The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-04 00:00:00

LIST OF Si

.0 itTISH COIVPANIES' PRICES,
SEPT. 28, 1839.
BANKS.
000,0084 61. p. Ct. Bank ot Scotland...B3/. 6s. Bd. A. all pd 1721.
2,600,0001. 5.i p. ct. Br yal of Scotland ..1001..5h. all pd 160,4
500.0001. 2p. ct. British Linen Company 1001 h. all pd V 44
k 0003,000,0001. 6/. p. ct. Commercial ............. ..5001. sh. 1001. pd 1734
,0001. se. ct. National . ............... lOO/.sh. 10/. pd 164
2,000,0001. 6/. p. ct. Glasgow Union ..... .. ..... 250/. sh. 504 r 1,74
4,000,0001. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland -.2001. sh 4%, pd 604 INSURANCE COMPANIES. '
250,0001 h. 61p. ct. Scottish Union, .............. 20:. sh. 1/. pd Iss.
7,500 6i p. ct. Hercules ..................... Irxd. %h. 10/. pd 13111.
100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of' Scotia:id .101. sh. all ptl 104 Os.
50,000 6p. ct„, North British. ......... „ 2001.311. 10/. pd 19f/.
1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Etre-- 1001. sh. 101. pd 101.10 s.
1005,000 6P. ct. Edinburgh lte, . ..... looi. sh. 10/, pd 14110 s,
,000 Sf P. et. West el Sceti7and. ..... .. .............. 101. pd 7165.
MISCEI,LANEOUS.
4,810' ........ Edin. 2*
.ad Glas. Un. Canalso/. sh. all pd /OZ.
Ditto Allocated .. . . ... ..- . .96/. sh. all pd 471.
5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock NV..ater.2s/. all. all pd 3514
Carron Iron Company 2501. sh. all pd 411.
2.0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founderv 50/.sh 48/. pd 544
10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 201. sh. 164 pd 8/
4.500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Ga, .2.,,1. sh. all pd P.:0;
4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas ........ - ........ :254 sh. all pd 507
750 '7,i per cent. Leith Coal Gas 291.5 h. all pd 5n7
1,200 - . .... Edinburgh and Dalkeith Ree.wayso/. ab. 3:17;
2,000 5 ne."; cant. Fmlitable Loan company 45/. sh. pct P.,... ).i

PROMENADE CONCERTS.—It gives us plea_
sure to observe that on Monday ne'r„t the Coneerk, /a
'English Opera
Alusard are to be recommenced_ at the
Ilouse. We trust that t.hP phpulari:.,y they obtained
last year will be continues:d ; and rrAnning our eye over
the list of principal -ore can scarcely doubt
their success. Ile inanageri,ent is vested in a commit-
',performers,
tee, consisting of Messr-
j ~.. Grattan Cooke, Lauri,,
1 un., Harper, Hatfr.,„, and Platt. The band is corn-
( "5" of sixty w...dsical artists.

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EVENING- EDITION.

PRICE OF SUGAR.

EFFECT OF MONOPOLY

Table showing the ex-duty price of West India Suzar,
Mincing-lane, and comparing the same against that of
foreign sugars :

London, Oct. 4, 1839.
The Gearsite of this evening will quote the Per Cwt.
average prise of British Plantation Mus-
oeva4o Sugar, etclusive of duty at 118 s
The actual quantity sold on account of the io,porters
inlthe week ending the 28th of September, according to
the returns made on oath by the West Italia sugar
brokers, in conformity with the Act of Parliament, and
on wlich the above price is computed, consisted of 1,664
hhds., 168 trs., and 58 barrels.

The delivery of sugar from the bonded warehouses
fell short last week of the delivery in the corresponding
week of 1838 by 1,058 Wads.
The stock of West India sugar in the docks of this
port now exceeds that of 1838 by 5,252 hhds. and trs.
From the Ist January to the 30th September, 1837,
the deliveries were 98,982 hhds. and trs. ; from the Ist
January to the 30th September, 1838, the deliveries
were 89,104 hhds. and trs. ; from Ist January to the
30th September, 1839, the deliveries were 70,442 hhd,.
sad trs.

The decrease, thereforP, in the demand for sugar, at
the Port of London only, has been, from the commence-
ment of the year to the present date, 28.540 hhds. And
tre., as compared with the like period in 1837 ;
less, as compared with the same in 1888, by 18,662
hhds. and trs.
Manilla and other free labour sugars have maintained
their prices since our last return, and may be quoted,
qttality for quality, at 15s. 6d. per cwt. less than West
India sugar.
The transactions in the British Plantation Sugar Mar-
k.et are few, and at lower prices.

KENSINGTON PETTY SESSIONS.

ANOTHER. OP THE QUEEN'S SUITORS.--SINGULAR LET-
TERS TO HER MAJESTY, THE DUCHESS OF KENT, &c.
On Wednesday, a man, about 30 years of age, attired in
a blue coat, vc ith trousers and waistcoat of broad Tartan
plaid, a sun-burnt countenance, and rich brickdust-co-
loared whiskers, applied for advice to Mr. Pilkington,
the sitting Magistrate, under the following circum-

stances :
He said his name was James Bryan, and that he
was a native of Crouchley, in Ayrshire. He had some
time since taken an empty room at the house No. 8,
Sutton-street, Kensington, which he had quitted in debt,
to the amount of 13s. 6d., about three weeks since,
when he made out a list of things which he had left be-
hind, at a valuation, to be taken by the landlord. He
had alsoleft some things over and above the valuation,
which he bad left in the eare of the landlady until he
cane back ; but he then found the first articles had
been sold at a certain price, and the others were de-
tained to make up the deficiency which had arisen.
Among those were some valuable papers of a secret na-
-4 tare, and some prints of great value.
Inspector Smith, of the T division, producing a bun-
de of asanus cripts, which, he said, had been handed
over to him by Mrs. Stewart, the landlady of the house
in which the applicant had resided, informed the Wor-
thy Magistrate that the secret papers Bryan spoke
about were copies of letters which he had addressed to
her Majesty, the Duchess of Kent, Lord Melbourne,
&c., professing an intense affection for the Queen, and
advising her Majesty as to the Government of the coun-
try, and the state of affairs in general.
Mr. PILLINGTON having examined the papers, asked
the applicant if those were the important papers he had
been speaking of ?
Bryan replied that they were. They were private
documents, and ought not to be made public ?
Mr. Pll.ristarrox—Some of them are, I see, addressed
to the Queen. Do you mean that letters, of which
these are copies, have been forwarded to her and the
other parties named ?
Bryan—They have all been forwarded and received
by tbe parties. I have got the letters to the Queen's
own hands. Ia m known to many of them. I did not
think my secret papers would be made public. I could
show you a great deal if was to go the bottom of it. I
am not touched (pointing to his head), as you may
suppose. I am perfectly sane. Ido love the Queen,
and always shall.
Mr. FILICINGTON—You have been carrying on a very
high correspondence, and as those documents are of great
importance in your estimation, you wish, I suppose to
regain their possession.
The landlady said the things were not worth the
amount owing for rent ; they, with the exception of
some old clothes, only consisted of about a dozen of
Court Gazettes, having portraits of her Majesty and
prints of Windsor Castle, &c., and the papers the In-
spector had produced. On the previous day Bryan
had come back and demanded them, and, on being re-
rimed, had threatened her with violence.
Bryan—Na, na, woman, je dinna tell the truth. The
breeks wad hae dune for the bairns, and the papers are
worth gold.
The Worthy Magistrate said he could not interfere
between, thew. The applicant had not brought any
inventory of what be had left at his lodgings, and, being
in arrear for rent, he (Mr. Pilkington) could make no
order in the case.
Bryan then left the office, casting a sad " long, lin-
gering look behind" at his papers, which were detained
by the Inspector.
The letters throughout breathe love and adoration
towards her Majesty.
One letter, the third, is dated " Windsor," and corn-
, ounces with—
! ^ Dearly beloved Lady Victoria,—l am sorry to hear
1 that you are unwell, yet I hope it is nothing serious.
Ydu are well aware what feseshion (physician) to apply
to for a safe and speedy cure ;"
' and ends with the following couplet :
e Ns, all true lovers, brave and fair, enjoy celestial graces,
yay so old pampered party men prevent their seeing each other's
faces."
A fourth letter announces his arrival at Windsor in
i perfect health ; and a sixth epistle, in which he apologises
for having caused the Queen so much trouble, and tells
i her Majesty that her not having thought his letters worthy
1 of notice or answer, is ascribable to her disdainful pride,
and that " the fair" in his native land that had had an op-
portunity of being acquainted with him, and were at all
near his own complexion, had offered him their love
" with smiles and signs of love," yet but five of them had
I been answered by him, " you (the Queen) having been
my chief concern for years past."
There was a letter addressed to the Duchess of Kent,
dated

" Kensington, Dec. 1838.

" Kind and affectionate mother—May I he sorry that
I have so passionately loved your daughter, since neither
you or her think it worth your while to let me know
whether or not you have received anything from my
band, for which cause I walk in darkness, concerning
that important matter of so much importance to many.
I came voluntary to this country for no other purpose
ttran to obtain a place in your fair daughter's heart, hav-
ing seen print impressions of her fine open features. I
thought her fine large eye spoke love to me, even in
print. Unadvised by any man, unassisted by any
man, I left my native home, trusting in the
Lord for my direction and protection, and I have
found him worthy to be trusted. I have been
as fortunate a:, I could expect. Dear lamb, she appears
to love me, or I would not appear so often in Windsor,
but for her sake and for the sake of the glorious cane
of Ty dear &ord and Master." [He then goes on to
say that although he is poor, he has been taken at
Windsor by the soldiers for a prince, and the people in
the streets have said, " What a fine looking young man,
as lovely as the rising sun, for the Queen's husband, he
is so like her ;" and some foreigners said so on passing
him; " ehabbering in their own language."
The last letter has been sent to Lord M.lbourne,
and is very lengthened. It stated his first visit to see
the Queen when Princess, in 1835 ; then his next visit,
in 1837, when he followed her Majesty along the road, '
under the triumphal arches of evergeen and " flours,"
on her first visit to Windsor. How the Queen looked
-4 him when in the Chapel Royal, and also while riding
*the Great Park with her uncle, the King of the Bel-
atter a number of observations on the state
tritceountter, and a wish that at least 105,0001. should
‘."47e,aide for the building of school-houses and main-
t6lailatteachers concludes, • fter wishing that the people
of 13rit4in inev'know what '
is necessary for their soul's
salvation, with the following couplet :
" The soar
That still we shall
emtion presheoue is and it can never be,
for ever live and no corruption see.'