The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1844.

had been adduced. With regard to the other point,
that the offence was unknown to the laws of this
country, it was a mere distinction in names, it being
here called a conspiracy. As the evidence was
sufficient, he should certainly commit the prisoner for
the offence, as set forth in the warrant of the Secre-
tary of State.
The prisoner was then committed, preparatory to
being sent to France.

GUILDHALL.

On Monday Mr. Postan, the vestry-clerk of St.
Botolph-without, Aldersgate, brought before Sir P.
Laurie a journeyman bookbinder named Mills, and
charged him with neglecting to support his wife, in
consequence of having discontinued an allowance of
half-a-crown per week.
Sir P. LAURIE asked the wife how old she was ?
She replied 73.
The Alderman put the same question to the hus-
band, who stated that he was fifty years old.
Sir P. LAURIE asked how long they had been mar-
ried ?—The husband said about two years.
Sir P. LAURIE inquired what had induced him to
marry a woman old enough to be his mother ?—The
husband said she never would tell him her age till now.
Sir P. LAURIE asked if he could not see how old
she was ?—Tne husband replied, she represented that
she was much younger, and that she did not know
where she was born or baptised.
Sir P. LAURIE hoped he did not believe what every-
body said, and asked again why he married a woman
old enough to be his mother ?
" The more shame for you," exclaimed the old
woman.
"The more shame for you," repeated the husband,
looking fiercely at her, and he proceeded to state, that
having three children by his first wife, who were run-
ning about the streets all day when he was called to
work, he thought it a matter of prudence to marry
this woman, as she was a clean pleasant sort of person,
and had a clean, comfortable home.
Sir P. LAURIE asked how she got her living ?
The husband answered that she went out cleaning.
Sir P. LAURIE asked why they separated ?—The hus-
band said, after living with her three months, he found
out that she was a complete drunkard, and had run
up scores at two gin-shops. He used to give her the
rent weekly; and one morning when he got up and
happened to see the rent-book lying on a chair he had
the curiosity to look at it, and found she had squan-
dered the rent-money. But the reason he refused to
make her an allowance was that she had been keeping
a man for a year past. He could show that they
lived together, and had but one bed in the room.
Sir P. LAURIE asked the wife how she came to
marry at such an advanced time of life ?—She said
she was a widow, and Mills told her such fine tales as
the world never heard before ; he courted her for
three months, and she wanted to put him off another
month, but he was such a canting fellow that she
could not. As soon as they were married he brought
home an empty box, and a lousy girl twelve years old.
She, however, did her duty, and made them both
clean and decent. After living with her five months
he turned his attention to some other woman, and
had the impudence to say that he loved that woman's
little finger better than the whole body of his lawful
wife, and he left her after giving her a sluicking
black eye. , .
Sir P. LAURIE thought that at her time of, life she
ought to have been proof against -the flattery of the
sex: What had she to say to the serious charge made
by her husband ?,--She said she topk in mangling,
and she had the young Man to do for her. It•was
onlyi..trbby, her nephew. pier husband was like the
dog in- thelnariger, neither eat the hay
himself ror 14'0.41)40,„v, • - - .
re that the accusation
was that' he
..slept in her .bed. .
,Shy Said it wes.false. lie slept on: it .in the day-
time, but ,at night he slept in a corner. of the room.
, 'Sky. LAtatta asked the age of boy,- She replied
he was a boy to, her—about twenty-three.
• Sir P. LAURIE observed that her husband„ was a
het' in one sense, fbr she'via'n old enough to be
his mother. In:visiiing-the dwellings of the poor he
had found them obliged to sleep in the same room,
without much regard to delicacy. He should like to
see this nephew before he decided on the case.
The landlady of a house where the wife and nephew
had lived for months was called. She had seen but
one bed in the room. The old woman and the nephew
used to fight. On one occasion, when the policeman
came in and found the nephew in bed, he asked where
the old woman slept ? and the nephew replied, " Along
with me, to be sure. Where should she sleep ?" There
was, in fact, no room to make up a bed for him on the
floor. The old woman went away in her debt, and
scandalized her character by reporting that she slept
away from home whole nights together.
Mr. Postans, the vestry-clerk, stated, that both the
husband and wife were paupers at the time they were
married, and the woman continued for a time to re-
ceive her allowance of ls. 6d. per week, as a widow,
from Rotherhithe parish.
The wife stated, that her husband went with her
half-a-dozen times to receive the money.
The husband said, he understood it was an allow-
ance from her daughter at Leatherhead.
Sir P. LAURIE ordered the case to stand over, for
further proof andinquiry, till Thursday.
John Smith, alias Seasons, was placed before Sir Peter
Laurie, on a charge of stealing a horse.
Mr. Wolfe attended to defend him.
Lambert, a constable of the detective police said, that
on Friday last he went to Dixon's liepository, Barbican,
and observed a bay cob, which he thought answered the
description of one advertised in the Police Gazette, as
stolen from Ealing. The clerk could not inform him
who the person was from whom the cob had been re-
ceived, but stated that he would call again very shortly.
He (Lambert) then requested, that when the person
called again he should be detained until he could be
seen by witness. This was done, and as he gave a
wrong name, and could not satisfactorily account for
the possession of the animal, he was taken into custody.
Witness had written to Ealing, and the owner of the
stolen animal came to town yesterday, when it was
ascertained that, though the cob resembled his very
much, yet it was not the same animal.
Mr. Woolfe—Then,in fact,you have no charge against
him ? Lambert—l wish him remanded for a week, for I
have ascertained that he it- a returned—l believe an es-
caped convict ; and on his person I found a watch and
chain, which I have every reason to believe was stolen
from premises in Colchester, which happened to be on
fire. I shall write to that place, and also advertise the
the cob in the Gazette.
Mr. Woolfe trusted, that as the prisoner had been in
custody since Friday last, he would not be detained
longer at the mere request of the constable. At all
events, if the magistrate were inclined to remand him for
that time, he (Mr. Woolfe) hoped that the constable
would verify upon oath that he had good cause for de-
manding the delay.
Sir PETER LAURIE was no admirer of oaths. and he
hoped the time would soon come when a simple declara-
tion would be considered sufficient. If the constable
really wished the remand, and thought he could prove
his case, he (Sir P. Laurie) would at once accede to it.
Lambert was very certain that the facts would turn
out as he had stated.—The prisoner was then remanded
for a week.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Monday Adele Dupierre, or Dupre, underwent a
second examination before Mr. Maltby, on a charge
of having stolen and pawned a large quantity of shoes,
the property of Mr. Van Bever, shoemaker, Burling-
ton-arcade, with whom she lived as shopworn in.
Mr. Lumley, from the office of Mr. Flower, at-
tended for the prisoner, and a solicitor from the office
of Mr. Goatley for the prosecutor.
Mr. Lumley said he had an application to make to
the Court. He proposed to cross-examine Mr. Van
Bever. and also Mr. Bever's solicitor. Now he hoped
the Court would order that one party should not be
in Court while the examination of the other was pro-
ceeding with.

The— solicitor expressed his surprise at this an-
nouncement. He had no evidence to give that he
was aware of. He was not a witness, and he was
only present as Mr. Van Bever's legal adviser.
Mr. MALTBY decided that the examination of the
solicitor, as proposed by Mr. Lumley, would be irre-
gular and unnecessary.
Mr. Van Bever was called, and the statement which
he made on the former occasion relative to the dis-
covery of the deficiency in his stock, the admission
of the prisoner Adele Dupierre that she had pawned
the property, and the steps he took both against the
prisoner and another young woman, formerly in his
service, in consequence of a statement, subsequently
disavowed, made to him by the prisoner, was read
over to him.

The solicitor then asked Mr. V. Bever various
questions, to which he replied that he had never, at
any time in his life, given the prisoner shoes to pawn
for him. On the 9th of August he left England to go
on the Continent, and he returned on the '24th of Au-
gust. The prisoner had money given to her for ex-
penses during his absence. During the time he was
ont of England the prisoner had never received per-
mission to pawn any goods, nor was he aware that she
had pawned any until the robbery was discovered.
The solicitor here said he should produce a number
of duplicates relating to shoes and boots pawned b 7
the prisoner during the period of Mr. Van Borer
absence.

Mr. Van Bever, in continuation, said as soon as he
returned to town he settled accounts with the pri,
soner, and at that time had not discovered his loss. As
there was another young woman engaged for the shop
he made preparations to take stock, as was his custom
when he had a new hand. He intended to have taken
stock last Monday week, but was prevented in conse-
quence of a fire happening in the shop, which fire he
had reason to suspect the prisoner had caused.
Mr. Lumley said there, had been nothing hitherto
said about any fire, and it was not correct for Mr.
Van Bever to make any allusion to it in the present
stage of the proceedings.
Mr. Van Bever replied the charge would be made
before the case ended, as he had instructed his solicitor
to do what was proper in the affair. Mr. Van Bever
urther said that after the stock was taken, and the
deficiency discovered, he charged the prisoner with

the offence, upon which she began to cry. He told
her it would be the best thing for her to tell the truth,
and she then said she would work out the amount,
and would produce the tickets if he would not say
anything more about the matter.
Mr. Van Bever underwent a very long cross-
examination by Mr. Lumley.—Had been twenty-nine
years in England, and all tint period in the service
c,f Mr. Erard, the harp-machinist. Kept a shoe shop
about eighteen years, but was a harp-machinist.
Worked piece-work for Mr. Erard. Had been in
partnership with Mr. Reynolds, in New Bond-street.
Had quarrelled with his wife, and had been two or
three times brought to that Court for alleged as-
saults. The prisoner bad been first engaged about
three years ago. She had left for nearly two years,
and had been re-engaged in consequence of his former
shopwoman leaving him. It was as false as —to
say, that at any time he had either given her shoes
to pawn, or had authorised her to pawn shoes. Had
never asked the prisoner to meet him at night. Had
given money to his wife the last time he was in
Paris. Was not in the receipt of thirty shillings a
week as wages from Mr. Erard. Found his earnings
enough for his expenses, without having occasion
to abstract money from the shoe business.
Here. Mr. Van Bever's patience appeared to fail.
He said, what have my private actions and my do-
mestic affairs to do with the case ? I have been
robbed, and I come here for justice. I appeal to the
Court for protection against such nonsense as is going
forward.
Mr. MALTBY wished to know what bearing the
questions had on the case which the solicitor was
putting to Mr. Van Bever?
Mr. Lumley said he should presently show that
the probable solution of the deficiency in the stock
was, that Mr. Van Bever had taken the property and
caused it to be pawned for his own private ends.
Mr. Van Bever emphatically repeated that he had
never authorised at any time the pawning of shoes or
boots.
Cross-examination continued—The receipts in the
shop had fallen off very much within the last week or
two. This he attributed to a conspiracy between the
prisoner and his former shopwoman. He had received
information that the prisoner had sent customers to
another shop in the arcade. Had never expressed a
determination to any one to get Miss Cook out of the
arcade. After the prisoner and Miss Cook were in
custody, did not say to his solicitor that he only
wanted to punish Miss Cook, and not to hurt the pri-
soner. What he said was, that from what Dupierre
had told him, Cook had been his ruin. Had never
promised to give 501. if Miss Cook were got out of her
shop. On taking stock had found about 105 pairs of
shoes and boots deficient, but from the quantity in the
hands of the pawnbrokers which he knew to be his pro-
perty, his loss was much larger.
Thomas Wood, shopman to Mr. Wood, pawnbroker,
65, High-street, produced samples of 74 pairs of shoes,
which the prisoner had pledged at the shop since
August. The witness said that the prisoner had been
in the habit of pawning shoes at his employers shop
for some years. He had a list of pledges of this sort
made in 1841 and 1842, at a period when the prisoner
was, not in Mr. Van Bever's employ.
Al3llopman in the employ of Mr:. Young, pawn-
broker, Princes-street, said the prisoner‘had,pledged
between .thirty and forty pairs of shoes since August
last., The'prisoner had pledged shoes at the shop for
a considerable period.
The prisoner, when called upon for her defence, in
broken Fariglish said she had never, known anything
about pawning shoes until sent by Mr.. Van Bever.
Mr. yan,..4ever wanted. to get Miss Cook out of her
shop, because,.since she had- opened a shoe shop for
herself, he had, not done so much business.
Mr. Lumley, for the prisoner,, said he should only
urge the great improbability that the. prisoner could
have pawned so large a quantity of •shoes;'.and in her
own name, without the knowledge or consent-of Mr.
Vanßevei. There was a great'deal Of animosity on
the part, of Mr. Van Bever towards Miss Cook, and
this was.the fottndation' of the present charge. The
pawnbriikers. also proved that :the 'prisoner had for
years been in the habit of pledging shoes with them,
and this afforded strong presumption that the prose-
cutor must have supplied her with shoes, at least
during that period when she was not in his service.
Mr. MaLrnr said there was not proof before him
that these shoes were Mr. Van Bever's property.
From the evidence which had been produced, he felt
it to be his duty to send the case to a jury.
The depositions were then ordered to be taken, and
the prisoner to be brought up again the next day in
order to be fully committed.
Mr. Van R'ever's solicitor said he now had to make
a charge whiith, as it had got publicity, he felt it was
due to Mr. Van Bever that it should have investiga-
tion. Mr. Van Bever's shop was set on fire on Mon-
day week, and this act he believed to have been corn-
mitted by the prisoner, who was alarmed at the pros-
pect of detection which Mr. Van Bever's proposal to
take stock 'held out. The prisoner, however, had as-
serted that she had been told to set the shop on fire
by Mr. Van Bever, and this statement had gone forth
to the public, and had seriously injured Mr. Van
Bever's business.

quantity of vegetable poison, called colchicum, or
meadow saffron, sufficient to destroy life.
Sergeant Lambert then stated, that in conse-
quence of his having been informed by the prisoner's
father that he had in his possession some bottles con-
taining a similar liquid to that which the prisoner had
given to the deceased, he proceeded on Friday even-
ing to the residence of that person, but he was un-
able to find any. The prisoner's sister, however,
who resided in Whitechapel, had given bim a bottle
.containing a dark-coloured fluid, which she alleged
to be the same, and which was now under course of
analysis. On searching a cupboard in the kitchen at
the prisoner's residence, he found a paper packet con-
taining some white substance, marked outside " sugar
of lead—poison," and also a small phial containing
apparently oil of almonds.
Caroline 'Watson, who had resided next door to
the deceased, stated that while the prisoner was stand-
ing at the death-bed of the deceased, the witness asked
him to drink some of the liquor, which he had given
her himself, whereupon the prisoner took up the
bottle and filled his mouth with the fluid, but in-
stantly spat it out into the fire• place, and carefully
wipod his mouth with a pocket handkerchief.
A solicitor, who appeared for the prisoner, said that
he had two witnesses in attendance who had drank
some of the liquor prior to the fatal occurrence, with-
out experienc►ng any ill effects from it.
Mr. BROUGUTON said that the defence had better
be reserved, as he should remand the prisoner until
Saturday next, to await the issue of a coroner's
inquest.

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PitiCES OF SHARES •
IN CAN, RAILW./.4,1:73, BANKS, ASSURAINTUE
AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK.

LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 24.

Nalmes of Com-
panies.

Canals.
Ashton and Oldham...
Ashby.do.la.Zoueh_av
Basingstoke
Breckneek Sr Abergay.
Birmingham, I.lfith sh.
Do. and Liverp. June.
Chelmer & Blackwater
Coventry .....
Cromford
Dudley
Derhy..........,. ......
Danube and 'Mayne
Ellesmere and Chester
Erewash
Forth and C1yde.........
Grand Juncti0n..........
Grand Union
Grand Surrey
Grand Western
Glamorgansh., ay. cost
Gloucester & Berkeley
Grantham
Huddersfield . ....av
Kennet :od Av0n.....
...av
Lancaster ay
Leeds and Liverpool...
Leicester
Leicester & Northerly.
Loughborough ........av
Monmouthshire
Montgomeryshire
Melton Mowbrly
Mersey and Irwell
Macclesfield .....
Neeth
Oxford
Peak Forest
Regent's (os Londen)..
Rochdale
Shropshire
Somerset
De. Lock Fund Stock
Stafford aid Worcester
Shrewsbury
Stourbridge
Stratford .on. A von...a v
Swansea
Severn & Wye & Rail.
Trent & Mersey, 14 sh.
Thames & Medway..av
Warwick and 'firming.
Warwick and Napton...
Worcester & Binning.
Wilts and Berks .av
Wisbeach .....
Wey and

Docks.
Commercial
East and West India
London
Ditto Bonds
Bristol av
Do. Ands, var. amounts
St. Katharine
Ditto Bonds
Ditto Bends
Southampton

Amount

Paid. Price.

Share.

Bridges
Hammersmith......
Southwark, new subs
Ditto News( 734 pr e
Waterloo
Ditto Old Ann. of 81
Ditto New ditto •f7l
Ditto Bonds...—.
Vauxhall. AV

a. d.
97 18 0
118 0 0
100 0 0
150 0 0

X a. ii.

(18
I 1

All paid

LONDON, SEPT. 24.—Wind N. to N.L.5 fres...t breeze
and fine.
CORK, SEPT. 21.--Arrd. Prince Alber' ji Stewart,
Callao ; Aurora, Scott, Quebec. Sld. Albic n and Bache
M'Evers, St. John's, New Brunswick. ,
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 23.—Wind fine.—Arrd.
Leda, Ruaike, Matanzas for Antwerp.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 23.—Wind E.Fi•E.—Off, Jairo,
Mac for Havannah.
HARWICH, SEPT. 23.—Arrd. Aquatic, Ramsgate for
Newcastle, with loss of mainmast ; J ohanne, Copenhagen
for Nantes, leaky, and with other d Amage.
OFF PLYMOUTII, SEPT. 20.—? arys, North America,
OFF PORTLAND, SEPT. 22.-2inlatre, Quebec.
OFF KINSALE, SEPT. 20.—Fortitude, Read, Mer-
cury, Jold, Africa.
STRANGFORD, SEPT. 20.—Arrd. Arab, Quebec.
11% The Lord Oriel, sailed from Newport for Jersey, Ist
4 ult., was in Pe.narth Roads 2d inst., and has not since
0 been heard of.
'5 LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 23.—Wind E., moderate.—Arrd.
o Heywood, Simonds, Old Calabra, left June 30th. Fer-
nando Po July 15 ; Susan, Campbell, and Sarah, Atkin-
-8 son, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Paragon, Bell, Que-
-5 bee. Sid. 22, Booth, Columbia River ; Hope, New
Orleans ; Adumdack, New York. 23, Sarah Bell, La
Guayra ; Brenda, Montreal.
PERNAMBUCO.—Arrd. previous to Aug. 13th, Gwalior,
It Edwards, London, for Bombay, with loss of topmasts.
3 The Petrel Packet, from Rio, had not arrived at Per-
)
3 nambuco up to Aug. 12.
7 OFF KINSALE.—Caen de Lun, Kendall, Calcutta.
ALDBOROUGH, SEPT. 24.—The figure-head of a large
ship, the bust of a man with his arms folded, was picked
5
up yesterday.
NEWPORT, SEPT. 21.—Sid. General Wolf, Demerara.
DOUGLAS, ISLE or MAN, SEPT. 21.—A large dis-
c masted ship, on her beam ends, in tow of a steamer,
was seen 21st inst., about 20 miles off this island by the
Neath tender, arrived here.
CAUTION TO MARINERS.
The brig Guide, in the River from Montreal, reports
that off the small island of Rockal, lat. 57 deir. 39 min.
N., lon. 13 deg. 31 min. W., there are some hidden rocks
about 80 to 90 feet in length, and 30 feet in breadth, the
main rock on Rockal bearing from the outer one W. by
N. by compass, distance eight miles ; on the 15th April
sighted Rockal, bearing N.W. by W., with strong gales
from S.W. and W., clear weather. The rocks are all
bad to discern aloft; and their locality can be seen much
more readily from the deck by the colour of the water.

MARKET NEWS.—(YESTERDAY.)
MILT ATATLEETS.
SMITIIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 41 4s ;
, Useful ditto, 41 Gs to 41 18s ; fine Upland ditto, Si to
5/53 ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ 6s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to
11% 1/ 8a •, Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ lOs per load. The
best Meadow Hay sold steadily, at full prices ; but,
otherwise, the demand was in a sluggish state.
134 CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 4/10s;
6 Useful ditto, 41 12s to 51; fine Upland ditto, 51 28 to
3 518 s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/; Oat Straw, 11 7s to 11
4% 9s ; Wheat Straw, 1110 s to 11 12s per load. Supply
% but moderate, and trade rather dull. Prices about
es stationary.
WRITECHALPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 4155;
2% Useful ditto, 4/ 6s to 4l 17s ; fine Upland ditto, 4/ 18s to
) 51 5s ; Clover Hay, 41 12s to 6/ lOs ; Oat Straw, 1/
3,6 6s to 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 11 lOs per load.
5g A full average supply, and a steady demand.
COLONZA.I6
SUGAR,--Holders of British Plantation have accepted
/56 rather lower prices for the inferior descriptions, and the
market is rather heavy, about 600 hhds having been sold.
The public sales have only offered 9,697 bags Mauritius,
all of which found buyers at 43s to 54s for very low to
31. fine bro.vn, and low to fine yellow at 54s 6d to 665, being
for the better sorts rather dearer, whilst the low descrip-
)
)% tiohs must be quoted 6d to Is cheaper. The only trans-
4. actions which have taken place, privately, worth reporting,
consisted of a cargo ofyellow and brown Havannah, which
44 has been sold afloat at 19s 9d, deliverable at a near port,
on the Continent. The quantity of British Plantation
,11 landed last week at the East and West India Docks was
11 2,833 hhds 366 tierces 675 barrels, and there were taken
; for home consumption 1,308 hhds 173 tierces 132 barrels.
The stock in the same places is 13,674 hhds 2,005 trcs
2,381 barrels.
' COTTEE.-592 bags Ceylon and 485 bales Mocha of-
fered by auction were nearly all taken in at 57s for good
ord Ceylon, 66s to 75s for fine ,to fine fine 'ord ditto
British Plantation kind, and 56s to 72s for ord broken to
mid clean garbled Mocha, being about previous prices,
but at which there were not purchasers,
Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and
West India Docks was 499 puns 3 hhds. There were
taken for home consumption 92 puns 17 hhds, and ex-
norted 98 puns 16 hhds. The stock in the same places
is 11,357 puns 2,140
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 41s to 41s Gd for old, and 41s 6d
to 41s 9d for new, per cwt, on the spot ; and town 43s 6d
per cwt.

u I TEA.—The market is dull, as there are public sales
to-morrow.

(From the London New Price Current of Sept. 24.)
StiGAß.—Since Tuesday last there has been more
,m activity in the West India Sugar market, but importers
generally have been more inclined to realise. To-day
there was a good demand for colory and strong refining
s sorts of West India Sugar, and the rates previously este-
() blished were fully supported, but inferior qualities met
4 with a slow sale, and in some cases the prices accepted
G were rather under those of Friday. The total purchases
16 are 460 hhds, including a public sale of 150 hhds Bar-
7i( badoes, a soft parcel, which went heavily'at a decline on
the rates of the last auction of 6d for the better, and Is
73 50 per cwt for low and middling sorts. Fine yellow sold at
70 625, good middling 58s to 58s 6d, good 59s 6d to 61s,
St middling. 56s 6d to 57s 6d, low 55s Gd to 56s per cwt.
REFlNED.—Previous rates are well sustained for Re-
-00 fined Sugar, and the demand has been lively from the
Nig home trade ; the market is still sparingly supplied.
76 sod Brown Lumps for melting have been selling at 72s Gd ;
sate brown grocery 73s to 73s 6d ; standard Lumps
66 744 6d to 75s ; Tittlers common to good 74s to
13
78s, fine ditto 79s to 83s ; Hambro' Loaves 74s 6d,
to 84s, double ditto 85s to 90s, and wet Lumps, 71s to
,2028 73s per cwt. The Grocers do not hold large stocks,
s; notwithstanding the immense quantity of Refined Sugar
56 purchased by them of late. Bastards in large parcels
50 have been disposed of, low to middling at 41s
s) to 475, good 48s to 525, and fine 53s to 57s per cwt.
To-day Refined Gocds underwent no variation in the
te
value ; there was a good demand from the home trade,
and the market has a firm appearance. Bonded Crushed
6 Sugar is much wanted, and there are not sellers under
cae
27s 6d for first quality.
MAURITIUS.—The market has been much better sup-
-1% plied, and prices have declined 6d to Is per cwt for grey,
s 'br'own, and common yellow qualities, of which the sup-
: ply has principally consisted, but the better sorts of yel-
-1 low brought fully former rates This afternoon there
sty was no public save. By private contract bright yellow
; sorts were wanted at firm rates, but inferior kinds were
,% not much sought after.
;fi EAST INDIA.—In the value of white or strong yellow
descriptions of Bengal Sugar no variation has taken
place since Tuesday last; a good business has been
i% transacted, but common yellow sorts have met with
IN a dull sale at a decline on former rates of Is per cat
;6 This afternoon three parcels of Bengal Sugar, amount-
, ing to 6,258 bags 9 chests, were brought to public sale,
4 4,321 bags 9 chests of which consisted of date ;of these
a small part only sold at easier rates, and went at
1l 51s 6d to 535 ed for low and soft yellow, 54s 6d to
2 57s for mid, 50s to 55s for damp and washed, 62s 6d
0 to 6.5 s for good and fine sound white, 60s for
IN mid, and 58s to 61s 6d for damp and washed • other sorts
5;6 were all sold at stiff rates—very fine sound white fetched
7% 68's to 693 6d, fine 65s 6d to 675, good 62s to 63s 6d, low
and mid 59s to 60s, damp and washed 57s to 68s Gd per
n cwt. Manilla was in increased request privately, and the
sales since Friday are 5,000 bags, nearly all at 19s
6%
s% per cwt.
3 FOREIGN.—There has been more activity in the foreign
3 Sugar market ; importers manifest firmness, and none of
any description has been brought to public sale. For
yellow Ilavannah there has been a much better
8% demand, and a large business has been trans-
-2 acted at prices rather above those of last Tuesday.
531 'Phis afternoon there was no public sale of Foreign
Sugar ; by private contract several transactions were
o prevente Iby importers asking rather higher rates ; the
market has a firm appearance.
Moeasses.—West India was rather cheaper, but the
purchases made have been extensive, amounting to 450
' puns at 20s to 24s per cwt for low to good quality; there
have been further arrivals. East India dull sale at 14s
:14 to 16s per ca t.
Cocoa.—West India has been sought after, and full
rates offered, but there is little on offer in the private
' market, and none has been brought to public sale ; prices
have a firm appearance. Foreign has been sought after,
and the parcels sold were at firm rates.
Coeeee.—Although importers of West India have
IN been more inclined to sell, and submitted to a reduction
IN on previous rates of 2s per cwt, still the trade have ope-
rated with much caution, and the quantity brought for-
ward has proved more than sufficient for their necessi-
ties. The public sales went off with heaviness, Jamaica
good middling at 955, middling 82s to 85s, low middling
75s to 80s, fine ordinary 63s to 725, fine ordinary 39s to
Ills Od, good ordinary 54s to 58s, ordinary 50s to
525, and triage 31s to 48s per cwt. East India
has not been much inquired for by shippers or the home
trade, still holders show firmness, and supply the market
sparingly. Ceylon, at auction good ordinary pale at 575,
low middling bold palish coloury Plantation kind 755,
fine ordinary bold pale coloary 66s to 675, pea berry
80s, and triage 50s per cwt, being the former worth, and
merchants are not inclined to press sales, although
there is a great increase in the stock as compared with
that of last year, and prices much higher than they were
at that prior], Of Bengal 98 bags at 4d per lb were of at auction, sound was taken in at 57s for pale,
rather broken, sea damaged, however, sold at Ms 6d,
ditto and repacked 45s per cwt. Of other East India
sorts none has been brought to public sale, and the busi-
nesP 44113aeted privately hap beea extremely limited.
This afternoon there was no publio sale of any descrip-
tion of Coffee, and the purchases made privately were
extremely limited in all sorts ; Ceylon of good ordinary
quality, however, could not generally be obtained under
57s per cwt. Mocha could only be disposed of on lowee
term,- Of Foreign Coffee some parcels are offering at
easier terms.

TEA.—linporters are more inclined to realise, and
several parcels have suddenly been declared for public
competition. To-day 1,016 pkgs of Assam Tea were
offered at public sale, and nearly all disposed of ; Can-
you at 10d to 2s 9d, chiefly at is to is 7d. Souchong
t:-shed 2s to 3s Id, low 101 d, and Pekoe 2s 44d to 3s
lid per lb. In the private market there was little busi-
ness done in any sort. The trade waiting for the quo,.
tions of 10.1.09 gigs, declared for to-morrow.
SPICEF c... Prices are net so firm for Jamaica Ginger,
and the pug is sales of 185 pkgs went at a decline on
former -rats of 5s to lOs per cwt, low to fine quality
selling Ist 31 lOs to 11/ 13s per cwt. This afternoon
sales cf Q4ssia Linea were wade priyatelr at 4s to atj