The Sun.
London, England, 1831-01-25 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.)

HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 33 Trusses.)
CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S )
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 0 to £2 5
New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0
Useful Old Ditto
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay ......
Clover Hay 2 15 5 5
Oat Straw £ I 12 to £1 14 1 Wheat Straw... 1 16 1 16
Supply moderate, trade dull, and prices stationary.
SMITHFIELD.

Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay ' £2 5 to £2 15
New Meadow Hay 0 U 0 0
Useful Old Ditto 3 0 4 0
Fine Upland Meadow and liye-grass Hay 4 0 4 5
Clover Hay (extra tine)....£s s... Generally
oat Straw £l Bto £1 10 I Wheat Straw 1 12 1 16
Supply good ; trade still dull, though a little renovated ; prices
as last quoted.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.

In the early part of the afternoon Bohemian was in consider-
able demand, the quotation against him averaging as low as 15
to I. Just at the close, however, he fell back to 16 to 1, and was
evidently on the decline when the room closed. Lord Jersey's
lot also declined; nor, with the exception of Varennes, Hamms,
and Incubus, did any others have an improving appearance;
Caleb continues at his old price, and from the frequency with
which he was mentioned, we are inclined to suspect that his
next movement will be favourable to those who have backed
him. No alteration in the Oaks. We subjoin the odds as they
left off:—

RIDDLESWORTH.
4 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Filagree (taken)
S to 1 agst Sir J. Shelley's Cressida colt (offered)
The betting an this stakes is extremely dun.
THE DERBY.
12 to 1 agst Mr. Beard.sworth's Colwick
14 to 1 agst Lord Sligo's Bras de Fer
Ir to 1 agst. Lord Jersey's Filagree colt
16 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Blunder
16 to I agst Lord Exeter's Bohemian
17 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's litmus
17 to 1 agst Mr. W. Chifney's Caleb
20 to 1 agst Mr. Petrc's Rattler (taken)
20 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Varennes colt
25 to 1 agst Colonel Udny's Antiope colt
25 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Cobweb colt
27 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Pastille colt
33 to 1 agst Sir J. Shelley's Cressida colt
3i to 1 agst Mr. T. Thornhill's Africanus
3,5 to 1 agst Mr. Cook's Incubus
40 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Massaroni
50 to 1 agst Mr. Thom bill's Brother to Mouche (taken)
50 to 1 agst Mr. Vansittart's Slight colt
30 to I agst Lord Orford's lot
60 to 1 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Philip
500 even on lixinus agst Bohemian and Varennes separately.

DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
12 to 1 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Circassian
15 to 1 agst Mr. Beardsworth's Colwick
The others as before.

DUTY ON BARILLA.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST.
Sta,---A correspond,nt in your Paper of the 4th inst.,
subscribing himself " A Constant Reader," seems to have
been thrown into a state of unnecessary alarm by the late
reduction of the duty on barilla. Your correspondent
must be rather in the dark, otherwise he must have known,
first, that the reduction has been long contemplated, and
a positive pledge to that effect given by the late Ad-
ministration ; and, secondly, that the reduction of
the barilla duty cannot directly affect the price of kelp.__
Indirectly it may, but in a very favourable manner. Your
correspondent cannot, I think, be ignorant, that the ar-
ticle which enters into the market in competition with
kelp, is not foreign barilla, but British barilla, or black
ash,—an article which has keen called into existence by
the impolitic repeal of the salt duty, and now, though
of very inferior quality, occupies the market to a consi-
derable extent, not only to the prejudice of kelp, but to
the injury of the manufacture in which it it: used. It is
this article, and not kelp, which is placed in jeopardy
by the
,repeal, though this is not the first occa•
sion on which the kelp interest has been used as a
stalking horse by the black ash gentry. If the reduction
of duty have (as I have no doubt it will have) the
effect of driving the black trash out of the market,
it will operate most beneficially both for the public and
the kelp-growers, who wish for nothing more than a free
trade without combination, and a repeal of the burdens
which press most heavily upon themlar.,i on the public, viz.,
duty upon s?p, the window-tax, and more especially the
duty upon window-glass, which is doubly mischievous, as
it doubles the price of the article to the public, and
creates a monopoly in the trade.

. -
I hope this view of the subject will appease the fears of
your correspondent and his 6,000 inhabitants of the Isle
of Skye. If it does not, I would direct his attention to
the concluding paragraph of his own letter, in which he
predicts that the effect of the reduction will he to make
barills (and if so, of course kelp alto) stand higher in the
market than it did before. This proves that your corre-
spondent, whatever he may be as a prophet, is but an in-
different reasoner.

You must be aware, Sir, of the mischief likely to pro-
ceed from these partial and exaggera.ed statements; I
therefore trust you will insert this communication, for the
purpose of disabusing the public mind upon a subject
affecting the property and tranquillity of a very corisi-
deralde population.
n
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
AN ENEMY TO FALSE ALARMS.

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