The Sun.
London, England, 1824-06-15 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SUGAR.

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The CHAIRMAN stated, that at the last Court he had said,
that there was.an exception in the Bill then before Parliament,
for continuing the duty of 40s. on East India sugar for one year
longer—namely, with regard to sugar imported from the Mau-
ritius, which was only to be charged 275. An Hon. Member
upon that occasion said, that the exception had been left out of
the Bill. He (the Chairman) had since discovered, although
he was not then aware of the fact, that the Hon. Gentleman's
assertion was correct, the exception having been omitted in the
report. The reason was, because the Government had thought
it proper to abandon the intention of legislating separately for
the Mauritius. The duties upon sugar to be imported from
the Mauritius, therefore, would be the same as upon that from
the East Indies—namely, 40s. ; which were to be continued
for another year.
TREATY WITH THE NETHERLANDS.

The CHAIRMAN then stated to the Court the object for
which they had been convened ; which was, to consider a
Bill now before Parliament, for the ratification of a Treaty
with the King of the Netherlands, by which it was agreed
to give up the settlement of Bencoolen to the Dutch, in
exchange for that of Singapore, which was to be held in,
full sovereignty by the East India Company. During the pro-
gress of the negotiation, the Board of Directors, at the request of
the then President of the Commissioners of Controul, the pre-
sent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Canning, deputed five
of their own body to inquire into and consider the expediency
of the measure ; and in consequence of the report of this Com-
mittee, the Court of Directors sanctioned the views, and
strengthened the proceedings, of the King's Government. He
concluded by moving that this Court approve of the proceedings
of the Court of Directors, and of the Bill now before Parliament
upon.the subject. The motion having been seconded,
blr R..lACKscix asked the Chairman whether Government
had instructed the Board of Directors as to their proceedings
before they had consented to yield up any of their possessions.
The CHAIRMAN said, that no step whatever had been taken
by the Government, without the full consent of the Court of
Directors.

Mr. R. JACRSGN then proceeded to address the Court at
considerable length, taking a minute review of the modern his-
tory of the Eastern'Archipelago, with a view to show the great
importance of Singapore from its situation, and the advan-
tage which the Company would derive from its possession ;
and compared the acquirements which they obtained by
this negotiation to the miraculous draught of fishes. He
looked upon the spirit of the treaty to be this—to do justice to
both countries, and to lay the foundation of a permanent peace
between them. Indeed, it was the opinion of the late Gover-
nor-General, that it would be the interest of the Company to
purchase all the possessions of the Dutch upon the Continent of
India. It was true, that upon the present occasion the Com-
pany had given up a large island, but then it was one which
had been a constant source of ex pence to them ; and after all, the
appearance of an ordinary privateer was sufficient to throw the
whole settlement into confusion. To the Dutch, however,
Sumatra possessed great lOcal advantages; for all their posses-
sions lay on one side of the Straits of Malacca, whilst ours lay
on the other. They, therefore, had acted wisely in getting pos-
session of Sumatra • and we, f Singapore. It had been said of
the Straits of Babefmandel, that whoever possessed them, might
put a padlock upon the Red Sea ; so, in like manner, might it
be said that whoever possessed Singapore might put a padlock
upon the Straits of Malacca, and the Chinese seas; and this
important possession was now ours. With these considerations
he was disposed to wave the constitutional objection he would
otherwise have made ; for the Directors had no right to con-
cede any of their possessions without consulting them (the pro-
prietors.)
Mr. WEEDING asked if the Dutch had given up their claim
to the annual payment, which we had agreed to make tliem
under a former treaty, for buying off their competition with us
in opium ?

The CHAIRMAN said, that by the Bth article of the treaty
_all
payments, demands, or claims were now removed by the cession
of the territory, in respect of . which they arose, and which now
belonged to the East India Company.
After an observation froth Mr. R. JAOtsoN,
The CHAIRMAN observed, it would not be necessary for him
to say any thing further upon this subject, since their conduct
had received the approbation of the Hon. and Learned Gentle-
man-. He was always happy to meet the wishes of every pro-
prietor. With respect to the Directors not having sooner con-
sulted the Proprietors, it was quite impossible that they could
have given publicity to their proceedings ; and indeed the Hon.
Gentleman himself admifted that. But it was a doubtful ques.
tien whether or not they were bound to have done so ; the statute
of ICing William having given the Directors the executive power
in the affairs of the Company, directing them to lay each mea-
sure, in the course of its progress, before the Court of Proprietors
for their approbation._ _

Mr. GAiAGArr, after defending the late Lord Londonderry
from the blame of having given up all the Dutch settlements
at the treaty of Paris, which, he said, attached to the Directors,
and not to his Lordship, proceeded to ask what were the pos-
sessioni which cbnstituted what his Learned Friend had called
" the miraculous draught of fishes ?" It seemed to him that
they had caught but one little fish—of delicate flavour, he
fl.ranted—whilst numbers had been drawn in by the nets of their
friends the Dutch.
Mr. TRANT expressed a hope, that at some future period we
should manage to obtain the possessions of the other European
powers of India, because it was important that we should,be the
sole European possessors of India.
The motion was then put, and carried unanimously.—Ad-
journed.

THE SICILIAN DWARF —Mr. LEWIS FOGLE,
the father of this interesting child, whose death
we mentioned last week, appeared at Marl-
borough-street office, and stated that a Dr. Gil-
ligan had induced him and his wife to part with
their little child for the benefit of her health.—
The Doctor's proposal was that he would take
her from Dublin (where Mr. Fogle resides,
having a musical situation in the Theatre
of that City), to the Continent, provided
he had permission to exhibit her as extraordinary
dwarf for a short time in London, for the purpose
of reimbursing him his expences. To this the
parents agreed ; and the next tidings they heard of
their child was of her death, not from the Doctor,
but through the newspapers. Mr. Fogle immedi-
ately left Dublin, and on his arrival in London,
he could neither find the Doctor,nor hearany thing
of the remains of his child, to remove which to
Dublin for interment was the object of his journey.
He suspected from information he has received,
that the Doctor has sold the body of the child to
Surgeons for dissection, from the circumstance of
his having been heard to say, in the life time of
the child, that in case of her death, the Surgeons
would give him 5001. for her remains.—The Ma-
gistrate having heard Mr. Fogle's statement, ad.
vised him to apply to the Parish authorities where
the child died, whose duty it was to see that a Co-
roner's Inquest was held upon any person meeting
with a sudden death, as this child was repre-
sented to have done. Mr. Fogle thanked the
Magistrate for this advice. His wife, he said,
had enjoined him to bring the body of the child
to Dublin. She was doatingly fond of the girl,
who was asl intelligent, interesting,- and affec-
tionate in her diposition and manner, as she was
beautiful in her person and form, and diminutive
in her stature.

An infant, seven months old, being neglected
by its nurse, last week cried itself to death! in
the parish of Lyncombe and Widcombe.
ATTEMPT AT MURDER. AND SUICIDE.—On
Tuesday night last Stephen Carnell, residing at
Sheffield Moor, made an attempt to destroy his
wife by cutting her throat with a knife, but did
not succeed, a Surgeon being immediately sent
for, who has pronounced her out of danger. He
afterwards made an ineffectual attempt to destroy
himself, by severing his wind-pipe. He is in
custody, and evinces strong symptoms of insanity.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS, June 14.
By the Carcase.
Beef 2s Sd to 4s- Od 1 Veal Ss Od to 4r9dMutton ..... 3s Od to 3s 8d f Pork 2s 8d to 4s 811
Lamb, 4s od to 5s 4d.

ST. JAMES'S HAY MARKET, June 12.
O. Hay 31 10s Od to 61 Os od Clortr, 51 Os Od to 61 Os od
New Hay 01 Os od to ol Os od •;traw I I I7s 6d to 21 8s Od

SMITHFIELD

Old Hay 5l Os Od to 61 Os Oa-Average, 51 los Od
Straw
Clover
WHITECHAPEL.

Hay
New ditto... 01 Os Od to 01 Os od-Average, 01 Os Od
Straw - od-Average, 21 6s Od
Clover 5l Os Od to 6! 8s Od--Averaget 51 lOs Od

PRICE OF HOPS, per Cwt., June 14.
Kent Pockets RI Os to 9195 to 'lOl 100
Sussex
,Pockets 71 7s to 81 Os to 91 Os
Essex Pockets 71 lOs to 81 8s to 91 9s
Farnham, fine, 191 Os to 181 Os—Second, 91 Os to 121
lent Bogs, 71 Os to 81 Ss to 91
Sussex Begs, 61 los to 71 lOs to 81 Os
Essex Bags, 710 s to 81 Os to 91 Os
Old Duty for the year laid at 140,0001..

RAW E

-lIDES.

, .
est Heifers & Steers, per st. Ordinary .... 2s id to 2s 6d
3s Od to 3s it: Market Calf .. each.. tis Od
liddlings
.ICd_ Lambs.— Os Od to Os vet

SHEEP

Polled-
Fells

SKINS.

Shcariings
Lambs ls 9d to is

PRICE OF LEATHER.

Butts, 50 to 56Ihs each per 11;
Ditto, 56 to 6611fs each
Dressing Hides
Coach Hides
Crop Hides, 35 to 401 tis for cut fin,: , • 17d to I 8
Ditto .... 45 to 501i)s
tad to 191,ei
Calf :•iltins...%; to 401h5 ....• -
-.(i

Ditto 50 to 7016 s ::
Ditto 7O to 801bs ..
Small Seals (Greenland)..
Large ditto
Tanned Horse Hides .. , ..
Spanish Horse Hides ....,

20d to 26‘
24d tutO7d
22d to 24d
18d to 190
16d to led
14d to 16d
I4d to sod

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PRICES OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121b.--June 12.
Town Tallow 37s Od —s Od Yellow Soap 705
Yellow Russia 36s 6d —s ad Mottled - ' 79.
White ditto .. —s Od—s ad Curd 826
Soap ditto.... 33s 6d —s ad Graves l6s Od
Melting Stuff 29s Od —s Od Good Dregs 6sod
Ditto Rough... 18s ad —s Od
PRICE OF CANDLES, FROM
Price of Candles, per dozen
6d per do.zen allow

if TALLOW CHANDLER'S HAS.
11, as 6d -Moulds, lOs Od.
ed for ready money.

PRICE OF RAW FAT, ner Stone of stb.—June 19,
Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters), 2: 04

COUNTRY

GUILDFORD M
Wheat per 1. 10; lOs to 171 5s
()la Vl' heat —1 Os to —I —s
Oats, per qr ... II de to 11 14s
Old ditto .. 11 68 to 11 16s

MARKET.
tIiKET, June 12.

Barley, 11 to to 11
Beans, per qr. 21 Os to 21 Els
Pease, per qr. 21 Os to 219 s
Rye, per qr 01 Os to 01 Os

COAL MARKET, June 14.
Ships at Market. Ships sold. Prics.
531 Newcastle.
19i Sunderland