The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-24 00:00:00

EXPORTATION OF COLONIAL

SUGAR.

We find it announced in the Commerce, :hat the Superior
Council of Commerce assembled on Saturday, under the pre-
sidency of the Minister of Commerce, to deliberate on the
question whether the direct exportation of colonial sugar to
foreign countries should be permitted, and whether, in the
event of the question being resolved in the affirmative, such
permission can be granted by the Royal Ordonnance during
the Parliamentary recess. These questions had been taken
into consideration in order to satisfy the delegates of , the
French colonies, and to devise some remedy for the distressed
state of the maritime trade of France, on which subject com-
plaints are constantly forwarded to the Minister of Commerce
from the Commercial Chambers of the French sea-ports. On
the same subject this journal says that the merchants, colo-
nists, shipowners, &c., of Marseilles, interested in the relations
between France and her colonies, held a meeting on Tuesday
last, to name a Committee, to act in concert with other Com-
mittees appointed in other ports of France, for the purpose
of obtaining a reform of the legislation which regulates the
importation of colonial sugar, and the production of native
sugar. We find by the Journal du Havre that the Mem-
bers of the Chamber of Commerce of that town have ad-
dressed a letter to the Minister of Commerce, repre-
senting that a further fall in the prices of colonial sugars
has taken place, with a tendency the limits of, which it
would, they observe, be difficult to fix. The sugar, which in
May was quoted at from 57f. 50c. to 58f., is now fallen to
54f. or 54f. 50c., these prices being those o good fourths, and
that a great quantity of other sugars are selling at lower
prices. They observe that this circumstance is the more
worthy of notice, because the beet-root crop of last year in
Ffance is already converted into sugar, and is actually in con-
sumption, so that some time will necessarily elapse before the
sugar of the new crop can appear in the market. They then
proceed to say—." This is not a state of things likely to pass
away, or the result of accidental circumstances, which by their
nature are not likely to occur again. It is the effect of a pro-
gressive march of things which does not appear ready to stop,
for the coming crop of beet-root will itself be able to sup-
ply the whole consumption of France. The sugar of
the colonies will, therefore, find itself excluded from
the market by this fact ; and the ruin of those establish-
ments, bringing in its train the destruction of our maritime
commerce, our navigation, our fisheries, our agriculture, and
our manufactures, will be the necessary consequence. We
shall never cease from repeating that the only method of pre-
venting such imminent danger consists in putting upon a per-
fect footing of equality, as far as duties are concerned, the two
descriptions of sugar, native and colonial—every other measure
will only be a fatal expedient." They add that the little suc-
cess which has hitherto attended the efforts of the maritime-
commercial interests to induce Government to come forward
for the assistance of the colonies, does not induce them to ex-
pect that their present observations will have much influence ;
but that they should be wanting in their duties if they did not
again point out the deplorable results of the present system.
—Galignani's Messenger.

AGITATION IN IRELAND.—NO one, we suppose,
will affect surprise at the recommencement of a vigorous agita-
tion in Ireland. We have only, however, heard the first blast
of the storm. We refer to the meeting at the Corn Exchange,
on Saturday, to the Anti-Tithe Assembly in Tipperary, and
the Anti-Poor Law Meeting in Mayo. With regard to the
Poor-law, we foresee a strong opposition, and Mr. Nicholls
must be a very energetic and a very fortunate man to make a
(lean job of it.—Dublin Evening Post.
EXTRAORDINARY HAUL OF HERRINGS.—The
following was the catch, in the course of four nights last week,
made by an Avoch boat at Staxigos, commanded by Donald
Macclennan, and fishing for Mr. Alex. Bain of the latter.
place : —Tuesday, 331 trans; Wednesday, 64 ditto; Thurs-
thy, 71 2-3 ditto; Friday, no boats out ; Saturday, 31 2-3
ditto; total, 200.÷ ditto. The above take is, we believe, quite
unprecedented in this or is any other country, and we chal-
lenge any station to produce a similar success to this. The
extraordinary quantity of ninety-three and one-half trans of
herrings was delivered in one morning by a boat in Pulteney-
town last week; and, while on this subject, we may add, that
we have heard of another belonging to this place, which, on
the morning of the great fishing of Wednesday se'nnight,
caught no less than one hundred and twenty-five trans--
twenty of which he give up while in the nets to another boat,
aryl fifteen of which were shaken into the sea—thus taking on
shore ninety crans. —John o' Groat Journal. •
A SINGULAR CC—PA RTNERY.—A few weeks ago,
a servant of Mr. Gibson, of Gilchristland, on going over his
master's farm, discovered a pheasant's nest ; and, by accident,
having approached too near, the hen shyed and fled. On look-
ing into the nest, he was not a little astonished to observe that
the contents consisted of 11 partridge and 5 pheasant eggs.
After the lapse of a few days, he had again occasion to pass
the same spot ; and, his curiosity being somewhat excited, he
stole a cautious peep at the nest, and there observed a hen-
partridge upon the eggs. On his next visit he found the
pheasant occupying her former situation. On several subse-
quent visits he found the same alternate changes. He com-
municated this fact to Mr. Wright, gamekeeper, who studi-
ously watched this procedure to the issue, and who was him-
self an eye-witness of this singular co-partnery, during four or
five visits that he made to this respectable firm. After the term
of incubation had passed, each brood took off its "several way"
—the pheasant having only three live stock at her foot, the
partridge eight. It would appear, however, that they have not
made a decisive dissolution of partnership, as they have been
seen frequently in each other's society since.—Dumfries
Times.

THE WEATHER.—We regret to state, that the
hopes of settled fair weather, which the improvement of last
week had pretty generally inspired, have been blighted by a
return, since Monday morning, of the ungenial and boisterous
winds which have prevailed during the greater part of the
summer, attended by a depressed state of the barometer, and
some quantity of rain. Altogether, the prospects of the har-
vest in the northern part of the island are very gloomy. We
are glad to find, however, that, in the south-eastern counties,
a considerable quantity of corn has been reaped and carried;
and this fact has had considerable influence on the corn market,
both in London and Liverpool, where, as will be seen from our
repocs, wheat declined about Ss. per quarter on Monday and
yesterday. —Manchester Guardian
THE RIVER.—On Wednesday the weather was ex-
ceedingly boisterous; it blew a gale from the westward, and
several heavy showers of rain fell during the day. The river
was in a state of confusion all day, several tiers of vessels got
adrift, and the collisions with each other did great mischief.
A light collier got ashore on the hard-land just below Erith,
and it will require several days' exertions to get her off. The
Topaz, a Gravesend steamer, coming up in the afternoon with
her passengers, was put by by several sailing barges and craft,
and got athwart the tier of colliers at Limehouse Hole, where
come damage was done. The Topaz was detained two hours
before she was enabled to proceed to Fresh Wharf, where all
her passengers were safely landed. The detention was quite
unavoidable. The Magnet steamer, Captain Stock, which
left London Bridge at twelve o'clock for Boulogne, with 300
passengers, amidst a storm of wind and rain, was seen four
hours afterwards near the Nore weathering the gale in fine
style. She has a most valuable cargo.
SHOOTING QUARTERS—The demand for shoot-
ing quarters in the North has been greater this year than for a
long period ; and the greatest bustle prevails among the glens,
moors, and mountains. The grounds at Lubcroy are taken
by Mr. Gisborne, M. P. ; Lord Francis Egerton is daily ex-
pected at Aultnaharrow, where he has a fine shooting cottage,
embosomed among birch trees, on a bank overlooking Loch
Shin ; Major Towers has engaged Strathnaver for the pursuit
of his favourite amusement of deer stalking; Lord Ward has
taken the shootings at Bighouse, in the north-eastern ex-
tremity of Sutherland ; Lord William Bentinck has engaged
Ousdale, on the property of Mr. Horne of Langwell, near the
wild mountain range called the Ord of Caithness ; at Achin-
toul, Mr. M‘Neill, yr. of Colonsay, and Robert and Algerine
Greville, Esquires, have pitched their quarters; Mr. Meredith is
at Torrish, parish of Kildonan ; Colonel Cartwright and party
are at Braemore, in Caithness, &c. It is generally acknow-
ledged that the birds arc small, owing to the severity of the
spring, but they are not scarce, and good sport is anticipated.
—lnverness Courier. _ _

POTATOES.—On the mosses and low lands near
Kendal, great quantities of potatoes have been under water fer
some time past, and will be irrecoverably lost. On Satur-
day morning last, a field of potatoes near Mr. Webster's
marble mills, on the margin of the river Kent, was six feet
under water !—Lancaster Guardian.

CURIOUS ANCIENT GRAVES.—III a small field at
the back of Graham-street, the property of Mr. Laing, Lau.
rieston, five or six ancient stone coffins have been discovered
in the course of cutting some drains. They are without bot-
toms, and only in one was there any appearance of a cover.
The sides are formed of six or eight pieces of flagstone un-
dressed, and stuck edgeways in the soil. It is remarkable
that not a single bone has been met with in these coffins, the
interior being filled with clay and earth. In explanation of
this singular fact, it may be observed that they are covered
only by a thin stratum of vegetable soil, not much exceeding a
foot in thickness, through which the rains would penetrate,
and of course accelerate the process of decomposition. The
subsoil is a yellow clay, in which the graves had been dug ;
but it is observed that part of the clay within the coffins has a
blue colour and an altered appearance, which may possibly
arise from the incorporation of animal matter with it. The
rudeness of the graves indicates great antiquity ; but their re-
gular position, with the feet to the east and head to the west,
shows that they belong to Christian times.—Scotsman.
Last week as a locomotive engine was travelling
on the railway from Garforth to Selby with a train of coal
waggons, when near Milford it came in contact with
some stone drags used in repairing the embankment, which
threw the engine and tender off the road, overturned it,
and shattered some of the waggons. The engine-man, James
Bird, was dreadfully mangled, and killed on the spot, but a
boy who was with him escaped unhurt. An inquest was held
on the body at the Swan inn, by Mr. Wood, of York ' • and as
the jury thought that the accident was caused by the neAi_
gence
of the company's servants, a deodand was levied on the
engine of 501., and a verdictcf " Accidental Death" returned.
DOMESTIC SERVANTS.—It appears from an ar-
ticle in the London and IVeqminster Review, that at the last
census, the number of this useful class iii the United Kingdom
wns_Females, 923,646; men and bp) s, 211,966 ; total,
1,135,612.
GROSS ASSAULT.—A fellow named Fitzaerai 1
was on Wednesday committed to the House of Correction fur six
weeks, in defaa:t of paying a fine of 31., inflietA by the ma-
gis!ratcs of Hatton Garden, for having grossly assail.ed and
taken indecent liberties with two respectable fern Iles who w; e
passing along Holborn about eight o'clock on the previous
evening.

.ENCE

LAW

COURT OF CHANCERY, AUGUST 23.
The Lou, CiT >NCELLOh hea7l-the•Hitowing cases to-day'
at his huuse in Bruton-street. -
ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY