The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-21 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

( From the London New Price Current of June 21.)
SUGAR.—To-day the British Plantation Sugar market pre-
sented a firm aspect. The public' sales to-day were well at-
tended; Bin badoes common and mid sorts at an advance on
la.t sales rates of 61 per cwt, good and fine fetched full prices
low )ellow sold at 63s to 63s 6d, mid 64s to 65s 6d, good 66s
to 675, and fine bright 67s 6d to 68s 6d per cwt : the latter
all sold at prices on a par with those obtained privately, fine
yellow fetched 65s 6d to 665, good 64s to 64s 6d, mid 62s to
635, low grey 61s to 61s 6d, good and fine brown 60s 6d to
61a 6d, washed 60s to 61s 6d per cwt.
REFINED.—Te-day the Refined Sugar Ma.ket was firm, and
a good business was transacted • standard lump fetched
83s 5d to 845., and brown grocery lump 82s to 83s per cwt. ;
Basterds met with a free sale at 51s to 61a, but Treacle moved
off slowly at the rates quoted above Bonded Crushed Sugar
better salo at 27s per cwt. ; in other articles there is no va-
riation.
MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was no public sale, but
one is declared ; privately several inquiries existed, but few
parcels were to be met with, and stiffer rates were paid—low to
fine yellow fetched 62s to 695, and brown 58s to 61s per cwt.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the trade were free buyers of
Bengal, and 3,500 bags at auction were all sold at very full
rates—goad white fetched 69s 6d, mid 68s to 68s 6d, 10e mid
675, mid yellow 64s to 665, good mid 66s 6d, damp and washed
65s to 68s per cwt.
FOREIGN.— To-day there were buyers of Havannah at last
week's rates, but holders not being disposed to sell thereat
Checked business. We quote good and fine yellow 19s to 20s,
common and mid 18s to 18s 6d, and low to fine white 25s to
30s per cwt. The market looks healthy.
MotassEs.—Prices have been sustained for West India;
Antigua, fine at 30s, and St Kitts good 26s per cwt. Bengal
Syrup 19s to 235. Foreign Molasses at 6s 6d. to 7s 6d per cwt,
Honey, good and fine sorts 45s to 70s, common and middling
28s to 40s per cwt; West India Tamarinds at 40s per cwt.
• COCOA.—There has been an increased demand for West
India Cocoa, and rather higher rates have been paid for the
best sorts, of which the supply is small, other kinds have brought
full prices.
COFFEE.—The demand has been brisk for British Planta-
ticn Coffee for home consumption since last Tuesday, and
prices have advanced 3e to 5s per cwt.
This afternoon the demand was good for all descriptions of
Coffee for home consumption. The sales were 29 bags Mocha,
1010 bags Ceylon, 800 bags E. I. • Mocha sold at 83, 6d to
B;ss, for mid clean, garbled being rather higher. Ceylon being
held for 6d to Is per cwt advance ; a part only found buyers ;
viz., good ordinary brown at 755, good ord coloury 75s 6d to
764 61, and tine ord 79s 6d to file 6d, and triage 335. East
India went at full rates; good and fine ord pale Singapore Java
at 44s 6d to 475, good ord Batavia 35s 6d to 419, good ord
Padang 30e 6d to 31s 6d, low 28s 6d to 30s Fer cwt.
Foreign Coffee at stiffer rates; good ord St. Domingo
fetched 34s to 355. and common to..good ord Rio 33s to 353.
TEA.—The market for Tea has still an healthy appearance.
To-day a good inquiry existed for Tea, but few parcels were to
be met with, and buyers were compelled to pay stiffer rates ;
common and good common sound Congou cash fetched is 8d to
Is 9(1 ; Is 7d to Is 7d is the value of common out of condition.
"Company's Congou is selling at Is 9d, and Twankay at Is 7id
to Is 9d for common and good.
RLM, BRANDY, AND HoLLANns.--In Leewards a fair
business has been transacted at an advance. elf -Idlier gallon ;
proof common quality at 2s 2d, good 2s 21jd to 2.f3d, 2 td t) per
tent one proof 2s Sid to 25 bd per gallon. Jamaica fine qua-

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lity 34 to 36 over proof Os 4d to 5s 6d, good 32 over 51, mid ,
and good mid 29 to 31 over 4s 6d to 4s lld per gallon. Deme-
rara of strong quality has been sought after. Calcutta Rum
at the low duty, Is 8d to Is I Id, andat the high duty at is 61%d
to is 7d per gallon. The market for for Brandy is still in an
inac.ive state; Cognac first brands of the vintage of 1837, hhds
5s 2d, puns, Bs ; 1838, hhds 5s puns, 4s 10d ; 1839, hhds 4s sd,
puns 4s. 3d ; 1840, hhds .3s. 11d, puns 3s 9d ; 1841, hhds
3s 10d puns 3s 8d per gallon. Geneva common at is lld to 2s.
British Corn Spirits at 10s, cash.
To-day, in the Rum market, sales of proof Lewards were
made at 2s 21,4 d to 2s 3id, and Calcutta without certificate at
Is di to is 7d per gallon. The market closed firmly.
Rms.—Java at 6s 9d to 10s 9d for common to good white,
and yellow 7s 6d to 85 6d per cwt. Carolina at 265, 28s, and
30s. per cwt. Patna 14s to 19s per cwt. • This afternoon for
Bengal Rice 103 3d to 10s 6d was paid for middling white ;
Madras at 9s for low, and 9s 6d to 10s for mid white.

MPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Their Lordships met at the usual hour.
TRANSFER OF LICENSES BILL.
This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be
committed on Friday. •
A message from the House of Commons brought up
the Dean Forest Ecclesiastical Districts Bill, and a variety
of other Bills, which were severally read a first time.
PUBLIC-HOUSE BILL.
The Marquis of SALISBURY presented a petition
signed by upwards of 150 individuals of Liverpool, against
certain clauses in the Public-house Bill, with reference
to the powers of interference possessed by the police.
Lord KENYON presented a similar petition, also from
Liverpool.
NATIONAL EDUCATION (IRELAND).
The Archbishop of ARMAGH presented a variety of
petitions from the inhabitants of Ireland against the
present system of national education in Ireland, and in
favour of the system pursued by the Church Educational
Society. The petitions were signed by nearly the
whole of the Irish Protestant clergy, and were worthy
of the most serious attention of their Lordships' House.
The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE concurred in the re-
marks of the Right Rev. Prelate, and in the terms in
which the petitioners had addressed their Lordships.
lie was obliged to the Right Rev. Prelate for having
brought these petitions before the House:
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

Earl of CLARENDON rose pursuaut to notice, to
present a petition from the inhabitants of the Cape of
Good Hope. The petition was signed by 600 individuals,
who stated that they had always been deeply sensible
of the advantages of free institutions. They prayed for
a legislative form of Goveinment, who should be as nearly
similar as possible to the Government of Great Britain,
When they considered the importance of this colony,
containing upwards of 180,000 inhabitants, dissatisfied
with the present form of Government, he thought their
petition was worthy the attention of that House. They were
of opinion that a management of their own affairs would
be likely to render their state more thriving ; and they
were the more convinced of this since the introduction of
municipal institutions amongst them. A Bill was before
the House of Commons to present New South Wales
with a legislative form of Government ; and the inha-
bitants of the Cape of Good Hope thought that they
were quite as capable of managing their own affairs as
New South Wales.

Earl RIPON stated that a similar petition, signed
by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, had been
sent to her Majesty's Government. He could assure his
Noble Friend that her Majesty's Government were as
anxious as any one could possibly be for the welfare of
that important colony. It would be strange, indeed, if
they should fail to see the advantages of that system of
Government by which this country had itself flourished.
There were, however, a variety of difficulties in
the way to be overcome before a similar Govern-
ment could be established there. The very
position of the colony militated against it.
The plan as proposed was exceedingly deficient as to any
description of the means by which it was to be
carried into effect. One part of the plan was
that there was to be but ~one House, and that
was to be altogether elective. Now it was
true that in the constitution proposed for New South
Wales there was to be but one House ; but then some of
the Members were to be appointed by the Crown. He
could only say, in conclusion, that the subject should
have from him the consideration which its importance
deserved. _ _ _ _

Lord BROUGHAM would have preferred that his
Noble Friend had not brought forward this sub-
ject until a more seasonable opportunity presented
itself.—(Hear, hear.) But as it had been brought
forward, he could not let the occasion pass without
saying that he would oppose the introduction of a sys-
tem which was falsely called the extension of the
British constitution into the colony of the Cape.
One great objection which he had to it was
the withdrawal of the protection of the Crown
from that large body of the population which
had recently passed from the condition of slaves to
that of freed men. He objected to place them en-
tirely under the Government of that other por-
tion of the inhabitants who were white freemen. Trini-
dad. and other colonies of the West Indies, had applied for
a local representative Government ; but fortunately for
the coloured population, the application was rejected in
all except one ; and the result of the concession in that
case convinced him that with regard to the interests of
the coloured population, it was not adviseable, it was
not safe, to grant what was called a constitution to the
colony of the Cape until the state of society was con-
siderably improved.
Lord HOWDEN was much gratified that his Noble
Friend (the Earl of Clarendon) had brought forward
this subject. He could, not see the justice of con-
demning a population of 20,000 persons, far ad-
vanced in civilisation and manners, to political
bondage, because the sin of slavery had once
existed amongst them. He believed that the colony was
in every respect fitted to enjoy the advantages of a re-
presentative Government, and he could say from per-
sonal knowledge, that in the whole range of the British
colonies there was not one better affected to the mother
country, nor more sincerely loyal in attachment to the
Sovereign and the Constitution, than the Cape.
After a few words from. Lord BROUGHAM in ex-
planation the conversation dropped.
[LEFT SITTING.]

not to have mentioned names at all—(Laughter)—
particularly as he was wrong.—(Laughter.) He stated
yesterday, that Messrs. Howell and James had deducted
6d. for every sovereign they had taken since the procla-
mation. He had received a letter from them, in which
they stated that the moment the proclamation was issued
they directed their cashiers to take all sovereigns heavy
or light. They had taken upwards of 2,000 in the course
of ten days, and they found only 150 to be light, and
the loss only amounted to about 11. 14s. 6d., or 3d. each.
Mr. FOSTER wished to ask her Majesty's Govern-
ment if any steps were about to be taken with respect to
the silver coinage. He was aware that great inconveni•
1 ence was felt by the public owing to the limited supply

of silver coin.
Mr. GLADSTONE had received complaints of the
inconvenience which the public had recently suffered
from the want of an additional silver currency, but he

was not certain that that inconvenience was at-
tributable to any. actual deficiency of the sil-
ver currency itself. The apparent scarcity of
silver coin was owing to the circumstance that the
half sovereigns had suffered from depreciation
much more relatively than the sovereigns ; they had of
course become more discredited, and, there was in
consequence a greater demand for silver to sup-
ply the place of the half sovereigns. Attention had been
paid to the subject, and an issue of half sovereigns
would take place at the earliest possible period to supply
the place of those which had been discredited.
Dr. BOWNING complained that 'the answer of the
Right Hon. Gentleman was not quite satisfactory. The
inquiry of his Hon. Friend was, whether there was any
intention of making an additional issue of silver coin ?
He (Dr. Bowring) could bear evidence to the great
scarcity of silver coin ; he bad been informed that very
morning by his own bankers that there was a very great

deficiency of silver.
Mr. GLADSTONE said, that if it should prove that
the inconvenience was really owing to a deficiency in
the silver coinage, mewls would be taken to remedy it;
but he doubted if there were any actual scarcity of
silver, for, only about four weeks since, complaints had
been made by the bankers of a surplusage of silver coin.
STADE DUTIES.
Mr. HUT r begged to remind the Right Hon. Baro-
net at the head of the Government, of the promi:e
which he had given some time since, that he (Sir R.
Peel) would infolin him (Mr. Hutt) of the result of
the measures which the Government had adopted for
the settlement of the Stade dues. As he had received no
communication from the Right Hon. Baronet on the sub-
ji-et, he was afraid that nothing satisfactory had been
done. He therefore gave notice that, on Thursday next,
he should ask the Right Hon. Baronet what steps had
been taken for the settlement of the Stade dues.
Sir R. PEEL would give all the information in his
power on the subject of,the Stade Dues immediately.—
(Hear.) The negotiations on the subject were not yet
concluded. He had within the last few days had an in-
terview with the Envoy of the Hanoverian Government
on the subject, and the Envoy had stated that the propo-
sitions of the British Government could not be accepted
by the Hanoverian Government. He was not , able to
give any further information on the subject.
SLAVE TRADE PRIZES.
Captain PECHELL wished, with reference to what
had taken place on Thursday last, to ask where the
money arising from the sale of the prizes cap-
tured by our cruisers engaged in suppressing
the slave trade under the provisions of the Act
of 1839, was lodged, and whether it was the
intention of the Government to introduce a Bill to re-
medy- the oversight of the Act of 1839, and to divide the
money among the captors.
Sir R. PEEL said, that a Bill on the subject had been
prepared, and would be speedily introduced. With re-
gard to the other inquiry cf the Gallant Officer, he
begged to state, that he (Sir R. Peel) had referred to
the public departments, and had not yet received any
answer. When he received an answer, he would inform
the Hon. and Gallant Officer.
CAPTAIN WARNER'S INVENTION.
Sir C. NAPIER wished to ask what steps had been
taken with regard to Captain Warner's ,invention
Captain Warner had, he (Sir C. Napier) understood, ex-
pressed a desire that Lord Hardwick and Lord Ingestrie
should be appointed on the Commission to investigate
the merits of his invention, and had complained that Sir
Byam Martin and Sir Howard Douglas had demanded
of him that he should make known all his
secrets, without having ary guarantee given to
him that they would not be divulged. Captain Warner
further stated that Sir George Murray was . fully cog-
nizant of what had taken place, and that he (Captain
Warner) was desirous of unbosoming himself to the Right
Hon. Baronent—(A laugh)—and that after the merits of
his invention should have been tested, he would leave the
question of compensation entirely in the hands
of the Right Honourable . Baronet. He also
stated that, if a three-decker were placed before
him, he could destroy it immediately. , He (Sir C. Napier)
therefore thought that Government ought to ascertain
whether or not Captain Witmer waf a char.atan.
Sir R. PEEL said that, since the last mention of this
subject three weeks ago, applications had been made by
several individuals to have personal interviews with him
on the subject of secrets which, they stated, were entitled
to the utmost consideration on the part of the state. He
did not mention that in disparagement of Captain War-
ner's invention. Shortly after his (Sir Robert Peel's)
appointment to office, he had had an opportunity of
seeing the extraordinary effects produced - by Captain
Warner's invention, and he signified that he was will-
ing, not only in the regular authorized way to make ex-
periments with respect to the discovery—that he thought
it rested either with the Admiralty or the Board of Ord-
nance to judge of the invention—but that he. himself was
wholly incompetent to form a judgment upon it ; that he
must permit to the heads of these departments the charge
of instituting experiments of this kind, He, therefore,
wrote to Sir George Murray, the blaster-general of the
Ordnance, to request him to name two officers to whom
no possible exception could be taken—who had the most
professional knowledge and the greatest practical skill
in gunnery, and everything respecting the destruction
of human life.—(Laughter.) He had also stated that he
thought it very hard that Capt. Warner should be put to
any expense in the course of conducting the experiments
and proposed that the expense should be borne by the
public. lie asked, then, the House, whether or not,
knowing the number of similar applications that had
been made, he could have taken any better course.
The two gentlemen whom Sir George Murray had
appointed for the purpose of making the experi-
ments were Sir Howard Douglas and Sir T. Hastings.
and he would appeal to any person conversant with those
subjects, whether more suitable parties could be selected.
What he thought right was that the experiments be
taken in the first instance, and let them judge of
them afterwards. That was the course which
he would assure the Honourable and Gallant Admiral
was absolutely necessary. With respect to the danger to
human life in conducting these experiments, the Board
of Ordnance would take the greatest precaution to guard
against it. No experiment would be undertaken that
should be attended with danger. That was
the course which he had pursued, and he
would. venture to say, there would not be one guinea
left in the Treasury, if they were to give way to
all the suggestions of persons, who thought that they
bad made discoveries not only in things pertaining to
the art of war, but to every other art.
After a few words from Sir C. NAPIER the subject
dropped.

BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS..
Lord J. RUSSELL did not wish to interfere with the
motion of his Hon. Friend, the Member for Sheffield,
but he trusted that the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, as
the second reading of his Bill for the prevention of
bribery was not opposed, would allow the second read-
ing to be taken sub silentio, and name some early day
for the committal of the Bill.
The Bill was then read a second time, and at till
suggestion of Sir Robert Peel, the Committee was fixed
for Tuesday next.
AFFGHANISTAN.

Mr. MANGLES believing the statements of the
Right Hon. Baronet, with respect to the advances made
for the war in China and Affghanistan, wished to know
whether any advances had been made to the East India
Company, for the purposes of the war.in Affghanistan.
Sir R. PEEL regretted that the Hon. Member had
not given notice of Lis question. What he stated was,
that the expenses of the war in Affghanistan required
so much expenditure on the part of the East India
Company, that it was inconvenient for them to be in
advance on acceunt of the war in China ; and it was in
consequence of that that he had proposed that two sums
of money should be raised to defray the expenses, not
of the Affghanistan but of the Chinese war.
THE BALLOT. _ _

The SPEAKER-having called upon Mr. Ward to
bring on his motion with respect to the Ballot,
Mr. BERKELEY and Mr. THORSLEY presented peti-
tions from Liverpot 1 and Bristol in favour of the Ballot.
Mr. WARD said that ho rose to address the House
with a very sincere sense, both of the difficulty and of
the importance of the task he had undertaken of sub-
mitting the question of the Ballot for the first
time, to the consideration of the present House
of Commons.—(Hear, hear, hear.) When he talked
of the difficulty of the task, he did not mean
merely that embarrasment which he felt, and which
every man of inferior powers must fail in at-
tempting to engage the attention of that House toll
question involving so much, both of principles and of de-
tails, as the Ballot ; but he had to contend with the addi-
tional difficulty of ridding his own mind from the
recollection of the admirable ability, the aptitude
of illustration, the closeness of reasoning, and the
high mental and logical powers brought to him,
upon that very question by his lion. Friend, the late
Member for the City of London, Mr. Grote—a gentle-
man whom all who knew him admitted to have been an
ornament to that House—(Hear, hear)—however much
they might differ from him in political opinions
and who had brought to bear upon that
question in the three first Parliaments after
the passing of the Reform Bill the best efforts of
his highly cultivated mind. But while there was nothing
he should so mach fear or deprecate as any comparison
between the manner in which he might deal with the
question and that adopted by his Hon. Friend Mr. Grote,
he was encouraged in attempting to follow in his path
by the recollection that time had brought many of his
opinions, as to the consequences of open voting, to the
test ; that what might have been disputed ten years ago,
could not now be denied, and that instead of any reason-
ing upon abstract principles, he had only to ask the House
to provide e remedy for evils now universally admitted, but
in which many had formerly disbelieved. He could
now appeal to the Acts of the House, to the Reports of
the Committees, to the records of its own proceedings,
to those painfulproceedings, and humiliating discussions which had
taken up so much of their time, to show that the ten-
dency of the system of open voting had been progressing
from had to worse, that its effects were most demoralising,
most discreditable to the character of the country in the
eyes of the world, and that a remedy was indispen-
sable, unless they meant
,to forfeit the confidence, to