The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-27 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of yesterday.)
SUGAB.—To-day a much better demand was experienced
for West India sugar from both refiners and grocers ; in
some cases the rates obtained were 6d per cwt above those
of Friday.

REFINED.—To-day refined sugar was in less request for
home consumption, and rates are less firm, brown lumps
selling at 45s 6d, and low to fine grocery 46s to 48s 6d per
cwt.

MAURITIUS.—To-day Mauritius sugar went at 37s to
38s 6d; low to good 34s 6d to 36s 6d, mid to fine brown
30s to 345, low 27s to 29s 6d, and refining from 33s to 36s
6d per cwt.

LIST INDIA.—Today several parcels of grainy and white
Bengal were sold at a small advance on last week's rates.
At auction 813 bags were taken in 6d to is above the
value : ordinary to middling white Benares at 36s to 37s 6d.
COFFEE.—To-day previous prices were demanded for
Plantation Ceylon, yet the private operations were small
for all purposes. The market keeps in a dull state for Na-
tive, and there are sellers of new import at 478 to 47s 6d ;
old, 46s to 47s per cwt. There is a reluctance to operate
in other sorts of coffee, and a decline is expected.
TEA.—There is a firm market for Congou, and large pur-
chases made in better sorts ; rather blackish leaf to black-
ish leaf realised 11 d to is Old ; strong to Pekoe kinds is
Id to 1s 10d, choice is lld to 2s 2d. There is no advance
for Green ; yet purchases have been of importance, espe-
cially in better sorts, and young Hyson.
SPIRITS.—To-day there were sellers of all articles on
lower terms, and little business was done. Prices for East
India Rum are now ls 9d proof. Leeward Island is Sid to
1s 10d, Demerara 2s 4d to 2s 8d for 30 to 40 per cent. over
proof, and for brandy and Cognac best brands of the vin-
tage of 1851, 6s 8d to 6s 10d yer gaLon.
COCOA.—Supply of West India now exceed dealer's
wants, and prices have given way is to is 6d per cwt.
OILS.—The limited transactions in Seal have been at
lower prices, pale selling at 331. lOs to 341. ; yellow and
straw, 311. 10s to 33/. ; and brown, 301. lOs per tun.
Southern is not much required, and supply is rather
larger ; good to fine can be obtained at 351. to 36/. ; mid,
34/. lOs ; and dark at 33/. to 331. 10s.

• COMMISSIONERS OF TAXES MADE JUDGES OF THE
GAELIC LANGUAGE.-At a meeting of the commissioners
of assessed taxes, held at Fort William on the 13th
June, 1839, Angus Macdonald, Esq., residing at Inch,
in the parish of Kilmonivaig, appealed against the
surveyor's charge of 3/. ss. for a two-wheeled car-
riage, which had been imposed on the ground that his
name was not correctly lettered upon the vehicle in
terms of the act 1 Vic. cap. 61. The name was
painted according to the Gaelic spellmg—a method which
Mr. Macdonald contended was correct, inasmuch as
no particular language was specified in the act,
and the Gaelic was more frequently used in Lochaber
than the English. This defence the commissioners
sustained, relieving, the appellant. The surveyor,
dissatisfied with the judgment, prepared a case for
the opinion of the judges. The case came before
Lords Jeffrey and Cunninghame on the 12th October fol-
lowing, when they found that the determination of the
commissioners was valid. The case excited considerable
interest in the district at the time, and shortly thereafter
the names and designations of several of Gaelic-lov-
ing gentry might be seen lettered in that language
on gigs, dog-carts, &c. Among these " true High-
landers" was the Rev. J. Macintyre, of Kilmoni-
vaig, on whose vehicle there may be seen the fol-
lowing inscription :—" lain Macantsaoir, Aodhai: e,
C7iilmonibhaig. ' It appears that the lynx-eyed sur-
veyor, while he could find no fault with the use of the
Gaelic language merely, thought he had made a disco-
very whereby he might fix the divine ; for, having
fallen upon a Gaelic grammar, emanating from the pen
of a Neil M'Alpin, student of divinity in 1831, where
the word Aodhaire is rendered a herdsman, he as-
sessed Mr. Macintyre in the usual duty, on the
ground that his occupation was not correctly stated.
Mr. Macintyre appealed to the commissioners, who met
at Inverness on Friday the Bth inst. Sheriff Fraser and
Dr. Charles Crichton presided on the discussion. The
discussion.of the case was both amusing and instructive :
though, if we are not mistaken, the, surveyor will not
feel disposed soon again to discuss Gaelic terms with such
an opponent, for both he and his authority were soon
overborne before the invincible " standard of truth,"
which was produced by Mr. Macintyre in the shape of
a Gaelic Bible. A reference having been made to the 3d
chapter of Jeremiah and 15th verse, it was found that
the term pastors is there rendered aodhairean. This in-
terpretation was further confirmed by an appeal to
Armstrong's Gaelic Dictionary, and a citation of the
authority of the late Dr. Stewart of Dingwall. The
commissioners accordingly relieved Mr. Macintyre from
the tax, and expressed themselves satisfied with his au-
thority for the use of a term, which however strange in
the ears of those who use the semi-English word mini-
stair, is yet the correct one for a pastor " who feeds his
flock with knowledge and understanding."—lnverness
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