The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-05 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

1.10111 the London Mercantile Journal of March 4.)

Sunnis..—Today former rates were fully sustained for West
India Sugar, and holders were by no means desirous to sell,
but the demand was I.mited, the attention of the trade being
principally occupied at the public sales of Mauritius and Bengal,
at which they are enabled to supply their wants on more ad-
vantcous terms. The purchases for the week are 850 hhds
and trcs. The dealers are bare of Sugar, not only in London,
but also all over the country.
REFIN an,—The market for refined goods has presented afirm
appearance this week ; the demand has been good from the
home trade, and stiffer rates have been paid : standard lumps at
79s 6d to 80s, brown lumps good to fine 76s to 78s, common
74s to 75s ; Tillers and Hambro loaves common 79s to 80s,
mid 81s to 83s, good 85s to 90s, small and double Hambro
loaves up to 110 s per cwt. Treacle, common at
26s 6d, patent 278 6d to 288 6d, best old make
295. and golden syrup 29s t.e 31s per cwt.
.Pieces, fine at 70s
to 745, good 66s to 695, mid 63s to 655, inferior 58s to 62s per
cwt. Bastards, fine at 54s to 575, good 50s to 535, mid and
good mid 45s to 495, low and very low 36s to 44s per cwt.
Bonded crushed Sugar at 29s for the best. Loaves, 10Ibs at
32s 6d to 335, and 141bs at lls 6(1 to 32s per cwt. Treacle, at
12s 9d to 13s per cwt. Bastards and Pieces, 15s to 24s per

Cwt.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the trade were free buyers—
at auction, 1,675 bags Bengal went at full rates, good white at
66s (id to 695, mid and good mid 65s 6d to 675, low to good
brown 38s 6d to 48s, fine 54s 6d per cwt.
MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the demand was active, and
5,957 bags 29 casks at public sale went at fully former rates,
and in some cases at 6d advance ; the whole sold, fine yellow at
66s to 68s, good 64s to 65s 6d, mid 62s to 635, low mid 60s to
61s 6d, good and fine brown 56s to 59s 6d per cwt.
FOREMN.—Holders of yellow Ilarannah remain firm, and
have refused to sell, excepting at full former rates ; white has
been little inquired for, still holders will not submit to lower
rates. For brown and yellow Brazil, Refiners have offered
stiffer rates ; white kinds at 20s to 24s tor corn to good quality.
MoLassEs.—Prices have been firm for West India this
week, and a good demand has prevailed. Foreign Molasses at
7s to 8s per cwt. Honey at 48s to 66s for lair to good quality.
Mauritius 'I amarinds of fair quality went at 30s to 30s (id per
cwt. Jaggery bought in at 32$ to 335.
TEA.—'There has been a considerable incerease in the de-
mand for Free Trade this week, the transactions have been
extensive in both black and green descriptions to supply the
wants of both Town and Country dealers, and buyers have
been compelled to pay advanced rates for black descriptions.
Company's Congou hat e been in good request fur clearing,
and being scarce, buyers have been compelled to pay Is I I*d.
to Is 11A& cash. The stock of Tea at this port at the close
of the past month was 30,209,0001b5, in 1841 at the same
time it was 36,292,0001b5,
To-day there was nut much business transacted in the Tea
market, but prices are steady, Corn Congou cash Is lOid to
Is lld, Company's Is I lid to Is 111(1 per lb.
COFFEE.—Holders of British Plantation Coffee remain ex-
ceedingly firm, being still confident that a reduction will be
made in the duty, an they have refrained from offering any at
public sale this week.

This afternoon the home consumption Coffee presented a
firm aspect ; the trade generally were disposed to operate. At
public sale 1,096 bags East India, 354 bags Ceylon; the for-
mer all sold at lull rates ; Singapore Java ord brown at 45s to
46s 6d, good ord greenish 50s to 51s; Sumatra common 31s
to 32s 6d; the latter fetched 703 to 71s for good, and 72s 6d
for tine ord, being full rates.
RlCE.—Prices have given way 6d per cwt for the lower
descriptions of Bengal Rice this week, the supply being large;
Carolina first sort at 365, second do 34s third do :325, inferior
303. and broken 28. s to 295.

This afternoon the demand was steady; at auction 709 bags
Madras, 93 bags Java were offered, the former partly sold at !Is
to 9s 6d fur yellow, being full rates, the latter went at 103 for
middling white.
srichs.—'l his afternoon the public sales consisted of 268
sacks 396 bags black, 149 bags white Pepper, 446 chests Cassia
Lignea. Black Pepper went at full rates; Sumatra common
stalky and dusty at 20, good brown 24d to 2 /d, fine 3d, white
at aid to 6;3-d ; Cassia Lignea went briskly at 2s advance ; good
mid fetched 905 to 9Us 6d, mid 865 to 88s 6d, low mid 815 6d
to 83s per cwt.
RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDs.—For West India Rum
prices have been fully sustained. Lecwards are wanted, and
being scarce, buyers have Bern compelled to pay 2s 2d to 2s 3d
for proofs. Jamaica, fine quality, at as 7d to 5s 10d ; good, 5s 3d
to as sd, good mid 5s to 5s 2d per gallon. Calcutta Rum sub-
ject to the high duty, at Is 3&d to 1 s 4d proof ; for parcels
at 9s 4d duty is 8d to 25 have been paid for some parcels mid
and fine quality fur home consumption, inferior sorts at
I s 7d per gall. Mauritius h 7d for rather under to proof quality
for Brandy of the vintage of 1840, 4s Id have been paid for
puns, and for hhds 4s 3d ; there are now few sellers excepting
at 4s 2,1 and 45 4d for puns and hhds, first brands of the
vintage of 1836 at 5s lld for hhds, and 5s 9d for
puns ; do. 1837 hhds as 6d, puns 55 4d ; do. 1838 hhds 55 3d,
puns 5s Id; do. 1839 hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d per gallon.
Geneva at 2s for Common, and 2s 6d to 2s 8d for fine: .British
Corn Spirits at 9s 10d cash.
fALLOw.—For Russian Tallow this week, holders have
submitted to a reduction on former rates of 3d to 6d per cwt,
notwithstanding which the trade have purchased sparingly of
Petersburg yellow Candle on the spot, and 48s have been the
current quotation. For delivery in the last three months 49s
has been accepted. South American at 40s to 45s 9d, accord-
ing to quality. Town Tallow has been taken sparingly.
This afternoon there was little passing in P Y C, 47a 9d to
48s is the value of parcels On the spot; at public sale 61 casks,
152 pipes, 12 hhds South American went at 39s 6d to 42s for
common, and 42s 6d to 45s 6d for mid to good quality.
OlLS.—There hs..t been more inquiry for Cod, and pur-
chases to a fair extent have been made,
_both for home con-
sumption and export at 28/to 281 10s. Holders of other kinds
of Common Fish Oils are for the most part unwilling to submit
to any further reduction, stocks being light, but there are few
buyers, and the operations this week have been trifling at 391
lOs to 391 15s for pale Seal, 311 to 361 for yellow and straw co-
lour, 281 to 301 fir brown, and 311 to 341 for common to fine
Southern ; Sperm at 891 to 901 feodr theiml both for home use andstt, and 861 lOs to 881
for ord and mid quality. Linseed
export at 345, ano for delivery at 34s 6d per cwt. Prices yet
rule high for :eed. Rape Oil at 50s to 50s 6d for pale, and
pa Oilsid af
at r 3gle/edlOgsualfoi
try, thedut
duty paid.
For
Olive Oil at 521t0 531 for Spanish, and at
49s 6d for brown.
6COO/efeoar
Nut Gallipoli.
o Oil
403
Ptoa4lni ls

COAL Al'
Ships arrived sine la 4
d.
Auair's ....................«..... 17 6
k.arr's Hartley .................. 18 U
OldTanfield ................... 15 0
Ord's Redheugh ................ 1 • 0
Townley... ................... 17 0
Wylam ........................... 18 6
Walls E. rsewic .e and C... 19 6
Walls End Heat0n............ 19 0
Walls End Hi1da...... ...... 18 6
Walls End Hotspur ......... 17 6
Waits End Newmarch ....... 17 6
Walls End N berland 17 6
Walls End ...... i 9
Waits End Ramsey .......... 15 11
walls End S. Killingworth 15 0
W. E. Bradavlrsauttuu ... °
21 C
Walls End Havwell. ......

A RKET.
set market.day, 18,

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Walls End Hatton 2O. d
9
Walk End Lambton 2O 6
Wals End Pemberton l9 3
Walls End Stewart's
Walls End Caradoc 214 3
Walls End Hartlepool
Walls End Haugh Hal) 2l 3
Walls End Adelaide
Walls End Coundon :13 3
W Als End Gordon l7 0
Walls End St.,,tielen's Tees 19 0
Walls:End South Durham 19 3
Illffthe
cowpen
Hartley! ... .. .... . ......... ... .. .... 17 0
Howard't Nesherton Main 16 6

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE

s°lllF,FiltiCtEhe Ai:l:nit:Of 4S.t. Helena, for
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George
William Jac:is°clßl
in the district of Port Philip,
the Free Hanieatic City of Bremen.
DOWNING-STREET iv
, -ARCII 4.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francis Merewether,
Esq., to be Deputy-Registrar
in the territory of New South Wales.
WAR-OFFICE, MAacti 4.
FOREIGN-OFFICE,
7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain Sir H. Darell,
Bart., from the 18th Foot, to be Captain, vice Kennedy, who
exchanges, March 4.
9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant N. T. Wil-
hams, from the 64th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Jennoy, who
exchanges, March 4.
15th Regiment. of Light Dragoons—H, Bernard, Gent., to
1), Coma, • b I,u: chase, v;ce Brett, pr,moted, March 4.
oth Re-iment of Foot—Coo. :,i,•:,::.A-..1--Sericant. G. W. Raf-
I , e bheaha -
L terty to be Quartermaster, vice n, deceased, March 4.
I 18th Foot—Captain J. Clark Kennedy,
from 7th Dragoon

Guards, to be Captain, vice Sir H. Darell, who exchanges,
Mar.da 4.
31st Foot—Lieut. G. F. White to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Bray, promoted in the 39th Foot ; Ensign G. F.
Moore to be Lieutenant, vice White, Nov. 9 ; W. Bernard,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Moore, March 4.
37th Foot—Ensign T. M. Keogh to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Lawrence, who retires ; W. B. C. S. Wandes-
forde, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Keogh, March 4.
39th Foot—Brevet Major E. W. Bray, from 31st Foot, to
be Major, without purchase, vice Bernard, dec., Nov. 9,1841.
46th Foot—B. Menzies, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur-
cha.e, vice Bigland, deceased, March 4.
49th Foot—Ensign G. Weir to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Fannt, whose promotion has been cancelled, Feb. 25.
60th Foot—Lieutenant J. F. Jones, from the 6th Foot, to
he Lieutenant, vice G. H. Courtenay, who retires on half-pay
6th Foot, March 4.
64th Foot—Lieutenant A. H. Jenney, from 9th Light Dra-
goons, to be Lieutenant, vice Williams, who exchanges, Alarch 4.
6 ith Foot—Ensign B. Langton to be Lieutenant, vice
Trick, who retires ; F. W. Astley, Gent. to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Langton, March 4.
68th Foot —Lieut. J. M. Napier to be Captain, by pun.
chase, vice Witham, who retires; Ensign P. C. S. Grant to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice ,Napier, March 4;
the Hon. H. L. Noel to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Grant,
March 4.

71st Foot—A. C. Parker, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Uniacke, deceased, March 4.
Rifle Brigade—Lieut. G. H. Wilkins to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Warren, promoted; Second-Lient. F. R.
Elrington to be First-Lieutenant, vice Wilkins, Nov. 23.
BR EV ET. —Major C. A. Bayley, half-pay Unattached, Com-
mandant of the Island of Gozo, to have the local rank of Lieu-
tenant-Colonel. in the Mediterranean only, Nov. 23, 1841.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire.
Beriah Botfield, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Feb. 23.,
Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of

Edinburgh.
Edinburgh Regiment of Militia—Walter Francis Duke of
Buccleuch to be Co onel, vice the Marquis of Lothian, de-
ceased, Jan. 6.
Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire.
Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—
P. Cabal, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Neeld, resigned,
Feb. 24.

WHITEHALL, FEB. 26.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed John King Watts, of
Saint lees, in the county of Huntingdon, Gentleman, to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
The Lord Chancellor has also appointed William Bromley,
the younger, of Hayling Wand, in the county of Southampton,
Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 28.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Alfred Baldwin East, of
Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
SAMUEL JACKSON and THOMAS FREDERICK
JACKSON, woolstaplers, Bermondsey.
THOMAS WORTH, furniture broker, Northampton.
JOHN WATSON. muslin-manufacturer, Manchester.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
MARK FOTHERGILL and MICHAEL FOTHER-
GILL, drysalters. Upper Thames-street.
WILLIAM WILLIAMS and THOMAS HILL, linen
drapers, Bow Church-yard, London.
THOM AS HILL, commission agent and factor, Bow Church-
yard, London.

BAN KRUPTS.
HENRY HARRISON, merchant, Manchester, to sur-
render March 16 and April 15, at ten, at the Commissioners'-
rooms, Manchester. Scott, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ;

Mor: is, Manchester.
WILLIAM SLATER, banker, Cheshire, March 16, and
April 15, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Saxon,
Northwich, Cheshire; Cole, Adelphi-terrace, Strand, London.
JAMES BIRCH PARTRIDGE. Sheffield-ware dealer,
Birmingham, March 14, at twelve, and April 15, at eleven, at
the Waterloo-rooms, Waterloo-street, Birmingham. Chaplin,
Gray's Inn-square, London ; Harrison, Edmund-street, Bir-

miniham.
SAMUEL FOX STEPHENS, bill-broker, Old Broad.
street, March 11, at half-past eleven, and April 15, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Cox,

Pinner's-hall, Old Bro.ad:street.
JOHN WRIGHT, cabinet-maker, Birmingham, March
18, at two, and April 15, at twelve, at the Waterloo Rooms,
Birmingham. Whitehouse, Chancery-lane, London.
WILLIAM NATHAN HUNT, stationer, Watling-street,
March 14, at two, and April 15, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, Basinghall-street, official assignee ;
Wolleer, Bucklersbury.
JOHN CRITCHLEY, bricklayer, Liverpool, March 17,
and April 15, at the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street,
Liverpool. Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row • Ban-
ner, Harrington-chambers, North John-street, Liverpool.
JOHN MATSON RIGDEN, maltster, Wingham, Kent,
March 22, and April 15, at twelve, at Guildhall, Canterbury.
Egan, Waterman, and Wright, Essex-street, Strand, London ;
Curteis and Kingsford, Canterbury.
RICHARD W ALROND FORGE, fish salesman, Billings-
gate, Lower Thames-street, March 11, at one, and April 15, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, Basinghall-
street, official assignee ; Cox, Sise-lane.
CHARLES HENRY WEBB, corn dealer, Forebridge,
Staffordshire, March 16, at one, and April 15, at twelve, at the
Swan Inn, Stafford. Clowes and Wedlake, King's Bench-
walk, Temple; Hiern and Ward, Stafford.
EDWARD DAVIS, architect., Bath, March 15, and April
15, at twelve, at the White Hart Inn, Bath. Frowd, Essex-
street, Strand, London; Cruttwell and Sons, Bath.
DANIEL ANTROBUS, salt merchant, Great Budworth,
Cheshire, March 16 and April 15, at one, at the Clarendon-
rooms, Liverpool. Saxon, Northwich, Cheshire; Cole, Adel-
phi-terrace, Strand, London.
GARD NE R BOGGS, WILLIAM TAYLOR, and
WILLIAM SHAND' the younger, merchants, Great Win-
chester-street, City, March 15, and April 15, at. eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennel, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street; Simpson and Cobb, Austin Friars.
JAMES NIXON, upholster, Oxford-street, March 19, at
twelve, and April 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee; Tate, Basinghall-street.
THOMAS BALDWIN, innkeeper, New-street, Worcester,
March 11, and April 15, at eleven, at the Pack Horse Inn,
Wor-
coster, Letts, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn; FHinch, Worcester.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
R. P. Vicat, linen draper, Nelson-place, Old Kent-road,
March 26, at twelve-M. A. Cousins, lodging-house keeper
Maize-hill, Greenwich, March 26, at eleven.
In the Country.
W. Ballinner, baker, Swansea, Glamorganshire, March 30,
at twelve, at the Castle Inn, Swansea-R. R. Jund, corn
factor, Birmingham, March 30, at twelve, at the Waterloo-
rooms, Birmingham-T. W. Brighton. commission agent,
Cheltenham, April 4, at two, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham
-J. S. Daintry and J. Ryle, bankers, Manchester, March 29,
at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester-T.
Dare, builder, Exeter, April 28, at one, at the Old London
Inn, Exeter-B. Bridgewater, victualler, Birmingham, March
29, at twelve, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham-R. Jaques
and R. Wilson, flax spinners, Leeds, March 29, at eleven, at
the Commissioners'-rooms, I.eeds-G. Turk, saddler, Chelten-
ham, April 20, at one, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham-W.
Morgan, bookseller, Lichfield, March 21, at twelve, at the
Swan Hotel, Lichfield-W. Lister, cloth manufacturer, Rod-
ley, Yorkshire, March 26, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-
rooms, Leeds-S. Quickfall, draper, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
April 1, at twelve, at the Comm ssion-room, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne-S. Wright, grocer, Watton, Norfolk, March 28, at two,
at the Suffolk Hotel, Bury St. Edmunds-J. P. Yapp, grocer,
Weobley, Herefordshire, April 12, at one, at the office of Mr.
J. Hammond, Leominster.
CERTIFICATES-MARcn 25.

J. Young, ship builder, Newport, Monmouthshire—J. and
S. Holt, glass manufacturers, Liverpool—W. Nash, tea dealer,
Budge-row, City—G. Novra, importer of foreign goods, Red
Lion-square, Holborn—F. T. West, coal merchant, Com-
mercial-road, Lambeth—R. Chilver, upholsterer, Ipswich.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVE!).
H. Goodday and C. Housley, surgeons, Mitcham, Surrey—
J. and M. F. Lee, printsellers, London-wall, City—S. and
T. R. Guppy, sugar refiners, Bristol—G. Killick, G. Flash-
man, and M. Orton, furniture warebousemen, Dovor—M.
Knowles, W. Pickup, and R. Whittaker, calico-printers,
Higher Booths, Lancashire—H. Turner and T. Claikson, fur-
niture printers, Coventry-street. Piccadilly—M. A. and M. N.
Lathbury, schoolmistres;es, 13raunston, Northamptonshire—
R. Macdonald and J. Holland, tobacco and snuff manufacturers,
Lower Chapman-street, St. George's in the East—B. Jefford
and J. H. Cox, grocers, Birmingham—W. Sutcliffe and T.
Oxley, cotton spinners, Aianchester—T. Blackburne and J.
Stretch, ale and spirit dealers, Liverpool—T. Thompson and
J. Fauset, painters, Liverpool—T. Jones and J. Coker,
slaters, Tranmore, Cheshire—J. Tipton and W. Jetson, pat-
tern card and book makers, Manchester—J. Watson and W. J.
Fry, hosiers, Loughborough, Leicestershire—J. and T. Evetts,
plumbers, Birmingham—l. Ridgway and T. Peacop, tanners.
Latchford, Cheshire—C. Jones, J. Gray, and R J. Keen,
opticians, Liverpool (so far as regards C. Jones)—J. and
113.
S. Bletchly, common carriers, Exeter—D. D. Secretan
and G. R. Scott, stock brokers, Birchin-lane—J. Mersland
and J. Hope, cotton merchants, Manchester—E. and J. Payne
woolstaplers, Lashlake, Oxfordshire—F. L. Taylor and A
Greenwood, joiners, Sheffield—W. Tweedy, .1. Williams, W.
Rogers, W. M. Tweedy, and M. Williams, bankers (so far as
regards W. Rogers)—Jas. Hirst, A- Sykes, Jos. Hirst, J.
Scatcherd, and S. Scatcherd, fancy cloth manufacturers, Hud-
dersfield (so far as regards Jas. Hirst, A. Sykes, and Jos.
Hirst).