The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-01 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(Front the Loudon New Price Current of November 1.)

SUGAR.—To-day the grocers were anxious to pur-
phase yellow descriptions of West India Sugar, and the
parcels on show were readily taken oft the market at an
advance on the rates of Friday of 6d per cat ; brown
and grey qualities fully sustained Friday's rates ;
Ja-
maica of fine yellow was sold at 69s per cwt.
Barbadoes Sugar this afternoon went at Vis 6d to
68s 6d for good yellow ; middling 64s 6d to 66s 6d ; low
62s to 63s 6d.

REFINED.—To-day Refined Goods were in excellent
request, and prices are still looking up. 77s paid for
standard, and 74s to 75s 6d for brown grocery lumps ;
these rates are moderate in comparison with those that
prevail for fine Raw Sugar. Pieces and Bastards of good
and fine quality have been taken freely. Prices for
Bonded Crushed Sugar have declined to 25s to 25s 3d
per cwt. for finest quality ; upon those terms, however,
large parcels have been disposed of ; in other articles
there is no change.
.111Aurtmus.—Holders are firm, and have refrained
from offering any at auction ; and rather higher rates
have been paid for yelloW sorts ; other kinds have
brought full prices.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal met with free
purchasers, and 2.596 bags at public sale were all dis-
posed of at prices 6d above those of Friday ; good white
went at 69s to 70s 6d, middling 65s 6(1 to 675, low 64s
to 64s 6d, ar.d common dingy yellow 60s 6d per cwt.
FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of any
kind ; privately yellow Havannah was sought after, but
few parcels are to be met with-21s to 22s paid for good
and fine ; strong sorts Brazil are wanted, but the supply
is small

CocoA.—Priees have declined Is per cwt for British
Plantation. Trinidad at 31s to 32s 6d for common to
mid, and at 34s to 345 6d for good red. St.. Lucia at 30s
to 33s for low to mid red. Foreign has sustained the
former currency.
RuM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Jamaica Rum of
good and fine quality has been in good request at full
prices, but common has moved off slowly, and at rather
lower rates ; ord cloudy 28 per cent. over proof at 2s 5d
to 2s 6d, 30 to 32 per cent. over good mid and good 3s
to 3s 2d, 33 to 36 over fine 3s 3d to 3s 6d, and finer 3s 8d
to 4s 6d. Leewards at the rate of Is 9d ais 94.4 proved
strength. Demerara 32 to 38 per cent. over poof
2s 9d to 3s. Calcutta at is 4d without, and
at is 41 to Is 8d with certificate. Brandy is firm in
price ; Cognac, best brands of the vintage In 1839, hhds
s 6d, puns 4s 4d ; 1840, bluls 4s 2d, puns 4s ; do 1841,
bhds 3s led, puns 3s 8d per gallon. Geneva at is 9d to
is 10d for common, and 2s 6d to 2s 8d for fine, fit for
duty. English Worn Spirits at 9s 'Bd cash. To-day
Jamaica Rum at 3S to 4s 2d for 28 to 34 per cent over-
pro' t: Leewards at is 9d to 10d proof.
COFFEE.--To• daythere was only a limited demand
for
auctionC o ffeceonfsriosntled of 1 the-home
61bale
trades 7 b
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parcels
baskets c ldferet-
Mocha,t
861 bags Ceylon, 510 bags Padang, 7 bras Jamaica, and 10
casks Berbice. Mocha went as follows : fine yellow, 96s to
101 s, good brownish 82s to 85s, good mid 76s 6d to 80s, and
fine ord brown 70s to 71s ; Ceylon nearly all taken in at
61s 6d for good ord, and a few lots real good ord sold al
62s 6d to 635, being the former value ; Padang fetched
26s for good ord ; Berbice good Mid 109 s to 112 s ; Ja-
maica ord at :53s 6d per cwt.
TEA.—To-day several purchases were made in Tea,
and Is 74-d paid for ordinary sound Congo, cash ; the
market is firm, and but few parcels pressing for sale.
RICE.—For Bengal the prices accepted have been
rather tinder those previously quoted, mid white selling
at Ils to Ils 3d, good mid to fine Ils 6d to 12a 6d per
cwt. Java steady, lls to lls 6d for low and mid, 12s to
12s 6d for good white, and 8s 6d to 103 for yellow. For
Carolina 30s paid for the best, and 26s to 28s for other
sorts. Patna 15s 6d to 21s per cwt.
To-day there was no public sale, and the rates ac-
cepted privately were again rather lower fur Bengal,
mid and fine ,‘nite selling at lOs 6d to Ils 6d per cwt.
SPICES.—The tran:actions in black Pepper has been
to a fair extent by private contract 2id to d paid for
common Sumatra. Holders are firm. In .the value of.
Ginger there is no change. Pimento at full rates. Cassia.
Lignm is firm in price. Cloves are held with firmness.
Tins afternoon, Pimento at 2id for middling, being the
full value.
TOBACCO.—holders having submitted to rather lower
rates, have occasioned an increased demand, and the
large quantity of 1,200 hhds Kentucky have been dis-
posed of for re-sale at 2d per lb for common quality.
INDIGO.—Sinee the conclusion of the quarterly sale of
East India, the market has pr,sented a firm appear-
ance. To-day Bengal was sought after, and the rates
established at the quarterly sale offered for large parcels,
but refused ; for small quantities buyers were compelled
to pay an advance of 2d per lb. Madras in request, at
prices 2d per lb. above those of the quarterly sale.
OILS.—For Linseed Oil, 33s Gd have been paid for
large parcels on the spot, and 33s for delivery.
Rape, brown at 42s 3d to 428.6 d, and pale 43s 3d to
43s Gd per cwt. Cocoa Nut Oil, 40s paid for fine. Palm,
30s 3d to 30s 9d for good and fine, and 27s to 30s for low
and mid quality. For Olive Oil prices drooping, Galli-
poli at 541, Spanish 501 to 51110 s, and Barbary 49/ to 501
per tun. Fish Oils are firm in price ; Cod at 34110 s to
35/, pale Seal 431; for brown, yellow and straw 361 to 421,
' Southern common 371 to 381, mid to fine 391 to 43110 s
per tuu ; Sperm Oil has sold freely, fine British at 82/ to
82l lOs per tun.
TaLLow.—The market is firm for Russian Tallow, on
the spot, for Petersburgh Yellow Candle ; 48s 3d have
been paid for ord, and 48s Gd to 48s 9d for new. For
delivery 48s 6d up to the end of the year, and 49s for
spring months. Town Tallow at 48s to 48s 6d nett cash.
North American melted at 47s 3d to 48s-9d, and South
American at 44s to 48s 3d for common to fine quality.
To-day the trade purchased freely of Petersburgh yel-
paying 48s 9d for parcels on the spot.
low candle,

FULLER AND ROBERT llALL.—Flller was slow in
coming to a conclusion, chiefly because judgment,
rather than imagination or passion, predominated ;
nor, till he had frequently revised his thoughts, did
he sufficiently feel his competency to give an opinion.
The author was present at a vehement discussion be-
tween him and Robert Hall. The latter, with his
characteristic acuteness and volubility, fairly per-
Flexed and not a little diSpleased his antagonist.
uller's replies were slowly conceived, as well as
slowly uttered, and stood little chance before the
never-ceasing torrent of powerful reasoning, or con-
fusing eloquence, rapid words, and pungent satire, of
his friend. He was at length compelled, in his own
emphatic manner, to exclaim, " Well, brother Hall, I
cannot answer you off-hand; but put it down on paper,
and I will meet you."—Cox.
LIBERAL BEQUESTS.—The will and four codicils of
the late Hannah Waldo, late of Worthing, in the
county of Southampton, widow, the relict of Peter
Waldo, has passed the seal of the Prerogative Court
to John Esq., the sole executor. This lady,
who had lla
attaineds the age of nearly ninety, and
vin
whose charity whilst bring kneW no bounds, has
not forgotten even in her last bequest those cha-
rities, as well as private individuals, amongst
which may be noticed the following charitable
bequests of 1001. each, free of legacy duty :—Deaf
and Dumb Asylum, Philanthropic, Blind School,
Magdalen Hospital, Middlesex Hospital, Orphan
School, Westminster-road, Lying-in Hospital, Brown-
low-street, Clergy Orphan School, Regent's Park, St.
Luke's Hospital, Ladies' Charity School, Snow-hill.
The residue of her property, after several small lega-
cies and annuities to her servants, is bequeathed to
her executor, John Hawkins ; the personal property
of the deceased has been sworn under eighty thou-
sand pounds.
BLACK GUARDS.—In all great houses, but particu-
larly in the Royal residences, there were a number of
mean and dirty dependents, whose office it was to at..
tend the wood-yard, sculleries, &c. Of these (for in
the lowest depth there was a lower still) the most
forlorn wretches seem to have bee.ri selected to carry
coals to the kitchen, halls, &c. To this smutty.regi-
ment, who attended the progresses, and rode in the
carts with the pots and kettles, which, with every
other article of furniture, were then moved from
Palace to Palace, the people, in derision, gave them
the name of Black Guards, a term since become suffi-
ciently familiar, and never before properly explained.
—Gifford's Notes to Ben Jonson's Plays.
CULTIVATIOIC OF THE COCOA-NUT.—The black
labourers in the West Indies cultivate the cocoa-nut
tree to a considerable extent. On many estates in
Jamaica the negro is enabled to derive from cocoa-trees
alone, cultivated in a small garden, an annual income
of from 201. to 301. sterling. These cocoa •nut gardens
afford the greatest advantage when near a town.
Half a dozen of the trees will produce fruit to the
value of 1/. to 3/. sterling per annum. From the
general formation of society upon the estates, there
are, for the most part, about one hundred householders
on each property,
and each of these usually varies in
his possessions from two to a dozen or more cocoa-
nut trees, and claims them by inheritance. Upon the
birth of each child, in many
instances, a fresh tree is
planted, and it grows for a hundred years. Some of
these gardens produce a larger sum to the labourer
than the produce of his labour on the estate, or, in
frequent cases, than Ins provision grounds. There are
some districts, however, where the cocoa-nuts do not
thrive. This is chiefly among the mountains in the
interior, where the climate is moist, and the soil of a
clayey and unkindly description.—Extracted from
the Minutes of Evidence before the Select Committee
I on West India Colonies, Quceries 6,744-6,758.
PARIS.—The Commerce states that " the super-
ficies of Paris contained within the present wall is
34,308,800 square yards. When the erceintee con-
tinue at present in progress of construction is com-
pleted, the superficies will be 267,558,000 square
yards, nearly as great as the superficies of the
City of London." The population of Paris, according
to the census taken in 1841, amounted to 912,330
inhabitants. To which being added the troops of the
garrison and strange r 3 would increase the population
to 1,03.5,000. •
SERIOUS ENCOUNTER.—AS John MEenzie, piper
to the Marquis of I3readalbane, was one day last
week on his way to the castle, about half-pzst nine,
ho was attacked by one of the red deer, with
which he had a severe struggle. The animal struck
him with his horns in several places about the thighs
and legs. One of his hands was also much bruised.
.Perth
After dragging him some distance, the brute let go
his hold, and thus Mr. M'Kenzie was fortunately re-
leased._ He then made the best of his way home, and
has since been mostly confided to hiaired.— shire
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