The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-28 00:00:00

con-. quenee have been prevcntPd b7,' the relua'ance cf
holders to sell. The market has a firm appparance for
all sorts of Brazil. A cargo of wbite P.-irabia has been
sold at 21s 6d per cwt, deliverable at Antwerp ; and 150
chests brown 13,thia on the spot at 18s 6d per cwt. A
very lavourable opinion is enßrtaintd towards Foreign
Sugar. The demand at the Continental markets is brisk,
an. iricts still on the advance.
MoLassEs.—Holders of West India are not disposed
to submit to any further reduction in prices ; but buyers
have purchased with caution this week, 23a per cwt
cepted for good Antigua. The stock has been further
increased. East India Molasses still neglected, and 145
to 16s per cwt is the nearest value.
Cocoa.—lmporters of West India still refrain frora
offering any at auction ; 13) private contract, some par:
eels have been disposed of at stiff rates ; the stock is
still on the decrease, and in first hands there is little re-
maining. Fur Foreign prices continue firm, still with-
out arrivals.

COFFEE —The market has been in a dull state for,
West India Coffee all the week, and to dispose of stool'
parcels by private contract holders have been compelled
to submit to rather lower rates; prices are much under
thosethat prevailed a month back. This afternoon at public
sale 902 ihzg's Slti4a pare Java Coffee were offered, a *mall
part of which only sold—good ord pate yellowish at
39s to 40s 6d,' being very full rates ; 50 bags of Ceylon
went at 663 to 683 for fine ord Plantation, and 71s for
cmimon pea berry ; 3 trcs 4 brls Jamaica sold at 57s
for fine tine ord unclean ; 20 bags La Guayra taken in
at 34s ; 351 bag 3 of Rio were bought in—good dark
coloury at 32s 6tl, and triage 13s to 14s 6d per cwt. la
Ceylon little was done privately, but prices are not lower
for good ord.

`lna..—The market has been in a quiet state this week.
By private contract only a limited business has been
transacted in black or green ; prices remain firm for
~11 good and fine descriptions, but for inferior kinds
they are going down. To-day there was more activity
in the Tea market, and the parcels disposed of were et
full rates. Sales of Common Congou, cash, made at 10d
to Hid, and good common lid to is per lb.
SPICES.—For black Pepper prices do not improve, el"
though the market has again been sparingly supplied ;,f:
good demand, however, has prevailed privately, en"
former rates are fully supported. This afternoon 261
bags Malabar Pepper at auction were sold at 30 to 34a
per lb for good light brown being the full value ; 21 brie
of Jamaica Ginger sold at 419 s to 9/ 3s per cwt.
RuM, BRANDY. AND HOLLANDS.—There has been en
extensive demand for all descriptions of Jamaica Rum
this week, and the large quantity of 500 puns Conn
purchasers at fully former rates, indeed, in some cases, $
small advance has been paid ; fair quality 27 to 29 per
cent 0. P. fetched 3s 10d to 3s I Id, good 30 to 35 over
'
4i to 4s 4d, fine 35 to 33 over 4s 6d to ss, and small
parcels of superior 5s 6d to 6s per gallon. 'PI
hundred puncheons sold at 2s 44d to 2s 5d proof
strength. Demerara sold at 3s 6d for 32 per cent. al'
For Calcutta, the rates are the same as this day week,;
the sales arc 250 casks, at 2s 3d per gallon, proof, w",:
certificate. The low and middling descriptions of Brawl/
are wanted, and the supply being small, prices rule fir °,
at 2s 11 d to 3s 3d for the former, and at 3s 4d to 3s 10a
per gallon for the latter. The demand for best sorts limitedl
Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1838, selling, "'is
5s Id, nuns 4s I Id ; 1839, hhds 4s I Id, puns 4s 9d ; 1840'
hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s Bd, 1841, hhds 4s 9d, puns 4s 7c1;,,
1842, hhds 4s 6d, puns 4s 4d per gallon. Geneva, fine 'D
for duty is 2s 6d to 3s 6d per gallon. There is no alteratiO
to notice in the value of English Corn Spirits at present..
0
FRUlT.—Buyers of Currants for the most part refire
from operating in consequence of several ships having
sailed from Zante and Patras with cargoes of the ne
crop ; the business transacted has been extremely
l
limited, Patras old 44s to 475, Zante and Cephalonia 38s
to 42s per cwt. In Raisins there has been very little
doing, and Almonds are dull of sale.
RlCE.—There has been a considerable increase in the
demand for Java Rice, and prices paid show an advance
;on those previously quoted of 6d per cwt. This after
noon, Bengal Rice met with attention, and 1351 bags sa
auction sold at stiffer rates; good middling white fetebto
e
Ils 6d to 12s; sea damaged first class I Is, second el'
10. to lOs 6d, third ditto 9s 6d ; sugar damaged 103 to
lOs 6d per cwt.
SA so.—There are still few purchasers, but bel-deir:
are not inclined to submit to any ,
further deeline.o,o
prices, which vary from 12s up to 24s per cwt ; of P3sl
Flour the supply is still scanty. Prices are engtrbeel
for Arrowroot; 39 pkgs St. Vincents at auction le,'
3d to 7d per lb.
SALTPETRE.—HoIders of rough remain firm, end bays
refrained from offering any at auction ; there _cs
been rather more business transacted by private CO
—Calcutta fine at 27s to 27s 6d, good 26s to 26s w" I,
mid 25s to 25s 6d, and low 23s 6d to 24s 6d per e,sos
English refined is 29s 6d to 30s per cwt, but there has '
been much business doing.
"te for
week,INDIGO.—The market has been in a quiet An me
East India since this day shippers and the hees
trade purchasing only small quantities. The de/irel',
for home consumption this year are 2,568, and,f,f4r3 et
portion 5,432 chests greater than they were ill
this time. For Spanish prices are firm.
CocausEAL.—There has been a considerable ineresse
in the demand, and although the market has been shun.
dantly supplied, still former rates are supported, exclb".
ing for low silvers, which went at a decline of ld Pero.,
This afternoon 17 bags Honduras at public sale :for
sold at 4s 9d to 5s for silvers, and 5s Id to 5s 5u
black, being full rates.
TALLOW.—This afternoon 67 casks New South Whig
at public sale were sold at 38s to 41s 9d, 8 casks 2
to
skins of Cape 41s 6d to 42s 6d, 3 casks of Gibraltar
41s 3d, 391 pipes 32 hhds South American 34s 6d
North
39s 9d, 8 casks Itailan 40s 6d to 41s, and 23s Nor
American at 39s to 41s 3d per cwt. g of
OlLS.—Prices have ruled firm for all descripti`tere
common Fsh Oils, and the transactions are upon e wa, ;
extended scale. Cod has been fetching 33/ 15s to 510 s,
Southern good to fine 301 to 30/, low to mid 28/ to 291 oesl
and pale Seal 34/10s to 381. per tun; at these rates a gro,
business has been transacted by the home trade. For SPeB3l
85/ to 861 is still obtained for fine British, and 821t°,0,
per tun for American. Linseed Oil 24s 3d to 24s 6clPerices
In Rape several transactions have taken p 6
lace, and Pr. ,1
rule firm—pale at 36s to 36s sa, and brown 35s to 35' it,
per cwt. Olive Oil, 44/ to 45/ is the value of Gallipoli'
411 to 43/for Spanish, and 391 to 401 per tun for Barbary'
these rates are 403 to 60s per tun under those of „0..
year at this time. Cocoa Nut has sustained the rojy
vious currency. Palm is dull of sale. There is still
a trifling quantity of American Lard Oil to be bad.

PETERHEAD, SEPT. 23.—The Betsy, bound to Stetsl":
in leaving the harbour, got on the rocks at the entrtriuot
bat came off, and has put back, apparently 'l'4l--
damage.
STATE OF TRADE AT LIVERPOOL: general !pg.'
.
pest of commercial affairs is unchanged ; there is $
ti;
gular demand for produce of all descriptions, and' went
few exceptions, prices continue yielding to superabun sof
supplies. There never was a time when the range id
quotations for the leading articles of commerce sr°t3r,c,
bear comparison with the low rates now eurrke-ce
We have seen years when particular trades Ples
suffered great depression, and prices of some artic„.-
have in consequence declined ; but now, with the cilwrie
tat of the country of less value in the market than ;he
have ever known it, and money so plentiful that the
difficulty is to find investment for it—with a rati-d
facturing trade thriving in every direction, :Ter
the working classes of all descriptions be
"-
ars
employed than they have been for some hYeuid
—it is indeed remarkable that merchants s"° -he
find themselves compelled to do business on t. 0.,
unsatisfactory terms that almost all are suffering bi,4st
somuch that the losses on the import trade of the
•
six months would far exceed the profits of the entittra:
year. The present is a state of things that well den° ow
attention in high quarters ; and more than ever 0. _
datlet;
should the argument be brought forward, that low
will stimulate consumption, that the increased impor
will thereby be taken off, and the revenue of the coact/
need not suffer.—Liverpool Mercury.
RA I,"
HUNGERFORD SUSPENSION-BRIDGE AND 11.
WAYS.—The works at the above bridge are nearly $
t a
stand still, owing to the intention of the DirentorS
apply at the next meeting of Parliament for a Bin d.
allow them to throw a railway across the Thames °to
joining the suspension-bridge, and to erect railways
Richmond, the terminus of the South-Western ("it
Brighton and Dover Railways. For some days Ps:a
t.°
surveyors have been employed in measuring the groa
from Goding's Brewery to London-bridge, taking tuss
proposed line through Ann-street, Waterloo-road, acrfA.,
the latter road, at the rear of the south side of Stamforil%
street, across the Blackfriars-road, through Chure,,_
street, across Green walk. Holland-street, Southwsl.6l.
bridge-road, at the rear of Barclay's brewery, to
Saviour's-churchyard, where it will join the Bright°
and Dover railways.
THE HARVEST IN THE MANSION-HOUSE.—It is roe;
ported there is a capital crop of grass this year in ny
Lord Mayor's kitchen. His Lordship, however, will
ocmmence cutting before the 9th of Novembert"

BIRTHS. •
On the 16th inst., the lady of Thomas Edward Scott,
of Carbrooke, Norfolk, of a son.
On the 20th inst., at Sligo, Ireland, the wife of
sCon'
aPtain
Waldron B. Kelly, her Majesty's 22d Regiment, of a
On the 23d inst., at Henfield, the lady of the Rev • u"
Dunlop, of son, still-born. John
B.Ocnartdhaele,24Ethi.n,sotiatdaLoynhetoemr.be-hill, Bath, the wife o
mf
On the 24th sci
inst., a
at Kent-terrace, Regent's-par►
Maclean Lee, of a aughter.
On the 24th insdt., Mrs. George Allen, of Tooloy-street,
Southwark, of a son.•
On the 25th inst., at Kentish-town, Mrs. Alexwati:or
of Cow"
of a
On the 25th inst.. in Connaught-square, the
mauder J. G. Dick, R.N., of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 24th inst., at St. Margaret's We- ar'stminster, J°ll,ll
Stevens, eldest on of the '
late Captain Thornton, to
Ann Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. Boning, ofll.--lin'iter

DIED.
On the 20th inst., at Farnham Royal, Bucks, Ann, the wife
of Hugh Kinnaird, Esq., of her Majesty'sjHousehold.
On the 22d inst., at Southsea, Hants, Harrison Delr-4''
Esq., aged 77.
On the 23d inst., at Waterford, Hats, Mary
of Charles Squire, Esq.
On the 24th inst., Henry George, third sonary Annf
Mr.
Osborn, Osborn, of the Terrace, Gray's Inn-lane.
On the 24th inst., at Milverton, Somerset, Judith, iridovr ei
the late George Anstcy, Esq., of Russell-square, aged 66.
On the 24th inst., at Gunby-park, Lincolnshire, 4-tigeril°r/
Langton Massingberd, Esq., aged 41.
On the 25th inst., at Sydenham, Kent, Anne, relict of the
Rev. John Still, Rector of Fonthill.
On the 25th inst., at Lavender-hill, Battersea, Mr. Willisra
Pamplin, nurseryman.
On the 26th inst., at Lyndhurst-place, Peckham,Martha
the mother of Mr. S. Gale, of Basinghall-street.

London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG of
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Slot Office, No. 112,
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy.: in the Count?
Eisturdiy, Septesbor 28,1841.