The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-26 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 24.—We continue to experi-
ence a fair demand for British Plantation Sugar
from ,the grocers; the sales this week amount to 800
hhds., at former rates, except for the good and fine
qualities of Barba4loes, the holders of which are
pressing sales, and have submitted to a reduction of
Is. per cwt. The stocks of-Bengal and Foreign
Sugars being now very small, nothing has been done :
nor have we heard of any sales made of West India
Molasses.—Our Coffee Market remains without al-
teration ; the. business done consists of about 80
casks Jamaica, sold for the home trade, at last
week's prices.—ln Cocoa, Ginger, and Pimento,'
nothing done worthy of notice.—Some small parcels
of Black Pepper have been .sold at 3d. to 3td.'per
lb.—ln Rum there is little doing : prices remain
steady.
We have had a brisk demand for Cotton through-
out the whole of the week from the trade and spe-
culators : the prices of our last quotations have been
fully supported in all descriptions, and, in some in-
stances, an advance of id. per lb.has been realised
upon the middle descriptions of Boweds ; Sea
Islands, also, of the lower qualities, have improved
about id. per lb. upon our last quOtations. The
sales (of which about 8,000 bags American have
been taken on speculation) amount to 23,270 bags,
consisting of 10,860 Bowed at sd. to 7d., chiefly
51d.. to si-d. 'for middling to fair quality; 1,380
Orleans, at 40. to 7d., a few at 81d.,saiefly at 6d.
to 6id. for middling to good fair ; 5,480' Alabama
and . Mobile, at sd. to 61d., a few at 6fd.; 1,410
Sea Island at 10d. to 16d.; 120 Stained ditto, at
7fd. to Bd.; 1,710 Pernambuco, at Bd. to 841 d-
. at 9d. to 9d. ; 450 Maranham at 7id. to Bd. ;
650 Bahia, at 74d. to Bd. • 650 Egyptian, at 7d. to
lid.-50. at 9-id.; 370 Demerara, at 64d. to 9d. ;
70 West India, at 6d. to 6fd. ; 120 Surat, at aid.
to 4id.—The arrivals are 11,221 bags.
The public sales of Tobacco brought forward on
Tuesday last were well attended, the purchases were
principally on speculation and for export; 319 hhds.
of Virginia. Leaf sold at 21d. to 2d.and one lot at
2k1., the quality ordinary to fair middling; also 24
hhds. Kentucky .Stemmed, good ordinary to mid-
dling, at nil to 4d. per lb. The trade, have since
purchased rather more freely than before the sale,
and there has also been more doing for the Irish
Market. The demand for Rice has been almost sus-
pended, and we have no sales to report worthy of
notice. There has been a steady demand for most
descriptions of Grain since our last, and extensive
sales have been made of Wheat, Oats, and Indian
Corn, with a little improvement in the value of each
article. Foreign Flour, in bond, sells steadily for
export. _

On Tuesday 1,580 brls. Turpentine were offered
by auction on the quay; the trade evinced a greater
inclination to purchase, and although the quality was
not fine, the principal part brought 10s. 3d., the re-
mainder 10s.; another parcel of 390 brls. has also
brought 10s. 3d., being an advance of 3d. to 6d. per
cwt.. In Tar there has been little business done,
Rosin is in better request. A public sale of 200
brls. Montreal Pot Asles, now landing, took place
on Tuesday ; about half were sold at 275. 9d., the
remainder withrawn, but since sold at the same
price; 110 brls. have also been sold at 285., and the
market now appears more firm, some hoders not
being disposed to sell at this price. For Pearl
Ashes there hss been more inquiry, and about 300
brls. Montreal, brand 1826, sold at 28s. 6d. to 295.
and 20 brls. new at 295. Gd. The sales of States
Pot Ashes are, 70 brls. brand 1826, at 28s.,.and
150 brls. Stained at 255. 3d. per cwt. There ig a
steady, but not
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15s. to 84, 00 tons Jamaica at 6/. 55., 30 tons Spanish
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17 tons Gaboon Barwood at 71. 10s., and 50 tons
Angola ditto at 9/. Os. per ton from the quay. Mad-
der Roots continue in request, and'about 230 bales
French lave been sold at 425.- Holders of Turkey
Roots decline selling at present rates. Madders
meet a' ready'skle at the prices quoted. Good Phila-
delphia. 'Bark is taken in small parcels at 15s. 3d. to
15s. Gd. per cwt.; 35 tons Cork-tree Bark have
brought 9/. 10s. per ton.
There is no more inquiry for Sicily Shumac; the
sales are. about 350 bags at 10s. 6d., and 120 bags
Verona, at 7s. Gd. per cwt. Notwithstanding the
recent advance on Saltpetre in the London market,
this article has experienced little or no improvement
here; this week 224 bags have been sold at- 255.
9d. to 28s. 6d. The stock remaining for sale is
very trifling. Nothing has been done in Valonia.—
Small sales of Argol are effected. Galls are in-
quired for, but holders ask higher prices, and no
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is very trifling. A small parcel of Egyptian has
been sold at 38s. per quarter. The sale of Caracca
Indigo, advertised forauction yesterday, is postponed
until-the 26th instant. There is little business doing

in this article.
at 401.50 m efosrmli all
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lags. Yesterday 50 tuns Linseed Oil were offered
by auction ; 5 tuns sold at 19d. per gallon, old mea-
sure, the remainder withdrawn. For Rape Oil the
demand is very trifling. Fish Oils remain without
alteration. Palm Oil is more inquired for, and about
180 tuns sold at 241. to 25/. per tun. Oil of Turpen-
tine steady at 501. to 51/. per tun.—The only sales
of Hides reported this week are 255 Salted Para
(all faults), at 4d., and 152 Salted North Ameri-
can, at sd. per lb.—Little doing in Rice. Ten
tierces fine Carolina have brought 215., and 120
bags East India 14s. to 15s. 6d. per cwt.—Hemp
is in better request, and Petersburgh clean has ad-
vanced to 401. 10s. to 411., at which sales have been
effected.—The sales of Tallow have been checked
by holders demanding an advance, which buyers
generally. have not been willing to give. About
200 casks Yellow Candle have, however, been taken
at 38s. 6d.- to. 395.

A most important discovery has been made in
France,—it is no other than the art of discovering stolen
goods by animal magnetism : witness the following anec-
dote, related by the owner of a lost parrot :—M. FAY, the
father of LVONTINIC FAY, the little theatrical wonder, had
a parrot of which he was extremely fond. One day, the
cage being open, the parrot took it into its head to see the
world. Whether it made its escape by the door or window
is not said, but escape it did, flew to the roof of the house,
and wandered—animal magnetism alone knew whither.—
Happily for M. FAT, his maid-servant was a semnambule ;
he put her to sleep, and then asked her questions as to what
bad become of the parrot. " I see it," she replied ; " I
know where it is." " Where is it ?" " Not far from
hence?" "In what street ?" " I don't know." "Try
and find it out." A silence of a few minutes ensued.—
" Where are you ?" " I ain in the street where the parrot
is, opposite to the house." " What number is it ?" " I
• don't know ; there is not any number on it—they are build-
, ing in front." "Go up higher, and Fee what is the num-
ber." " Eight." "Go up higher still." " Six, 4, 2."
" Yon are now at the corner of the street, is there not the
name of it put up ?" " Yes, it is the Rue de Clery."—
" Now go back and count the numbers." " Two, 4,6, 8,
, 12." " Then the house where the parrot is is No. 10. In
what part of the house is it ?" "In the back part, on the
first floor, with a very stout lady." Here the dialogue
ended,..--M. FAT awoke his maid, and hastened off to the
Rue de Clery. He found the apartments designated, and
the fat lady, who was conversing with " pretty poll." She
confessed that she had only had the parrot a few days, and
that she had bought it of a street porter, and given him six
francs for it. 111, FAT soon proved to her that the parrot
and he were old acquaintances, and she consented to return
it on the repayment of six francs.--Literary Gazette.