The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-11 00:00:00

of public sales to the extent of 22,000 pkgs
denly declared for Thursday.
SPICRS.-This afterno, al two parcels of Sbulic.',
• amounting to 50 packages, were offered 01)4
- and went at a decline on former rates of 2d tf.:',lo
gapore brown went at 34 3d to 3.; 9(1, good 5.7;
10d to 4,3 d, limed 2,6 cl to 2a 9d ; Peee°.!
3s 5d to 3s 64, mouldy went at 3s 4d. wu
is to is sd. Of Mace 14 packages were 001-
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sold at 2s 64 to 2s 94 for middling, -and better 4
3s to 3s 2d, king much cheaper. Of Cloveo.o
Beneheolen were sold 21 Id. Pimento met lel Ai
attention, and 80 bags at auction were taken et 7,
4p for good middling quality, being above tOtro'
Pepper was little inquired for-268 bngs of Sam
auction were sold at .2id to 211 for common ligbr
and dusty, being barely former rates.
Rum, BRANDY, AND flou...smos.---Prices have
id to Id per gallon for Leewaed Island Ruin, bin".#
business has been transwied, 450 puns having .7tiol
• posed of at 26 34,1 to 2s 44 per gallon, proof !ti.ol//
Jamaica, at rathor lower rates-3s 8d to 4e `-,
vitae of 28 to 35 per cent. overproof; and "v_
6s per gallon for fine and superior qualities;
not so lirm, 2s 2id to lb 3d hating been.
for some parcels. Demerara upon osier.-
2. Id hating hen sect•pted for 32. per cent cto
and 3s 2d to p.i 5.1 for superior qualities. 137-01
common quality is still little wanted, and ell
going down, but fir the lies; s. its there hat bee°;lo,
demand. Cognec, best brands of the vintage °
hhds .5s 2d, puns ss; do, 1839, hhds 4s lid, Ploto
do, 1840, hhds .45..11d, puns 44 9d;.do, 1841, 03.;
10d, puns 4s 8d; do, 1842, hhds 4s 7d, Poi iss!
do, 1843, hhds 4s 54, puns 4s 3d, comcc44o
to ft 1 Is', and middling to :good n3;aiotAe
3s to 3a 10(1, Bordeaux common 2s 6d to 2s 8d•
„,
at is 94 to is 10.1 for shipping, and fine 2s 4d %Jo,
per gallon. English Corn Spirits at los 2d Per bid
nett cash. To-day Rum met with little attentknllad
Leewards are 2s 3id, Calcutta 2s 24, and $1,i404
Is lld to 2s. Jamaica is dull of sale and Pri,„gati
drooping; 3s 7d to 4s 4d is the value of ord.w
quality. go,
Filmic -For Currants prices rule firm, and - a
go,
parcels have been disposed of t Patras new at nivel
old 45s to 46s Zante and Cephalonia old 443, sniperoe
47s per cwt. In Osisins of all descriptions MiniitOs
purchases have been made ; Valentias at 504 Dt'"Otet
Leak 38s, Smyrna black 41s red 45s to 47-Nrotke.,l
48s to 50s, Sultana 60s, Muscatels 55s to 1001- 'OOO
pulled Figs are 45s to 75s per cwt This afterPolto
public sale 8,470 drums of Turkey' Figs were
50s to 755. per cwt.
RICE.-Previous improved rates are' fully sl,terso
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for Bengal, and it is much wanted, but business "of
restricted by private contract in .consequeuLli
scanty supply at market; low white has been. fen, 0l
sd to 11-9, mid Ili 3d to Ils 9d, and good to
12s fid per cwt. To-day Bengal Rice met "111419
purchasers, and prices are still on the advance,
fetching lis 6d to 12s per cwt. t,;‘l4
SALTPETRE.-To-day rough was
for'

061, stiffer rates being required operated against bro.iII
400 bags of Calcutta at public sale were taken ill,
for common damp grey I2i to
.112 per cent. to
being Is per cwt above the value.
-COCMINEAL.—There has been a consideranfoor
in the demand since we last wrote, and an 0".
prices of Id has occurred. •
Oils.—The dtmand has increased for all dei`br,
of common Fish Oils, and a good business
transacted at 341 to 341 lOs fur pale Seal. 340., atv
yellow and straw, 291 to 291 10s for brown, and 7,01 r,,
341f0r coat to Sue Southern. Cod at 311311 lug or
Sperm has been taken sparingly, and holder*l/hisei
difficulty in obtaining 87/ to 901 per tun Prse',
Linseed Oil at the low rates of 22s 6d to 224 91';001
on the spot, and for forward deiivery maul se,
have been entered into. For Rape 34s 6d 0 bolt'
cepted for pale, and 33s 6d to 345 per cwt for '
CO
the supply greatly exceeds the demand. ePA
Oil 24s to 28s per cwt. Palm. good and fine at
26s per cwt. In Olive there has been a gpou
transacted.
TALLOW.-40s 3d to 40a Sd per ewt art the cu be 1.4
.4
paid fOr E' Y Candle of first quality. For dell":'„'Ls
first three months or next year several contr_.,,`"" r-
been entered into at 41s to 41s 6d • .ber
Of To ::n Tallow the market has agoliirio
nearly , cleared at the low rate or
cwt nett cash.' With other sorts of Tallow tne.oo
has been liberally supplied, and a decline in Pro,
occurred. On Friday 560 pkgs of South Aule,rat,P,i;
casks of New S•Arth Wales. and 100 casks of ""-firtf,r
will be offered at auction. Of New South Wales
arrivals are near at hand.

ROWING MATCH. jobio,l,
; The great scullers' contest between Williant,o,
of Horsleydown, and Thomas Coombes, of Autost,
came off on Monday, and, had it taken 00%1
thing like a seasonable period, would, no dotty:l:, 0
proved highly attractive. Notwithstanding lig
clemency of the weather, Messrs. Chapman,
stead, stead, Esrnshaw, and other members of !,
rot" Der
aquatic clubs, with a tolerable sprinkling °f ot,
company, were present to witness it, and 00'7 IT
nied the men throughout the entire distanceyt,
race was for 101. aside, and the distance frola.,,,tbil
minster to Putney, with tide. Coombestho;io)l4
of the champion, and, under his very able,_ t.# ore
end tuition, has, during the past three or frollef'
sons, distinguished himself as an oarsman ands
more particularly in a race amongst picked jittw,
the iron steam-boat sovereigns. Robins is burbein
known to the public, his principal performan_ace 1111
an oars' wager with Lett, in which they 011
Duke of Buccleuch's purse last season. 13°;00tb ter
have been in severe training for the present . 101.,
and a first-rate exhibition was expected, buto
the public were disappointed, it being one of t',l
isaJe
uneven runaway races on record. The meninster.,
their appearance at half past twelve, at Wesn p r
bridge, when Mr. Bumpstead having consent,e Oil°
referee, they went to their stations—Coonw`op th'
had won the choice, to a pier near the centre, the
Middlesex side, and his opponent to the next,
04;
south side. The start was taken. evenly andf rori
but before they had cleared the new Houses 'r
liament, Robins had almost drawn his hotcle
iet
his adversary, and, at the horseferry, was full
he'
k
a-head. Coombes laboured hard to obtain h
tY
place, but from this moment to the termination 7 ti°
race never hail a shadow of chance. Robins 13stter,
lengths a-head at Vauxhall, eight or ten at: lir.t
sea, and went through Putney-bridge the wit,Difiii7,
upwards of two hundred and fifty yards. 1341—eig,'',
considerably the advantage of his opponent in it -be-
but his rowing of Monday shows that be sfl
very powerful antagonist to any first-rate OP

ACCIDENT TO THE MARQUIS or Wolg--6 s ?Ssti,P,
As the Diarquis of Worcester, while hunting, on., rest.JA
day, was galloping at speed across a field yeller
France, an accident occurred to him Which 04;101
the most serious, if not fatal, consequences.
,4
o,
feet of his horse hitched in a cart-rut, and toe,
fell forward and turned a complete somersault
Marquis under him. We are happy. to state, "".
notwithstanding the violence of the fall, and thid.derev
rode against the horse while down, with c°llling
io
force. h;s Lordship escaped with the moat
jars.— 43at4Journal
BIRTHS. tie sBl'
On the 7th inst., at Farnham, Surrey, the lady
11. R. Julius, of a daughter. eV°
On the 7th inst., at Upper Tooting, Mrs. Ja.—
of. Burton-creacent, of a daughter. „ , Styr
On the 6th inst., at Grove-lane, Camberwell, ei
of a daughter.
,h
On the 6th inst., at Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire, 6
W. H. Hussey, Esq., of the 67th Regiment, of a 519n'tbe
On the 7th inst., at Albion-place, Lonsdale-stitlare'
of Anthony Coiling Brownless, Esq., of a son. the 11-
On the 7th inst., at Alexander-suare, BromPt°_,tht 401
of Charles Hance, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a daili,9:4l,l''
On the Bth inst., at Broughton Rectory, Hants, b-
°
the Rev. Haniake Lee. of a son.
On the Bth inst., at Upper Clapton, the lady of dgco
Parson, Esq., of a son. ofd/
On the 9th inst., the lady of Henry Adams, ESCI4
street, Hyde-park, of a son