The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-15 00:00:00

The last Gazette quotes the average price of British

Plantation Muecovado Sugar, exclusive of duty, at ... 89s.
The actual quantity sold, in the week ending the Bth inst., and ca
which the above price is computed, consisted of 369 hhds. and I
tierce.

Musoovade Ensue raised by free labour. on plantaticns east of the
ape of Good Hope, have been add at from 235. to 245. fd, per cwt,
his week, being about, lbs. Yd. per evrt. less than the average price
of West India sugar.

The aspect *tithe Sugar Market In lefincing.lane 'realities ex-
tremely gloomy, and lower prices have been accepted ; there are ao
arrivals this week, but as the buyers are aware that large supplies
are at hued, and that several tone will be landed when the wind
veers to a quarter favourable fur ships coming up Chanel, they
wisely refrain from taking snore Sugar off the Market than will ea.
tisfy their immediate wants, consequently the Importers have been
able to sell only bill casks in the two weeks ending 9th last. Since
that date, the transactions have been so few, that it would be diffi-
cult to quote the actual reduction in prices. Yesterday, however,
amongst other sales, about 100 hhds. were taken by the refiners at
as average price of ll3s. 4d. per *wt., for the same marks Ofls. per
cwt. were obtained three weeks ago. In 1838,411,000 tons of Sugar
were imported into Great Britain from Jamaica. From the recent
advisee it is now thought that not much less than that weight will be
received from Jamaica in 1139. 7he crop isoertainly late, and the
bulk of the Sugar will not arrive until July, two m laths after the
usual period.
In order t• favour the •Iws if a partieular Interest, the Govern.
ment has engaged to pay the monopoly price far Sugar required for
the use of the Navy ; if the members, who compriset he Board which
has the direction of these affairs were called upon t* defray from

their own salaries, the difference of price existing between the Bri.
fish Sugar they have bought, awl the Foreign Sugar they might
hays bought, we should long since have heard of their zeal to re.
presenting to the Legislature the necessity of reminding a law so
inconvenient to their pockets, but because the money Is paid from
the natienal funds, these gentlemen are perfectly quiet. if supplies
for the Navy are usually purchased at monopoly prices, as In this
instance, we hare at wee a reason why our ships hare net their
full complement of men on board ; the money expended on British
Plantation Sugar for ten sailors would, If laid
.out in foreign free
labour Muscovado, supply seventeen. The Mercantile Marine take
Foreign Sugars for stores, and why the Royal Navy is not prii-ilegest
in the same manner Is inexplicable. It Is bad enough that indivi-
duals hare to pay a monopoly price for the Sugar they eoneume; but
besides this evil, that they should have to subscribe money to be
lavished on greedy monopolists in the purchase of their inferior and
high priced articles for the supply of the public service, when better
and cheaper may be had, is positively an intolerable abuse.
On Tuesday, 7,000 mats of Mamitius Sugar were offered at auo..

tion ; about 300 found purehasers, the remaining numbers were
bought in. Some of the lots have since been sold to parties who
have taken the Government contract for 100 tons. The fall in

price from the highest point of the Market is 2s. dd. per *wt., and
the excess in the docks of this port of this description of Sugar over
the stock he'd at this period last year, is about 2,000 tone.
Bengal Sugars may be quoted is. per cwt. lower; the stock in
Domicil now exceeds the stock of last year by 1,000 tens.
There are no sales for exportation of Refined wade frot* West
India Sugar to report this week.
Corsaa.—Large arrivals of Brazil Coffee, via the Cape of (lost
Hope, are daily expected ; this Coffee, the produce of slave labour,
is admissible for home use at a duty of 84s. per ewt., provided it is
earried in the first instance to the Cape, and Meuse transhipped to
legland ; but if brought direct from the Brazils to our ports, the
duty would be I4os. per cwt. To evade the higher duty, the riser.
chant therefore sends the Coffee half round the world previous to
bringing it to our Markets. The duty protecting British Planta-
tion against the competition of Coffee raised by free hands in St.
Domingo, is equivalent to 150 per sent. ad valorem.

HALIFAX MARKET, SATURDAY..--•We can
report but little alteration in the state of business, there
being about the same quantity transacted, and about the
same number of buyers in attendance, as has been the case
for several markets back. Fancy goods for the home trado
are in some request.—Halifax Express.
ST ATE OF TRADE.—The market has exhi-
bited a considerable improvement during this week, and all
buyers seem disposed to purchase at prices to the fall as
high as those of last week. 27-inch printing-cloth is better
to sell, and we can quote an actual advance in prioe to the
extent of lid. per pace. Hand-loom cloth is bemusing
scarce, and we may expect, if the demand continues, an ad-
visee* in the priCos obtained for it —Ataneliester Times.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, APRIL 12
Daere are no sugars is first hands in Bristol; we have
consequently no market. This
is an indisputable proof of ,
what we have taken such pains to insist upon that the
import is not adequate to the demand; Mad we are glad to
see this very important fact at last impressing itself on the
minds of others. In Liverpool the stocks are on a par
with 1838; and, in London, 6,000 hhds. and 25,000 mats
greater than at the same period of last year; which nrikes
our unfortunate situation more striking by the contrast.
The demand since our last has become more languid, with
less disposition to give present prices.—Bristol Mercury.
Last evening as a respectable looking woman,
supposed to be a housekeeper, was passing through Long-
acre, she was seized with sudden illness, and on being
taken into the house of a lady, who observed her from a
window, she died after great suffering. Her pocket-
handkerchief is !nuked E. B. The body was removed to
St. Martin's Workhouse.
We learn from Brunswick, under date of April
3d, that the Duke has entirely recovered from the effects
of hi* fall. —Hamburgh Paper.