The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-26 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

BRADFORD WOOLLEN MARKET, THURSDAY.—The prices
and demand are the same as last week. The trade in yarns
has at last received a little check, we hope, however, only a
temporary one ; but as the foreign demand has also ceased,
no other result could have been anticipated. It has, however,
had no effect on prices, nor will they probably be lower for
some weeks, even should the present slackness continue. The
wool staplers have this week shown more anxiety to sell than
of late, and it is thought in a few cases rather lower rates have
been accepted.
MANCHESTER COTTON TRADE, FRIDAY EVENlNG.—Specu-
haers on the Liverpool market having continued their opera-
tions for the last three or four days with vigour ; it has caused
great dulnes3 in both our piece-work and yarn market, and as
no considerable sales have been made, it is difficult to say
correctly the value of either. It i, thought that in a few in-
stances rather lower rates have been taken for some descrip-
tioos of cloth.

The extensive spinning and calico printing establishment of
Messrs. Brown and Powell, Stockport, will finally close this
week. They have employed above 1,500 hands, and paid up-
wards of 1,0001. per week wages. This will cause great dis-
tress among the hands for some time, as well as a serious in-
convenience to the petty tradesmen in the vicinity of the
works, among whom this large weekly sum has been ancus-
tomed to circulate.
MANCHESTER CATTLE MARKET, JAN. 23.—The show of
stock was good, and the buyers, son,e of whom came even
from Sheffield and Barnsley, very numerous. Every thing was
cleared off at id. per lb. advance on last week's rates. Cattle,
1,149; Sheep, 4,049; Calves, 39 13:er, 54d. to 60. per
lb. ; Mutton, 6id. to nd. ; Veal, 7d. to 71d., sinking the offal.
WAKEFIELD, CORN MARKET, JAN. 25.—The supply of
Wheat is again larger, and sold at a decline of ls. to 2s. per
quarter ; but there is a decidedly better feeling in the trade.
Barley in good show, but the trade not brisk, and sold at a
little le S 3 money ; Oats and Beans steady. Wheat, 13,724 ;
Barley, 6,574; Beans, 1,223 ; Oats, 1,973.

On Thursday evening, a young woman named Eliza
Norman, residing- with her parents at No. 19, Middlesex-
'street, Somers' Town, waG suddenly seized with a fit and fell
with her back on ti,:_‘ fire. Her clothes instantly ignited, anr_i
before she could be rescued, and was conveyed to the Univer-
sity College Hospital, she was so severely injured that she now
flies without hope of recovery.

CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 26. —.SMITH'S PRIZEMEN• --Dr..Smith's
annual prizes to the two best proficients in matheripati,f7.s and
natural philosophy among the comwencing Bachelors of Arts
were yesterday afternoon adjudged Sc, ;-Ist,—Percival Frost
St. John's College; 2d,—Benjamin M, Cowie, St. 4ohtes
College, the second and first Wranglers.

PRICE OF SUGAR.

EFFECT OF MONOPOLY.

Table showing the ex-duty price of West India Sugar in Mincing-
lane, and comparing the same against foreign sugars :
London, Jan. 18, 1839.
The Gazette of this day quotes the average price of British .Per cwt.
Plantation Muscovado Sugar, exclusive of duty, at 37a. 21d..
Muscovado Sugars raised by free labour in the Manilla are
worth this week from 225. to 245. per cwt., being
about (Os. per cwt. less than the average price of West
India kW,
The bour:lY on refined Sugar having, in October last, been reduced to.
355. Sd., per cwt., .no sales for exportation at that rate of bounty have.
been effected ; the etCestively high prices paid by all British consumers;
cannot, therefore, now fie attributed to the bounty. Nevertheless„
this reduction still leaves, alien:dog Is. per cwt. for the poisonous dirt con...
tabled in the Muscovado or rnois! Sugar—and which is extracted by the
process of refining, a clear bounty of 10s. Sd. per cwt., which would, in
the event of an ample supply of Sugar from the West Indies, come into
active operation, and by stimu.`ating the exportation of refined Sugar.
always maintain the average pries' of West India Muscovados at 101. yet
cwt. above the price of free labour ,Sugar from other quarters.
British Treacle is worth Ss. ad, per cwt. in the foreign markets, The
same has been sold this week at 335, per cwt., being an excess of price
paid by the nation of 245. 6d. per cwt.,
.'n other words, 245. 6d. per cwt.
on Treacle contributed by the poor man too,
aids West India Bounty, and
not, as it is erroneously supposed, towards re. 'enue•
COFFEE.—The duty on West India Coffee, th,g-' price of it ranging from
05s. to 138 s. per cwt , is 565. per cwt., about 50 p.:r cent. ad valorem.
of it being 425. per
The duty on St. Domingo Coffee, the average price,
cwt., is 140 s. per cot., or about 300 per cent. ad valor.."- The pretty.:
o 250 per cent-
ti, e duty, therefore, on West India Coffee is equivalents.
Some importers of Coffee, availing themselves of the privileg es con ferrrert
by the East India Company's Charter, have absolutely 8114 'Ped COffee
from the Brazils to the Cape of Good Hope, and thence to England,.
where, in consequence of the privilege alluded to above, it is adms.tted for
home use at a duty of 84s. per cwt. A sale of Brazil Coffee broug2lt br
this circuitous route occurred in Mincing.lane last week, so that through
:riekety, and favouritism in duty, the British public are unconsciously
made cond,troers of Coffee raised by slave labour, to the exclusion of that
cultivated by free hands in St. Domingo.
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We Demonstrated the week before last that the gain to the monopolists,
arid the logs to t;;.e British community by the protective laws on West In.
d!a produce arnountt.d to 4,210,0001. per annum.

FROM LAST SIGHT'S GAZETTE.

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BUCKINGHAM PALAC}, Js v. 24, 1839.
This day had audience of her 31ajesty, Prince Michael Soutzo, Envoy,
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from tbr King of Greece,
to deliver his letter of recall; to which he was introduced by Lord
Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's Principal Secretary' of State for
Foreign AfThirs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Km`, Master of
the Ceremonies.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 14.
Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the appointment Of Sir
Francis Palgrave, Knight, to be the Deputy Keeper of the Records.'

WHITEHALL, JAN. 19

The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Clarkson, of Bradford, int
the county of York, Gent.; Henry Whitmarsh, of Battle, in the county
of Sussex, Gent. ; John Lord, of Ashton.under-Lyne, in the county of
Lancaster, Genf.; and John Roscorla, of Penzance, in the county of
Cornwall, Gent., to be Masters Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery,

WAR OFFICE, JAN. 25.

13th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon P. Nit°!son,
M.D., from the 57th Regiment of Foot. to be Assistant-Surgeon, •ice
Brodie, appointed to the 11th Regiment, Jan. 25.
15th Regiment of Light Dragoons—T. Hurford, from Acting Vete—
rinary Surgeon, with the Depots of the ht Dragoon Guards and 7tle
Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Hogreve, who resigns,
Jan. 25.

4th Regiment of Foot—Lieut.•Colonel J. Leslie, from the kalf.pay
Unattached, to be Lieut.-Col., vice J. England, who exchanges, Jan. 25.
Ilth Foot—Captain J. Fordyce, from the 35th Regiment of Foot, to
be Captain, vice Westropp, appointed to the 99th Regiment of Foot;
Ensign E. L. Blosse to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Way, who re—
t res ; S. F. Jacson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Blosse,.
J. 411. 25.

49th Foot—Ensign H. P. L'Estrange, from the 88th Regiment of
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Jeruingham who retires, Jan. 25.
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35th Foot—Brevet-Major H. Cooper, from the 99th Regiment of
o', to be Captain, vice Fordyce, appointed to the 11th Regimast of
Foot, Jan. 25.

39th Foot—Ensig❑ H. Gray to be Lieut., without purchase, lice
Viney, deceased, July 1 ; Gentleman Cadet J. C. Harvey, from then
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Gray, Jan. 25.
41st Foot—Ensign J. Email to be Lieut., without purchase, vice
Morris, deceased, Aug. 16; Ensign M. H. Nepean, from the 77th Re.
g:ment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hill, deceased ; Gentleman
Cadet A. W. Smith, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice
Eman, Jan. 25.
43d Foot—Lieut. H. Skipwith, from the half.pay Unattached, to be
Lieutenant, vice Oxenden, appointed to the 59th Regiment of Foot,
Tan. 26; Hon. J. Kennedy to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Skipwith,
Jan. 25.

58th Foot—Lieut. W. D. Oxenden, from the 43d Foot, to be Lieu_
tenant, vice Nicholls, appointed to the Royal Newfoundland Veteran
Companies, Jan. :16.

62d Foot—Ensign W. M`Nair to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Beatty, deceased, Dec. 15.

Gentleman Cadet W. F. Dickson, from the Royal Military College,
to be Ensign, vice M`Nair, Jan. '25.

Gah Foot—Ensign St. L. Barry to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Bullock, deceased, Jan. 10 ; Quartermaster-Sergeant T. Paul to be
Ensign, vice Barry, Jan. '25.

77th Foot—Gentleman Cadet A. B. Rooke, from the Royal Military
College, t. be Ensign, without purchase, vice Nepean, promoted in the
41st Regiment of Foot, Jan. 25.

84th Foot—F. Mills, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Harrison,
pi emoted, Jan. 25.
86th Foot—E. Norton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
L'Estrange, appointed to the 29th Regiment of Foot, Jan. 25.
89th Foot—Ensign H. Crawford to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Blunt, deceased, Nov. 8; Ensign 0. C. O'Brien, from the 2d West
India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Crawford, Jan. 25.
90th Foot—Ensign F. Woodgate to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Eyton, who retires; H. Lccky, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Woodgate, Jan. 25.
91st Foot—Ensign R. C. Onslow to be Lieutenant, by purchase. vice
Ewing, who retires; J. G. Hacker, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase,
vice Onslow, Jan. 25.
59th Foot—Captain J. P. Westropp, from the 11th Regiment of
Foot, to be Captain, vice Cooper, appointed to the 35th Regiment of
Foot, Jan. 25.
2d West India Regiment—Ensign J. Miler, to be Lieutenant, with.
out purchase, vice Ring, appointed to the 21st Regiment of Foot, Jan.
25 ; Ensign G. L. %%cock% from the Royal African Colonial Corps,
to be Ensign, without purchase, rice Oswald, appointed to the 35th
Regiment of Foot, Jan. 24; J. Weyland, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Miller, Jan. 25; Serjeant-Major W. Bayly, irons the Bth
iLlegiment of Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice O'Brien,
pointed to the 89th Regiment of Foot, Jan. 23.

Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Second Lieut. E. J. Holworthy to be First
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Johnstone, who retires; H. B. Croker,
Gent , to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Holworthy, Jan. 25.
Rcyal African Colonial Corps—T. Donaldson, Gent.-to be Ensign,
oithout purchase, vice Wocdd, appointed to the 2d West India Rezi—
ment, Jan. '25. . . _

Royal Newfound!and Veteran Companies—Lieutenant J. Nicholls,
f. om the 58th Regiment of Foot to be Lieutenant, Tice J. Masters,
who retires upon half.pay, Jan. ‘26.
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Royal Malta Fencible Regiment —P. Salamone, Gent., to be Quarter.
master, with local and temporary rank, vice Piott, dismissed the Ser.
vice by the sentence of a General Court-martial, Jan. 25.
UNATTACIIED.—Ensign H. Skipwith, from the 43d Regiment of Foot,
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, Jan. 25.
MEMORANDUNL—Lieut. P. Simpson of the retired fall pay of the sth
Royal Veteran Battalion, has been allowed to retire from the Army,
with the sale of a Lieutenancy, he being a settler in New South Wales,
Jan. 25

For C. A. Daniell, Gent. to be Ensign, in the 85th Foot, by pur-
ch:ise, vice Innes, w•ho retires, as stated in the Gazette of 18th January,
read C. A. Daniell, Gent. to be Ensign, in the 85th Foot, by putcitase,
vice Jones, who retires.

Commissions by Lords. Lieutenant.

County of Dorset—J. W. Williams, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Royal Carnarvonshire Militia—T. E. Roberts, Esq., to be Captain,
vice Williams, resigned.

DECLARATIONS OP INSOLVENCY.

THOMAS GREEN, bill-broker, Abchurch.lane.
ROBERT SELBY FIRMIN and WILLIAM KING, button.manu.
f'acturera, Conduit-street, Hanover-square.
WILLIAM HARRISON, tailor, Ebenezer. place, Limehouse.
THOMAS COOPER, coke-manufacturer, Lewes.
BANKRUPTS.

WILLIAM EDWARDS, cabinet maker, Wentworth-street, Spital
fields, to surrender Jac. 31, at one, and March 8, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Yates, Bury.street,
St. Mary.axe.
FREDERICK FORMAN GIBBS, merchant, Liverpool, Feb.
and March 8, at one, at the Clarendon.rooms, Liverpool. Kirk, Sy.
mond's.inn, Chancery lane, London; Yates, Liverpool.
THOMAS WOOD, ironmonger, Alnwick, Northumberland, Feb.
15, and March 8, at eleven, at the White Swan Inn, Alnwick. Bin&
marsh and Son, Crescent, Jewin.street, Cripplegate, London; Spauxa
and Carr, Alnwick.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall•street.
T. Parker, stationer, Kent-road, Southwark, Feb. 15, at eleven—J.
and W. B. Meyer, merchants, Old Broad street, Feb. 15, at half-past
eleven—H. M. Rimmel and Co., Regent.street, Feb. 15, at twelve—G.
T. Ferrers, bedding manufacturer, Great Pulteney.street, Golden-square,
Feb. 15, at one.

In the Country.
A. Abraham, druggist. Stoke-upon. Trent, Feb. 18, at eleven, at
Eagle Inn, Lane End, Staffordshire—J. Lashmar, merchant, Brighthelm.
stone, Feb. 16, at twelve, at the Town-Hall, Brighthelmstone—J. Dale,
woollen draper, Ely, Cambridrshire, Feb. 20, at eleven, at the Duke's
/lead Inn, King's Lynn, Norfolk—T. Iznn, merchant, Handsworth.
Staffordshire, Feb. 16, at twelve, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham
—R. More, linen draper, Norwich, March 12, at twelve, at the Rampant
Horse Inn, Norwich—J. Wright, grocer, Liverpool, Feb. 16, at one, a t
the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool—J. Wilson, upholsterer, Liverpool,.
Fcb. 16, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool.
CERTIFICATES—FEb. 15.
S. Saunders, carver, Devonpert—J. and G. Grove, maltsters, Bir-
mingham—R. D. Wilmot, merchant, Liverpool—A. Stiles, boarding
and lodging-housekeeper, Gower-street, Bedford-square—C. H. Rowel,
woollen-draper, Cheltenham—H. S Shrapnel and M. Jousiff, grocers.
Birmingham—H. W. Smith, builder, Greenwich—J. Trait, plumber,.
Berners-street, Oxford.street—J. Green, sen , and Co., paper-manufac-
turers, Maidstone—B. Binyon, tea-dealer, Manchester—F. Sherweod„
builder, Cornwall-road, Lambeth—J. Guibert and M. Evans, jewelless„
St. James's-place, Clerkenwell.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.,
G. Fable and A. Rowand, merchants, Liverpool—E. Roberts, and J.
Peckover, cabinet-makers, High.etreet, Hoxton—J. H. Whiteman and
W. H. Perry, engravers and printers, Princes-street, Soho—W. Phipps
and J. Nurse, curriers, Turnmill-street, Clerkenwell—S. M. Bulley and
Co., Stockport, Cheshire, as far as regards Robert Aked— W. Broadhead
and J. Brierly, plumbers, Manchester—J. Berry and J. Peers, cotton.
spinners, Manchester—W. Shrapnell and Shrapnel!, tea.dealers,
Bath—T. Staple and W. Staple, bricklayers, Chesham, Buckingham.
shire—E. Fletcher ..nd Co., King's Arms yard and Liverpool (as fax as
re:zards Henry Porcher)—C. Roberts and J. Dodwell, chemists and
druggists, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire—J. OaLey and J. Smith, car.
penters, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire—W. Watson and Co., masons.
Huddersfield, Yorkshire—F. P. Becker sad A. E. Walker, engravers.
Eusten.plase, Ncw.road.