The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-18 00:00:00

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending January
15, 1850, is 265. 4d. per cwt.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current, Jan. 18.)
SUGAB.—Tc-day there was a deercaie in the demand
for West India Sugar for all purpose;, and the small
quantity of only 179 bhds, &e. found buyers ; still
holders to make any general concession in the value.
For the wet k the purer aces are 1,450 hhds and tierces,
whilst the market closes with a quiet aspect.
REFINED.—Te-day Refined Sugar was in less demand
for home trade purposes, still in the value little varia-
tion took place; brown Lumps are 508 to 519, and fair
grocery 51s 6d to 52s per cwt. Crushed Sugar is less
wanted, and sos to 30s 6d is the value of fine.
MAtrarrius.—This afternoon the quantity of Maurit'us
Sugar offered at public sale was large, and amounted to
10,800 bags 20 casks, st;11 the ehitf part sold, and
generally at full rates, but biddings were rather languid;
fine yellow wet t at trcm 40s 6d to 41s 6d, low to good
37s to 40s, fair to fine brown 35s to 36s 6d, low 30s, and
grey from 36s Gd to 40s per cwt.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was not
so much in demand, and former rates vs ere not generally
supportel. At public sale 6,280 bags, however, were
mostly sold ; white Benares at 40s to 435, damp and
washed 38s to 41s 6d, low to middling soft yellow 33s 6d
to 36s 6d, and brown 28s 6d to 33s per cwt.
FOREIGN.—There has not been much business con-
cludA at the Continental madras this week, but holders
are firm in all their dealings, and only offer moderate
parcels. At public sale 470 hhds 129 brls of Porto
Rico were nearly all disposed of—good and fine yellow
at 40s 6d to 42s 6d, low to minding 38s to 40s 6d, mid-
dling to fine brown 36s to 37s 6d. 472 chests, 1,322
bags, 54 boxes, 122 brls of Brazil were nearly all taken
in lather above the value-I.)w to fine white Maceio from
42s 6,1, yellow 37a 6d to 38s 6d; Pernambuco
ordinary brown 35s 6.), good and fine yellow 39s
to 40s ter cwt. 165 chests, 54 boxes, and 122 bar-
rels Bahia were also bought in, white at 52s
to 42s Gd, yellow :::8s fid to 39s 6d, brown 36s Gd to 38s ;
9,445 begs fair and good greyish yellow 40s to 41s 6d ;
but 992 chest. yellow Ilavannab, in baud, were sold at
19s 6d to 22s 6d fir middling to good; whilst 397 !Ads
297 barrels Porto Rico ee e taken iu at 19s to 21s 6d
for :ow to good yellow.
MOLASSES.—There is much fit mness in the market for
nest Ran); 15s to 18s may be rediefe l the value of
low to fire per cwt. East India Molass( s have t eel dik-
pozsed of at 143 6:1 to 15s, but few parcels are submitted
for inspection. ()sing to the supply of Honey being
very seat t 7, holders tire Lot incli: ed to tell under an ne-
vaned price.

COFFEE.—Fur public eornrctirictr, at present, the
quarit:ty f;Coreti deelat f r next wee k is only 60
casks 300 Itags P:a.itatisen Ceylon, smi 139 bales 111,:eha,
but severa pare; Cittle e will be aim. unced
To•day there was no public sale ( f Coffee, and by pri-
vate treaty operations are of little moment by slippers
or home-dealers. The nearest value o! Native Ceylon is
635 6d to 645 per cwt,but these rates cannot oe obtained
for large parcelS.
COCOA.—Liolders of We: t India have little dispos7A;on
t) get rid of their stocks; and a good demand exists by
private treaty at tie quotations recently insisted upon,
they have entirely ref: ained from offering any at public
sale 014 week. Twadiul red fetched 433 it) 50e, siad grey

4 .2s 0 443 per cwt. There are it any buyers of Fore'gn,
arld former terms are well k pt up. At auction 570 bags
G nayaquil fund buyers at 35s per ctvt; and this price
wi Ii hardly induce holders to make sales.
TEA.—The disposition t') make purchases in ordinary
miedling:Congeu;;htis further increased, and large trans-
act: one have taken place during the we, h, .accompanied
by a,farther rise in pricer. For good au rl fine sorts there
has. been an active sale, and higher terms are obtained.
From the lowest point there has been an advance f,f nearly
3'l per lb on ordinary sorts, but the rise on the better
kinds has not been ld per lb. The value of ordinary and
good ordinary is 10:411 to 1 Ild,rniddling kinds is to is 3id,
and hotter sorts is 33 to is 100. For Souchong a good de-
mand exists at from 11d to is 10i, and tine at 2s to 2s 63,
but inferior sorts are must in request. Green has
been largely dealt in, whilst the upward movement con-
tinues, so that the rise is now 21 to 4d on inferior and
middling, and Id to lid on good and fine kinds. Scentid
Teas continue tr meet with much attention, and a farther
advauce is obtained. To-day there was less passing in
tle Ti a matkt t, r tin holders asked full previous rates
fir Black and Green.

DICE.—To-dAy the dulness in the Eist India Rice
marke,, increa -vd, and as public sale 329 pockets of
Bengal realized Si 61 for ordinary yaowish whit,, and
damaged 4 t.) 7s 6d per cwt; these arc rather lower
rates.

SPICES.—To-day much inquiry existed after black
Pepper, and further advanced rate are paid. At auction
230 bags clean Java rnlited 41 to 42-cl per lb. Of Bengal
Ginger 1,062 pkts went at 223 to 22s 6d per ervt fur fair
export sort, thf:se ara higher ratep.

knurr.—Since our laq t'n,re has been a very large
business dot e in Curraats at full prices. Yesterday
and rt-gay the demand has been very brisk, and all
the Currants offei el were brought up, partly fir the
home trade, and the remainder for shipping. Many
of the importers have withdrawn their sampler, and re-
fuse to E e I.at our quotations. In Valencia Raisins there

is very little business doing, but prices f.ir goid sound
parce:s are very firm at 48s. In other desetiptions of
Fruit there is nothing doing worth notice.
SALT PETRE.—Te-day there was a good demand, and
at auction 706 bags of Calcut'a went at stiff rates re •
fraction 6 per cc•nt went at 28s ; ditto 27s 6d, 94
ditto 26s 6d t, 275, and
,damaged 245 6d to 25s 6d
per cwt.
INDIGO.—The quantity of East India declared for sale
on the 12th of next month is now 10,550 chts, still
holders displayed firmness, and at former terms a good
business has been concluded. As compared with the last
sale tf,e advance is from 2d to 4d per ft. Of Spanish
the quantity sold exceeds that of the firmer week, and
stiffer rates are paid.
SPIRITS.—There are several buyers of Jamaica RUM
at fully last week's rates, but holders insisting upon an
advance of Id to 2d per gallon caused the sales made to
be of We moment. Demerara has te,n sought after,
but as high rates are asked only 100 puns have been
sold at 2a Id to 2s 4d for 32 t ) 42 per cent over proof.
Leeward Island is wanted, and 350 puns have been sold
at is 5,1 to is 51d proof, with small parcels ef fine brown
at is V, there are many buyers rather tinders these
rates. For Bum the tendencies of prices is upwards.
There is yet much firmness in thn Brandy market, and
a good sale exists. Cognac best brands of the vintage
of 1848 realiz-d 4s 8d to 4s 10d.

TALLOW.—To-day at auction 1,490 pkgs South Ame-
rican Tallow mostly sold at 33s 6d to 38s; 250 casks
Sidney 37s t 39s 3d; 400 casks old P. Y. C. 86s 9d to
38s 6,1; 80 casks Soap Tallow 33s 9d to 353 3d; 140
casks Eat India 33, to 38s 6d

OiLs.--To-. ay at auction 100 hhds of fine Cochin
Cocoa Nut Oil were taken in at 365, and 50 eks Ceylon
at 338 6d to 338 9J per cwt.

INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS.

On Tuesday, January, 15, 1850, William Cubitt,
Esq., President, in the chair, the paper read was,
"An Account of the Blackfriars Landing-pier," by
Mr. F. Lawrence. This pier commences on the Middle-
sex side of the river, to the east of Blackfriars-bridge,
at Chatham-place, and continues parallel to the bridge,
and at a distance of forty feet from it, for a length of
185 feet. The body of the pier (exclusive of the
head) is supported on four piers, two of which consist
of a single row, and two of a double row of piling,
f rming three spans of fifty feet each, and having
about eight fret headway under them at
high-water. The floating barge, or dumby, on
which the passengers land, is one hundred long
and twenty-five feet wide, rising and falling with the
tide, in grooves at each end, formed by piles and pro-
tected by dolphins. The connexion between the
dumby and the pier is by a moveable stage eight feet
wide and fifty feet long, secured to the pier head, at
one end by a einge joint, and the other end similarly
connected to a flight of steps, on wheels, which
moved on a tramway fixed to the deck of the barge.
Thh principal portion of the timber used in its con-
struction was fir ; but the whole, whether of fir or
oak, was impregnated by Payne's process, those
portions below high-water mark being further pro-
tected by a coating of Stockholm tar. The whole of
the cast and wrought iron work was galvanized.
The Corporation of London had observed the ne-
cessity for an improved landing place, so early as
1841, but it was not until a fatal accident occurred
in 1844, that any decided steps were taken in
the matter; then Aiessrli. Walker and Barges
received instructions to prepare a design, which was
approved, and the pier was commenced in March,
1845, and completed in October of the same year,
under the superintendence of Mr. Hewett, M. last.
C.E. Tne total cost was about 4,0001.
The nextpaper read was a " Description of a
Timber Bridge, erected over the River Ouse, on the
line of the Lynn and Ely Railway," by Mr. J. S.
Valentine, M. Inst. C. E. The total length of this
bridge was four hundred and fifty feet, divided
into eleven bar, ten of thirty span each, and
one over the river of one hundred and twenty
feet span on the square, and one hundred and
twenty. one feet six inches on the skew. This river-
opening consisted of three laminated timber bows,
resting upon stone piers, the material for which was
procured from the New Leeds Quarries. The dimen-
sions of the bows were, length of chord, one hundred
and twenty-one feet six inches; versed sins, fourteen
feet two inches ; and their depth, three feet eight
inches ; the width of the outer bows was two feet two
:fiches, that of the centre bow two feet nine inches.
They were formed of fifteen layers of three-inch deals
abutting upon a cast iron plate, bolted to the tie-beams,
which consisted of two whole timbers scarfed and bolted
together. Each tie-beam was suspended from the
bows by thirteen wrought-iron rods, two inches an
diameter, and between these diagonal struts were
fitted. Transverse joists, notched on to the tie-
beams, extended across the whole width of the
bridge, and on these the rail-bearers were laid, the
intervening spaces being filled with three-inch deals,
laid longitudinally.
The works were commenced in the autumn of
1846, and completed in October, 1847; the total
cost of the superstructure being about 3,7441. When
tested, by placing three locomotive engines on each
line of rails, the total deflection was only three-
eighths of an inch.
The paper announced to be read at the meeting of
Tuesday, Jan. 22, was No. 819. "On the Periodical
Alternations and Progressive Permanent Depression
of the Chalk water Level under London," by the Rev.
J. C. Clutterbuck.

DETENTION OF THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC
MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, THIIRSDAT.—TeIeg: a -Ale in-
structions a ere this morning received from the Colonial-
office by Captain Smith, the Admiralty-Surer-
intendent cf the mail racket., ti delay fir 24 hours the
departure a t'le Royal mail steamer Tay, Captain G.
M. Chapmar, appointed t) leave to-day with the usual
West India and Pacific mails, in charge of Lieutenant
Percival, R.N. The cause of this unexpected detention
has not transpired here, although it bas been rumoured
that the Tay is to carry out Government dispatches for
Nicaragua, and that a Cabinet Council called for tc-day
(Thursday) has some connexion with the matter.
The Tay will thertfore leave t)-morrow (Friday.)
She has 75 passengers, amongst whom are Count
de Ratti Menton, Consul of the French Republic
for Panama; the Prime arid Princess Beauvear, fur
Madeira; Sir Robert Throckmorton and daughter, for
Madeira; Captain Lovitt, for Jamaica; Ensign Leigh,
for Demera'a; Lieutetaat llama), Lieutenant Lake,
and Ensigns Swann and Shifter, for Barbadoes, &c
The Tay has a full cargo for the various ports, a small
quantity of quicksilver, and specie value 3,478/., fir
Chagres, 2,6851. fir Grey Town, 3,500/. for St. Thomas
9601. for Carthagena, and 840/. f.n. Santa Martha—tct tl,
11,463/. sterling. The route of this steamer is via Ma-
deira, Barbadoes, St. Thomas, Porto Rico, Hayti, Ja-
maica, and Carthagena to the Isthmus of Panama. The
next West India and Mexican mails due on the 22d
instant, will in all probability be brought by the Great
Western, which vessel will receive them at Permude
from the Thames, the latter ship having been in the
Gulf c f 11( xico. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam
Navigation Company's ship Jupiter, Captain F. Meehon,
sailed this r.f,ernoon with the usual Sawfish and Portu-
guese mails. The next mails from Vigo, Oporto, Lis-
bon, Cadiz, end Gibraltar, due on the 24th, will b,
brought by the Montrose, Captain Bowen. The Indus,
Captain J. Soy, is to leave on Sunday, the 20th, with
the East India, China, and Mediterranean mails, and
the Ripon, Ca,, tain B. Moresby, I. N., will be due on
the 26th, with the next homeward mails from the same
quarters.
SUDDT,N DRAT!' FROM DRINKING ARDENT
SPIRITS.—Yesterday, Mr. law Carter held an it quest at
the Bear and Ragged Staff, Upper Ground-street,
Blarkftiars-raad, respecting the death cif Edward Fox,
aged thirty- five years, a genera dealer lately carrying on
buriness in Shoe-lane, Fleet-street. Alighterman named
John Joyce, stited that on Monday night last the de-
ceased had been drinking ruin-and-water at the bar of
the above-nttr el hozeic., and ruhsrquently he pro_
cc 'ded jet t the rlz h,tir, a here he had a quartern of
rl,red, among several persons. The (4,?•
ceased then tossed f at-lather quartet f gin, a hich
ba par. N tr. a 'cords ensued, when the decease d said,
" I will drink the a hole quart.,rn if;' and b„.
fore they ac, to him (the &lea,. d) he seizad th
measure and swallowed the whole if its contents.
Saon aftermards his 11(0,1 suttee:ly droppea,
and several of the customers iti the room thiriki»,
the dccol.ccd.n'as only " dead drtink," rlseed him en tha
floor, supposing he would get sober after a little step;
but when they were about to depait they disco% er,c
that the man was Tiite dead. The jury returned a ver-
dict to the effect " ',That the deceaae I died from excessive
drinking of ardent spirits."