The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-16 00:00:00

►IARI(ET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Lon-lon New Price Current of April 15.)
St:GAIL-To-day the market presented a healthy appear-
ance for West India Sugar. 809 hhds and tierces were
disposed of by private treaty ; the rates were fully sustained
for brown, grey, :red yellow, and the market closed firmly.
The quantity of brown and inferior yellow and grey on sale
is not so large as it was ; the low rates causing the merchants
to keep their Sugar from the market. A public sale of 150
hhds of Barbadoes, this afternoon, went off quietly at rather
lower rates, and a part only sold; fine yellow went at 54s to
565, good 51s to 53s 6d, good mid 50s, middling 47s to 49s 6d,
low 44s 6(1 to 46s 6d, and one lot of very low 40s per cwt.
REFINED.-To-day the home trade purchased Refined
Sugar with avidity, and at the close of the market there was
scarcely any 'lndisposed of; Brown lumps fetched 65s to 635,
and standard lamps 66s 6d to 67s per cwt. Bonded Crushed
is greatly wanted ; but there is little to be had for present
or future delivery, and 35s 6d to 36s are the rates asked for
first quality.
M-turtrrius.-This afternoon Mauritius Sugar met with
attention, and 7,467 bags 39 casks at public sale were mostly
sold, but in most cases rather under former rates, fine yellow
50s to 55s 61,g00d mid and good 45s to 495, mid 41s to 44s 6d,
low 39s to 40s 6d, good and fine brown 37s 6d to 395, mid
35s to 35s Gd, grey 39s to 425, and better quality 43s to 49s
per cwt.
FortEIGN.-To-day 210 hhds 1 tierce of Porto Rico, 265
hhds 1 barrel of Cuba Muscovado, and 679 boxes of yellow
Havannah were offered at public sale, but the whole was
taken in at stiff rates : viz. Porta Rico good yellow at 235, good
middling 21s to 225, middling 203 to 20s 6d, low 19s to 19s 6d, low
dingy grey 193 to 19s 61. Cuba Muscovado, good yellow
23s to 23s Gd, good middling 22s to 22s 6.1, middling 21s to
21s 6d, low 20s 6,1, line brown 20s; yellow Havannah, tine
255, middling 22s to 235, and low 20s 6cl to 21s 6d per cwt.
There were buyers of the various sorts at fair market rates.
By private treaty 400 chests of yellow Havannah were sold
at 245. and 1,000 bags of Manilla at 21s per cwt.
EAST INDIA.-This afternoon there was a good demand for
all kinds of Bengal Sugar, and 5,609 bags 44 boxes at public
sale were principally disposed of, but at a decline of 6d per
cwt for white sorts. Yellow kinds sustained their former
value ; low white 45s to 46s 6d, middling 47s 6d to 48s 6d,
good middling 495, good 51s to 525, fine 52s 6d, damp and
washed 44s 6d to 51s Gd, good and fine yellow, Mauritius
kind, 46s to 495, dam 42s 6d to 46s 6d. Bally Khal, strong
damp yellow 50s to 535, inferior 40s to 44s 6d, low 35s Gd to
39s 6d, brown 31s to 355, very low 28s per cwt. 42 tons
Potato Flour from Cherbourg sold at 15s per cwt.
MDLASSES.-This afternoon 71 barrels of Bengal Treacle,
duty paid, were offered at public sale ; the quality was equal
to the patent Treacle made here. The whole was taken in at
17s per cwt being rather above the value.
COFFEE.-This afternoon there was a limited demand for
Plantation Ceylon, and of 820 bags at public sale a small
part only found purchasers at barely the former value.
Cocoa.-West India held with firmness, the business
transacted privately has been on a more extended scale at
40s to 46s for Trinidad, and superior quality at 47s to 49s per
cwt. Bahia brought 33s per cwt.
TEA.-In the common descriptions of Congou there was a
good business transacted by the home trade, but merchants
have been compelled to take low prices ; low common has
been selling at 8d to 81d, fair common 84(1 to 9d, and good
common 9il to 101 per lb cash, but in the better kinds little
done, and prices little better than nominal, with a ten iency
downwards. Pouchong has been purchased sparingly, and 4d to
8d is the value of low to good quality. In Twankay several
purchases have been made, at Is 2d for fair useful, and is to
Is Id for low quality. llyson sold at rather lower rates,
common and mid selling at 2s 5d to 2s Bd, and superior 2s 9d
to 4s. Imperial and Gunpowder dull of sale, and could only
be disposed of upon lower terms.
SPICES.- -This afternoon a good desire was manifested to
buy Cassia Lignea, and 365 chests at public sale were sold at
an advance of is to 2s per cwt; good thin quill fetched
63s 6d to 645, good middling 635, middling 60s to
62s 6d, low middling coarse 58s to 58s 6d, good ordinary
55s 6(.1 to 575, low ordinary 545, broken ends 52s to 55s Gd,
mouldy 54s to 575, broken 51s to 525, loose and broken 50s;
of Malabar Pepper 60 bags were taken in at 3d for fair
brownish, and 80 bags of Barbadoes at 44s for middling qua-
lity. For Cinnamon former rates are asked, but not much
business transacted.
Rust, BRANDY AND Hou,ssios.-Jamaica Rum has been
purchased with caution, and the rates are rather lower; 240
puns have been sold principally at 3s to 3s 6d for ordinary
and fair quality 28 to 36 per cent. overproof, and the re-
mainder at 3s 6d to 3s 8,1 for middling and good middling,
3s 9d to 4s for good, and at 4s 2d to 5s per gallon for fine.
The inferior sorts of Demerara are heavy of sale, but strong
kinds have met with attention, and the purchases amount to
100 puns at 2s 9d to 2s 10d paid for 35 to 37 per cent over-
proof. Leewards Island Runs is 10d proof. Calcutta at
is 8d proof. The operations in Brandy have been trifling,
and prices as follows :-Cognac, best brands of the
vintage of 1838, hhds 4s Bd, puns 4s 6d ; ditto
1839, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d ; ditto 1840, hhds
4s 4d, puns 4s 2d; ditto 1841, hhds 4s 4d, puns 4s 2d;
ditto 1842, hhds 4s Id, puns 3s lld ; ditto 1843, hds 3s Ild,
puns 3s 9d ; ditto 1844, hhds 3s 9d, puns 3s 7d ; middling and
good middling of the various vintages 2s 8d to 3s 7d, low
2s 6d to 2s Bd, and Bordeaux 2s 6d to 2s 7d per gallon.
Geneva not much wanted, and is 9d to is 10d is the value of
common export sort ; fine for home use is 2s 4d to 2s 10c1 per
gallon. English Corn Spirits in demand at late rates.
RICE.-To-day the market was abundantly supplied with
Bengal Rice, the quantity submitted to competition amount-
ing to 12,275 bags ; at one sale of 6,439 bags, the whole was
taken in 6d per cwt above the value, that is to say-good
white at 12s 6d, good mid 12s, mid lls to lls 6d, low lOs 6d,
but a few lots of damaged sold at lOs to ills.
INDIGO.-The quarterly sales of East India commenced to-
day; during the progress of the sale 155 chests were with-
drawn, and 941 chests have passed. Ordinary to good con-
suming qualities, par., middling and defective shipping
sorts par to 3d discount, good ditto par to 3d advance ; Kur-
pahs and Madras in good demand, the former averaging the
last sales valuations, the latter, occasionally a shade lower.
Proprietors have bought in 126 chests.
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SALTPETRE.-TO-div the market was better supplied
with Rough, and: 3,700 bags of Calcutta at public sale
offered at a reduction on former rates of 6d per cwt were dis-
posed of.
Otis.—There has been a brisk demand for Cod Oil, sales
having been made at 30/ 5s to 30/ 103 per tun. Southern
met with increased attention, several parcels have been sold
privately, and at auction 70 tuns brought 291 lOs to 30l for
fine, 271 28l 5s for middling to good, and 26/ 15s per tun for
low quality. In Seal little variation has taken place. Pale at
3W 10$ to 311, yellow and straw 27/ lOs to 29/10s, and
Brown 26/ lOs to 27/ ; 7 tuns Labrador Seal Foots at
auction fetched 121 to 131, and two tun Dog Seal 25/ 5s per
tun. Sperm is much in request, but the market is sparingly
supplied ; prices are firm, 85/ to 86l per tun. Linseed Oil
26s 3d to 26s 6d per cwt on the spot. Rape Oil 38s to 38s 6d
for pale, and 37s to 37s 6d per cwt for brown. Olive Oil ad •
vanced from 421 to 43/ for Gallipoli, 401 lOs to 411103 for
Sicily, and Spanish 391 lOs to 401 per tun for Barbary, at
which large transactions have takers place.
TALLOW.—In Russian on the spot prices are still drooping,
although 37s 9d to 38s 3d have been accepted for P.Y.C. of
first quality. The business transacted for forward delivery
has been extremely limited, although there are sellers at a
further decline in prices ; 38s per cwt is the rate taken for
the last three months of the year. Town Tallow has been
selling at 38s to 38s 6d per cwt nett cash. Other kinds are
rather cheaper, and the supply is large.

COURSE OF EXCHAI
Amsterdam CF. 12 84
Ditto, at sight l2 64
Rotterdam 2U. 12 9
Antwerp 26 15
Hamburgh M.B. 14 0
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight.— 25 90
Ditto, 3 )zionths 26 10
Marseilles
Bourdeaux
Frankfort on Maine 123
Petersburgh, 3Us —
Berlin

TGE.—(YE STERDA Y.)
Gibraltar .....
Leghorn 3l
Genoa ..... ...... 26 10
Milan ...... .....
Venice ......
Naples
Palermo, I)er oz llBl
Lisbon 52/
Oporto., • ..
Rio Janeiro . .
Bahia
Buenos A y.(ns
NewYol k .::Idys sight
i;
fiur 'J iSULLION, rEn. OZ
Foreign bars. £3 17 9
PortuAa' ‘.-301d Coin 3 17 5
New Poubbons 0 0 0
Nov r."):,..•affi 0 4 9*
Silver Mans . 0 4 101

Vienna, effec. 11.3 M lO 2
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36*
Cadiz
i3ilbao —
Barcelona

Seville —

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
CHURNET VALLEY RAILWAY.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. LONG said he had several other allegations, but would pass
them over and come to the second list, which stated that the clerk
of the peace's copy of the plan had not correctly set forth the sur-
face of the ground over which the line was to pass between the
48th and 49th mile.
Mr. M`Kerou gave evidence as to the discrepancy.
The Committee postponed their decision on this allegation, and
then proceeded to hear the allegations in reference to Lord Vernon,
which were to the effect that the line ran through his Lordship's
estates, and that he had not been served with notice.
The promoters of the Bill admitted that his Lordship had not
been served, for he could not, being abroad, but his trustees had.
The petitioners denied that the property was in trust at all.
Mr. White, Lord Vernon's solicitor, denied that the parties
named as trustees were such. He then described the nature of his
Lordship's title, which was, that he was a tenant for life, and
that Sir Edward Stacy was trustee for certain purposes only.
The room was then cleared, and in about half an hour the
Committee announced twat they were of opinion that the Standing
Orders had not been complied with,
The Committee then adjourned.

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S
STATE OF HEALTH. _

It is with real regret that we re-state, on authority which
merits confidence, that there is no substantial improvement
in the health of Sir W illiain Follett.
We would fain hope that a life rendered valuable to his con-
nexions by the personal virtues which adorn his character, and
to his country by the talents he is known to possess, by the
frequent proofs he has supplied in his political and professional
course, will yet be spared. This, however, will depend
on his total abstinence from business, and his removal from a
sphere in which the fevered state of the constitution, drying
up the springs of life, is stimulated by a natural wish to be
present at, and to take part in the strife of parties, and to
assume the active duties of his post as first law officer of the
Crown.

Within these few days the reports of the changes
which would -be rendered necessary in the retirement
of Sir William Follett as Attorney-General have been
revived ; it is even stated that the arrangements are
fixed, subject, of course, to that event. The Solicitor-
General would become Attorney-General. The claims
of Mr. Fitzroy Kelly to the thus vacated Solicitor-
Generalship, on the grounds of party services and of high
professional reputation, are very strong. Still many
well-informed persons doubt whether Mr. Kelly would
be the new Solicitor-General. Sir Robert Peel, it is
believed, has no special wish to introduce Mr. Kelly to
office ; though he would have no objection to shelve him
as a puisne judge, and thus relieve himself from the ad-
mated claims which Mr. Kelly has upon him, as Prime
Minister. Mr. Turner, of the Chancery Bar, is men-
tioned as a very likely man for the Solicitor-General-
ship. If the state of' Sir William Follett's health
would have permitted him to take the seals, there
is reason to believe Lord Lyndhurst would have• re-
linquished them, to enable him to do so, and would have
been introduced to a less laborious post in the Cabinet. The
circumstances to which we have alluded, preclude, however,
the possibility of such an arrangement ; and things will,
probably, remain in the Chancery Court as they now are,
until the course of public events, which are manifestly tend-
ing to an early break-up of the Peel Government, produces a
complete change in all the offices of State.—Evening paper.

REPRESENTATION OF WEST KENT.—The Maid •
stone Journal of yesterday contains a statement that both Lord
Holmesdale and Mr. Frewen have retired from the field, and that
Colonel Austen, of Rippington, Sevenoaks, president of the West
Kent Agricultural Protection Society, will come forward to seek
the suffrages of the electors of this important district. The reason
of Lord Hoiniesdale'b retirement is the opposition which ne raised
to his own election by declaring in favour of the Government grant
to Maynooth. Mr. Frewen, it is alleged, has also consented to retire
in order to snake way for a gentleman who will possess the entire
confidence of the eleeton.