The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-14 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

TEA.—The market has been very inactive, without,
however, any change in prices to notice. Common congon
is quoted 9.1c1 per lb, but there are few purchases at this
price.

SUGAR. • There has been a very good demand both for
home consumption and exportation, at rather firmer rates.
Some large parcels have been taken on speculation, and
the increased values have, in some instances, checked busi-
ness. In East India, Mauritius, and foreign descriptions
there has been a fair business done. The Refined Market
has been firm, and a good demand has existed for all
qualities at rather higher quotations.
COFFEE.—A. very dull inquiry has been experienced for
both plantation and native Ceylon, and prices have given
way to a slight extent. Clean garbled Mocha was in de-
mand at 703 to 90s per cwt.
RICE. —There has been a very steady demand for all qua-
lities, at fully previous quotations.
RUM.—No business of any importance has been reported,
and prices are unaltered.
SPICES.—The demand is not very active, but previous
quotations of ginger, mace, cloves, and nutmegs have been
maintained. Pimento has been in better request., and
prices have advanced to 4lfd to 5d per lb for good mid qua-
lities.

SALTPETRE.—There is no diminution in the demand for
this article, and very few parcels are in the market, and
prices are expected to rule still higher.
TALLOW.—The market has been rather more active.
There have been buyers of P.Y.C. on the spot, 57s 6d to
57s 9J, and all other positions 57s to 57s 6d per cwt.

EXCESSIVE INCOME TAX.

AYLESBURY, THURSDAY.

An influential meeting, at which upwards of two
hundred persons were present, wss held last evening in
the Castle-street lecture-room, to take into consideration
the excessive surcharges which had been made by the
new surveyor, who has only been a resident. in the town
some seven or eight weeks. The meeting excited a good
deal of interest. J. Jones, Esq., solicitor, in the chair.
The following resolutions were proposed, seconded, and
carried without a dissentient :
" That, as the profits of business iu the town of Ayles-
bury were rigorously investigated, and just assessments
made, during the surveyorships of Messrs. Groves and
Boorman, at the time when large sums of money were
required by the exigencies of the late war, the tradesmen
of this town view with surprise and indignation the at-
tempts which are now made to increase the assessment
under Schedule D.

"That, as the profits of the tradesmen of Aylesbury
have been materially diminished by reason of the high
price of pr. vicious, the assessments, instead of being
raised, should be decreased.
"That a memorial be presented to the Lords of the
Treasury, praying that the tradesmen of this town may
be spared the annoyance and vexation of preparing ac-
counts, and exposing their affairs to officers and others
who have a direct pecuniary' interest in increasing the
aesece men t s."
All the speakers agreed that it was not the tax itself
that they complained of. They would willingly pay the
sum they had been called upon to contribute in former
years ; but expressed their determination to resist, to
their utmoet, the enormous surcharges whieh had been
attempted to be forced upon them.
A committee of gentlemen was appointed to c)llate
facts and prepare the memorial to the Lords of the
Treasury.

We reai in the Shcrborne Journal—" Lord Orford's
son and heir (Lord Walpole) has been received into the
Roman Catholic Church, at Farm-street Chapel, London.
Lord Walpole was born in 1813, and married the daughter
of Admiral Pellew in 1841.