The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-09 00:00:00

in consequence of the accounts come to hand from Chins, slat-
ing that shipments of Tea were going on largely. Holders,
however, were firm, and sound common Congou cash is net to
be purchased under Is. OP. per lb. The falling off in the d"
roand is considered as only temporary.
MOLASSES.—West Ir dia cannot be purchased on leer
terms, 27s 64 to 28s paid for Antigua. Cuba Honey takee la
at 20s per cwt.
Seices.--Vack Pepper is rot to be purchased on lover
terms. Eist and West :rndia Ginger have been in excellent
request and prices are rather higher. This afternoon at st,,,S;
tion 31 chests of Cassia Lignea went briskly at 651, fid to Do;
for good middling mixed, being the full worth; middling 's
to be had under 65s per cwt. , s
SAco. —Mid large pearl taken in at 17s 6d, small: 'lf..-
.15s to les, a small part sold at 18s to 18s Od for good
bright pearl, IBs. for small white old pearl. Tapioca at Da S
7d per lb for good to fine quality.
d
Ricx.—hengal low white lls 6d to lls 9d, wit'. Jto .'s zoo
12s 6d, and fine 13s, 12s for fair mid and white, and sea darnag.d
at 9s to /Is Od per cwt. Madras and Java are held firmly,
the lower descriptions have met with attention; several parce
ls
of yellow sold privately as 9s 64 to 9s 9d per cwt. Pons
14s to 17s, and Carolina cleaned here at 21s, 245, and 0' pet
cwt. '1 hi, afternoon Bengal at stiffer rates, middling White'
12s6d, and low middling 12s per cwt.
q„ A to
Rum, REANDY, AND HOLLANDS...4IIMAkIL at d
3s 94 for fair quality 30 to 37 per cent over proof; the dEl'nee-e
have disposed of 250 puns at as 4d to 4s 3d for 32 to ou,
cent over proof of fair to good quality ; for small pareejf
superior 4s 6d to 5s 6d paid. Leewards at 2s Id to ‘2l,
gallon, proof. Demerara at 2s lld to 3s 3d for fair to fine
lity. Calcutta Rum at Is 104 to is 100 proof with Certiflestei
In Brandy holders manifest firmness :-_Cognac, best branto°,
the vintage of 1838, hhds at 5s 11d, puns 5s 9d; ditto, 1'1';
hhds 5s Bd, puns Sc 6d • ditto, 1840, hhds 5s 6d, puns 5344 j,
ditto, 1841, hhds 5s sd, puns 53 3d ; ditto, 1842, hhds b' et
puns 5s 2d ; and inferior and middling mars 36 to 49 " r
gallon. Geneva for exportation at Is 10d to is lld ; fin"..or%
home use is fetching 2s 41 to 34 per gallon. English
Spirits at 101 2d, and single casks at 10s 3d per !Wen, ;Id
To-day proof Leewards sold at 2s 2d to 2s 3d, CAlcutia is 1
to Is 11d, and common Jamaica 31 to 33 per cent Defrr--
3s 4d to 3s 6d per gallon. h Oil
OILS.—The market for common descriptions of ta
End
is firm ; Cod at 331 5s to 331 10s. Pale Seal at 35i, .7th
Southern at 32/to 341 for com to fine. Sperm Oil has met wbil
much attention. British fetched 701 to 72/per tun. Linseed of
on the spot at 27s to 273 3d ; for delivery the tendenel
prices is still upwards ; Rape, pale at 35s 6d to 365, and
34s 6d to 35s per cwt; Olive Oil at 46/ to 47/ for Gallipoli,
421 to 421 lOs for Spanish, and 41/ to 411 10s for Barb 9;
Palm, fine at 28. to 28s 6d, and inferior 24s to 27s per cs
Cocoa Nut. Oil at 28s 6d to 32s per cwt; North America
Lard Oil is 41/ to 42/ per tun. eted
TALLOW.—For Russian a good business has been Sralinovr
on the spot, and 40s 6d to 41s per cwt. paid for first sort ae-
Candle. For delivery in the last three months of the Yes r 4
Et'
6d to 4 9d per cwt. Town. Tallow at 40s 6d to 41s per s"-e;
4
taert-hsh. This afternoon P.Y. Candle, at 40s 9d to 414
Out oh the spot.

THREE-AND-A-HALF PER CENT'',
The announcement made last night in the House atl'°„
0
mons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of his inten"°-of
bring forward immediately a proposition for the reduction
.03
the interest on the Three-and-a-Half per Cents- has reads
the anticipation formed a few days back that his ;
was fully matured. It has created therefore no surer!
es
but, with regard to the nature of it, no Pqcise,,,lora
can be collected in the City, even from those 5,.";
usually well-informed on such subjects. In general the
lief is entertained that it will evince a spirit of liberal dint,
towards those whose interests are directly affected if sir
because it is by that course alone its success can ntiek
sured. The situation of the Money Market is
as to give to a Finance Minister the Pow,,ert
nearly dictating his own terms in the reduction ; well
the present Chancellor of the Exchequer has been
trained in these matters, and has within his recollec too
also some signal instances of failure through attenietingtio
much, it is thought he will adopt the safe course rate *Dig
he
that calculated to produce the greatest immediate at
to the country. When the largeness of the amount vior,
converted is taken into the account; and the great enitest
rassment, too, which might be produced by any vegebsido
number of dissentients, every argument is 011 op
of a liberal, or even generous policy. Great 11_,ar.„,0-
and suffering must, under the most favourable c".;bile
stances, be produced by any such measure, especial 00
the fundholders are undergoing, in common with al cod
classes, the infliction of a property-tax, to which it is weight'
of additional pressure; and this must have its due
Thus both moral and political considerations will lead elot.,
case to the same result. The course stated on Thersdajesat
of giving 31 per cent. during ten years, and then 3 IL ix
only, is believed to be that which the Chancellor ef I""
. -
chequer will adopt.—Times.

• •
LLOYD'S SHIPPING. od
Lowroxt, MARcu B.—Wind light south easterly breeze
cloudy. gld
DEAL, MAacat 7.—Wind N. to N.N.E., moderate.--0,
Helen and Martha, Trinidad ; Camerens, Jamaica ; Rid°
Cuba.

RAMSGATE, MARCH 7.—Sld. Hercules, Havannah• . for
OFF DOVER, MARCH 7.—Passenger, Watson,
Leith ;
TOL, MARCH Delftshaven,
7. Arrd Batavia .
for
kson Calcutta. Amsterdam
* SlCLCharid'
,
Cape of Good Hope ; Renfrewshire, St. John's, N.B. jutO
MILFORD, MARCH 6.—The Cabotia, for Now fork,
discharge to repair. rlcr
OFF BEACHY HEAD, MARCH 6.—Arrd Van --
Batavia for Amsterdam. care
MUMBLES, MARCH s.—Arrd. Tartar, Cornhill,
shifted, sails split, and loss of bulwarks. Sld. Cobrero,,.„o
PoRTHcAwL, MARCH 6.—The Sussex, from • LiSuy a'°S
Bristol, which was ashore near here 24th ult., has be
off with little damage. lAie
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. •
don for China; Pekin, London for Madras. GIP
SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 7.—Sld. Liverpool (steamer).
ral tar.
PLymouTzt, MARCH 7.—Wind N.—Off Westbrook'
nington, Singapore. , • qll
FALMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Wind N.E., light breezes'gtiro'
Lord Stanley, Aden; Albert, Dominica ; Jupiter'` ,0011
nique ; St. Jaques, Port-au-Prince ; Perillan, t",
The 'West India steamer passed this morning on her
Southampton. CO"
vets te
CARDIFF, MARCH 6.—Sld. Keziti, Cuba; Chase, T.„blikt,
WHITEHAvEn, Malted' 6 —The Shannon, from
this port, -on shore near here, has been got off,
place.
LrvEttroot, MARCH 7.—Wind N.N.E.,
Cbigwell, Tobasco, Jan. 20; Circassian, From "" rig?'
Dec. 2 ; Pampero, Robert, Buenos Ayres ; Molsoof peg:
ditto, Dec. 29. Sld. Caroline, Africa ; Mary Ellenifartol
does; Fox, La Guayra ; Marquis of Lori', Santa
Sarah and Aisilia, New York.
d7°'
MARCH s.—Arrd. Sir 'Robert Peel,
Manilla; Hostelina, Le Cheinnaut, Cuba. Eta; HULL, MARCH 7.—Wind N.N.W., mod.—Sld. N.' I'M
RoTHßsax; MAncit s.—Sid. Marmer, St. John7
Brunswick. • 008'
SUIDERLAZD, MARCH 5.--Sid. Lady Prudhoe,

6.
A dividend of 7s. per share was & fit
clay— via
meeting of Shareholders of the Croydon BanwtaTie lanr:
on Thursday, the balance of profit and -lotui for , 3144
half-year, including the sum formerly ' se.'o of dt
for depreciation of stock, showing an „,-,1111„0L-tit
14,635/. 18s. Hid. It appears from the ney„fue!
bit
the traffic between Croydon and London CO opl*a(
a stationary condition ,• but so soon as the top
tunity shall be afforded by the proportionate .tis tbz~
the Bricklayers' Arms line, the Directors state that ;
intention materially to reduce the fares to that statl-of trolt
as they have no doubt that the consequent increiWropose„,
will warrant the necessary expenditure, the)" PAhlie
the same time to add as much as possible to tho irequeneo
commodation and convenience, by the greater they_fmi
of trains and other means, which, they ganagie 7,ed
would be perfectly valueless as inducements to tr
otopoi,oo
the high rate of fare to which they are at peeseA,twall.!'„o
to resort. Negotiation with the Greenwich acid aod "'re
the subject of a reduction of toll has ea..' tors t° to
disposition was manifested to induce the Pirec ttemPttbs
open the- matter, after the late unsuccessful Atin tbo
bring about an arrangement. Mr. Wilkinson' ot
of
course of his address to the 'meeting, hint% loo6eov
probability of the Croydon Company accepting were
the Greenwich line, supposing reasonable tern- coop 40
mitted to ; but it does not seem that the CrorintiorfasNo
are inclined to allow a lease of theit line to the Sn..uniderento.
Company, since prospective advantages
be of paramount importance, and as not nrcit silty
are !Li, to
~b 4,
calve due attention in any arrangement I,ent-he
under the present aspect of affairs, take
don Company supports the project of a line of r"idnrig,,
Chatham, to form a junction with the Croydon I.°_, par',,tho
lines, to open a communication with thew est!.."t;ic octeito
England ; and the Directors propose to allow the re
Iders jr 04
Chatham line to pass free of toll till the shareho boric
tog
4 per cent. The works on the Bricklavers Arnnected.,o‘
proceeding satisfactorily, and it is confidently el;t
the line will be opened r public traffic by the 15000
Mar.—Times. b•
was io t
We understand that the trial of Tilo soner isce
lately spirit-dealer in Greenock, and presentlY,Ptaock
jai I here, indicted for the murder -of his wife, is.ttr...Of
place. moo
at Edinburgh on the 14th of the present Wl' 001,4
Advertiser. Cug ABLE Iffholott:
[AD VE RTIS E ME NT.] —D ROPS LES 'l,st
LowAY's hus.—ExTRAORDINARY CASE, •-r., Char „voile-
Diggle, residing in one of the almshousellAwl-adful )';,l sjle;
Westminster, was by the' watery dropsy Zjibee,leecl,
in body and legs as to be increased to do, "",,are (ntry it 1,,1%.
Medical man had declared her past Al' t-raordiaaa,t tskir?,
death was daily expected), yet, however e5-bails e 1!,;,,
appear, she was reduced several inches ill Odic'" cure for $
only a few doses of the above extraordinarY perfeCt
_OO tilt
wonderful remedy may be considered
any kind of dropsy, however long-standing, EstalOtareft
as 3or daagerl innea
case may be.—Sold at Professor Holloway. 9, and by
244, Strand (where advice may be had kratisp, the 220• F
all respectable medicine venders througt."o,;llP
World, in pots and boxes at Is. lid.• 2s. 9/'
and 335. each.

On the 4th inst., at CBliftillionT,HthSe.lady of Wit/19'111
C.
AC:
Esq., of a'daughter. Ole '
13 riot i
On the 4th inst., at the Holt, Wokinghanl, = e tray d
of John Spencer Wynn Werninck, Esq., of a sun. ,be ha
On the 4th inst., at Queen-street, May-fair' "
101°1'
Harry Thornton, Esq., of a son k, t
On the sth inst., inSnssex-g.ardens, Ityde• Igir 4,
Mrs. Lambart, of twin daughters, still-born. ,'T iiratro' '
On the sth inst., at Woburn-place, the wife al v•
.si
Esq., barrister-at-law, of a daughter. of Tr
On the sth inst., in Chester-place, the lady ' oil
Webster, Esq., of a son. 11-016
On the sth inst., Mrs. James Boyd, Canberra _ . .
daughter. yr it 0.6
On the sth inst., at Stoke Newington, OM • _,
:daughter.

l'
MARRIED. IC 0
IC', .r 1 ~ to
On the Ist inst., at Usselby Church, IVOliam -.'„-Act'rics' of
lace, eldest son of Hugh Wallace, I:ark! of 1-)°`"r- lA'
Catherine Mary, daughter of William Brackeaburyt
Usselby House, Lincolnshire.

DIED. , tli' 3!
On the 29th ult., Marie Louise, aged 8, old " a , ' 'd
nst., Charlotte
J.
Ca aged 4 vears and 8 Mout, to
daughters of Mr. J. Cahais Smith, a iide-vale, 31;liggitret'
On the 2tl inst., at Bath-place, Peckham, 113i13 .
the wife of Captain T. A. Carr, aged 29. xv ero-teri
' On the 4th inst., John BiLni Wood, Et*, e°
40
race, Brighton, aged 42. 00,., ,
On the 4th inst., at Stttbbington Lodge, nerjrus7ic! °l°, ,
William Grant, Esq., banker, of Portsmouth,
Peace and Deputy-Lieutenat for Samuelcounty of I4o' 0
On the sth inst., Ann, wife of Windbag),
Cumberland-terrace, Regent's-park.

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