The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-04 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London .New Price Current of Dec. 3.)
FRUIT.—This afternoon at public sale 122 butts of
Patras Currants, partly damaged, were sold at 44s to
498 ; 77 caroteels ditto 47s to 50s, 117 barrels ditto 47s
to 51s ; 116 boxes 53 drums of Malaga Figs 35s to 36s ;
3,621 drums 40 boxes Turkey Fags partly damaged 393 to
60s, 11 casks of old Greek Figs 30s ,• 62 cartons of new
Imperial French Plums 51 10A, 618 hf-ditto 5/ 5s to 6/10s,
1,008 qr-ditto, 5/ 15s to 615 s ; 720 sixteenth ditto, 61;
500 eighth-boxes, 80s to 95s ; 90 chests 200 hf-ditto of
new Prunes, 32s to 395. A parcel of Muscatel Raisins,
partly damaged, were mostly taken in at 56s to 98s
per cwt.
TEA.—The market has still an improving appearance
for nearly every description; merchants show firmness,
and still refrain from offering any at public sale. To-
day several purchases were made in Tea; Congou, com-
mon at lOid to lid; Twankay is 3d to is 3id; Hyson,
ordinary 2s 6d to 2s 8d; of Young Hyson a large parcel
of low quality was sold at is 10d, being rather higher.
Of Common Congou the supply at market is scanty.
MOLASSES.—In West India a good business has been
transacted at the former currency; the purchases amount
to 300 puns—Antigua at 245, St. Kitt's 21s 6d, and St.
Vincent's 21s to 21s 6d per cwt.
SPICES.—This afternoon Pimento was sought after,
and 11 bags at public sale were sold at 3isl per lb for
low quality, being the full worth. Cloves were taken
sparingly, and 382 bags from Zanzibar at public sale
were all taken in at 9d for sound mid quality, a few lots
of sea damaged•were sold at Sid to 9d. 21 bags of fine
pod Pepper fetched 81 17s 6d to 111 ss, and 3 casks of
Cayenne 2s 2d to 2(3d per lb.
RlCE.—There has been an increased demand for
Bengal, and the rates paid are rather above those pre-
vionsly quoted. This afternoon several inquiries ex-
isted for Bengal Rice, and for mid white buyers were
compelled to pay I is 6d per cwt by pirate contract.
Rum, BRANDT, AND HOLLANDS.—Leewards have been
in much better request, and several parcels have been
disposed of at firm rates, proof fetching 2s 4id
to 2s 5d per gallon ; Calcutta, 2s 3d for proof
with certificate ; Demerara, 3s 2d to 3s 7d for strong
descriptions ; Jamaica, 30 to 32 per cent overproof
3s 8d to '3s 10d, and stronger, 4s to 6s. For the
common and middling qualities of Brandy rather lower
rates have been accepted ; the best brands, however, have
been in brisk request, prices are firm :—Cognac, best
brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 5s 2d, puns 5s ; ditto
1839, hhds 4s I Id, puns 4s 9d : ditto 1840, hhds
4s 1 Id, puns 4s 9d ; ditto 1841, hhds 4s 10d, puns
4s Sd ; ditto, 1842, hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s 5d ;
ditto 1843, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d; common 2s 9d
to 3s, and middling to good mid 3s 2d to 5s 10d
per gallon. In Geneva the transactions are upon
a more extended scale for exportation, at is 9d to Is
10d, fine for duty is fetching 2s 4d to 3s 6d. English
Igtaulmionw.as in good demand, at
Corn
T,-SdiatyiriLeeward
s 2lsland
r
as' 4d to 2s 4141 proof, and for Calcutta there were seve-
ral inquiries at 2s 21d to 2s 3d proof, with certificate.
In Jamaica there was rather more business transacted
upon firmer terms. Holders -of Rum manifest firm-
ness. The stock of all aorta is 4,700 casks less than last
year at this time:_.

COCHINEAL—This afternoon a good demani existed
for Cochineal, and 37 bags of Honduras at public sale
were sold at full rates, low to mid silvers at 4s 3,1 to
4s 6d, good mid 44 7d to 4s Bd, and 3 bags of common
black 5s Id to 5s 3d per lb.
INDIGO.—We have no improvement to notice in the
demand for East India. Madras is still fetching previous
rates, and is in fair request. The purchases made in
Spanish have been extremely limited.
OILS.--There has been more activity in the market for
common descriptions of Fish Oils since this day week.
Southern has fetched stiffer rates ; Cod has been selling
by private treaty at 321 to 32/ 10s ; pale Seal 3415 s to
351, straw and yellow 301 to 33/, brown 29/ to 29/ 10s,
and, at auction, 60 tuns of Southern, of foreign fishing,
in bond, were disposed of at 311 10,E to 331 15s per tun.
Sperm is not so much in request, and prices are not so firm
—the stock is on the increase. Of 70 twns of American
at auction, a part only found buyers at 781 lOs to 861 15s
for common to fine quality. Linseed Oil at 22s 6d
to 22s 9d per cwt. For Pale Rape 355, and
345 for brown. Olive 41/ to 42/, Gallipoli 39l to 401
for Spanish, and at 38/ to 381 lOs per tun for Barbary
and Levant. Coeoa Nut is not much wanted at pre-
sent, but no further decline has occurred in prices—
a part only of 99 casks of Ceylon at auction found
buyers at 24s to 28s 6d per cwt for low to
fine quality. Palm has been taken sparingly, and prices
are looking down ; 26s is the value of fine quality.
TALLOW.—Several parcels have been offered at public
sale, and nearly the whole found purchasers. For pulic
sale on Friday 200 casks South American, 323 casks
of yellow candle stranded, 21 casks of African, 92 casks
of New South Wales, 191 pkgs of Cape, 25 pkgs of
North American, and 100 casks of damaged Odessa are
declared.

DISCOTERT OF AN ANCIENT RoAD.—A singular
discovery has recently been made in Back-lane, at the
back of Derby-road. During the last few weeks, the
board !or the repair of highways have been engaged in
laying soeghs from the bottom of Back-lane to the top
of Derby-road. One day at the latter end of last week,
the excavators engaged in cutting the line for the sough,
suddenly came to: a hollow in the rock, which appeared
to be a cave. Upon making a hole large enough for the
light to be admitted, they observed that the care was a
kind of narrow passage, running in the direction of the
forest on one side, and pointing towards the castle on the
other. On the side of the castle, about four yards down,
the passage has been bricked up, apparently for the pur-
pose of forming a cellar to one of Mr. Goodheed's
houses, near the top of the lane, and the Derby-road
side. In the direction of the forest, the road runs under
the first house upon going up the hill. During Sunday
the passage remained Open, and parties explored it in the
direction of the forest several hundred yards, and then re •
turned, lest they should fall into some well or pit, or meet
with foul gasses. We are sorry the mouth of the passage
was closed ere we heard of its existence, or we should
have diligently examined it, for the purpose of describing
it to our readers. We are told that there is another and
very similar passage a few yards higher up the road,
which was opened some years ago. We are not aware
that these passages have ever yet been described, and an
examination would render considerable service to local
historians, and would prObably be of some use to anti-
quarians. It is worthy of remark that the opening into
the passage above described is full half a mile from the
castle.—/Voitingham Review.
TILE OFFERTORY.—This peculiar plan of collect-
ing money for the poor, is now adopted at All Saints'
Church in this town. Immediately after the sermon,
when the eudience are expecting the usual dismissory
blessing. the clergyman descends from the pulpit, returns
to the communion-table, and reads twenty long texts,
whilst every pew and every person in the church is
visited by ecclesiastical tax-gatherers with a bowl fixed We understand that Col. Hodder and party shot, at
to the end of a long stick. When the searchings of Hoddersfield, yesterday, 32 couple of woodcock:, besides
ame.— Cork pap 7..
pockets, the borrowings, and lendings, the chinking
ochergande left Fa '3
Lord and Lady Portman family rrance
of a quantity of
silver and 'copper, and the tread of the aforesaid tax-
gatherers, are all over, then at last comes the final Hotel, Belgrave-street yesterday, for their seat, iiry-
prayer, and the painfully protracted departure.—Harp- anstou House, Dorsetshire.
shire Independent.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester Dec. 2.
(Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.)
His LORDSHIP sat until twelve o'clock on Saturday
night, and disposed of a variety of unimportant cases,
leaving only six or seven, of a very trivial character, for
adjudication to-day. This being the day appointed for
opening the commission at Worcester, his Lordship will
proceed thither in the course of the afternoon, upon the
close of the business here.

On the assembling of the jury at nine o'clock this
morning, they expressed considerable dissatisfaction at
the inconvenience and detention they had experienced
on Saturday, in consequence of the unnecessary length
to which many of the speeches of counsel were, in their
opinion, protracted, adding, as they did, in no slight
degree by their prolixity to the to and irksomeness
ordinarily attendant upon the duty of jurymen; it is to
be hoped, therefore, that this hint may not be lost upon
the gentlemen of the bar, for there is no doubt but that
in very many cases their Cross•examinations, as well as
their addresses, might often be curtailed with equal ad-
vantage to themselves, their clients, and their audit, r),
and, of course, the time of the• judos and Of the country
would be materially saved by carrying into effect so
desirable an abridgment.