by purchase, Oct. 15.
69th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon, Alexander Brown
Cleland, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice John Bathurst
Thomson, M.D., deceased, Oct. 15.
74th Foot—John Edmondstoune, Gent., to be Ensign,
by` purchase, vice Pretyman, promoted, Oct. 15.
9th Foot—Charles Francis Browne, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Harrison, promoted, Oct. 15.
93d Foot—Mark George Sprot, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Macdonald, promoted, Oct. 15.
UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant George Hilliard, from the
18th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Oct. 15.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon John Riggs
Miller Lewis, M.D., from the Rifle Brigade, to be Ststf
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Cleland, promoted in the 69th
Fore', Oct. 15.
MEHORANDUH.—The date of Lieutenant Andrew
Bayer's commission, in the 86th Foot, is the 14th De-
cember, 1847, instead of the 13th of January, 1847.
TREASURY WARRANT.
Whereas by an Act, passed in the fourth year of the
reign of her present Majesty. intituled "An Act for the
regulation of the Duties of Postage," the Postmaster-
General is authorized to charge on all letters conveyed
by packet-boats between one port in any foreign country
and another port in the same or anyother foreign country,
e hero post communications shall be established. such
rates of postage as the Commissioners of her Majesty's
Treasury, by warrant under their hands, shall from time
to time direct.

Now, we the undersigned, being two of the Commis-
sioners of her Majesty's Treasury, do, in exercise of the
power and authority in us for such purpose vested in
and by the said Act, and of all other powers and autho-
rities enabling us in this behalf direct, that on every
letter net exceeding half an ounce in weight, transmitted
by British packet-boats between Lisbon or any other
port in Portugal and Madeira, the Canary Isles, the Cape
de V« He Isles, Brazil, Buenos Ayres, or Monte Video,
or between the Cape do Verde Isles and the Canary
Isles, Madeira, Brazil, Buenos Ayres, or Monte Video
(without in any case passing through the United King-
dom), there shall be charged and paid in lieu of any rates of
postage now payable thereon a rate of postage of one
shilling.

And we further direct that on every letter trans-
mitted, as is mentioned in this warrant, exceeding half
an ounce in weight, there skill be charged and paid
progressive and additional rates of postage as follows
(that is to say):—
On every letter exceeding half an ounce in weight, and
not exceeding ono onnea in weight, two rates of

postage.
Ou every letter exceeding one ounce, and not exceeding
two ounce's in weight, four rates of postage.
On every letter exceeding two ()Limes, and not exceeding
three ounces in weight, six rates of po.,tege.
And on every letter exceeding three ounces, and not
exceeding four ounces in weight, eight rates of postage.
And fur every ounce in weight above the weight of four
ounces there shall be charged and taken two additional
ra:es of postage, and every fraction of an ounce above
the weight of four ounces shall be charged as one ad-
ditienal ounce, and each progressive and additional
rate chargeable under this clause ahall be estimated
and charged at the sum which any such letter would
be charwd with under this warrant, if not exceeding
half an ounce is weight.
And we further direct that nothing herein contained
shall be deemed or construed to annul, prejudice, or
affect any of the exemptions and privileges granted by
the said recited Act, or by any other Acts of Parliament
relating to the Post-office, or by any Treasury Warrant
issued under any of such Acts, and that all such ex-
emptions and privileges shall remainin full force.
And we further direct that the to ms and expressions
used in this sea-rant shall be construed to have the like
meaning is all respects as they world have had if in-
serted in the said Act passed in the fourth year of the
reign of her present Majesty.
Provided lastly, and we hereby declare and direct,
that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of her
Majesty's Treasury, or any two of them, by warrant
Thieeerelbaynyinoadf,l.t.heanrdatetsa hmearkebeyafinxd establish
under their hands, at any time hereafter to alter.or re-
hhe
any regulations
new
or
other rates or regulations in lieu thereof.
obrlis t
Whitehall Treasury Chambers, Out. 10, 1850.
H. Rica,
R. IL BELLEW.
This Gazette • ' contains neticcs that the following places
have been duly registered for the solemnization of mar-
riages therLin:—

The High-street Chapel, situated in the parish of
Halsted, in the county of Essex, in the district of Hal-
sted Union.

Unitarian Chapel, situate at Oldham, in the township
oe Oldham', in the county of Lancaster, in the district of
Oldham.

BANKRUPTS.
Thom Wesley, hotel-keeper, Newport Psgnel, to
surrender Oct. 29, at one, and Nov. 28, at eleven, at the
Court of Baukrup!cy. Johnson, official assignee, Ba-
singbal!-street; Pooley, Beisley, and Reed, Lincoln's
Inn-fields.

Henry Poi)ley, etrpenter, Wisbeach Saint Peter',
Carnbridgcshire, Oct. 23, at eleven, and Nov. 26; at

half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Grahat-o,
cffici4l az,sigcce; Baxters, Lincoln's lun.fields; Met-
calfe, jun., isntaeh.
Thomas Dathy, builder, Ilythe, Kent, Oat. 23, at one,
and No►. 26. et twelve, at th 3 Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, ;Alicia! assignee; Reed, Langf)rd, and Mars-
den. Friday-street, Cheapside.
SlTillina Henry Boon, ironmonger, Plymouth, Nov. 7,
and Dec. 5, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court.
Hernam:n, official assignee, Exeter; Edmonds and Sons,
Plymouth; Stegdon, Exeter.