The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-25 00:00:00

CITY MARKETS-(TWO O'CLOCK.)

The Market for Plantation SUGARS continues to wear a
favourable appearance, and there is a full attendance in
Mincing-lane this morning. A sale of Mauritius, fine
quality, for refining, is going off at an advance.
The delivery last week was 3,l 19 hogsheads for home
consumption, and 41 hogsheads for exportation, leaving
the stock in the West India Docks, 45,562 hogsheads and
4,255 tierces. The transactions in Mauritius are exten-
sive, 3,280 bags were delivered last week for the home
trade, and 1,250 for export. In Foreign and Refined
Sugars there is not much doing.
COFFEE.—The dealings this morning are on a limited
scale at former prices.
RUM.—The demand for exportation continues, and the
Market generally may be quoted firm. Fine Jamaicas
are one penny higher. There were delivered last week
from the West India Docks, 907 puncheons,: of which
580 were for exportation. The arrivals continue to be
pretty large, and the stock yesterday was 22,422 pun-
cheons and 1,870 hogsheads.
Hors.—The accounts of this morning from the plan-
tations are again unfavourable, and there is a great in-
crease in the demand fur hops, at an advance of from 4s.
to ss. per cwt. The duty is now called from 30,000/. to
133,000/. .

SPICES.—The transactions in Pepper are not on so ex-
tensive a scale as they were a few days since, hut prices
are fully supported. Cinnamon is steady at last sale prices.
DRUGS.—The Drugs lately offered have gone off pretty
well.

The East India sale of HEMP this morning went off
very heavily. The Hemp was bought in at from 15s. to

1 69. 6d. per cwt.
BALTIC PKODUCE.-The dates from St. Petersburgh
are to the 9th. Exchange, 10 11-1 6 ; Tallow 103
rubles; shipped off 7,000 casks. English ships ar-
rived 44S—sailed 306. Here Tallow is 3Ss. per cwt.
The delivery last week was 1,4.27 casks. Hemp and Flax
firm ; Bristles are rather heavy.
SALTPETRE.-There has been an extensive arrival, and
the Market is less firm.

The mercantile letters to the end of June, received from

Honduras, slate that the quantity of Mahogany cut this
season was not so great as last year. The whole number
of logs cut amounted to 3,596.
Commercial advices received to-day from Canton, quote
no improvement in the demand for British manufactured
goods, and native produce was dull. The intercourse be-
tween Canton and the Australian settlements was become
more extended, and there was every prospect of a consi-
derable trade being carried on. British manufactured
Chintz, of 28 yards, fetched from 4 to 5 dollars ; Long
Cloths, of 40 yard, 5} to 6?, dollars; Muslins, 34, to 40
yards, 24 to 3 dollars; Cambrics, of 12 yards, l to 2
dollars ; and Monteiths Bandameos, to 2 dollars per
piece. English Woollens, 14. to l dollars per yard.
Ditto Camblets, 30 to 32 per piece.

Lord STAN LEY (one of the county Members,
who passed through this town last week), Sir JOHN
GERARD and family, Captain STEVENSON, of the Guards,
the Rev. Mr. DRUMINIOND (a Protestant Clergyman),
nephew of P. E. TOWNELEY, Esq. and a number of
other distinguished gentlemen, have been several days at
owneley, near Burnley, enjoying the hospitality of the
worthy owner of that mansion, and participating in the
sports introduced on the 12th of August.—Blackburn
Gazette.

The late JOHN REEVE, Esq., left behind him
a most valuable Historical and Biblical Library, and an
immense number of curious volumes relating to English
Law. He was a great Hebrew scholar.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—This morning at ten
o'clock, an inquest was held before W. L. NEWMAN, Esq.
at Guy's Hospital, on the body of RICHARD LAMBOURN,
the wretched man charged with the murder of his wife at
Blackheath, and who subsequently cut his own throat.
Several witnesses were examined, alter which the Jury
retired, and consulted fur about twenty minutes, when they
returned the following verdict:—" That the deceased
RICHARD LAMBOURN came to his death by a wound in..
theteil by himself on his throat, being at the time of un-
sound mind."

It is said that ROWLAND STEPIIENSON has
been for some time residing in Bristol, Pa., and the report
goes that he has purchased Dr. SHIPPEN'S establishment
and farm in that vicinity.--Boston Paper.

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