The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-08 00:00:00

THE NIGER EXPEDITIGN

We have this morning been favouiedwitl; the sight
of a letter, which gives further accounts of the Niger
expedition. Thus, we learn, that " the Albert alone
remains in the river ; that she has but twelve white
men remaining, besides Captain Trotter the surgeon,
Dr. M‘Williain, and three or four other officers." Two
of the twelve men spoken of by the writer were taken
ill before his letter was closed, and an early departure
from the coast was anxiously looked for.
Reduced to this state, no hope can remain with the
most sanguine and zealous of those who yet live that
anything serviceable can be achieved by further per-
severance in the ill-projected _undertaking ; and. we
trust that the sufferings and struggles of- the .men who
remain, will not -be prolonged by the false notion that
duty requires anything beyond the immediate abandon-
ment of an exploit which the early efforts of the expe-
dition, while the individuals who composed it were
fresh in health and vigour, were incapable of accom-
plishing. _
In confirmation of the facts contained in the letter
before us, another correspondent writes that " intelli-
gence has been received that the Niger expedition has
become dispirited, and that the whole of the steamers
would rendezvous at Ascension on the Ist of January.
The Wilberforce, which steamer was intended to remain
in the Niger until the next season, had already arrived
at Ascension. The expedition was reported to have'left
colonies up the Niger.; but what will be their fate with-
out any establishment to communicate with outside, it
is, perhaps, not difficult to foretel."
The expedition to the Niger •has 16ng since been
regarded in the maritime world as a failure and loss; and
the only useful effort that can now be made is to save as
much as possible from the wreck which has so unhappily
befallen the adventurers.—Shipping Gazette.

VENTNOit, ISLE OF WIGHT.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
JAN. 6, 1842.—We-are now in the heighth of our
season, and the most of our houses are let, yet we feel
the effect of the times ; money is not circulated so freely
as usual, and to make things worse some heavy runs
have been made on the banks. The long-continued
southerly gales drove- some of our company away, but
the wind having now set in from the north many will
wish themselves back again under our sheltered
Much has ()Elate been done to accommodate the visitors,
but much remains to be done in this Madeira of Eng-
land; our flowers are even now in blossom, spite of the
northern gales, but we have too few of them to please
the eye of the invalid, and too much of stone and sea
—scarcely an evergreen shrub can be found. The
white the white roads, and the white stone houses,
with our mild air, may make the stranger almost con-
ceive he is in the parched-up regions of still warmer
climes ; but he would be better pleased was he also to see
the beautiful myrtles, bays, arbutus, laurels, evergrecn
oaks, anti other lofty evergreens, in that wild luxuriance
in which they at every turn meet the eye in the neigh-
bourhood of Cowes, where they are exposed to the wild
north and east, while here they would be sheltered from
it. This, and the removal of some of the hills which lie
between this town and Newport and Ryde, and are
rather too much in a state of nature, would be a great
improvement.. The island has suffered more from fail-
ures in the past year than in any former one, which,
addectto the wet season, has crippled its trade. New-
port has suffered the most, and Cowes next—the latter
place has her shipwrights, rope-makers, and sail-makers
unemployed.

Signor Arsini, conductor of the" Philharmonic
Concerts and the Opera of Rome, Will make his first ap-
pearance before a British public, as conductor of the
Promenade Concerts, ,t-the English Opera House, on
Monday evening. I ependently of his talent as musi-
cal director, Sign Arsini is a first-rate composer, and
will produce s rtly several of h;s compositions.
CHRONO-THERMAL SYSTEM OF MEDICINE.
—The Author .of this system, in his " Fallacies of the
Faculty," proves beyond question that all diseases may
be cured solely by attention to. temperature. Speaking
of the " Fallacies of the Faculty," the Statesman says—
" We noticed this excellent work at some length on its
first appearance, and the speedy demand for a second
edition amply justifies our opinion of it. Dr. Dickson,
its author, has introduced a variety of important facts in
illustration of his system, which cannot fail to increase
the interest it has already excited, as well among the
medical world as the public at large. The bek test of
the efficacy of the Chrono-thermal System is its unparal-
leled success." The September nurair‘r of the Revue de
Versailles devotes upwards of nine Columns to an analysis
of this system, and concluded by stating, " Cette theorie
' du Docteur Dickson simplifierait beaucoup la route qu'il
faut suivre pour arrives a l'adoucissernent des maux qui
affligent l'espece humaine ; elle arracherait l'etre soul-
frant aux speculations harsardees et dangereuses ; et elle
donnerait enfin a la medecine des regles fixes qui per.
mettraient d fa considerer des ormais comme une sci-
ence." F eigners will be gratified to know that Messrs.
Simpkin nd Marshall (the London publishers of the
"Fallacies of the Faculty") will shortly be prepared to
advertise a French translation from the pen of M. le
Marquis de Chesnel.
THE DISTRESSED SPITALFIELDS WEAVERS.
—On Thursday a deputation of the unemployed Spital-
fields Silk-weavers, appointed at a meeting held the pre-
vious night, waited on Mr. Robert Newbury (Treasurer
to the Committee by which the funds in the hand of the
Lord° Mayor are to be destrihuted) to request that he
would grant the relief, generally on Saturday morning,
instead of on the Monday following. The deputation
saw Mr. Hanbury, who upon hearing the application,
said the request should be complied with, and also stated
that he had received a letter that morning from the Lord
Mayor, in which his Lordship stated that he would give
to him, Mr. Hanbury, the money, as soon as applied for.
It was further intimated, that as the district would be
divided into 18 sections, that in each section, a house
would be selected where those weavers who had not
been visited, might send their applications for relief.
Yesterday morning, shortly before one o'clock,
as a respectably-attired man, apparently about fifty
years of age, was coming
out of Providence-row,
St. George's-in-the-East, which is a nest for pros-
titutes and other characters of the very worst descrip-
tion, he was observed by Kench, a police-sergeant on
duty near the spot, suddenly to stagger and fall heavily
on the pavement. He immediately went to his assist-
ance, and found him lifeless. The body was subsequently
removed to St. George's Church, and in the course of
yesterday afternoon he was identified by a female living
in Providence-row as a person named Fore, living at a
place called Melton, in Shropshire. Mr. Baker, the
Coroner, has deemed sufficient suspicion attaching to the
case to order a post mortem examination of the body ,
prior to holding an inquest.
At Guildhall, yesterday, Mr. Alderman Cope-
land expressed a wish it should be known that he had
that morning received a note from the Worshipful Com-
pany of Skinners, enclosing a cheque for Si. for the use
of the Poor-box in the office. He felt happy in seeing
the example first set by the Goldsmith's Company; so
liberally followed by this guild.
We understand that Mr. Peel, an uncle of Sir
Robert Peel s, died very suddenly at Exmouth, in De-
vonshire, on Wednesday, having fallen from his chair
in a fit of apoplexy while sitting at table with his
son. The deceased gentleman was possessed of immense
wealth and is said to have died intestate. The divi-
dends accruing on his funded property for the past half
year amount to upwards of 0,0001., which were received
yesterday by power of attorney, and it is rumoured
that he has left upwards of two millions of money.
THE INCENDIARY FIRE AT PANFIELD
HALL FARM.—A man named Samuel Richardson, has
been apprehended for setting fire to the farm property
at Penfield hall, Essex. He was taken on Tuesday last, at
his own cottage. Whilst on his way from Panfield to
Braintree, he told Howlett, one of the constables, that he
effected his diabolical purpose with a brimstone match,
which he lighted from a tobacco pipe. He was com-
mitted for trial at the Quarter Sessions, where he yes-
terday pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to 15 years
transportation.—Chelmsford Chronicle.

( Front the London New Price Current of January 7.)
The Markets have decidedly presented an improved
appearance this week ; a good demand has existed for
all the principal articles for home consumption; shippers
have been more on the alert, and prices have been well
supported ; indeed in some cases they have improved.
Mercantile affairs are altogether looking healthy. The
favourable accounts from the manufacturing districts,
and Money being plentiful at 40 to 4id per cent., tended
greatly to improve confidence amongst mercantile men.
SUGAR-The market for British Plantation Sugar
opened quietly on Tuesday : importers were however
firm, and refused to sell excepting at prices fully equal
to those paid prior to the holidays ; higher rates have
been paid for bright yellow sorts, other kinds have fully
maintained the previous currency. St. Vincent's good
inid strong grey have been disposed of at 66s to 66s 6d ;
Grenada rather inferior 64s 6d to 65s ; Demerara low
mid yellow 63s 6d, good brown 60s to 61s ; Jamaica"
strong low brown of rather a dark description 595 to 60s
per cwt. To-day the merchants evinced increased firm-
ness ; the trade were disposed to operate, and for both
brown and yellow sorts the demand was good. The prices
paid are 6d percwt. above those current previous to the
holidays. The total sales for the week are 1,700 hhds
and tierces. The market closed firmly ; the show is
small and indifferent.
REFINED.-For all descriptions of Refined Goods this
week prices have been steady, common brown lumps at
73s to 765, Patent 77s to 78s, Standard Lumps 80s 6d to
81s, Titlers common 79s to 89s, middling to good 81s
to 86s, fine 87s to 91s, Hamburgh Loaves 82s to 933,
and double 100 s to 120 s per cwt. ; there is a
fair supply. Bastards common and middling at 41s
to 465, good to fine 47s to 60s. Pieces, fine at
71s to 745, good 67s to 70s, low to middling 60s to 67s
per cwt. Treacle has brought full rates. Golden Syrup
32s to 33s 6d, Patent 29s to 31s, and common 28s. to
28s 6d. Bonded Crushed Sugar at 29s to 29s 3d
for first sort; some parties will not sell under 29s 6d per
cwt. Loaves 10 and 14 lbs at 31s 6d to 32s 6d, and
16Ibs 32s to 345. Treacle fallen to 124. Bastards and
Pieces at 14S 6d to 21s.
MAURITIUS.-The demand was good, at auction 4,083
bags, 21 casks went briskly at an advance of is to is 6d
per cwt. ; it was a good grOcery parcel ; fine yellow
fetched 69s to 71s; good 65s 6d to 98s • middling 60s 6d
to 64s 6d ; low 54s to 58s, low to middling brown 42s
to 455, good 52s per cwt.
EAST INDIA.-This afternoon the public sale consisted
of 1,692 bags Bengal, 110 baskets Java, and 1,282 bags
Manilla. Bengal sold at the full value, ord to good brown
42s to 47s 6d ; very inferior 39s 6d per cwt. Manilla
taken in above the value, low mid yellow at 18s, damaged
and washed however sold at 15s 6d to 17a. Sound Java
taken in at 17s 6d to 19s for mid yellow, being above the
value ; good damaged brown went at 15s 6d to 16s 6d,
low 14s 6d.
FOREIGN.-There has been increased demand for yel-
low Havannah, and the large quantity of 1,000 boxes
has been disposed of for exportation at an average of
20s for fair quality ; fine quality at 21s 6d per cwt. ;
white good strong quality at 30s per cwt. Brown and
low middling yellow sorts of Brazil at lis to 17s 6d per
cwt ; white at 19s to 24s for low to good quality.
MOLASSES.-For West India full prices have been
paid, and a fair demand has existed; sales of fine An-
tigua have been made at 30s per cwt. Bengal Syrup
sells steadily at 24s to 255. But Foreign Molasses ai'e
dull of sale.at 78 to 7s 6d per cwt.
COFFEE.-The market for British Plantation Coffee
has presented a• more lively appearance this week ;
good demand has existed .for all clean descriptions from
both town and country trade, and the prices paid arc 2s
to 3s per cwt. above those of this day week.
This afternoon a good demand existed for Coffee- for
home consumption. The public sales consisted of 198
bags Ceylon, 70 bales Mocha, 1,100 bags 50 csks Dutch
Company's Java, and 152 casks 108 bags.Biitish Planta•
tion ; Ceylon sold at stiffer rates, ord pale at 66s 6d, good
ord 69s to 69s 6d. Mocha fetched full value, fine 131 s, good
ord brown 87s to. 90s, paddy 53s 6d. Java taken in
above the value, viz., at 60s for good yellow. West India
went at stiff rates, Berbice good middling at 108 s to
112 s, middling 92s to 102 s, low middling 87s to 91s,
fine ordinary 71s 6d to 795, Demerara fine ordinary
71s 6d per cwt.
CocoA.-Prices are looking down for West India-
Trinidad low to good red 36s to 445, grey 36s to 40s ;
St. Lucia and Grenada 33s to 383 per cwt. Foreign dull
of sale, and prices with difficulty maintained.
This afternoon at auction, 360 bags Para fair red were
taken in at 365.
TEA.-There was a brisk demand for all descriptions
of Free Trade Tea in the early part of the week, and
prices advanced id per lb ; Common Congou in large
parcels were disposed of at is 9d to Is 10d, and ord
Twankay at is 9kd. In Company's Congou many
sales were made at is 10d to Is 101-cl cash, at
which rates the market was firm ; at public sale 2,600
pkgs Congou were offered, 1,300 sold readily at the fol-
lowing rates : but mid rather coarse Is 94d to Is 10d, but
mid rather coarse burnt little strong Is 10d to is 101-d,
but mid rather strong rather blackish leaf Ankoi Sou
flavour is 10,1 d to is I 1 d per lb. Yesterday,
however, there was a considerable falling off in
the demand for Tea : the accounts received from
China, stating that trade was going on briskly at Can-
ton, and -that many chops of new Tea had arrived,
together with the advantages gained by the British
forces, caused the trade to operate with much caution.
Holders were more disposed to realize, and prices de-
clined id to „id per lb ; sales of Company's Congou were
made at is 90 to Is 9id cash.
To-day the market was in a dull state for all sorts of
Tea ; is 9d is the value of common Free Trade Congou
cash, and Is 91(1 Company's. For public sale 20,000
packages are declared.
SPies's.-Tleis afternoon the public sales consisted of
15 bags Pimeato, 678 bags Pepper, 11 casks Cloves;
Pimento' sold at 3d, Pepper went at 24d to 2P for
good Potatern, being barely the former value. Cloves
sold ather lower ; fair bright Bencoolen at is 3d to Is
and ord Amboyna at is Id per lb.
RICE.-In Bengal Rice prices have further given way.
Sales privately of fine white have been made at 12s,
good lis to lls 6d,.. middling lOs 6d, and low 9s 6d to
lOs per cwt. Middling white sold at 103 6d, being rather
lower. Carolina for home consumption 30s to 36s per cwt.
Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-We have at length
to report a more lively market for West India Rum, A
good demand has sprung up for Leewards, and 300 puns
have been disposed of at -id advance ; proof selling at
Is 10d to is 10J; for. common brown ditto ls lld to
2s ; and 10 per cent over 2s 3d. Jamaica has at-
tracted more attention, and some small parcels have be, n
sold at full rates, viz., 5s to 5s 9d for 30 to 36 cent
over proof of good and fine quality. Calcutta has been
in improved request, and price's have risen id per gallon ;
the sales have been 200 puns at is 3id proof ; there are
large buyers, at Is 3d. Brandy has been in good re-
quest and prices are firm. Cognac, first brands of the
vintage of 1835, lihds 6s, punss!ssldo.dp;udnos
5158337dh;1idd50515873,14
puns 5s ;do 1838 hhds
hhds ss, puns 4s 10d ; do 1840 hhds 43 3d, puns 4s ld per
gallon. Geneva is difficult of sale at 2s Id to 28 2d for
common, and 2s 6d to 2s 9d for fine. British Corn Spirits
have moved off slowly, and prices are Id lower, les Id
having been accepted for cash. The stock of East India
Rum is 1,617 puns, 5,511 hhds; at the close of December
1840, it was 468 puns, 802 hhds. The stock of West
India is 2,808 puns, 697 hhds less than in Dec. 1840.
OILS.- There has been more activity in the market for
common Fish Oils this week. Pale Seal at 42l las, yel-
low 34/ to 391, brown 331 to 331 15s, Cod 30110 s; South-
ern, common 321 to 331 mid to fine 33l lOs to 361; Seal
Oil taken in, but sold at 421 lOs for pale ; Cod Oil 301 15s;
Sperm fine British at 90 Ito 90110 s per tun. Linseed

BIRTHS.
On the 6th inst., in Grosrener-street, the Lady Mary Far -
quhar, of a sett.
On the 6th inst., at Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park, the
lady of John Murray, Esq., younger, of Philiphaugh, of a son
and heir.
On the 4th inst., at Chester-place, Regent's-park, the lady-
of Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 4th mist., at Crabbett, Sussex, the lady of Fran tie
Scawen Hunt, Esq., of a daughter.

MA RRII?D.,
On the 4th inst., at Epsom, by the Rev. B. B. Boe:Sett, C.
Button, 'Esq., of Queen Ann-street, Cavendish-square, to
Jessie, youngest daughter of the late J. T. Baker, R.N., of
Ipswich.
'On the 6th inst., at All Souls Church, Langhs m_plaee, Mr.
'Thomas Harrison, of Tugby, Leicestershire., to Elizabeth,
eldest daughter of Mr. S. Ray, of Great Castle-street, Re-
gent-street.

DIED.
On the 4th ult., at Figueira, in Portugal, Mary, wife of S.
Tozer, Esq„ aged 71
On the 30th ult., at Edinburgh, Henry Serymgeour Wed.
derburn Esq., of Wedderburn.
On the 22d nit., at the Elms, llingoood, Hants, Willis."
Clark, Esq., aged 79.

London : Printed and Published, by itteßDO YOUNG, of
No. 112. Stran.,. at The Suns Office, No. 112, Strand, in
the" County of Middlesex, Saturday, JanUary 8, 1842,

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