The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-08 00:00:00

(Fr.m the London New Price Current of Feb. 7.)

SUGAR—To-day Grocers and Refiners were anxious to
purchase all descriptions of West India Sugar, but in conse-
quence of merchants insisting upon a further advance in
prices, business was checked. 270 hhds were sold, making the
total purchases for the week 1,420 hhds and tierces, and the
advance in prices of Is to Is 6d per cwt. The market closes
with a firm appearance for all sorts of Colonial Sugar.
REFINED.—To-day there was a much better demand for
Refined Goods for home consumption, and higher rates were
paid—Standard Lumps selling at 72s 6d to 735, and brown
Lumps 71s 6d to 72s per cwt.
MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was no public sale, but
by private contract several parcels were sold at the advanced

rates of yesterday—inieed, in some cases rather higher
prices were given.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon an increased desire Was
shown to purchase Bengal Sugar of every kind, two parcels.
amounting co 4,615 bags 50 casks Nvere of.lered auction ;.
1,100 bags consisted of white, and sold at an advance on
former rates of 6d to is per cwt, good white 62s 6d to 63s ;
middling 61s to 61s 6d, low 60s 6d, damp and washed 59s 6d to
61s, the remainder, brown wail .yellow, and went is per
dalnP cwt
higher, middling dingy yellow sold at 50s 6d to 51s 6d,
and washed 47s 6d to 51s 6d, low sound brown 40s, low mid-
dling damp brown 42s to 42s 6d, middling ditto 43s to 4.3 s 6d,
good 45, 6,1 to 46s 6d, and fine 49s 6d, washed 40s to 42s
per cwt. Every lot was actually sold.
MoLAssEs.—West India are
.plentiful, and offered ups
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further reduced terms, but the business transacted has
extremely limited, and 19s to Vs per cwt is the value; Oa*
is an evident desire on the part of merchants to sell, on '

count of the large stock.
COFFEE.-Tilii afternoon good ord Ceylon Native Met'
more demand by private contract at 49s 6d to 505 per cwt-
Mocha in demand, and 175 bales at auction were all sold at
full rates ; mid greenish clean garbled at 59s to 60s 63, low.
mid 56s to 57a 6,, Triage 35s to 48s, sea damaged, first:
55s 6d to 575, second-class 535, 10 cs Mysore fetched 905 for
yellow.
COCOA.-West India is still little wanted, and more desire.
has been shown on the part of holders to realise; at public.
sale 534 bans 11 brls of Trinidad went at a reduction on for-
mer rates of is per cwt, low red selling at 41s to 425, mid
42s 63 to 435, g' oil fair 43s 6d to 445, low to
mid grey 40s to
425, and good 43s per cwt. For Foreign prices are kept uP
by the sh. rt supply, but there are not many purchasers st
preseitt.
RICE.-There are few purchasers of Bengal at present!
middling white is held for lOs 6d to lls good mid and .goo
us to lls 6d, and fine 12s per cwt. For Java, white is worth`
10s to lls 6(1, very fine 12s to 12s 6d, and yellow Lombok
sort 9s to 98 6d. There has been a good business transuete_i
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privately in Madras, yellow 8s 6d to 9s, and white Bengt
kind 9s to 9a 6d per cwt. Cleaned Rice is worth 13s 6d
17s for Patna, and 23s to 28s per cwt for Carolina.
TEA.-The Market has a very firm appearance. Cung°ll
has been in brisk demand ; difficulty is experienced in P.
chasing upon former terms; common unsound is worth 11
to 1 lid, sound common llid to Is, good entuu3,°°:
Is Oid to is 0)d, rather coarse is lid to is ict•
rather strong is lid to Is 2id, blackish leaf to blackish leaf
rather strong is 3d to Is 6d, strong blackish leaf is 7d to is
10d, Pekoe flavour Is 10d to 2s 3d, choice and rich 254 d to
2s 7d per lb. The business done has been grea&r than for
long period. In Pouchong a large business transactedil
higher rats e, clean fetching lid to 10d, and better quality ri;•
to is 2d. Twankay yellow leaf at is 2id to is 3111
brightish leaf is 4d to is Bd, superior and Hyson kiu"
Is 9d to 2s 4d. Hyson. prices are looking up, common teu.
using 2s id, fair to good 2s 8d to 2s lid, and superior 36 t°
4s 6d. Young Hyson 2s to 2s 4tl for Canton and Twanklii
kind, and superior 2s 6d to 3s 6d. In Gunpowder, Canton
to
and Twankay kind 2s 93 to 3s 2d, and Hyson kind 35 3d
4s Bd. Orange Pekoe is 3s 4d to 3s 6d per lb.
Ruse, Bin AND HOLLANPS.-There are still a iv'
purchasers of Leeward Island Rum, and a further declinw
the value of Id per gallon has occurred; the quantity Et°
has been oil 1W puns at 2s ld to 2s 2d for 2to 5 per Cent;
over-proof. Jamaica, of fine and high flavoured at from 5s t°(111
per gallon, Demerara Rum 3s to 3s 2d. Calcutta Rum is 1.4
proof strength. The demand for Brandy has fallen off anst
a decline of Id per gallon has taken place: Cognac, be.,„„
brands of the vintage of 1838, hhde 53 2d, Puri
5s ; 1839, lihds 43 I Id, puns 4s 9d ; 1840, hhds 41,„
puns 4s 9d; 1841, hhds 4s 10d, puns, 4s 8d i°4-
hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s sd; 1843, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d,
mon 2s 8d to 2s lid, mid to gcod void 3s to 4s, and Bade*
2s 6d to 2s 9d per gallon. Geneva not much in re(Plotti:,
is 8d to Is 9d expert, and 2s 4d to 3a for home consul:oP°
itglish Corn Spirille at 1092 d. bt
CocIIINEAL.-This afternoon Cochineal was much Pug
after, and 100 bags Honduras at public sale all sold .14,0
further advance of Id per lb ; mid to good fetched 4s 10d
ss, and fiats bold 5s id to 5s 3d per lb for silvers.
Ou.s.-Cod Oil moved off slowly at 291 to 291 10s ;nil:.
Seal 32/ to 33/, yellow and straw 291 to 304 brown
let
28110 s, and low to fine Southern 271 to 321. Sperm Diet liofr
attention, and holders experience difficulty lu„
Wiling previous rates : 831 to 84l for fine Dr'"oil
and 80/ to 821 per tun for other sorts. Linseed
24s 6d to 25s pelt cwt ; for delivery throughout the ,""..3;
numerous contracts have been entered into at 25s 3d to 2;is,.
Rape, pale 37s to 37s 6d, and brown 368 to 368 64.
Oil, 421 lOs to 431 for Gallipoli, 41/ lOs to 42/ for Spun': a
41/ for Sicily, and at 40/ for Barbary. The market
firm appearance. Cocoa Nut 27s to 2Ss 6d for Ceylon! to
26s to 26s 6d per cwt for other descriptions. Palm Oil
to 25s per cut.
TALLow.-This afternoon the public sales of Tallow /re6net
off at full rates ; viz. 246 pkgs of South American A 31521
to 38s ; 122 pkgs North American 37s 6d to 39s 3d; 6,1
pkgs East India 40s 94 to 41s; 71 casks Odessa Deef 383
to 38s 9d.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS

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The following are the results of " A Table of 111°---,
in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths 17„,
all Causes registered in tie Week en.'ing SaturdaPO 'Ol
Ist of February, 1845." The Table is issued from the
of the Registrar-General:—

weeslie
Total. A'ell'lsr°
Five 1
184
Epidemic, EndP.mic, and Contagious Diseases 200 106
Diseases of variable or uncertain seat llO
159
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 155
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of 292
Respiration
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 29
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other 71
Organs of Digestion ..
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 6 0
1
Childbirth, Disease* of the Uterus, &c. lO 6
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 4 1
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Old Age, or Natural Decay B9 26
By Violence Privation, or Intemperance
Causes specified 1004 9e
Deaths from all Causes ...... lOll 9w
01
DEATHS FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDES)TDE.,,-, - 0'
THE ABOVE REAM Orie
Weekly Al
Total. of via Tv"—
Consumption
Scarlatina 35 36
Pneumonia . ..
Dropsy .. ... .. .. ......
Hooping Cough .... .......
33
30
Typhus
Small Pox 42
22

Disease of the Heart
Measles 36
Apoplexy .......... ... .... ... 26
. Diseases of the Brain 7
Diarrhoea..
Sudden Deaths .. .. ..... ... 10
DISTRICTS 13011.
Deaths WeeklY 4„
in Average of icr- 01. •
the Week. rive Years. 0169
West
North
Central . ............
East
South
...---
- 1236
Total ... .........

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SAiri9
[ADYIERTISEMENT.]—A POOR MAN'S LIFE nate
Ir HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS.—Jeremiah Laughlin, trrovit4
about the quays of Dublin, was afflicted for Yei";;pirli-
shortness of breath, spitting of phlegm, nighta.Pe,;netive,
tions, and general weakness of body, a want oqrrlifell.
sick head-aches, besides suffering much from the
This man was in the second stage of consult,lo"—__mencelY
not expected to live three months, when he Nut': wilt
the use of Holloway's wonderful Pills, al* "'waif
means alone, he is now as strong, as hale, and 35,- oinr
ever he was in his life.—Sold (also Hollowel loop
went) at the Establishment of Professor tio'_„d by
244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), zwi.oo
almost all respectable vendors of medicine throgu
the civilised world
'rho'
DEATH FROM DRINKING BOILING WATE.-",artiont
day Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Freemasons' Arnis,
lane, Limehouse, on the body of Sarah Long aged tree .cars3o,
appeared from the evidence of the mother, that. onh thal.uied py
whilst in the back yard of her house, she was stuidenlY
hearing the violent screams of the deceased, and on 1119„.-„, d reu
found that the deceased had, during her momentary aise.':fire.
some water from a tea-kettle, which was on the hob of it
child died on Tuesday last. Verdict, " Accidental death.

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