The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-24 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL.

The business done in Sugar yesterday was very
renerat ; the purchases were to the extent of
)600 itbds. chiefly good Sugars. The prices were
little varied; in one or two instances flue parcels
were disposed of at rates a shade higher. In the
kftued Marker art advance of Is. a 2s. took place,
knd considerlble purchases were made at the im-
Ptovement. The purchasers wished to secure eoods
Itt the former prices on account of the news from
the %Vest Indies ; and as the supplies at market
were trivial, the prices immediately advanced.—
The wholesale grocers purchased considerably;
Lunps. and Loaves were in request for crushing
lint melting. In Foreign Sugars there was no
business doing. On account of the alteration of
the import duty, which will take place early in
January, the Sugar market will continue open
this- week.

to consequence of the last letters front Peters-
timer, of the 28Th ult. mentioning the severe set-
ting in of the winter, the purebasersof tallow took
the alarm, and the prices rose 4s_ per cent higher.
The demand for flax was also more extensive; the
Prices yesterday may be stated 21. per ton higher,
end rather a brisk sale at the •advance. , -Hemp is
4130 in more request ; the priers 4 shade higher.
1:1,e iniports this year from the Baltic are more
limited than usual, owing, it is stated, to the ex-
tensive purchases wade by other nations, particu-
larly by America.
, The prices of Oil are again higher. The
4olders were yesterday asking higher rates, with
*very probaloility of obtaining them ; for Green-
tithd 60t. is demanded. Cod Oil is higher; the
Ice fire at Newfoundland having destroyed a con-
tklerable proportion of the expected supplies, and
it vessel-, with a considerable parcel on board, has
heen lost on the coast of France.
The opinion entertained that Rum would be al-
towed in France, appears entirely abandoned, and
the market basin consequence become heavy. There
ate, however, few sales, as the buyers still antici.
Pate a further decline. Brandies„ from the very
Svc supplies, and from the firmness of the
Wders, on account of the trivial stock, continue
10 advance. In Geneva there is no alteration.

The Annual Meeting of the Society of School-
liasters was held yesterday at the Crown and
dials.
Tavern, the Bishop of CARLISLE in the
quill% It appeared from the Treasmiter's Report,
drat the Funds of this excellent Establishment
Isete rapidly improving, and its beneficial purposes
sincreasing in proportion. The Bishop of CAR-
'ISLE, in a speech of extraordinary merit, point-
• out the great utility of the Institution. advert-
lt,d to the high respectability and importance of
instruction of youth, and expressed his earnest
;413e that both hint and his worthy Colleagues,
he Presidents and Vice-Presidents, would, in
heir elevated situations in the Church, " always
t'amember with gratitude the place from %%hence
ti'eY started."
THEATRICAL A NNOYANCE.—YesteRhy the Ma-
Iltrates of Bow-street were called on to investi-
klite one of those improprieties which belong to
e miseries of social life, and by which the fre-
ikleutcrs of our Theatres are annoyed from even.
4g to evening. It appeared, that on Monday
(;entleman and his daughter were seated
1 a box on the first tier in Covent-Garden flie-
ltre, when he found it nisell much inconvenienced
Y a Lady, then sitting behind them, who pushed
:el' knees against his bark, and goaded him in
‘titer ways. Remonstrance was employcd in vain,
{11.4, in fact, was returned with abuse by the
41I' assailant. The Gent IC,ltall now coolly rose,
?klled in Smith and Donaldson, the Officers, and
41'e the offender in charge. Upon her way
the Covent-Garden Watch-house, she struck
,Nith, and was detained about an hour, but WaS
tilledby a Captain P--. She yesterday went
tiow,,treet at about twelve o'clock, when she
ttributed bet misconduct on the preceding night
I
li;irtaiug too freely of Wine. After the Ma-
:trate had investigated time case, she was ordered
find bail to answer the assault.