The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-28 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London Mercantile Price Current of Feb. 27.)
B. P. SUGAR.—There having been a very small quantity
on show to-day, only 280 casks have been sold. Prices re-
main firm.

MAURITIUS.—A public sale of 5,804 bags took place to-day,
and passed off very briskly. The full value was realised, and
in some instances prices advanced 6d per cwt ; low to mid
yellow from 59s 6d to 64s 6d, and brown from 53s to 59s
per cwt.
BENGAL.--There was offered to-day 1,177 bags of middling
to good white, which brought 67s 6d to 69s per cwt. 5,816
bags damp brown were also offered. The sale passed rather
heavily in consequence of the quality not being desirable.
47 casks went at 52s to 56s per cwt. All the Khaur has been
sold at, and since the sale, at 53s to 52s per cwt.
FOREIGN.—No business has been reported to-day, the
holders not having been anxious to effect sales at present.
ItEFINED.—A fair amount of business has been done to-day
at the quotations. For Crushed 26s per cwt has been re-
fused, but there are sellers at 26s 6d ; however, no business
has been transacted at that price.
MoLassls.—A fair business kas been done in the W.I. de-
scriptions at the former value. Very ordinary St. Kitts, at
20s 6d, and good Berbice at 25s per cwt. Molasses of good
quality went at 20s per cwt.
CocoA was dearer at public sale. 107 pkgs Grenada were
partly sold ; good red at 46s to 47s 6d per cwt.
COFFEE.—The market is very firm, but generally the busi-
ness transacted to-day has not been extensive. At public
sale 13 cks Demerara were chiefly taken in ; 602 bags Cey-
lon found buyers at rates corresponding to those paid in the
private transactions ; good ordinary pale at 68s 6d to 69s per
cwt. A parcel of 97 bags Madras, of fine quality, admissible
at 4d per lb duty, was also sold at 70s to 96s 6d per cwt at
public sale.
TEA.—The public sale, on the 20th inst., consisting of
37,400 pkgs passed off very flatly. About 15,700 pkgs found
buyers at the previous value. Two or three parcels of Congou
were sold at id per lb. reduction from the prices of the pre-
vious sale. Junk Tea taken in at high prices. Yesterday,:a
large business was also done in Congou and Twarikay, and
the current rates are fully ld per lb higher for the former,
and id per lb for the latter description.
COCHINEAL was sold at an advance of ld per lb at public
sale ; 60 bags and 17 serons silver Honduras, ordinary to
good, at 4s 5d to 4s 10d per lb.
RlCE.—Bengal at 6d to 9d per cwt advance ; low to good
white from Ils 3d to 12s 3d per cwt. Madras at 8s 9d to 9s
3d per cwt for middling; cargo at 9s. Java at 9s 6d for
middling to good middling white. The prices of Carolina
remain unaltered.

SPlCES.—Cassia Lignea 58s to 67s for good ord to good
middling, which is about 18 to 2s per cwt advance upon
former rates. Sumatra l'epper good light at 3d to 3Ad per
lb. Penang at 3d per lb cash, for good half-heavy. Blalabar
remains steady : white taken in at 6ici per lb at public sale.
Pimento at fully Ad per lb decline; good ordinary at 2Ad to
20 per lb. Jamaica Ginger at 4119 s to 101 7s. Bengal at
15s 6d to 16e 6d per cwt for fair to good quality.
Otts.—Common qualities at fully 20s per tun under the
prices of the previous transactions. Southern, fine quality,
at 34/. In Sperm Oil, there is no actual advance in prices.
Linseed Oil, a shade higher. Southern Whalebone, at 236/.
to 240/, per ton.
TALLow.—The market :has become firmer, and there are
few sellers of good Y. C. on the spot under 41s. New Tallow
likewise is dearer, and for delivery in the last three months
of the year 44s 3d is demanded.

Smars.—Since our last report there has been a further
rise in the prices of %V.I. rutn. All the parcels hav
long been cleared out of the first hands, which have been
re-sold at a profit. The Brandy market is firm at the quota-
tions. Delivered for home consumption in the course of last
week 167 puns. A fair business has been done in Foreign
Corn Spirit for exportation. There is now but little demand
for this description for home use.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL—Dove, St. Thomas to Liverpool,
out 45 days ; Eleanor, Rotterdam to Boston, with loss of
fore and maintop-yards, lat. 39, lon. 49, by the Francis Barr,
arrived in the Downs. Schooner Emma, of Southampton,
28th ult., off Cape St. Vincent, by the Queen, arrived at Mil-
ford. Her Majesty's steamer Ardent, and the tender of Com-
modore Purvis, from Monte Video to Buenos Ayres, Dec. 20 ;
Templeman, Liverpool to Valparaiso, 29th, lat. 38 S., lon. 44
W., by the William Peels, arrived at Liverpool. William
Ackers, Liverpool to Lima, 9th ult., lat. 3 N., lon. 21 W., by
the Syren, arrived at Liverpool. Isabella, of Dundee, Nel4-
castle to the Mediterranean, 29th ult., off Cape St. Mary's;
Walmer Castle, from London, outward bound, 14th instant,
let. 44, lon. 12, by the Emerald, arrived in the River. Sarah,
Constantinople to London, 28th ult., lat. 38, lon. 11, by the
Larch, arrived at Bristol. °renegue, Bordeaux to Vera
Cruz, lat. 36 N., lon. 27 W., by the Ville de Cardebere, ar-
rived at Martinique. George, from Liverpool, standing south,
12th ult., lat. 14 S., lon. 32 W. ; Sir Edward Paget, Valpa-
raiso to Liverpool, 30th ult., lat. 18 N„ lon. 39 W., with loss
of wizen-topmast, and supplied with provisions ; Caroline,
Bristol to Cape Hayti, 2d inst., lat. 23 N., lon. 38 W., by the
all'ivoci at iluvre.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
MOUSE OF LORDS, F,eA.•2l
The LORD CRANCELLOR took his 'eat on the 1 001
sack at a few minute; after Five o'clock. .

_
The Earl of YARBOIZOUGH_ presented petitions
from Wisbeach, and other paces in Lincolnshire, against
any alteration in the corn-laws.
RELIGIOUS TESTS IN THE UNIVERSITY 07

GLASGOW.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition'
from the Lord Provost, the magistrates, and Town
Council of Glasgow, with reference to the imposition of
religious tests upon professors in the University of
Glasgow. The petitioners stilted that 146 WI"
position of these tests in many cases wao
unjust. The petitioners, however, were not desirous
of abolishing those tests, in so far as they related to
professors of theology, but they thought themunneces-
sary with respect to the profession of philosophy, -ohe-
raistry, and other sciences. The petitioners stated-fiNat
many excellent and competent men had been prevented
by these tests from giving their services to the Univer-•
say, and therefore prayed that in such cases the tests
should be abolished.

Lord BROUGHAM said, that having had the honour
of filling the chair of Rector of the University alluded to
in the petition, as had also his Noble Friend (the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne), he had had communications with
that body upon the subject, and he would say from tbem
that they did not wish for the relaxation in the case of
theological professors.
Lord CAMPBELL concurred in the prayer of the
petition, and he hoped the Noble Marquis would bring
in a Bill to carry it into effect. In truth, the law Is As fit
a great measure obsolete in the four universities of Scot-
land; and if it had always been observed they could riot
have attained their present high position. Some of the
most eminent professors of languages and science had
been persons who could not subscribe the Confession of
Faith.—(Hear, hear.) if the law had been enforced the
Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Stanley,
and Sir James Graham could not have filled the. off.joe
of Lord Rector.— (Hear, hear.)
Lord BROUGHAM said that those eminent and
most useful professors, Sandford, Moore, Young, and his
own distinguished and revered relative, Dalziet were
Episcopalians.—(Hear.) In fact there was no end to
the number of such names which lie could repeat.
After a few words from Lord HADDINGTON, in
favour of the petition, the conversation dropped, and the
House adjourned at Half-past Five o'Clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 27.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour.
CORN-LAWS:

Col. SIBTHORP presented twenty-five petitions from
places in Lincolnshire, praying that no alteration might
be made in the existing corn-laws.

ST. ASAPh AND BANGOR.
___

Lord CLIVE presented a petition from a place in
North Wales, against the union of the sees of St. Asaph
and Bangor.

SUPPLIES.

Mr. BLEWITT presented a petition from Newport,
in Monmouthshire, praying that the supplies may be
withheld until the grievances of the people shall have
been considered.