The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-29 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF 7'HE SUN.

think a knowledge of the starting horses for
the principal stakes run at Goodwood this week would
be of some service to your sporting readers. Below bill
be found as correct a list as it is possible to obtain.
GOODWOOD STAKES.—Akbar, Maid of Lynne, Jenny
Wren, Giantess, Vol-au-rent, Conjuror, Teetotaller, Pe-
titioner, Camera Obscure, Alatnode, Glossy, Orion,
Brother to Sir Henry, The Druid, Red Robin, Mongrel,
St. Demetri, Bold Archer, Morella filly, Newcourt, Con-
naught Ranger, Wilford, The Hero, My Mary, As-you-
like-it, Jack Clyde, Jonathan Wild, Sister to Pergularia.
ORANGE PltlZE.—Alarm, Leaconfield, Lothario, Jeri-
cho, The Cure, Grimston, Wolfdog.
GoonwcoD CUP.—The Cure, Weatherbit, Sutlej, Lo-
thario, Kedger, Grimston, Wolfdog, Winchester, Hum-
drum.

200 Sovs. STAKES.—Maid of Saragossa, Wee-bi
Thernis, Little Nell, Miss Whip filly, Sister to Sorella.
RACING STARES.—Tago, Collingwood, Nannette co
Green Pea, King Charles, Arkwright. The last thr
doubtful.

200 Sous. STAKES.—Crozier, Mathematician, Chain-
bearer, Mistress Jean.
25 Suvs. STAKES.—PIanet, filly by Lanercost.
SUSSEX STAKES.—A walk over by Red Hart, or
Gabbier.

50 SOVS. STAKES.—Blackbird, and perhaps Dance

away.
MOLECOMBE STAKES.— Slander, Ran vile tte colt, Van
Tromp, Cobweb filly, Galata filly, Halo, Little Julia, or
Joyful.
NASSAU STAKES.—Princess Alice, Flitch, Mowerina,
Fair Helen, Guaracha, Cuckoo.
A large field is expected to start for the Chesterfield
Cup, including Idas, Alamode, Refraction, Dexterous,
St. Demetri, Petitioner, and Leaconfield.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
TH6' SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

THE SUGAR DUTIES.
(From the Morning Chronicle of Monday.)
It is expected, we believe, that the divisioa upon the
Sugar Duties will take place to-morrow night, and the ma-
jority in favour of the measure will, it is anticipated, be even
larger than that upon the second reading of the Corn Bill.
Sir Robert Peel and Sir James Graham will support the Mi-
nisterial measure. The opinion gains ground too that it is
not likely to encounter any serious opposition in the House of
Lords. The more this question is looked at, the more the
facts which bear upon it and the interests of the community
are considered, the more must our amazement be excited that
so monstrous an abuse should so long have been suffered to
exist‘ that so great an economical error should have remained
so long unredressed. The facts connected with the Sugar
Duties,' awl their effect upon the consumer, constitute
no' finely balanced question, on which, when once they
are known, any dispute can be maintained ; they are
so • palpable as at once to bring home conviction to the
mind of the absurdity of the system we have hitherto
pursued. And this is the more striking when we
consider that in other articles intimately connected, both in
their sources of production and in their actual uses, with
sugar, a policy the reverse of that now under consideration
has been pursued for the last quarter of a century, and with
such success that statesman after statesman has referred to it
as conclusive evidence of the wisdom cf relaxing commercial
restrictions, and of the fact that exorbitant duties are alike

inconsistent with the true interests of the consumer and the
fiscal policy of the State. Our surprise at the pertinacky
with which statesmen have adhered to this absurd system is
greatly increased when we consider the character of the article
which has been so long the object of this most unwise policy.
With the exceptions only of bread and salt, there is proba-
bly no other article capable of such an extended and beneficial
consumption as sugar, or by the aid of which the useful pro-
perties of so many other articles of every-day consumption are
developed. It is worth while to look back for twenty or thirty
years, and to see the anxiety displayed by commercial re-
formers to bring the articles of coffee, and tea, and fruits
more within the reach of the poorer classes of our consumers,
while, until last year, little or nothing has been attempted to
secure a corresponding increase of sugar. Since 1821 the
reductions which have taken place in the duties on coffee
may be thus stated :

-
Duty on Duty on Duty on
Colonial East India Foreign
Coffee Coffee. Coffee.
per lb. per lb. per lb.
s. d. s. d. s. d.
1821
1825
1835
184'2
1844
_

Under these reductions the consumption of coffee has in
creased so rapidly as to yield a revenue at the present time
much more than double the amount that -it did in 1821.
The progress of consumption may be thus stated :
In 1821
1831 .. ... 22,740,000
• 1841 .....
1845
Again, the opening of our trade to China, by the abolition
of the monopoly of the East India Company, has had great
effect upon the price, and consequently upon the consump-
tion of tea. The consumption of tea was in
1821
1831
- 1841
1845
From 1821 to 1846 the consumption of coffee, udder the
reductions of duty to which we have referred, increased
nearly fivefold; and during-the same period the consump-
tion of tea increased twofold. But while these extraordinary
changes have been taking place, what has been the progress
of all those supplies of sugar from which the consumption of
the country could be drawn ? The entire importations at the
periods quoted have been as follow :—ln
1821
1831
1841 ..
1844
But of the quantity imported in 1844 no Las than 777,000
cwts. were of that class of sugar practically prohibited from
consumption by a duty of 635. per cwt., while in 1821 of that
class the supply included only 197,000 cwts. So that in
reality the actual available supply of sugar in 1844 was only
4,110,000 cwts., while in 1821 it was 4,176,000 cwts. Seeing
how uniformly the supply and consumption of coffee in-
creased with every reduction of duty, we shall be less sur-
prised at the stationary character of the supplies of sugar
when we consider the scale of duties to which during the
same period that article has been subjected. They were as
follows: