The Sun.
London, England, 1828-06-10 00:00:00

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CITY MARKETS-(THIS DAY.)
80'

PLANTATION SUGA RS. —The market has bean' well
plied this morning, and a good deal of business' has
done at full prices for the good and fine qualities:

FOREIGN SUGARS.—Nothing doing.
,REFINED SUGARS.—The market is still very ban
goods, but no alteration in the prices can be quoted.
COFFRE.—Two public sales of Plantation were broof
forward this morning, consisting of the middling Jamli"4„;
ordinary to fine ordinary Dominica and St. Lucia,
whole of which were sold without any material alteratO
in prices.

FRUIT.'—No alteration.
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Miss.—The stock of Rum is the West India Doi,
has been increased to 9,719 puncheons, and 973 bit"::
The demand both for home consumption and exportatioe
steady.
In the spice market not much is doing to-day.
coon in increased demand.
Hors —The estimated duty on Hops on Saturday ,
145,000/., and to-day is not higher than 125,000/. .er,
accounts from the plantations by this morning's post a,
not so favourable, the fly having increased in must distrieg,i,
There is rather more doing in the Hop market, at an s
vance generally of ss. per cwt. The bettings on the ritt'
are reported to be extensive.
Russia PRODUCE.—TaIIow continues to declind+
price, and may be expected lower as the arrivals increet
The speculators who operated on a scarcity, were neil
more_ out than at present, the stork being nearly 9r
cask.]:. The deliveries last week were but 700 casks/
The price yesterday was from 365. 9d. to 375. per cog'
but. to-day is 375. 3d. The accounts from St. Pete
burgh this morning are down to the 13th ult. Se°
tallow ships Isad passed the Sound..
Sat.Tre'rae remains exceedingly heavy, and cannot rA
quoted higher than 235. 6d. per cwt. Sales are report'
even on lower term.
011.s.—There has arisen a brisk demand for Seal °-
Whale Oils at improved prices. Tlie former is full Sti''
per:tun higher than last week.
WooLs.—A good deal of business is doing in this Ior
ket, but prices do not improve. The idea of an increased Pr
tecting duty is now given up, and among the trade g
Lords Committee is thought worse than useless.
COTTON.-The East India Company's sale at the ell°
last week, having gone off briskly, at prices generslll,
shade in advance, the market has shown since much br°,,
nese, and the business done pretty considerable. Sur ,
may be quoted id. per lb. higher than this day wed'. r,
For Egyptian time is some demand at an advance. I*
name are steady. There is a public LAU: this day of ttr
wards of 4.00 bales of Surats.
Tea. _Twankay and common green Teas on sale
day, are going off lower than last sale.

According to the best reports current OH 11.
state of the Revenue, there has been a growing iroP"'.t
went since the commencement of the year in the deps'i
~e
meat of the Excise, and the surplus, compared with P,
first five months of 1827, is said to amount to necr
million sterling.— Times.
We asserted, in a former number, that a - A
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solution of Parliament had been resolved on. WC 114 a,
re,assert it, and confidently appeal to those who a" ;i
quainted with Cabinet secrets, whether such a proceed 7t
was'or was not entered in the minutes of the Cab'°
Council.—Morning Advertiser.
FATAL CHANGE IN .THE MINIST.RY i•
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elderly woman called at the shop of a merchant JP 01
town on Monday last ; and taking the proprietor 0
asked gravely, whetter it was true, as stated in the PaPe.roi
that the two Mr. ,GRANTS aid
were to be beheaded for - tot
with the Papists ! • The merchant. assured the woman' 01
so far as lie knew, the heads of both our burgh and cou,o
members were perfectly safe, upon which the honest vini
departed, declaring her tbankfultmess that the two l'f°rs
gentlemen were both preserved.—lnverness Courier.
The first half-year's receipts at -fiatninc"nlir
new bridge were 9981. 11*.; a dividend of 15s. vir
Glared.

The Waterloo Bridge tolls for the hid,
ending the sth of February, were 6,4411. 3e. 41. ;
251. more than the corresponding period last year, tl
bursements approaching nearly to the receipts, no di'
was declared.

MANCHESTER, JUNE 7.--We tincler.
that there is a design on foot fur establishing an expP
between London and Manchester, in sixteen hour
leave London at half-past seven in the evening, and
in Manchester at half-past eleven the next s
mornil-
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leave Manchester at half-past four in the evening 50d
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rive in London at half-past eight the following 113,1
ing. This express is to be conveyed, as we understa
not in a two-horse vehicle, like that of Mr. Bo zG°s' ;sie
made a.similar attempt a few years ago, but is a Orr'
drawn by four horses, and carrying four inside passe'
with a guard and coachman outside. In order to pre'
distressing the horses, none of the stages are to ocoed
miles in length.
A recent Journal of Metz contains the fo,
ing curious paragraph : Much contraband traffic!
lied on by means of dogs brought up for the purpose
late months taken place in our department. An
statement, published by the Prefect of Moselle,
it appear that in the district of Sarreguemines alonS,
the Ist of March, 1827, to the Ist of the same ra°'
the current year, no less than 58,277 dogs have bee'
over the Rhine to be loaded with prohibited articles.
these, 2,477 were killed on their way back, and Were
to be bearers of 6,056 kilogrammes of contraban!
of various kinds; so that the 55,800 dogs who ascii
vigilance of the Custom-house officers, must, at thi
have introduced 140,000 kilogrammes of contraband,,
In order to repress • this illicit trade as much as p?,,
several rigorous regulations have been promulgated.
local authorities."
About a quarter before one o'clock this
ing, a most destructive fire broke out in the house:
HOWER, a painter and glazier, No. 2, Warwick.
As the watchman was going his rounds, he observed'
issuing from the roof of Mr. HOWER'S house,
stantly aroused the family, who, on being made ail,
with their danger, rushed into the street in a state'
dity, and were sheltered in different houses in the
bout-hood. By this time the engines arrived, but nOI
standing every possible effort the
.firemen were uor
arrest the destructive element, until after it had d'

the attics of the house adjoining, on the Newga'
side.' After raging with the utmost fury until near 4
o'clock, the flames were, by great exertion, got under,
not until every thing contained in Mr. llowsl
tithes were consumed.
On Saturday last only four female a'
were confined in Whitecross-street Prison—a smaller
her than was ever recollected since the foundation
building.
The coinage of the United States Min'
year, was 3,022,675 dollars, that is, 131,565
2,869,200 of silver, and 21,910 of copper. irs''
amount coined since the establishment of the
30,525,138 dollars, 28 cents, of which probabli,
millions remain in the country, the residue WI
forced abroad by the substitution of bank paper a 4
lating medium. The net amount chargeable tot
since its establishment, including the cost of laud*
ing, and machinery, is 523,470 dollars, 49 cents.'
r ican Paper.

BIRTHS.
On the Bth Hat, at Ler father's louse, in
square, the lady of Captain Martin, R.N., of a sot
On the 6th anat., in Upper Grosvenor street, A'
moor, of a daughter.

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