The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MAY 13, 1841

but no lives were lost. The whole of the pro- not have been steering close hauled to the northward. If
homeward bound, and not disabled, she would have arrived in
petty is insured.
all probability as soon as the Lord Saumarez, or the Earl of
The following paragraphs include the only Hardwick ; not having arrived, the natural conclusion is that
grains of inte lli 4.e nee strewed over these papers:—
' she t, as disabled.34ly. The mate of the Lord Saumerez stated that the brie-
The accounts of the growing harvest are most satisfactory . outsaihed the steamer, both running upon the same tack'.
from every part of France. ; which would hardly have been the case unless the steamer
The session of the Chamber of Deputies will be soon over. was crippled.
The remaining clauses of the Budget will be disposed of in a 4thly. The steamer having her masts standing and sails set,
few days, and, by the Ist of June, the Charaber will be pro- and not under steam power, shows that she had lost the use of
rogued. : her machinery, and being a large ship with far less canvass
A meeting of American citizens, resident in Paris, was held than an ordinary sailing ship she would make less speed, just
on Monday last, General Cass (the American Minister) in the ' as stated, upon the supposition that the ship seen was the
Chair. His Excellency pronounced a glowing eulogium on , President.
the late General Harrison, upon which resolutions were founded sthiy. The position of the steamer corresponds with this
which received the unanimous assent of the assembly. idea; the President had then been thirty days at sea, having
The Augsburgh Gazette publiihe., a hater, eased Rome, . sailed from New York on the llth March ; I suppose the
29th ult., st.sting that on the preceding day his Excellency eisaster to have happenel on the 15th of that month,
Cardinal Capiccini had set out for Civita Vecchia, and will four days out; she had been twesty•six days in drifting and
proceed to Holland to arrange matters between the Dutch sailing from lat. 38 or 39, and lon. 60, to the same pl :cc il
Catholics and the Papal Government. where she was seen, or, in other words, in making 28 deg.
Lord Brougham, after a re.idence of eight days at Naples, had of lon., and about 25 deg. of southing. Nautical men, I
returned to Rome. think. will allow, that in all probability the ship. aided by
The same journal contains letters from Monastir, in Mace- ! the Gulf Stream in the early part of her passage, would accom-
donia, dated April 5, unanimously complaining of the oppression plish that distance in the time.
to which the Christian population of that province is exposed. . Finally, if the ship seen be not the President, can any per-
Several travellers who arrived from the quarantine ground at son name any other steam ship out of time ? Having an out-
Alerinezza saw the insurgents in the districts between Sofia ' ward or a homeward steam ship will not do, as shown in the
and Ptiilippopoli, and said that the voice of the revolters was , second particular.
re-echoed throughout Thessaly. i May 12. JUNIUS S3IITH.
The Suabian Mercury of the 7th inst. states that the French , We have riot a feature worth notice to the present time in
Government had consented to set Don Carlos at liberty at the I the British Market.
request of the Austrian Government. I Consols continue at the opening prices of 89% for the
It is affirmed that a vessel, loaded, in the port of Marseille', ' Account ; for Money not quite so good, 89%, have been 69;-7,.;
has been seized by a creditor of the brothers Manontchi, who , Exchequer Bills lower, 64 prem. ;' Bank Steck 168; India
were expelled from Algiers by Marshal Vallee, and to wham ;- Bonds, par, 1 prem.
the cargo belonged, that this seizure having shown that the i In the Foreign Market very little doing; Spanish Active
cargo consisted cf. gunpowder, &c., and arms, destined for ; 24 ; Mexican, -2844 ; Spanish Deferred, 114 ; Dutch Two-
Tenez, the local authority had confiscated it; that a reference and-a- Half--per-Cents., 52$ ; Five per Cents., 995.
was made to the Minister, who is said to have sent orders by a ! In Shares also little doing. London and Brighton, 47 ;
telegraphic despatch to take off the embargo, and suffer the South Western. 54 ; Tenths, 24; North Midland New, 354.
ship, with its cargo, to proceed to its destination, ' Consols, Account, 894 % ; Mexican, 284 4 ; Portuguese,
BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, MAY 10. 344 ; Spanish, 23$ 24. Nothing whatever doing.
--- -- . - first Highest Lowest I.ast CLOSING PRICES,
Price Price. Pric,, Price BRITISH FUNDS.
French 5 ter rent, ll4 45 ... :14 45 ... 1,4 40 ... 111 40 Bank Stock l6B India Stock 2514
4)6 per Cents ..... .... 113 75 ... 103 -,5 ... 1,3 75 ...:03 75 3 D Cent Red. BB4 Ditto Bonds 1 pas
.ier Lew, l9 30 ... 99 30 ... 99.30 .. 99 3o .. er
3 per Cents 79 40 ..„ -9 40 ~. 79 30 ... ':9 40 3 per Cent Cons B9s Ditto Old Annuities ...
FS.,nk ~4 *lance
La:te te ?tank 1,6001.8,,ares 1185 ...1190 ..It 85 ...It%) New 34 per Cent 9Bi Ex. Bills, 1,0001....20 4pm
5,01;01. Sham 5157 51) ...5157 50 ...5157 50 ...5157 50
eelelan sank .. ...... 795 ... 500 ... 795 ... 800 New 5 per Cent
!get
5 per Cents. •
.... ..... WI% ... 11)1U ... 101% .. 10114 Jan. 1860 .... 12$ Bank Stock for Acct...
3 I.cr cents ............ 71 50 ... 71 50 ... '7l 5.1 ... 71 50 Oct 1859 — 7-16 India Stock for 0pg....
ssit; e.s.ive - I Consols for Acct 894
Passive 53 ••• :,34i t% ~. 5%
icai:slttaii
:etirian :UN ... 102 ... lel% ... 102 Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent.
RAIL WA 1 SHARES. • Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 34
ye, sat nes, L.P 240 ... 240 ... 238 75 ~. '3ci' '75 Brazilian 80nd5.... 6B Prussian, sper cent. ...
R• n :ISS ... Nil ... 3t 1., ... 365 p
Rouen 4r.o ... 460 ~, 4 0 ... 460 Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent —
oilcan:. .... ........ .......... 49,1 ... .k,O ... •90 ...- 490 Chilian, 6 per cent...... Ditto, Metallic
Btrasburg to Bale k3.5 ... ass ~.St.s ... X.. 5 Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 23Z;
DUTCH FUNDS.—AmicrEcnam, Man 10 Ditto, 1824. ... ..... 224 Ditto, Deferred ... 11i
5106er. • 1-.i.'s. Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. --c.
ictual Dahl, s:3,s per Cent
Ditto, ditto S per cent.
.e.
A tiler t .rndit, 434 percent 11..% 1,1 ls Mexican, 5 per cent.... 284 French, 3 per cent. —f. —c.
Ditto, ditto, 3% percent 74% ~.%' Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. ,Dutch, 24 per cent. ... 51
Commercial Company, 4.,., per cent...„ l6, lesS Peruvian, 182.5, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent 99:
Ditto (1535 and 1537) 5 per cent. ...... ..„ lOl 10.
SHARES.
Loan 1537, 5 per cent. ..... ................
Exchange on London, One month..„-„.,,,, l'L 0234 Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) ... ••• . :64
Twomonths .......,, It
.946 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid)
Dutch Papers, May 11. •
Ditto Debentures ( 4 paid) .. .
susl'alAN 1,11:4i Db.—Vienna, MAY 1. Great Western Railway (65 paid) f ',epee Cents. Metalliquer
Fear per cents.
Three per Cents.
~NO. Shares ............. .......... .........„ .............. ll5l London and Bit mitigham Railway (90 p 4) .....4ligemetne Zeitung. Slay 5
Ditto PRUSSIAN FUN Quarter Shares ( 5 paid)
DS.—BE RLI X, May 7. ' Quarter
and Greenwich Railway (2Q pd) tii
Biiis. Money,
St. Schuld. Sch. 64 4, per cent. ..... .-.....104 )6 1113% Lon.ton and South Western
Prussian English Loan, 1830,4 peg cent. 11,2 102% Ditto Tenths.... .....
liachange on London, three months...o .9;6 London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) 134
—Prussian State Gazette, May 8 North 'Midland Railway (100 paid)
Ditto New Shares (40 paid)..

We have Madrid Papers of the 3d inst., but
they bring not a word of news. The debate on
the Regency question was continuing. The
Fives were at 27 and 274 for cash.

MEDINA IMPROVEMENT BILL.
The Medina Improvement Company Bill is to be
brought on in Committee on the 18th inst. Mr. Austin is
retained by the Company, and Mr. Sergeant Merewether,
and Mr. Wood and several other counsel, civil engi-
neers, and others. PetitiOns praying to be heard against
the Bill have been presented from the inhabitants of
Cowes ; from G. H. Ward, Esq., the proprietor of the
mud lands they are endeavouring to obtain possession of
on the west shore ; from certain burgesses of the borough
of Newport ; from Mr. E. Way, of Newport ; and from
Mr, G. Eyre Brooks, of Bond-street, the proprietor of a
considerable extent of frontage on the East Cowes shore.
They dispute the right of the Corporation to the bed and
soil of the river, which is declared in the preamble to be
vested in them from high water mark on the one side to
high water mark on the other side ; and, in clause 149,
they ask for powers to deposit the soil taken from the
b:A of the river on the banks and marshes ad'oining the
said river, the Company only to take such lands as are
within the ordinary high-water marks of spring tides—
(some thousands of acres over which the water does notflow
at common tides, the entire water-side frontage of Mr.
Ward's property for miles all having been purchased
and regularly conveyed to him, or rather his father, be-
tween thirty and forty years ago) ; by clause 151 they
are to be empowered to enclose and bank off from the
sides of the said rivr any part of the mud lands which
they think fit, and by clause 156 to demise any of the
lands they may have reclaimed by inclosure ;
15/ they attempt to get possession of the tolls of
"...,owes Harbour, and thus tax its trade, and all the yachts
and ships resorting to the port. Many of the other
clauses are equally objectionable ; and as to the tolls in-
' tended, to be taken should the Bill pass, some idea may be
them r. ont Una Cact, that two-pence must be
paid for a lady's lap-dog being landed or embarked at
Newport Quay. This same Company, in their petition
o Parliament last year, included the harbour frontage
of all the houses in Cowes, but were effectually opposed ;
but should they succeed in getting possession of the fron-
tage of the lands above Cowes, by the sale of them they
obtain money to fight the people of Cowes with next
year. Besides, having established the right of the Cor-
ooration to all the land on the shores of the Medina, over
vhich the spring tides flow, they will find no difficulty in
possessing themselves of the whole harbour and river
Crontage. To obtain such a Bill golden reasons must be
advanced—it must be an expensive affair • but if no
Wight, what a golden harvest must succeed ! Come,
cash up, shareholders !

By the arrival of the Great Liverpool, Captain
CODRINGTON, R. N., Commander, at Ports-
mouth, we have received a file of the Malta
Times, to the 23th of April inclusive. Maltese
Journals of the same date reached us on Monday.

The German Papers received yesterday
being the subjoined intelligence from the dis-
turbed Provinces of European Turkey :
FROM THE TURK! 'H FRONTIERS, APRIL 6—New expresses
from Belgrade, up to this day, confirm the aceounts of the in-
surrection that is broken in Bulgaria. In thwe districts which
are known to have risen the state of things does not seem to
be altered ; but accounts from diferent quarters agree that the
insurrection continues to spread. 'truly frightful stories are
told of the immediate cause of the insusrection at lacsscoveza.
The arrogance of the Musselmeu which shows itself in people
of all clas,es, especially since the success obtained in Syria by
the Allies of the Porte, is said to have gone so far. that for the
most trifling reasons Christians have been conducted to the
place of execution arid publicly beheaded. This is said
to have been the case with several distinguished Christian inha-
bitants of Lesscoveza; and to increase the indignation to the
highest pitch, he Passion-week was ehosm fo, this sanguin-
ary deed. It is no wonder if dispair, inspired by religious
fanaticism, broke through all bounds. Respecting the missing
mail from Constantinople of the 13th or 14th of April, we
have received certain intelligence, that the magistrides4of
Scharkoi, between issa and Sophia, stopped the cour,er on
his way, as they had heard of the troubles that had b'.oken out,
and th,t, the c-,n2 insu,diatt-ty tug nett Ouch oervia, r.v-
bably N take the road to the Danube, so that we way p
receive that mail by way of Bucharest.
FROM THE RUSSIAN FRONTIERS, APRIL 96.—T1
erhaps
,ere h a
.
report of serous excesses having croken out in the Govern-
ment. of Moscow, in conse .
(lunce of the a. arcity to provision
occasioned by a successior of bad harvests.—Allgemeine Zei-
Lung, May 6.

REDUCTION OF TAXATION.—Some of our Whig Con-
temporarieA having no faith in their own principles,
' heedles:Ay admit that the several reductions of taxation
Inacl.e by the Whigs since they acceded to office, is one
(ie. the causes why the Exchequer is not now as over-
flowing as before they reduced taxation. That is not
our opinion. On the contrary, we have already stated,
and we now repeat, that the several reductions of taxa-
tion, as they took place, gave a stimulus to hope and to
enterprise which contributed to stave off the inevitable
crisis, the result mainly of the Corn-laws. Whatever
justice we may render to individuals, let us not be unjust
to principle, and admit for one moment that the reduc-
tion of taxation has aught to do with bringing on the
present crisis. It is brought about by the continuance
of excessive taxation. Taxes on corn, sugar, and timber.
for the benefit of individuals, have crippled the resources
of the country, and cut off the revenue which would
have accrued from a great increase of population and an
increase of wealth.

DITOR THE SUN.
BRAZIL TRADE.
TO THE E
LIVERPOOL, MAY 8, 1841.
Slit—The merchants trading to Brazil are grateful to
you for the notice taken of their cause, and as they wish
nothing but " fair play and equity," I venture to trouble
you with a few additional particulars of their position,
in order that the public may judge between them and
their opponents,
From the tenor of resolutions passed by various bodies
of
:onstituting the " Sugar 'Monopoly Interests of the East
ttld West Indies," as
ieties, it would al Well as by the Anti-Slavery 80-
r:Aost appve trade itself. The newly
ear that we were the abettors'
slavery, even save
cf the
aiwakene" ?jai of those who have received such liberal
Loses
-0t compensation money, seem to be kindled against
is,.as if we were really seeking for a similar bribe to stir
up our philanthropy, and they would wish to place a sort
barrier between us and " their nobility."
It would be far more consistent, and infinitely more
honest on the part of the sugar monopolists, if they
rested their opposition to us on the ground of pro-
Tcction to colonial interests alone. The hypocritical
plea on their part, of not wishing to encourage
slavery-, comes with a very bad grace, when we know
that many of them would be slave owners now, aye, slaw
Jwners, if the law did not prevent them. The over-
strained zeal of those who would abolish the name of
slavery from the world may be respected, but it is ab-
surd to see anything like sympathy between them and
the quondam whip-drivers.

SIR GEORGR GREY'S free and bold speech did more
good than the Right Hon. Baronet ever intended. It
broke up old conventionalites ; it unmasked some ancient
humbugs ; it tore the veil off some idols that have been
described as gods, and displayed them in the hideous.
nakedness of deformed monkeys ; it scattered som,
:
sham reputations and some old prejudices to the v-•
and exposed Parliamentary tactics to just rer ,Inds,
-
SLAVES IN SURINAM.-It is - -
stated in the
Dutch, papers that the slaves of Sr- .1
nlam desert in num-
avery is abolished,
berg to the English Colonies wiiere""
'co abolish slavery its 'Surinam.
and the remedy proposed is.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
T - here is still but little buoyancy in the Stock Market,
though the quotations maintain their ground. The un-
funded debt is perhaps, on the whole, most affected by
the apprehended dissolution of Parliament. Consols for
immediate transfer realised 89i- to 89a, and for the 25th
instant 894 to Bank Stock was at 168 ; India Stock
improved to 2511 ; the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents.
brought 98i to it, and the Three per Cent. Reduced 884
01. Exchequer Bills continued at 6s. to 4s. premium,
and India Bonds at par to Is. premium.
The Foreign Market was very tranquil. Spanish Ac-
tive Bonds were at 24 to 234 ; the New Portuguese at
34 ; Mexican at 281 to 4, being a shade lower; Colom-
bian at 221 ; Brazilian at 68 ; and Dutch Two-and-Half
per Cents. at 52it to 8, The advices of yesterday from
Amsterdam notice a dull market for stocks there, but no
change in prices. The Two-and-a-Half per Cents. closed
on Monday at 518, and the Five per Cents. at 99 15-16.
We have very little to say of the Share Market, where
the transactions have been unimportant. London and
Birmingham Quarter Shares were quoted at 191; Great
Western Fifths 71 ; and. South Western 18i premium.
Brighton were 31 ; and North Midland New 41 discount.
London Joint Stoc Bank Shares realised 21 ptemium.
We are glad to find that Baron Lagos is likely to meet
with a very cool reception, if he thinks to inveigle the
poor Portuguese bondholders into the conversion scheme.

'hie trade be6veen this country and Brazil has now
been in active operation for nearly half a century, and
at the time of our being admitted to participate therein,
it was considered a very important advantage to us, ac-
quired through our influence with the old Government
of Portugal, and which enabled this country to obtain
many favourable privileges over others. The peculiar
situation of Brazil, the fineness of her climate, and the
'ertility of her soil, have always rendered intercourse.
with her advantageous ; and the trade has grown in
:nagnitude until the value of our exports has lately
reached the sum of five millions sterling, distributed
over the numerous parts of her immense empire of the
extent whereof many of our legislators are probably
ignorant. At the time alluded to, England stood
;41 the same footing as Brazil, with regard to her
Colonial population—we not only patronized sla-
ery to its fullest extent, but we trafficked in
slaves ourselves; and the only restriction consi,
ilered necessary, was to give our West Inlia colonies
the supply of our own consuming markets for
die articles of sugar and coffee, although so great was
he production, compared with our then consumption,
Cult we were able to expprt or meet Foreign grown
,agars in the Continental markets ; besides, the great
bulk of Brazil sugar and coffee found a ready vent in
Portugal. But what a different situation was the Eng-
lish merchant placed in at that period. Brazil abounded
with gold and silver, and there was no difficulty in making
advantageous returns for our manufactures. Now, how-
ever, the case is altered. Her trade with Portugal is al-
most annihilated. There is neither gold nor silver in the
country, and all they can give us in exchange for our
manufactures is sugar, coffee, or cotton—the latter article
alone being admissible on any thing like the principle of a
free exchange of commodities. The others we must hawk,
ai it were, over the Continent of Europe, and submit to
be fleeced and pilferred to our hearts content.
And all this to prevent an increase of slavery, as it is
termed ! Does any sane person suppose that such is the
real ground of objection by the parties I have named ?
If their object is really to lessen the horrors of the slave
trade, and pave the way to an ultimate extinction of sla-
very, is it not far more likely to be accomplished by
wise and liberal concessions to those countries where
these evils still exist ? Make it their interest to fall into
our views, and the success of our philanthropy is far
more probable, as the experience of every practical man,
conversant with the state
of those countries, must un-
doubtedly convince him. Even Fowell Buxton himself
admits that our coercion system
,has not answered. And
yet we p,:rsist in a similar course of action, which ruins
our trade, and shuts us out from the exercise of that be-
neficial influence, often so powerful, when a consideration
or reward is to be given for the attainment of an import-
ant object ; and how would the proposed scale of duties
operate in the way of protection to our colonies—for this
is all they are entitled to ask ? s.
The duty is to be ....... ....................... per cwt. .1 16
Good white Havannah or Brazils sugars cannot
be-sold there to pay the planters or the merr
per cwt. 1 10
chant (freight included), under

(From The San of Last sight.)
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARELT, MAY 11. We have had
a very dull Cotton Market to day, the sales scarcely realizing
2,000 bales. To the trade or prices there is no alteration to
notice. Speculators and proprietors are entirely inactive.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MAY 11.—We have had
a very limited business at the Stock Exchange to-day ; the
transactions as follows :--Great Western, 931,4 ; Liverpool and
Manchester, 199; London and Birmingham, quarter share,
2314 ; London and Brighton, United Company, 46k; York
and North Midland, new share, 2214.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 11.—The nn-
settled state of political affairs, and the general depression in
trade, affect eur market unfavourably. Manchester and Bir-
mingham, *2.5 ; Lancaster aid Preston, 31i to 321, ;
Landon an.',l South Western, 57 to 55; Ditto, Tenths, 2i to
2i ; Midlands, 88 to b 9.

Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of
-3121'e"laY$ at 89& for the Account ; Money 891 Ex-
chequer Bills rather lower, 4 6 premium ; Bank Stock, 167
169 ; India Stock, 250 252.
In the Foreign Market the prices are as yet nominal,
Spanish Active, 231 % ; Deferred,l ; Passive, oa ;
Portuguese, :i3l 34k ; hree per Cents., 20b ; Brazilian,
64 69i ; Ctloinbian, ; Mexican, 28i 29 ; Dutch
Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 521 ; Five per Cents. 99};x.
SHAKES.—Great Western, 27i 28i prem.,- New, 13-1 141
prem. ; London and Brighton 3* 3 dis. ; Blackwall 61 51
dis.; Birmingham 68 70 prem. ; Southampton 57 58 per
share ; Croydon 131 141 per share ; Greenwich 8i per share;
Manchester and Birmingham 17i lei dis.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT_ ONE.

-- - --. AILILWAYI. Paid. ---
Per Share.
Greet Western
Ditto fifths ... .................. 4.
London andlitightoa ........ .. ..... 50 . ~& 47 ...... to I
London and South Western 381......7. 571,b- —to
Ditto Tenths ... ........ .
Nor t h Midland ... ................. 100 --, ! .a-
Ditto New .................... .... 40 . -35§ -
JOINT STOCII BANKS.
London and Westminster . ... .. 20
Ditto New .... ..... . . ......... •... .- jo - to ~
Received at the North and South American Coffee-house :
The steam chip seen by
STEAM SHIP PRESIDENT.. • .•••• •-•--
the Lord Saumarez on the .110th.of
April, was about 9 deg. south
.west of. Cape Verd Islaudss quite
out of the track of ships coming frome- United States or
the West In, les, and therefi,re not likely to be Token.
tdlAil-1
U the itip MD bad been out bowtd, sbe 'Amu

Dfakin,g

The East and West Indies bac
e to eonnnenoe with
a duty of• ~.• • .• - 4. per twt, 4
§.!,tppbs the-Cost of production to vezco -per=cent;.:.
Wore, dr - ' per cwt; 1 16

It gives ► „._za o

Still leaving a clear advantage over us of 10 per cent.,
and the proportion on brow; sugar would Vary oat ha.,:
from this estimate. Whilst the protection, therefore, is
ample, it secures the public against exorbitant prices, to
which, notwithstanding the calculations of supply, they
may still be subject ; it prevents both the natives of India
and the population of our West India Islands from feel
ing the want of sugar themselves, (unless they are still
to be allowed refined sugar made from slave-grown pro-
duce), it creates a direct waste in articles so necessary for
the comfort of our own population as sugar and coffee,
gives satisfaction to some of our best customers, and, as I
said before, actually paves the way to the very object we
pretend to have so much ;At heart, the ultimate abolish-
ment of the slave trade.

Let enthusiasts,say what they will, this is the common-
sense view of the subject, and whether the measure be
defeated or not, its ultimate success is certain, when
once the darkness of faction is passed away. The island
of Cuba takes largely of our manufactures as well as
Brazil ; and it remains to be seen whether we can
afford to lose them both. The sugar monopolists will
find that they are mistaken if they still revel in the
imaginary hope of again selling their sugar at 80 or 90
per cwt. ; and that the more public attention is drawn to
the real merits of the case, the less chance there-will be
for them obtaining even the liberal amount of protection
now offered to them : but they will go the . whole hog,
and they must take the consequence. The sun of mono-
poly has not quite set, but it is fast verging towards the
horizon, and cannot be kept from sinking by our affec-
tation of philanthropy, or be upheld by the garb of
hypocrisy. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
A BRAZIL MERCHANT.

ANTI-St.AVERY SOCIETY.

TO THE EDITCTIC OF THE SUN.

Sui,-1 cannot adequately express to you the indig-
nation roused in the minds of the abolutionists here at
the course taken by the London Committee—that of
urging opposition to the Government measure on sugar.
One feeling animates all. The following address sent
off last night expresses the sentiments of the members
of the Anti-Slavery Society of Kendal, who have been
from the first uncompromising advocates of the extinc-
tion of slavery the world over.

I am, respectfully,
AN ABOLITIONIST FOR TWENTY YEARS.

Kendal, May 8, 1841.
To the Committee .of the Society for the Abolition of
• Slavery and the" Slave-trade. -.
RESPECTED FRIENDS,—In the last number of the
Anti-Slavery Reporter, received this day, we have read
with concern, that your body proposes to use their
strenuous exertions for defeating the Government mea-
sure on the importation of foreign sugar.
Without respect of party we consider the question
to be one of so comprehensive a character, and so pro-
blematical as to its results, that we are not prepared to
support you in at once condemning it, without further
information regarding its probable effects.
We should greatly lament if such a proceeding on
your part should publish to every slaveowner in Vir-
ginia, Cuba, and the Brazils, that free labour, with a
bonus of 12s.'per cwt. cannot compete in the production
of sugar with slave labour. This inference, though false,
is inevitable. Can any thing be more calculated to con-
firm foreign slavcowners in their prejudices against
emancipation ?
Shall we congratulate you upon the powerful acces-
sion to your ranks of the whole mass of late West Indian
slaveowners, now confirmed abolitionists ? Yes, gladly,
if we believed them sincere.

The subject is of such vast importance, that we beg
of you to pause before taking any further step. We ap-
prehend that much evil and probable division of our body
will ensue, if, on a question so involved, you follow out
the view expressed in the paragraph contained in the re-
port to, which we have before alluded.
We also think that it would have been desirable to
ascertain the sentiments of the influential country mem-
bers of our sciciety before taking a decided proceeding
on this momentous question.
(Signed) W. DILLWORTH CREWDSON,
President of the Kendal Society.
ISAAC WILSON,
JOHN J. WILSON,
JOHN WHITWELL,
ED WARD CREWDSON,
Delegates to the late Anti-Slavery Convention
in London.
WM. WHITWELL, Secretary.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Heytesbury, Bth May, 1841.
SlR,—Last year, and for several years past, hundreds
of tons of fruit haVe bean wasted on account of the high
price of sugar.
"If sugar was about 6d. per pound, I would get my
wife to make some wine of those elder-berries that arc
dropping off the trees ; it would be very good in the
winter to give the children when they have a cold."
This was said to me last summer by a labouring man.
If Ministers had lowered the duty on sugar, to 20s. on
Jamaica and East Indian, and to 255. or 30s. on Foreign,
it would have doubled the revenue, but as it is proposed,
it will increase it 50 par cent., and the comfort of the
population 100 per cent.
The superior quality of West Indian sugar will always
be a sufficient protection to the West Indian.
We hope the Ministers will nail their colours to the
mast. .

To propitiate the mock and real enemies to slave
sugar, let 10 per cent. of the increase on the revenue be
expended in fitting out steamers to put down the slave
trade on the African coast.
AN ENEMY TO SLAVERY.