The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-22 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

SUGAR.—There have been large public sales, and this
lasted to a reduction in prices, although buyers have not
been inactive. British Plantation has been barely so high
as last week, Barbadoes, by !auction, realising 33s to 39s
per low mid to fine, and Jamaica 32s 6cl to 34s for good to
fine brown, and 34s 6d to 35s for mid. Mauritius went
about 6d lower, good to fine yellow 35s 6d to 375, low to
mid 33s to 355, and grainy low to good 35s 6d to 395.

Mr. J. L. Ricardo, M.P., was elected to-day a
director of the London and Westminster Bank.
SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF DISTRESSED WIDOWS.—
Yesterday the annual meeting of the governors of this
society was held at their offices, 32, Sackville-street,
Piccadilly, the Marquis of Cholmondeley, president, in
the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been
read and confirmed, the secretary read the report of the
committee of management for the past year. It stated
, that they had in that period relieved 270 poor widows,
by an outlay of 5031., but that as the income for the
year had been rather less than that of the previous one,
and the number of recommended cases larger, they had
been necessitated to sell an Exchequer bill of 1001. The
income of the charity, arising from ordinary sources,
was 565 t. 3s. 3d. ; which, increased by 1041., the price
of the Exchequer bill, gave a total income of 6691.
:The expenditure was 5591., showing a balance of 1101.
in favour of the charity. The report was agreed to.
Upon the motion of Mr. Labouchere, an alteration in
the laws of the society, narrowing the area of its opera-
tions, was agreed to." Some routine business having
been transacted, the proceedings terminated with a vote
of thanks to the chairman.
ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS.—Last evening the
interesting ceremony of opening a new court of this
order took place at Mr. White's, the Salutation Tavern,
Prince's-street, Stamford-street, Lambeth. The D. C. R.
having duly read the dispensation, and inaugurated the
court, several members were initiated ; after which some
members of the Opening Court (St. Martin, 1693) ex-
pounded and .expatiated- on the general benefits of
forestry—relief in sickness, life assurance, and family
endowments—the whole of which'was assured for a very
trivial weekly or quarterly payment, and all guaranteed
by virtue-of the Friendly Societies' Act of Parliament.
The new Court was densely crowded, and several old
Foresters having attested, from their experience, the
general benefits arising from the order, to the sick and
poor, the widow and fatherless, and also the highly
moral tendency of its precepts, thanks were voted to the
district and opening officers, and the remainder of the
evening was spent with:conviviality.
QUEEN'S COLLEGES, IRELAND.—TWO Parliamentary
papers printed - yesterday contain the reports of the
Queen's Colleges at Galway and Belfast for the' academic
year 1851-52. In the case of the Belfast College a con-
siderable increase in the number of students has taken
place within the last year, and in both colleges the re-
ports of the professors engaged in the instruction of the
students convey a favourable idea of their application
and improvement. In the Belfast College the number
of matriculated students had increased to 120, against
110 and 90 in the two preceding years, while the non-
matriculated students are not so numerous- as at the
opening of the eollege. This circumstance explains an
apparent discrepancy in the number, for while the total
number of students at Belfast College was 195 in 1849-50,
and 185 in 1850-51, it is 192 for the year 1851-52, and
yet it may be said with justice that the number of the
students has increased, since there were only 90 matri-
culated students in 1849 to 120 in 1851-52. In the
Galway College the numbers are as follows :-1849-50,
matriculated students, 64 ; non-matriculated, 4. 1850-51,
matriculated, 23 ; non-matriculated, 2. 1851-52, matri-
culated, 32;; non-matriculated, 5. The total of studentg
received since the opening of the college is 130, and of
these 67 were Roman Catholics, 48 Protestants, and 15
Presbyterians. •
SINGULAR DUEL.—A singular duel (says Galignani
took place the day before yesterday in the Bois de Bou-
logne. Two private coachmen who, had for some time
past felt a deep-rooted animosity towards each other,
and never met without quarrelling, happening by chance
to meet a few, evenings since at a wine shop, one of them
said to the other, "Our quarrelling has now lasted too
long; it is time to put an end to it. Let usthay,c one
fight, and•let that be the last. ".We neither of -nsuilder-
staud anything of sword or pistol ; let, us fight with our
whips." , This proposition having been accepted,the
y
parties repaired
,to the Bois, and accompanied by their
their
seconds soon cpEgitnenced the- combat. ..A number of
perdons assembled to witness the scene, -which was con-
tinue/km.4th great animation, , when the keepers of the
woda,came up, auArrn,arclied off the Combatants to the
guard-house. One of the men had received a very seri-
ous wound on the facer and, the other had one of his ears
almost cut off. -