The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-20 00:00:00

26s to 26s 6d for fine, and 25s to 25s Gd for good, being is to
2s per cwt cheaper.
MOLASSRS.—Demerara, 25s 6d to 275, Antigua 26s to 28s,
Dominica 275, St. Vincents 275, and Tortola at 23s per cwt.
For Honey better prices again given. To-day 21s was re-
fused for a large parcel of very low St. Kitts molasses.
RUM, BRANDY AND HOLLANDS.—Jamaica Rum, ordinary
quality, 27 to 29 per cent. overproof at 2s 8d to 2s 10d, fair
30 to 33 over 3s ld to 3s 4d, good 34 to 36 over 3s 10d to 4s,
2s 9d to 4s Gd per gallon for ordinary to fine 27 to 36 per
per cent. overproof. Demerara at 2s 10d to 2s 11d, and 3s
for 35 to 38 per cent overproof. Leeward Island,
at is lid to 2s for proof to 5 per cent over. Calcultta Rum
at is 8d proof, with certificate. Brandy at the following
terms, viz. :—Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838
—hhds at 5s 11d, puns 5s 9d; ditto, 1839, hhds
5s Bd, puns 5s 6d, ditto 1840, hhds 5s 6d, puns
ss. 4d; ditto, 1841, hhds 5s 4d puns, 5s 2d; ditto, 1842, hhds
5s 3d, puns 5s ld, middling marks 3s 10d to 4s 6d, and com-
mon 3s to 3s 8d per gallon. Geneva rfor shipping is 10d ;
fine for duty 2s 4d to 3s per gallon. English corn spirits at
lOs to lOs 2d cash.

To-day for all descriptions of West India Rum ; the de-
mand was good—Jamaica 28 per cent overproof of common
quality 2s lld to 3s, 30 to 34 over middling 3s 2d to 3s 4d,
36 over good 3s 6d to 3s Bd, and fine not high flavour 4s to
4s 6d, proof Leewards is lld to 2s, and fine Demerara 37 to
38 per cent overproof 3s to 3s Id. Calcutta Rum is wanted
at is 8d to is 9d proof.
COFFEE.—The town and country trade are much in want
of all clean qualities of West India, but they have been
enabled to meet with only small quantities by private con-
tract, for which stiffer rates have again been given ; at
auction 57 brls 2 casks of Jamaica went at 72s 6d for fine
ordinary, and at 63s to 65s 6d per cwt for good ordinary
This afternoon 67a to 67s Gd was paid for several parcels of
good ordinary Ceylon ; Triage, at 21s ; Mocha middling clean
garbled, at 70s to 74s ; Triage, 25s ; Padang, at 28s to 29s per
cwt ; St. Domingo, at 28s to 295. Maracaibo taken in at 56s
for middling dark colory. Costa Rico fine ordinary yellowish
52s to 53s 6d, good ordinary 47s to 50s, sea damaged first
and second class 41s 6d to 455.

COCOA.—West India has been in good demand at the pre-
vious currency. To-day Bahia and Guayaquill were offered
at public sale ; the former, of good red quality all withdrawn ;
the latter was sea-damaged, and sold—first class Grey at 25s
to 25s 6d, third class 23s 6d, fourth class 18s 6d, and fifth class
17s 6d to 18s per cwt.
Spiess.—To-day some parcels of Cassia Lignea were sold
privately at the rates previously quoted. Black Pepper was
inquired for ; holders show firmness.
TEA.—Prices have been maintained for all descriptions,
but the amount of business transacted has been upon a small
scale only during the past week. To-day importers of Tea
were firm, and the trade more inclined to do business. A
good demand prevailed for nearly every description of Tea,
and of the quantity passed the hammer a large proportion
was sold. Common Congou went at rather higher rates, and
the better descriptions at full prices. Twankay sold a shade
higher. Pouchong sustained the former currency, but fine
Souchong must be quoted rather cheaper.
IRlCE.—Carolina cleaned here is firm in price, and in good
request at 21s to 26s per cwt. To-day Bengal Rice was very
much sought after, and the market has been cleared of all the
parcels offering; prices have further advanced, middling
white fetching lls 3d to lls 6d, and good middling lls 9d
to 12s per cwt. The yellow qualities of Madras and Java
cannot be purchased under 9s per cwt.
Lvpioo.—Spanish has been inquired for, and full rates
given for small parcels. To-day Madras Indigo at 2s 3d to
2s 9d per lb. Kurpah at previous rates. Bengal at the
prices previously established.
0112.—For Sperm Oil prices are on the decline ; British
Oil of fine quality at 681, and Headmatter at 731 lOs per
tun. Fer common Fish Oils prices are still going
down •, Davis Straits' Whale went at 31/ 15s,
to 32/, Northern Seal 32/. and by private contract 34/ lOs to
35/ accepted for Pale Seal. Cod at 331 per tun. African
Ground Nut Oil 40s per cwt. Linseed Oil on the
spot, at 26s 6d per cwt. Rape Oil at 36s for pale,
and 35s per cwt. for brown. Palm Oil at 261 to 271
lOs for middling to fine, and inferior at 211 to
231 lOs per tun. Cocoa Nut Oil, prime quality at 31s to 32s
per cwt. Olive Oil, Gallipoli 46/, and other descriptions 42/
to 431 per tun.
TALLow.—For P.Y.C. on the spot prices are drooping ;
40s 6d to 41s taken for first quality. For delifery
at 41s 3d to 41s 6d for the last three months of the
year. Other sorts of Tallow are cheaper . North American
melted fetched 35s to 3949 d ; fine Odessa beef tallow 40s 6d
to 40s 9d, and South American 34s to 39s per cwt. Town
tallow is 42s per cwt, nett cash.

CORONER'S INQUEST.
An adjourned inquiry took place before Mr. Carter,
the Coroner for East Surrey, at the Castle, Tooting, on
Saturday evening, touching the death of a fine young
woman named Hester Hudson, who died on Thursday
morning, the Bth instant, under such circumstances as to
induce the Coroner to adjourn the inquiry that took
place in the first instance, in order that a post mortem
examination might take place.

Upon the foriner inqiiiry Mary Skinner, a sister of
the deceased residing at Tooting, deposed that she was
very much alarmed, on the Thursday morning in ques-
tion, by her sister being brought to her house in a fly.
She was at the time dreadfully ill and not able to walk
or stand, and complained of very great pain in her
stomach. She was carried to bed, and Mr. Bainbridge,
a medical man, was sent for, and he prescribed for her
and did all in his power to relieve her, but without effect.
She remained in great agony until the next morning at
four o'clock, when she expired. Before her death her
sister told her that her mistress, a lady named Johnson,
with whom she had been living as housemaid, suspected
she was in the family, way, and had sent her home in the
fly, thinking that she was about to be confined.
The jury, after hearing the evidence of the medical
man, expressed their opinion that they could not come
to a satisfactory conclusion upon the matter unless there
was a post mortem examination, and the inquiry was ac-
cordingly adjourned for that purpose.
Mrs. Johnson, the lady with whom the deceased had
lived; was examined, and she stated that she had been
in her service for about four months, and on the 7th
February the cook informed her that deceased was very
ill, and lying on the carpet in the drawing-room. Wit-
ness went to her immediately, and asked her what was
the matter, and she complained of great pain in the
side and stomach. Witness told her she thought she
had better go home, and the deceased consented, and a
fly was sent for by witness's direction, and the deceased
was put into it, and two men accompanied her home in
the vehicle.

By the CORONER.—Witness was of opinion, from the
symptoms, that deceased was in the family way.
Mr. Bainbridge, the surgeon, deposed that, upon the
post mor tem examination of the deceased, he ascertained
that the death was occasioned by ulceration of the
stomach.

Thomas Priddy, a fly driver, proved that, on the day
in question, his fly was sent for by Mrs. Johnson, and
he was ordered to take the deceased to Tooting. A
servant lad rode on the box, and no female was inside
with the deceased. He drove very gently, and when he
arrived at Tooting, he lifted the deceased from the
vehicle, and assisted to carry her into the house. She
appeared very ill, and in great pain.
This being the whole of the evidence that was to be
adduced, the Coroner briefly addressed the jury, and
said, that from the evidence of the surgeon there could
be very little doubt that the deceased had died from
natural causes, and there did not appear to be the least
grounds for supposing that the deceased had come un-
fairly by her death.
The jury, after observing that in their opinion the
mistress of the deceased was to blame in not sending
some female with her in the fly, under the circumstances,
returned a verdict that the deceased died from natural
causes, and not by poison, or any act of violence.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
WORSHIP-STREET.
MESMERISM.— William Bowen, a pale-faced and emaciated
young man, was charged before Mr. Bingham with having
stolen a linen sheet that had been entrusted to his landlady
for the purpose of being washed. The prisoner, who stood at
the bar with his eyes closed, and supported by the gaoler,
was the object of general curiosity-, as he was said to be in a
state of mesmeric trance, which had lasted 35 hours.
Police-constable Kemp, N 82, stated that about eight
o'clock on Saturday evening he was called into the shop of
a pawnbroker, in Pitfield-street, Hoxton, where he found the
prisoner, who was given into custody by the shopman on
suspicion Of having stolen a sheet which he had tendered for
a pledge. On being asked his name,_ the prisoner, who was
then wide awake, said that it was Henry Hodges, and that
the article was his own property; but after he was conveyed
to the station-house, he gave his real name, and stated
that he lived at 13, City-terrace, Old-street-road. On call-
ing at that address, witness saw the prisoner's landlady, who
identified the sheet as the property of one of her customers.
Mary Holden, the owner of the house in question, stated
that the prisoner was her lodger, and that the sheet was
stolen on Saturday afternoon.
The MAGISTRATE asked the prisoner whether he had
heard and comprehended the evidence that had been given ?
The prisoner remained mute and motionless, and seemed
wholly unconscious of all that was passing around him.
Sergeant Lambert said that the prisoner had been wrapt
in apparent somnolency since nine o'clock on Saturday even-
ing, and had not taken the slightest nourishment in the in-
terim. He had been visited by Mr. Coward, the police-sur-
geon, who failed to dispel the stupor ; and the prisoner's
brother, who was a lecturer on mesmerism, was afterwards
sent for, and on reaching the station-house he went through
his whole course of manipulations with no better success.
He understood that the prisoner had been the object of fre-
quent practical experiments, in illustration of the so-called
science of mesmerism ; and it was stated that he might pro-
bably continue entranced for another fortnight.—(Laughter.)
Mr. BINGHAM said that he should remand the prisoner,
and the medical attendant at the prison would be directed to
examine him, and report as to his condition.
The prisoner was removed from the bar, and on the arrival
of the police van he was lifted into it, and conveyed " fast
asleep" to his place of destination.
LAMBETH-STREET.
IMPOSITION ON EMIGRANTS.-A HARD CASE.-Mr. Lane,
the Government agent for the protection of emigrants, applied
to Mr. Henry on behalf of two poor men who had been
swindled out of 11/. 17s. 6d., under the pretence of procuring
them a passage to America.
From the statement of the poor men it appeared that on
the 30th of December last they paid the above sum to a per-
son representing himself as as a shipping agent, and who had
an office in the vicinity of one of the docks, as their passage-
money to America, on board the Brothers, a merchant ship.
On their going on board, however, the captain refused to take
them, and the vessel had since sailed for her destination.
Since that time they had made repeated applications to the
agent (who has been at this Court before for a similar of-
fence) for the restoration of their money, but he_had refused
to do anything for them.
Mr. Lane, in consequence, made application to the ma-
gistrate, under one of the clauses of the sth and 6th of Vic-
toria, commonly called the Passengers Act, which enabled
him to impose a penalty of 10/. upon every owner, charterer,
or master of any ship, or passage broker, agent, or other per-
son neglecting to give a receipt for any money received by
them for a passage to America.
Mr. HENRY directed the attention of Mr. Lane to other clauses
in the Act, which confined its powers merely to ships carry-
ing at least thirty passengers, and observed he could not see
the necessity of such a clause, as an injustice in a case like
the present was just as much as it could be in a case where
upwards of thirty passengers were engaged. In conclusion,
Mr. Henry requested Mr. Lane would call the attention of
Mr. Alexander Wood, one of the Colonial Commissioners, to
the clause he had pointed out; and, after doing so, he would
be glad to see him again.
Mr. Lane said he would take the earliest opportunity, of
complying with his Worship's request, and wait upon him
again.