The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-26 00:00:00

LA WOF COPYRIon T.

Miss Martineau's works—be their contents valu-
able or worthless—have sold well ; yet she is in
want, because the proceeds of the public patronage
have not reached her • they have increased the wealth
of publishers, and she is deprived of competence
thereby; they have given employment and good
wages to hundreds, and large profits to booksellers ;
and the hand' that • set so much industry in motion,
and created new sources of wealth, is enfeebled by
disease, and Miss Martineau languishes in ill-health
in an obsure sea-side village in Northumberland, be-
cause her moderate wants have not been supplied
by the exercise of those powers which has given
plenty and the means of enjoyment to others
Had adequate and just protection been afforded
to the harvest .of mental culture, as it is, we
think, wisely under existing circumstances to the
harvest of agricultural cultivation, Miss Martineau
would have been now enjoying competence, and, in all
probability, health. As it has not been given, she
has been compelled to taste of the hardships, though
apparently she does not feel the bitterness, of poverty.
Something, it is true, has been done to remedy the
defects of our law of copyright. That something is,
we fear, but little that will benefit authors such as
Miss Martineau. The great want for them is a law
of international copyright—a law which will suppress
literary piracy in the United States, and put an end
to literary smuggling from Belgium and France.
Sir Robert Peel aspires to be the friend—we will
degrade neither the Premier nor authors by writing
the patron—of literature. He has now an opportunity
of establishing his claim to that friendship. Let him
urge on foreign States the justice and the necessity of
suppressing the piracy of letters, and attempt at least
to place the laws of Europe and America, with respect
to publications, on as intelligible a footing as those
relating to butter and bacon.—Morning Herald.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of October 25.)
SUGAR.--Importers of British Plantation have dis-
played firmness since Tuesday, and the trade have been
desirous to operate ; for yellow descriptions the demand
has been lively, and the market has been nearly cleared
at an advance of is per cwt. Indeed, the supply has not
been sufficient for the wants of the trade ; brown and
grey kinds have been in good request, and in several
cases an advance of 6d per cwt has been paid. The pur-
chases for the three market days have been 2,000 hhds
and trcs ; the arrivals have been light, and there is a de-
ficiency in the comparative stocks. Prices are on a par
with those of last year for common but 3s to 4s lower for
fine yellow, and of which the supply is very small for the
time of year. The arrivals of West India Sugar have ex-
ceeded those of last season by 12,000 hhds. To-day the
market for West India Muscovades Sugar exhibited a
firm appearance, both grocers and refiners were desirous
to purchase ; for yellow descriptions the demand was
animated, and the market was cleared at an advance on
Friday's prices of 6d per cwt ; the transactions would
have been on a larger scale had the market been better
supplied ; a good demand existed for grey and brown,
and the rates paid were fully equal to those previously
established ; indeed, strong sorts of the former in some
cases brought a small advance. The total sales are 950
hhds and trcs. Since making up our weekly statement
of imports, eight vessels have arrived from the West
Indies with 2,519 hhds and trcs, and 30 brls of sugar,
1;060 puns Rum, 1,230 bags Pimento, and 280 puns
Molasses.
REFlNED.—Refined Sugar has been in good request by
the home trade,' and prices. have further advanced ;
brown melting lumps selling at 72s to 72s 6d, brown
patent 7.3 s 6d to 743 6d, standard lumps 765, tittlers or-
dinary 74s to 755, mid 75s 6d to 76s 6d, good 77s to 78s,
fine 79s to 845., Hamburgh loaves common 75s to 76s
6d, mid 77s to 78s, good 78s 6d to 80s, and fine 81s to
82s per cwt ; these rates are still low in
.comparison with
those of raw sugars. -To-day the home-trade were free
purchasers of refined goods, paying 76s to 76s 6d for
standard, 74s to 75s for brown patent, and 72s 6d for
melting lumps. Treacle was in active request at 23s 9d
to 31s. Bastards and pieces in brisk request at the priceS
quoted above. Bonded crushed Sugar is firm in price,
and in good request at 25s 6d to 25s 9d per cwt.
Metiumus.—Yellow descriptions have been much
sought after, and rather higher rates have been paid pri-
vately, the supply being small ; fine has been disposed
of at 66s to 67s 6d, good mid and good 62s 6d to 655,
low to mid 56s to 61s ; the purchases made in brown
have been to a fair extent at 52s to 55s for good and fine,
and at 48s to 51s for low to mid ; none has been offered
at auction, and there has been no arrival ; supplies of
the new crop are not expected before January next.
The stock here consists principally of inferior sorts.
This afternoon the demand was good, especially for Gro-
cery descriptions ; 962 bags at auction were readily dis-
posed of at full prices for brown, and 6d higher for
yellow, low brown went at 43s to 45s 6d, good and fine
53s to 565, low yellow 57s to 595, mid 62s to 635, good
63s 6d to 66s per cwt.
EAST INDIA.—The home trade have been ready pur-
chasers of white and strong yellow descriptions of Bengal
paying full prices, but browns and soft yellow kinds have
moved off slowly, and at barely previous rates. This
afternoon there were four public sales of Bengal Sugar,
consisting of 4,098 bags ; the trade were desirous to buy,
and the whole sold at very full prices ; mid white
fetched 64s to 655, low 63s to 645, good 675, mid to good
yellow 61s to 645, low 59s to 60s, damp brown 50s to
58s Gd, and low 47s per cwt.
FOREIGN.—Holders of all sorts of Foreign Sugar
manifested firmness, and supply the market sparingly :
Brazil has brought full prices, and the demand has been
brisk both for white and brown sorts : the private sales
have amounted to 350 chests ; Pernumbuco low brown at
14s to 9d to 15s, common white 20s 6d : Bahia, low
white 21s, middling 225, and good brown 16s to 16s Gd.
To-day there were several inquiries both for Brazil and
Havannah, but the stiff rates asked checked business by
private contract : at auction 50 cases 13 larls Bahia were
sold at full rates—low and mid white at 20s to 225, com-
mon to mid brown 16s 6d to 16s 6d, and mid yellow
17s 6d to 18s per cwt.
COFFEE.—For middling descriptions of West India

coffee several inquiries have prevailed by private cos'
tract and full prices offered, but IV parcels are to be
met' with ; inferior kinds, however? have been little
asked for, the trade being enabled to`supply their wants
with Ceylon, on more advantageous terms ; none ha!
been offered at auction since we last wrote. This after('
noon little demand existed for coffee for home consump-
tion, and shippers were fur the most part disposed to do
business. The public sales consisted of 636 bags Singa-
pore Java, 719 bags Manilla. and 500 bags Brazil ; Jays
near all taken in at moderate prices, fine ord brownish
at 365, and good ord 35s to 35s 6d, a few lots were sold
at the latter rates. Manilla all bought in at stiff rates,
fine ord coloury at 455, and good ord 42s ; sea damaged'
however, sold at 38s to 40s for the first class ; second
and third ditto 34s ; Brazil taken in at 31s 6d 32s 6d for
~
good ord pale to coloury, being full prices. The stock. ot
West India coffee is 676 casks. 337 brls and bags less
than last year ; but of Mocha it is 2,607 bales, ke;l
Ceylon 19,872 bags larger ; of other East India and
Cape sorts 50,540 bags less than 1841 at this period-
Tlia.—There has been more activity in the market
since the conclusion of the public sales, and for bulb
black and green descriptions a fair demand has exist"'
_;
some large parcels taken in at the late auctions hafvour
been disposed of at full prices-1s 7d to is 7id PRici a
B
common sound Conguu cash ; is 7id for good common
olders e
and ls 7,N to ls 8d for common Twankay.
cidedly show more firmness, and the trade entertainaa
better opinibn of the article, as prices are rnoderateni
comparison with those of former •years, and the consump-
tion tion going on large. No public sale is declared. I„°_,
deliveries during the past week amounted to 470,000 I.ms
There has been no arrival, but three vessels from Tens,
are shortly expected. To-day there was little hes,ii
transacted in the market, but holders were firm. all d
fused to sell, excepting at former rates ; god 50- u
common Congou could not be had under is 71d cash. de
Rsmr, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The bola
were free purchasers of Jamaica Rum, they being °lid
ous to get into stock at present moderate rate't
which are lower than has been the CAS° forth° sales
years ; the export demand has been good,
w
have reached 550 puns, since our last at the following
rates :-27 to 33 per cent. over proof 2s 9d to 33 4,61
34 to 36 over 3s 4d to 3s 6d, and finer 3s 8d to 4s f
per gallon. Leewards in good request, 320 puns Pr°°ol
to 16 per gent. over have been sold at the rate
it,.
is 9d proof. Of Demerara 160 puns have
•
3s for 38 per:gent over. In Calcutta sales 'lava be_efil.
made at is 4d to is 8d with, and at is 3)d
tificate. The ,stock of Rum has greatly diminished is
late. Brancti.ilas secured a good sale, and the mart&
firm ; CognaclFst brands of the vintage of 1839';841,
4s 4d, puns 4s 2tl ; 1840, hhds 48 ld, puns 3s lld ; se,
hhds 3s 11d, puns 3s 9d ; the stock is on the deerrora
Geneva is in request at is 10d to is lid. English „is
Spirits in good demand at 9s 8d per gallon wh'e-nuel
is
apNt%hiaroesiovpi;saio•libsucuge but Jamaica
;goodal 1
maflataaei senrtad
awmfinenedeteklws.ooiort
with less
punsol
were
- sdesarsa:o-t
litLldeenelaedt
tiwotf
onahr!fuw;rharo°oni
r?g,;9u
owing but.
perco
NempeoniGnto.o—veTr declinedprooinf. value, 2s 5d accepted for
c
ge an d important attendance °f s:°'fliedthoebf
East India terminated this day ; the attenda"trY, and
trade throughout has been large from the On° uotity
many foreign buyers have been present. 'rho qfollow-
declared was 15,001 chests, which presented the 0,510
ing assortment :-800 chests fine shipping qoltia'e-eon-
good ditto, 3,200 middling ditto, 3,818 good an",i,,,-,dinarY
suming and ordinary shipping quality, 1,93° ;t 953
slao9nwod
iniatuni drddp
very
oldne3sffueacmntiiivnllega
saonrdt
81,0 snippingwhioo ode,
ah,
Bombay—total 15,001 chests.
24 Bimlipatazn, ana e

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS.
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2:ff.l,,e'
Wheat. Barley, Oats. Beans.
..-- to 0
--- .—_.. --.-- a s.
......
'Per Quarter: a. to a. 3. to a. a. to I. l• W-.
--
tarlible • 61 SI 23 46
~.•
Hexham 44 72 36 38 23 28 -- ~.- --
.51orpet46
....• •
Penrith - 44 ---
...•
Sheffield ..._ 64 _ 32 _ 23 ..... ; ..... 4,
Winchester 52 b 6 07 30 20 26 35 4
.7'd SA jj-0
Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s. d. s.d. a.%1: 'o—.o' 0 • .
Carmarthen 63 70 00 40 00 19 56 ",../ 00 of
Cowbridge 76 .80 36 46 29 30 56 - e e -'
6 0
Swansea - 00
Per 8011. 1
II 6 6
Barnardcastle 13 0 16 6 II 9 9 0 4 0 7 4 9 6 A 6 9 0 A ---`
Durham ll2 0130 0 0 80 5 9 69 9 0 . 0 0 -04
Richmond - 113 6 15 6 g 6 10 0 6 0 11 010 0 11 ~ s o 0
Stockton il4 0176 9 0 90 6 0 7090 11 6
i.
NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE Whits-
~,,,fria"'"
'
Red. . 561. lllO
What, Northumberland 42s. bls ......• mss'. coa, •
_et
-- Norfolk and Suffolk
--- Berwick and Scotch
Foreign , 42s 465.....• 46' a. to,
Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk 065400.1... ::::
...
..
..
.....
...
...
...444.,..:57: ::::::
Foreign
....a. $ , ;ig,
Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk xlli. 30a....••• -,'•„.-.. 4 ...9
Grinding and Feedin
. -''• • %
Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk g
Tick :.3005...54.434,..-.0
....1: ....„..-7..
.5,1'
,"" :
Beans, Small
6.91. 401 ....... --
~
....s. ...
.

Pease, White
--- Gray
Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ...
.-------. ...-.. Feed lis. 21s ..... .. "-- ....s.
—Foreign
Flour (per sack) SBs. 41,......."4* 1
(I. i'
DEVIZES CORN MARKET. d S' •• '
Par Quarrer. s. d. a. 1. Per Quarter. s. '.•
•9 " •
First Wheat 5B oto F 2 0 Oats.... ..... •••••••• sd 0
Second ..... 54 0 59 0 Beans ..... .. ...........
,n 0
....
Third
earley2os. 225....... --5....4.
23 0 20 0 Bread (pergalwe'
El ADDINGTON CORN AIARIO..T. res,e.
Oa
Wheat. Sarley. Oats. Set,,t; I 403
First 604 01 /12s 6d 22. 64 54. 132• Od
Third
A4vlesorOdarA,Bo2o44 Od 16s Od
Secondj sos Od 2-is 61 20s 81
W C0RN21.1%10141R5:8-pl'E:1;1/:;.. ,ss• Vtu i 6 *
_ ;120;
tclilth 30....0d
A g, d.
Wheat, per 2401 b. a. d. s.d.
English 220 to 24 0 iri,l3 ~ , ......... .. ..... 15 0 16 0
Scottish IS 0 28 0 British ..... •""ofllb.
1ri5h...,,,.,, - is 0 I* 6
Foreign
0 18:
Barley, per 320th. Scottish . •••••• ...... 17 6 19
English 23 0 24 C Pease Scottish ...... ,7 0 11 0
Scottish 2O 0 22 0 Oatmeal, peeril:Jib. ;17 0 SI.
Irish
DALKEITH CORN MARKET. 7, ns.
Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. Pease. 1 1.: 0,1
First los 00 32s 61 ; ins 01 041 01 1n ,„ 0,1
Second I 54s Od 118 s Od I 90; 01 82. 01 j '-: DA
third -
EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET'.
Per Sack of 2301b5. Per Stone of 14th. n 1 iit
First Oatmeal £l 13 0 First Oatmeal...._ Xl' i 8
Second Ditto. 1 12 0 Second ditto .........••• . 6
Barlerneal .0 i 0
Peasemeal 1 7 0 Peasemeal ........ .. ~.. 0 1
Pot Barley from 2 s. to 555. per sack.
i FRANKLIN'S SPECTACLES.—Dr. Franklin ueswpribe*
oojif
a curious pair of spectacles which he used ocessi° he)
to wear :—" The same convexity of glass (salst the
through which a man sees clearest and best at for
distance proper for reading, is not the bea„merli
greater distances. I, therefore, had '°`io•
two pair of spectacles which I shifted 0° to
nally; as in travelling I sometimes read' the
often wanted to regard the prospects. Findiegesdi,
change troublesome, and not always suilicientlYroso°
I had the glasses cut out, and half of each kind iew..
ciated in the same circle; the least convex for !oe ;
ing distant objects, in the upper part of the lower
and the most convex, proper for reading, in
the
half of the frame. By this means, as I wear 171 snr or
tacks constantly, I have Only to move my eyesaillas!eS
down, as I want to see distinctly; the proPer,„tiesisb
being always ready. Although I cannot dis"". ?with
a letter, even of large print by the naked qtiefal
the assistance of this invention my eyes are ss:efeets isr,
nee,
to me as ever they were ; and if all the other 14 sod
and infirmities of old age could be as eaSillitlve A
cheaply remedied, it would be worth while to .
good deal longer." .
ant
sar ;
THE TARIFF IN SHEFFIELD.-011 Friday 11."4 ill :
turday last there was considerable
Fargate in consequence of Mr. Challenger, ujitoe-
exhibited for sale a large quantity of cured from
rican beef and pork, which he quickly sold
the nag
30. to 40. per pound. We tasted some efliirg it •
yesterday, and have no hesitation in pretionneualitf•
really good. There was no mistake as to the,, of it' :,-1
We wish our working population had Plextilers, in
In the course of Saturday some of the butch
,pet
opposition, ticketed their meat from 3delteite"eliP44
pound ; but what we saw looked scraggy' assege' •
it was of " foreign growth," starved- on the P,
instead of killed before starting.—She

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BIRTHS.
On the 21st inst., at Hastings, the lady of -
i hn SaverY'
the
Esq., er
of h seven
nst., atnth so. '
Racedown House otsire'
On the 22d i
wife of Henry Northover Pink, Esq., of a daughter: Lieu,
of •Lietv
On the 23d inst., at Welford-park, Berke, the tau-,
tenant Robert Miller Mundy, R.H. A., of a daughter•i coptaia
On the 2.1 d inst., at Barnes; Surrey, the 11'4 ° of
R. H. S. Jackson, of a son. • FA' P
On the 23d inst., the lady of W. A. F. Saunders' ',, i
Winnington Hall, Lancashire, of a daughter., - . of PP'
On the 24th inst., at Dunstable, Cassandra, the wife :
park, til, 141
Pearse, Esq., of a son.
On te 24th inst., at Lennard Villa, Regent's-
of S. Nouaille Rudge, Esq., of a son and heir. „,,....,,,„stroet' 1,
On the 24th inst., the lady of Dr. Dickson, Clara
lob t
of a son. tk he
On the 24th inst., in Cambridge-square, Hyde-Par '
tk t
of Robert Lloyd, Esq., of a son. if/de-Psi."l, '
On the 25th inst., in Cambridge-terrace, --, a
lady of Louis Samson, Esq., of a son. Estl''
On the 25th inst., the lad of Edmund Barlow' hours' lc,
Torrington-square, of a son, vho only survived $
fewiriocot
On the 25th inst., in Harley-street, Mrs. Henry A-1
_. 09,
of a daughter. '
Hyde-Pa- ps, k-Bard!
41
On the 25th inst., at Clarendon-place,HY---- r il
Mrs. Villiers Dent, of a son.
On the 24th inst., at Brixton-place, Surrey, Igo Biers
......
Kettlewell, of a son.
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On the 21st inst , at St.3f------
AR
Nicholasß 1 E DC.
r ow, of Shirley, near Southhallrpc
Andw Ba 1 .
eldest daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Taunton, of 'ugsq. °l4
On
_ _
erthe 24th inst., at Welchpool, John Edmunds. odvi'arct
%dcl ton, Montgomeryshire, to Mary, daughter *f •'''
Pugh, Esq., of Bryntirrion Welch. .. goal
On the 25th inst. at St. Ann's, Blackfriars, PO' bier
Chetiins, of Easton Manor, Essex t Marv, second daug
of James Toplis, Esq., of New Bri'dgu-st.---------
tho'n,GtouillVlVlLf/01,"Pr4f0; '.

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On the Ist of Septembper,lEatDbemerara, Mliliani neynille*""
third son of Mr, Andrew Smith, of Penton-street,,Ferite.ile
.._ooon the 10th inst., at Venice, the Baroness Vander - 1:2130,6,/
Ili-1 reel, youngest daughter of the late Langford H Y
Es
q., of Ulendtragh, Antrim. V'
On the 20tItikitit., at Moor Lodge, Sheffield, the Rfw'
thaniel Philippe, DeD , ad 85.
On the I9th inst., 'at Leamington, William Leatham, "?
banker, of Wakefield, Yorkshire. ,i,ter ofthtbil
On the 22d inst., in High-street, Oxford, Mary'
lateU noi vi‘neirtrhs.ietpy2.
late Dr. George Williams, M.D.Professor of BotaoY ill
a2idmeirri,sto.,f
sattaHmifgohrdoßnigvearrs,
On the 22d inst., at Sidmouth,
Cutler, Esq. 1 E'er
forOmnertlyhesh23ipodwinnestr.o,fatthat Scarborough,
aedHenry LessA(/' '
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place,
..e 77. 10
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