The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-11 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

( From the London New Price Current of Jan. 10.)
SUGAR.—lreporters of Colonial Sugar have been in-
clined to realise this week, and the market has been well
supplied with nearly all descriptions. To-day there was
only a small amount of business transacted in any kind
of West India Sugar, the quantity sold amounting to only
350 hhds, making the total quantity for the week 1680
hhds and trcs, and the decline in prices 6d to is per
cwt. A large public sale of 3000 bags of Madras in
bond is declared for Tuesday. To-day the home trade
came forward more freely, and many parcels were dis-
posed of—brown lump at 72s to 72s 6d, and standard
73s 6d to 745. Bonded crushed is held firmly at 318 to
31s 6d per cwt.
REFINED.—There has been less demand from the
home trade for Refined Sugar, and the market having
been better supplied with goods, the rates accepted are
rather under those previously quoted ; blown lumps
selling 72s to 72s Gd, staadard lumps 73s to 73s 6d.
Tittlers low to mid 72s to 735, good 74s 6d to 765, fine
and very fine 77s to 83s, Hamburgh loaves 738 to 82s,
double do 83s to 903, and wet lumps 70s to 71s per cwt;
bastards 38s to 395, middling 40s to 41s, good 43i to
478, and fine 46s to 53s per cwt. In pieces there has
been a good business transacted, fine has been selling at
678 to 69a, good 64s to 665, mid 618 to 638, and lew
56s to 608. Treacle has been in excellent request at
firm rates, and the supply is small. Boiled from West
India Molasses has been selling at 21s 6d to 225, Patent
22s 6d to 235, and Golden Syrup 24s to 27s per cwt.
For bonded crushed Sugar there are numerous pur-
chasers. Of Loavcs large parcels have been disposed of.
EAST INDIA.—The brown and yellow descriptions of
Bet gal Sugar aro plentiful, and a further decline in
prices of 6d to is per cwt has taken place ; but upon
those terms buyers have been induced to pur-
chase freely. This afternoon Bengal Sugar met
with less attention, and at auction 1,915 bags were only
partly disposed of, at rather lower rates, viz., low yellow
at 518 to 525, middling 32s 6d to 555, good middling 575,
damp and washed 49s to 565, middling sound white 625,
damp 61s 6d to 625, tainted by sulphur, mid strong
greyish yellow 50s to 52s 6d, damp 49s to 50s, low
washed white very sulpbury 48s per cwt.
MOLASSES. —For West India a good demand has been
experienced, and the improved rates previously esta-
blished are fully supported; Antigua has been fetching

23s 6d per cwt, indeed at present prices some of the
merchants will not sell, and the stock is diminishing.
East India is in request, but there is at present not much
in the market, and 14s to 17s is the value.

FOREIGN.—This afternoon at public sale 5.926 bags of
Manilla, 385 boxes of Havannah, and 92 bags of Bahia
were offered. Manilla of sound quality was taken in
above the value ; good yellow at 20s to 20s 6d ; a few
lots of damaged were sold at 18s 6d to 19s, one lot
shifted 15s 6d. The Havannah was all washed, and
fetched stiff rates—good 21s 6d, middling 20s 6d to 21s,
and ordinary 18s to 19s 6d. The Bahia was taken in at
18s 6d for sound brown, and 18s per cwt fur washed,
being more than it was worth.
COFFEE.—There has been less inquiry for West India
this week, but importers have shown firmness, and refuse
to take lower rates ; by private contract there has been
little business transacted, and of 304 casks 21 bags 10
hhds offered at public sale, a small part only found
purchasers at the previous currency—Berbice, mid colory
went at 75s to 80s, low mid 73s to 73s 6d, fine fine ord 70s
to 71s Gd, fine ord 54s to 625, good ord 50s 6d to 53s 6d,
triage 40s; Jamaica, good mid 104 s to 118 s, mid 82s to
90s, low mid 725, fine ord 54s to 635, good ord 50s to
525; Dominica, fine ord 56s to 58s, and good ord 52s to
54s per cwt. With East India Coffee the market has
been better supplied, and shippers and the home trade
have come forward with freedom. This afternoon at pub-
lic sale 25 casks 119 brls 21 bags Berbice were offered,
nearly the whole of which sold at low rates, the quality
being unclean—low mid went at 635, fine ord 45s to
46s 6d, good ord 403 to 40s Gd, inferior 31s to 355, and
triage 25s to 355; 316 bags of fine Batavia fetched 42s
to 435, sea damaged Ist class 37s to 37s 6d, 2d class
32s 6d, 3d class 27s 6d, sea damaged and repacked 265.
The value of good ord Ceylon is 52s to 53s per cwt.
TEA.—lmporters still manifest firmness, and have re-
frained from offering any at public sale. Congou has
fully sustained previous rates, and buyers have purchased
freely, paying lld to 11}d for common, and good com-
mon 11d to is Oid per lb ; the is small of all
qualities. Pouchong 7d to I id, and superior at is
to is 2d per lb. Twankay is at is 3d to is aid
for common, Is 4d to is 9d for brightish leaf,
and is 9d to 23 5d for Hyson kind. There are many
orders for Hyson, common has been fetching 2s 7d to
2s Sd, mid to good 2s 9d to 3s, and fine 3s 2d to 4s 6d
per lb. Young Hyson is rather dearer, and much in
request. For Hyson Skin prices are advancing. Scented
Orange Pekoe is 3s 4d to 3s 5d per lb, and the demand
continues. An increased desire has been manifested
to purchase Gunpowder, and the rates given
are rather above those previously quoted, Canton
selling at 2s 8d to 2s 11d, other sorts 3s to 4s 6d, Im-
perial 2s 6d to 2s 9d, and other sorts 25 10d to 3s 6d
per lb. Souchong sells more freely upon former terms.
For Caper holders are obtaining prices they could not
previously get. Flowery and black leaf Pekoe are more
in request. The Tea market is in a sound state, and
like so to continue for some time.

SPICES.—The market has a firm appearance for black
Pepper. By private contract several purchases have been
made ; Penang at 24d to 2id ; Sumatra good light 2fd,
and Malabar 2id to 3id per lb. Some parcels have arrived
still the stock is much less, and prices are lower than
at that time last season. White is more in request.
Pimento is held with firmness, but the demand has been
only for small parcels at 3d to 4d per lb. The mar-
ket is firm for cloves. Importers of Mocha are not in-
clined to press sales at present low rates. East and
West India Ginger is firm in price, and the business
transacted has been upon a most extended scale. Nut-
megs are wanted, and the rates paid are rather above
those of the last auctions. We quote brown at 3s to 3s
7d, good mid and good 3s Sd to 3s lld and fine 4s to
4s Gd per lb. This afternoon at public sale 55 bags of
white Pepper were sold at 4.0 to 4id for middling,
and 474 for good middling, being id lower.

RuM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—lmporters of Ja-
maica Rum submitting to rather lower rates, buyers
have been induced to come forward more freely, and 250
puns sold—fair quality, 28 to 33 per cent. over proof;
at 3s 6d to 3s Bd, and good, 33 to 35 per cent over, at 4s.
In consequence of holders of Calcutta submitting to a
further reduction in prices, buyers have been induced to
operate more freely, and the large quantity of 500 hhds
200 puns was disposed of by one firm at 2s 2d proof with
certificate, but subject to an allowance of 2d in con-
sequence of the Rum being of old importation, and de-
ficient of strength, so that the actual price is 2s per
gallon proof with certificate. Leewards, 200 puns
have been sold at 2s 2id to 2s 3d proo
strength. For Demerara there has been a brisker
demand, and prices have made a stand : 100
puns. 32 to 33 per cent over proof, sold at
3s 3d per gallon. There are further arrivals of East and
West India Rum. An increased desire has been shown
to purchase the best descriptions of Brandy, and many
parcels have been disposed of at Id per gallon. We
quote Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds
5s 3d, puns 5s Id ; ditto, 1639, hhds ss, puns 4s 10d ;
ditto, 1841, hhds 4s I Id, puns 4s 9d ; ditto, 1842, hhds
4s Bd, puns 4s 6d ; ditto, 1843, hhds 4s 6d, puns
4d 4d ; common 2s 8d to I Id ; mid to good mid 3s to 3s
10d ; and Bordeaux corn, 2s 6d to 2s 8d per gallon.
Geneva, shipping sort is 10d to is I Id, and fine 2s 4d
to 3s 6d. English Corn Spirits are wanted ; indeed, the
supply is not sufficient for the demand, and 10s 2d per
gallon cash is readily obtained, and lOs 3d for small
quantities.
Cocos.—West India has met with less attention, but
merchants are firm, and insist upon full rates ; of 459
bags Trinidad at public sale, a part only found pur-
chasers at the former currency, ♦iz., good red at 48s to
50s, mid 44s to 46s 6d, ord 42s Gd to 43s 6d, grey 42s to
435, and inferior 41s. For Foreign buyers are, however,
compelled to give stiffer rates, and at public gale 80 bags
of Bahia fetched 37s to 39s per cwt for good red.
FRUIT.—In Currants there has been considerable busi-
ness done yesterday and to• day, in Cephalonia46s to 475.
In Patras some sales have been made at 48s to 508 ; Va-
len ties at 50s; the demand dull, and several fresh arrivals.
Of Chesme and Red Smyrna Raisins there is a good
supply ; prices unaltered; the latter are in demand at 465.
For Muscatels in layers, of fine quality, which are very
scarce, there is a good demand. Of Sultana Raisins the
large quantity of 3,000 drums sold at 61s to 625, and 65s
is now asked.

RlCE.—Bengal is not to be purchased upon lower
terms, the market being still scantily supplied; but little
business has been transacted by private treaty, and at
auction 1,200 bags were taken in at Ils 6d to 12s per
cwt fur mid white, being above the value. In Java there
has been very little busines done in the private market.
Yellow Madras has been sold at 8s 9d per cwt for Con-
stantinople. Cleaned Rice is wanted, Patna at 143 to
18s, and Carolina 23s to 27s per cwt. This afternoon at
public sale 631 pockets of Bengal were sold at 10s to I la
for rather broken, being a little cheaper.
SALTPETRE.—This afternoon as increased desire was
shown to purchase rough, but business was checked by
the stiff rates asked, and 350 bags of Calcutta at public
sale were taken in 6d to is per cwt above the value—
that is to say, 10i per cent middling grey at 25s 6d to
2Gs, and per cent ditto 26s per cwt.
INDIGo.—In the value of East India no alteration has
taken place singe this day week. For the 21st, 7,455
chests are declared.

TALLOW.—This afternoon at public sale 244 casks of
New South Wales were sold at 37s 6d to 41s 6d; 50
casks P.Y.C. 38s 3d to 39s 3d; 171 casks of St. Peters-
burgh Soap Tallow 38s ; 30 casks of Archangel
38s 3d; 570 packages of South American 33s to 38, 9d;
40 casks of East India 40s 6d to 40s 9d ; 100 casks of
Odessa sheep, 39s Gd ; and 15 casks of Beef Tallow, 375.
OlLS.—Prices have further given way for all descrip-
tions of common Fish Oils; there are very few shipping
orders, and the home trade have purchased with cautio.l—
is surprising that they should continue so to do, as
they are scantily supplied, and stocks in merchants'
hands are light. Cod Oil has been selling at 301 to
30155, pale Seal 33/ lOs to 331 15s, yellow 301 to 314
straw 311 lOs to 32/ 10s, and Southern 281 to 331;
dark brown Seal is however wanted, and parcels
have been disposed of at 281 to 291 per tun ;
Holders of Sperm manifest firmness, and a good demand
exists—fine British at 881 to 90/per tun ; Rape Oil, pale
at 36s to 36s 6d, and brown at 35s to 35s 6d per cwt. Lin-
seed Oil, 23s 6d to 23s 9d, and for delivery in February,
March, April, May, and June, many contracts have
been entered into at 24s 3d to 24s 6d : for Spring deli-
very on the Continent sales made at 245. Olive has met
with more attention, and an advance of fully 20s per
tun has taken place in prices, Gallipoli at 42/ to 431,
Spanish 411 to 411 10s. Barbary 391 to 40/, and Sicily
41/per ton. In Palm Oil there has been more business
transacted, fine quality is worth 25s to 26s per cwt.
There are few purchasers of Cocoa Nut; Ceylon is worth
27s to 28s, and Sydney from 25s to 27s per cwt.

THE CASE OF MISS MARTINEAU.
Mr. Greenhow, of Newcastle, the medi.'sl gentle-
man whr.) q:-tendf-il. Miss Marft through,ut
inne,s, winch commenced as tar back as I

with the entire concurrence of his putient,
a medical report of her case. From this it would
appear that, as far back as April last, Miss Martineau
was convalescent, and that she continued improving
up to July, when she was first subjected to the ope-
ration of mesmerism. The report is admirably
drawn up. The following are the conclusions at
which Mr. Greenhow arrives, after a careful exami-
nation of the facts of the case :

" I always believed that a time would arrive when my
patient would be relieved from most of her distressing
symptoms, and released from her long-continued confine-
ment ; though she never willingly listened to my sug-
gestions of the probability of such prospective events,
and seemed always best satisfied with anything approach-
ing to an admission that she must ever remain a secluded
invalid. This state of mind, perhaps, may be considered
as an additional symptom of the morbid itifluenee over
the nervous system, of the class of diseases in which this
case may be included.

" During the last year or two, in common with many
of the friends of Miss M., I had frequent opportunities
of observing the increased ease and freedom with which
she moved about her sitting room ; and my conviction
became confirmed, that the time was approaching when
she would resume her habits of exercise in the open air.
Oftener than once I have made use of the somewhat
strong expression that, some day, probably before long,
Miss M. would take up her bed and walk.'
" In the history of this case it is probable that the
advocates of mesmerism will find reasons and arguments
in support of their opinions. But the experienced prac-
titioner, carefully distinguishing the post hoc from the
propter hoc, will have little difficulty in bringing the
whole into harmony with the well-established laws of
human physiology."
And he adds—

" As regards the relief from the distressing nervous
symptoms, the time had arrived when a new and power-
ful stimulus only was required, to enable the enthusiastic
mind of my patient to shake them off."

In his ireface Mr. Greenhow makes the following
very just observations on the subject of mesmerism:—
" How far the relief from the sympathetic nervous
distress, attendant on this case, is to be attributed to the
direct agency of mesmerism—whether it has acted by a
power suigeneris, or by supplying a powerful and well-
timed stimulus to the mind, and thus acting through the
imagination and the will, is a question which every ono
must be left to answer for himself, after a careful con-
sideration of the facts related in the following pages and
in the communications to the Athenaum, lately supplied
by the patient herself.
" The numerous and striking claims in favour of
mesmerism, emanating from so many sources, have, at
length, rendered it a subject of serious and philosophical
inquiry, which can no longer be resisted by the mem-
bers of the medical profession. It is by them only that
its pretensions can be properly weighed—and it certainly
behoves them to enter on the inquiry with candid and
unprejudiced minds.
" If there be such a power, careful investigation will,
doubtless, enable them to detect it beyond dispute ; and
they will presently be prepared by the accumulation of
facts. if not to determine its precise nature, at any rate
to ascertain its modes of operation and to define its ca-
pabilities and proper limits.
" It is in this spirit of calm and dispassionate inquiry,
that I have myself enterod on the investigation, though I
must admit that my efforts have not yet been attended
with any results confirmatory of the powers of mes-
merism ; but I shall proceed circumspectly in my ex-
periments, till repeated failures shall either confirm my
doubts, or positive practical results remove them ; in
which case, I shall not fail to make such results known
to the profession."
We are glad that the investigation of the powers of
mesmerism as a therapeutic agent, has fallen into the
hinds of so astute and judicious an inquirer as
Mr. Greenhow, and we look forward with great in-
terest to the publication of the results of his experi-
ments.

EDUCATION OF COAL MINERS.
We cannot but express a hope that some step may be
taken, without delay, with a view to afford a better eau-
cation to the persons engaged in working in collieries.
When attending the late inquest (at IIaswell), we were
much struck with the fact, that more than half of the
pitmen who gave evidence, some of them persons of great
intelligence, and one muter wasteman, were unable to
write, or even to sign their names as witnesses. The
best conducted and well informed from amongst the pit-
men, are occasionally promoted to some of the subordi-
nate offices of charge in the mines; and it would be in
the highest degree useful, if greater facilities were given
to the underviewers, overmen, wastemen, and deputies,
to learn the elementary knowledge more immediately
bearing upon their business. They might be taught, for
example, such simple parts of chemistry and pneumatics
as relate to the nature of gases or air, and the first prin-
ciples of hydrostatics, and of geology as far as concerns
the position and dislocation of strata, the intrusion of
trappean, or volcanic rocks, and other points. In coun-
tries such as France and Germany, where a far less
amount of capital is embarked in mining enterprises,
there are large schools of mines and scientific establish-
ments, in which professional men, of different grades, are
carefully instructed in those branches of knowledge
which are closely connected with the art of mining.
We are aware that, notwithstanding the want of such
institutions, viewers in this country combine a large
amount of scientific information, with great practical ex-
perience. But such qualifications are enjoyed by a com-
paratively small proportion of those engaged in the su-
perintendence of coal pits, especially of that class to whom
the subordinate offices are entrusted. If peculiar diffi-
culties attend the organisation of schools for the mining
population, owing to its migratory habits, and because
the workpeople are often congregated suddenly at places
far distant from towns and villages, and do not remain
permanently resident at fixed points, it is the more ne-
cessary to endeavour to overcome these obstacles; and
provision might, perhaps, be made for appointing
teachers, whose duty it should be to visit, in succession,
the different localities where the large pits are opened
from time to time. Among the many thousands whose
thoughts are now continually engaged in the coal mines,
there will be always some individuals of strong na-
tural powers, who, if they had mastered the elements of
the sciences above enumerated, might he enabled to
invent new methods, or at all events would be far more
capable than persons unconnected with the business, to
appreciate the dangers to which they are exposed, and
to judge correctly of the adaptation of philosophical
principles to practice. We believe, therefore, that if the
education of the miners generally, and especially of
those set over them, can be materially raised, it will con-
duce to the security of the lives of the men, and the per-
fecting of the art of mining, more effectually
than any system of Parliamentary inspection which
could be devised. There is no reason to fear but that
the owners, and all the auth• ritie,, high and low, would
combine with the men in enforcing regulations for the
application of scientific principles to practice, if their
minds were prepared
,•-by instruction to estimate the
true value of the neW-'s proposed, and if by that
instruction those prejiidfjes were removed which disin-
cline the ignorant to every change of system. There
are here no conflicting interests to contend with, for the
proprietors are always anxious to prevent explosions and
accidents, not only by their own feelings of humanity,
but by a regard to the property they have at stake ;
while the viewers, underviewers, and other officers, are
continually risking their own lives, and share in every
danger with the men.—Report to Sir games Graham by
Michael Faraday end Charles Lyell.