The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-19 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Loriclon New Price Current of April 18.)
SUGAR.—The total purchases for the week amount to the
large quantity of 2,860 hhds and tierces, and the market closed
very firmly for all sorts of raw Sugar.
REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar met with a ready sale
for home consumption, and a further advance in prices oc-
curred, brown lumps fetching 66s 6d, and standard lumps
67s 6d to 68s per cwt; the market is bare of goods. Bonded
Crushed Sugar is much wanted, and 36s to 37s per cwt is the
value of the first quality.
MACRITIUS.—This afternoon 10,941 bags 240 casks at
public sale were all sold at an advance of 15 to 2s per cwt, and .
putt 4: VIA) 9y, lE,VOU'imutAlNzblVo. ta...wAxt SA,/ to Ms_
low 413 6d to 43s 6d, ordinary brown 34s 6d to 36s 6d, mid
38s to 395, goad to fine 403 to 41s 6d, syrupy 38s 6d to 43s 6d,
and washed 37s 6d to 47s per cwt : the rise was more appa-
rent on inferior and brown sorts.

EAST INDLA.—This afternoon 'brown Bengal was much
inquired after, and some parcels were taken by private treaty
by refiners and exporters at 32s to 346 per cwt. All other
sorts were in good demand, and in some cases the rates
given were rather above those of the early part of the week.
FOREIGN.—To-day there was a considerable inquiry after
all kinds, but business was checked in consequence of mer-
chants insisting upon further advanced rates. 1,200 boxes of
old yellow Havannah, of an indirect import, sold privately
at 24s per cwt, and a floating cargo of Porto Rico at 214
per cwt.

MOLASSES.—Prices have made a stand fur West India,
and there has been a much better demand ; the private
operations are 600 puns, Antigua at 18s, and Barbadoes old
17s per cwt. Of Bengal Treacle 71 barrels duty paid at
public sale at 16s per cwt.
COFFEE.—This afternoon there was no public sale of any'
kind of 'Coffee, and by private treaty there was little.binu-
ness transacted in any sort, but in prices there is no alteration
to notice. • ' -

TEA.—To-day there was more business transacted in Tea,
but not at better prices, low Congou was sold at 8d to Bid ; • .
fair to good common 9d to 10d; Hyson ordinary yellow leaf
2s 5d ; Twankay, fair useful, is 2d to is 21d, and rather
brightish leaf Is 331,d to is 4d per lb.
CocoA.—Prices cannot be lower for West India at present, .
the supply being small, but there are few purchasers, and
113 bags of St, Lucia at auction were only, partly sold at 41s
to 42s for middling Red, being'thl.i forpier.worth. Foreign is
wanted, but tltere is not nrchtly 'Nadi 'Bahia has been sold
privately at3Bs per cwt.' ..•
Fititrr.2—This market ctniinueg.dUlCand prices on the de-
Zante andCephaloniaiCuniuits'46x,o.Patras 46s to 50s,
:Red Sthyrna and Chesnie Raisins739ilo42s, Elethes 43s to
455; Turkey Pulled Fip.'3se. to' 45'31. Sultanas 60s, Black
-Sniynias 27s' Valentias 43s to 445, Vehia 'in baskets 325.
• SPlCES.—Cassia Lignea is much' wanted; and. a further ad-
vande in the 'value has taken piaceVenoigthin.quill at 63s 6d
to 64p, good middling 635,, xnicalip-e.64% to 62s 6d, low mid
coarse 58s *to 58s 6d; good or 56s 6d 14)7575, 'low ord 54a,
broken ends 52s to 5.5 s 6d, inotildf.s-tto,"s7K broken 51s to
525, loose and broken 50s. Pimento has been in brisk request.
944 bags at auction were sold, mid at '.3ltcl to 3id, low mid .
3d to 3ad, good ord 30, and sea damaged 21d to 2id per lb.
Black Pepper held .with' firmness, and- at former rates se-
veral pareels ,have been' taken privately. At auction
eight bags of sea danhaied Sumatra fetched 2d,
and sixty bags of sound fair brownish Malabar 31d
per lb ; white has further declined in value, 50 bags at auction
were sold, Penangoiclinal7 at aid to 3d, Batavia goad ordi-
nary, 4id per lb. In East and West India Ginger more busi-
ness done privately at stiffer rates ; 80 bags of Barbadoes at
public sale were taken in, at 44s per cwt for middling quality,
but 162 brls 60 casks of Jamaica were sold at 313 s to 121 ls.
In Cinnamon•little Milt. For Nutmegs holders unwilling to
take lower rates; at auction 8 packages of ordinary limed
Cape'and Singapore were withdrawn. Mace purchased with
caution,-although offered at low prices, and 11 cases at auc-
tion 'were'taken in at 2s 24' for dull rather wormy, and at
2s 3d to 2s 6d per lb for Singapore. Cloves more in favour,
and in former rates a fair business has been transacted ;
,Bourbon fetching 9d to 10d, Amboyna Is 2d to Is 6d, Penang
and Bencoleen is 8d to 2s 4d per lb.
BUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDs.—There are sellers of Ja-
maica upon further reduced terms, butbountlyitai few pge
have been disposed of; 10 to 20 per cent. over prOof 2s 6d to
2slod, 30 to 40 ditto 3s to 3s 7d, better quality 3s 8d to 43, and
fine 4s 2d to 4s 10d per gallon. Demerara of strong quality
commands full rates ; 100 puns havfmprong?sfb,teheenvsaolludemaoftfe2rlisoorlOdtsoort32oto
been
ton d3o9n
errancedn2ts.'toov2eBr
tfao.srover proof. In Calcutta there has
itfhreely,bereednuveeercy little
isaild 6d to Is 7d per gallon.
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little
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certificate
isma9yd
businessurcthraasnesdacteadt,
Buyers of Leewards operatpemomforwe
having been taketia and 150 puns - sceolr: atea
proof strength. Brandy_ met little attention, and there were
os sellers ltebr se
vintageupo n t heo
of 1838,'
tdearm4ass,7tli
p. 11: n Cognac, beat brands
4s 5d ; ditto .1839,
h4shdsl4;s
ditto4d, pluBn4sl,4ah
1211; .
43 ,
3d
puu,43nsh,h4dshsh4dsNid3d;3,B
1842, hhds 4s, puns 3s 10d; ditto'
ptins*33 Bdrditto 1844,' hhds 3s 9d, puns 38 7d; middling
and good middling of the various Vintages 2s 8d to 3s 6d.
sper
IoW 2s 6d to 2s Bd, and Bordeaux 2s 6d to 2s 7 gallon:
Geneva not miich*Wanted,-and is 9d to is lOd is the value of .
common expert sort ; fine for home use is 2s 44 to 2s 10d per
gallon. * English Corn Spirits are in good demand.' RICE.—This afternoon .Bengal Rice met with attention, '
and 850 bags at auction were all sold at full rates, and
fetched lls 6d to -12 s for good white, Ils to lls .6d for good
middling, and lOs to 11s 6 for sea damaged first, second, and
third class. ' 7 • •

IximGo.=—To•day. 865 chests have passed the sale. The
biddings were languid, especially.foi Madras and Kurpabs,
which go of heavily at about 2d under the prices of the last
sale. • Good and fine Bengals are to be had a shade under.
CocniNEAL—There has been a. gooo butiness transacted by
private treaty, and the rates paid are :rather abore those of
this day week ;' loW to good silvers fetching 4s 10d to 5s 3d
pet Ib."
Ons.—This afternooet public sale 40 tuns of South Ses.
Elephant Oil were sold at 281 to 291155; 136 casks of Palm
at 23s 9d to 278 per cwt.
TALLOW—This afternoon there were several public sales
of Tallow, and the following are the results :-352 casks of
26 casks North American
me
rlc Walesn 34sts'e3n at
dt t 33 o
37s;s 9 d to 38s 6d ; 473 packages
SNOeuwt h SouthA
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4posack6adleslßCsa
378
sdi pie'e3teßrssb6udrgtoh2lo-esl9loda;. Csasncasdlek36s Easts
6ei
at 37s 6d perovt.
to 39s 6d; 18 casks Soap ditto 344 3d, and SO casks of Odessa

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, April 18.
lb** Lordships met at Fire o'clock.
1,14 Earl. of BAND-ON presented several petitions from
thd' county' of. Cork against the It.layrisotii and +he
system of edheation in Ireland.
The Duke of RUTLAND presented a petition from the
farineits'of the county of Leicester, praying to be relieved from
the, prejeiit -agrialtural distress. The Noble Duke also pre-
seeffea a-petitfouirina the Malvern Agricultural Society, pray-
ini?of 3 eipar df the milt-tax; and several petitions from the
comity of Leicestefigiiiist any further grant to Maynooth.
4.oth CAMPBELL presented several petitions l
oftaganst any
further grant to Maynooth, and a petition in favour em-
peance.
The Bishala of DU RHAM presented several petitions
against the grant to Maynooth. The Right Rev. Prelate
said he did not share in the apprehensions expressed by the
petitioners. He did not think the petitioners understood the
correct bearing of the question, but he was satisfied great credit
was ditto to the Government for introducing this measure.
The Duke of CLEVEL IND, and the Earl of WICKLOW, also
preSelsted similar petitions against the grant.
SEES OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR.
Earl POWIS said that last year he had introduced a Bill
for preventing the union between St. Asaph and Bangor,
bat after the second reading, under the advice of
friends, be had withdrawn it, in consequence of an
intimation that her Majesty's Government would oppose
its further progress. He had this year introduced another Bill
for the same purpose, and it stood for the second reading on
Tuesday, the 29th. The question he wished to ask was, whe-
ther it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to inter-
pose, by preventing her Majesty's assent, and hinder the Bill
from passing?
The Duke of WELLINGTON, in answer to the question of
the Noble Lord, said that Ministers had not received
her Majesty's permission to state that she would give her con-
sent to this Bill.
Earl POWIS said that on Monday he would state what
course he intended to pursue. His course would be different,
in consequence of the intimation which their Lordships had
just heard, to what he had intended, but on Monday he should
be able to state what he thought it best to do. In the mean-
time he would remind their Lordships that the second reading
stood for Tuesday, the 29th.
The Duke of RICHMOND presented several petitions
against the union of the Sees of St. Asaph and Bargor, and
expressed his regret that Ministers were opposed to the
Bill of the Noble Lord.
MAYNOOTH.
Petitions were -presented against the grant to Maynooth by
the Marquis of BREADALBANE from Glasgow and several other
towns in Scotland, and also from a great number of the con-
gregations of the Free Church in that country. Petitions were
also presented against the grant by the Duke of Rienaloien
from Elgin, Matlock, Inverness, and several other places.
IMPROVEMENT OF LAND IN IRELAND.
The Duke of RICHMOND moved for a return of the num-
ber of applications that had been made to the Court of Chan-
eery in Ireland for grants for the improvement of lands under
the 3d and 4th of Victoria.—The return was granted.
BANKING SYSTEM OF SCOTLAND.
The Duke of RICHMOND presented several petitions
against any alteration in the present system.
RAILWAYS.
Lord BROUGHAM, in moving the printing of the standing
orders which he had brought under the notice of the House,
said that he wished, as a warning to railway directors and
companies, to state a case of gross recklessness, with which,
after they had obtained their Bill, the directors of a company
had ruined their own project, and lost the money of their
shareholders. He should state neither names or places. The
railway was connected with one of the largest railways in Eng-
land, and the facts were these. An estate had been bequeathed
to a very learned and excellent lawyer as a trustee. The
railway possessed the power of constructing works, and entering
upon lands with very inadequate compensation to the
owners in all the parishes named in the schedules.
They thought proper to make a deviation into another parish,
which was not in the schedule. As the works proceeded, it
was thought necessary to make a deviation into another parish
that was not named in the schedule. The agents of the com-
pany went to the occupiers of the land, and, offering them
four times its value, induced them to give their consent to the
deviation. But those persons who gave their consent were
merely tenants for life, and they had no power to give it.
The land was vested in the learned person I have named, who
was the trustee of certain infants, and he consequently could not
content without an Act of Parliament. The company
ought to have stepped for another year, but it would not suit
them, and they went on and finished the railway. Now he
need not remind their Lordships of the situation in which the
poor shareholders were placed by the act of their Board of
Directors. They had invested their capital in this railway,
never dreaming that such an act of plunder would be com-
mitted by the directors, more especially as those directors had
the assistance, no dOubt, of a solicitor and standing counsel.
This was a new form of risk which railway speculators did not
anticipate, and he trusted this warning would prevent private
individuals, who scraped together a little money, from risking
it in these gambling Tpeations.
NEWcul ZEALAND.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE wished to put a question
to his Noble Friend the Secretary for the Colonies, relative to
a petition of which he had given notice yesterday. The peti-
tion was from the Legislative Council of New South Wales,
and complained of certain grievances with respect to the dis-
posal of land in that colony. He understood that it was the
intention of her Majesty's Government to lay some papers
bearing upon this subject before the other House of Parliament;
if such were tire case, he thought he would be better doing his
duty to the petitioners to delay presenting the petition until
those papers were before the country.
Lord STANLEY had no hesitation in saying. that the sub-
ject was one of great importance. He had received informa-
tion upon it from the Governor of the Colony of New Zea-
land, and in a few days it would be laid before the other House.
He thought it would be advisable that if they,were to have any
discussion on the subject it had better be delayed until that in-
formation was before their Lordships.
Lord CLANRICARDE said that under those circumstances
he would withdraw his motion for the present.
THE FRANCHISE.
Lord CLANRICARDE brought in a Bill for extending the
elective franchise to persons who paid the income-tax. The
object of the Bill was to extend it to annuitants, retired trades-
men, prVessional men, and others residing in furnished
lodgings. The provisions of the Bill would be extended alike
to cities, boroughs, and counties. He thought it would be
better to reserve the discussion to the second stage, and he
would simply move that the Bill be now read a first time.
Lord STANLEY had no objection to allow the Bill to be
read a first time, and concurred with the Noble Marquis in
the delaying of the cliaen,pieu iivede*a., rantiviedi
course, would not lead the Noble Marquis to imagine that he
assented to its novel principle. Perhaps the Noble Lord would
say whether he intended the Bill to be permanent or not.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said he did not, if the
income-tag would be discontinued hereafter. He had, however,
a conviction in his mind that the income-tax was intended to
be a permanent measure.
The Bill was then read a first time.
CORONERS' INQUESTS.
The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL moved for a return of the
number of inquests which bad been held upon children within
the last twelve months ; and complained that the returns for
the last eleven years were very defective, and in one case the
Co nor had refused to make any return at all.
Mlle Duke of RICHMOND thought his Noble Friend was
alluding to Irish Coroners, but he might apply to the Clerk
of the Peace for the county for the return. The Noble Lord
had better move for a return from the Coroner himself, and
if he refused, their Lordships would let the gentleman know
that they possessed plenty of power to compel his attend-
ance, and to make him pay his expenses. There were
many abuses in the system of Coroners, and he thought that it
would be better to revise it altogether. With respect to the
Coroners of England generally, he thought them a very
highly respectable body.
Lord CAMPBELL thought the House was bound to take
this case into consideration, and he would suggest to the Noble
Lord that he should move that the Coroner should forthwith
ma* a return.
The Earl of WICKLOW concurred in the suggestion of
the Noble Lnrd.
Lord DENISON thought that they had better not enter
into any censure of this gentleman until they were in posses-
sion of the facts of the case.
Lord CAMPBELL thought that this gentleman had al-
ready refused, and that be should be at once called upon by
the House.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the rule when a
return was ordered by the House of Lords was, to send to
the Secretary of State, and he applied to the person who,
in his judgment, ought to Enke it.
After a conversation, in which Lord DENMAN and the
Marquis of LANSDOWNE took nart,
The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL stated that his object was
to bring the circumstances of the case under the notice of
their Lordships.
The Marquis of NORMANBY suggested, that the notice
which had then been taken of the matter would be sufficient
for the purpose.
Lord NVHARNCLIFFE suggested, that the Noble Earl
(the Earl of Mounteashel) should give notice, that he would
call the attention of the House to the matter on Monday, and
he (Lord Wharncliffe) would in the meantime communicate
with the Secretary of State, and ascertain what the facts of
the case really were.
The Dart of MOUNTCASHEL would assent to the propo-
sition of his Noble Friend.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE thought that this session
could not pass without some alteration of the poor-law in
Ireland.

BASTARDY BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
RAI4.WAY CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION BILL.
The Deport on this Bill was brought up, when
The Earl of DALHOUSIE proposed several clauses as
riders to the Bill, for regulating the appropriation of private
voids, and for apportioning the compensation to be made for
the appropriation of them by railway companies, which were
adep
The same clauses were also adopted in the Bill for Scotland.
On the motion of the Earl of DALHOUSIE, those Bills
were ordered to be printed and read a third time on Tuesday
next.

RELIGIOUS GRANTS IN THE COLONIES.
Lord MONTEAGLE moved for a return of all the grants
%which had been made for religious purposes in the colonies,
during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842, and the different sects
to which they had been made.
The return was granted, and the House then adjourned.

ROUSE OF COMMONS, April 18.
The SPEAKER. took the Chair at Four o'clock.
Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE moved that the agents for the
Surrey and Sussex Roads ( Sunday toll) Bill be allowed to de-
posit a filled-up Bill, signed by them in the Private Bill-office;
that the Committee on such Bill be revived, and have leave to
sit and proceed on Monday next.—Agreed to.
Mr. TUFNELL moved that the Committee for the Man-
chester and Salford Waterworks be allowed to sit on Monday
next.--AgrTl to. _

WEST YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.
Mr. M. MILNES, and other Hon. Members, presented pe-
titions against the West Yorkshire Railway.
The following Bills were severally read a second time and
ordered to be printed. Oxford Mileways, St. Matthew
(Bethnal-green) Rectory, Spoad (Chin), &c., Inclosure,
Castle HAI (Wexford) Docks, Lyme Regis Improvement,
Market, and Waterworks, Dublin Pipe Water, Claughton cum
Grange (St. Andrew's) Church, Claughtou cum Grange (St.
Joh'i the Baptist's) Church, Kendal Reservoirs.
AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF