The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-17 00:00:00

DEPARTURES.

The Earl of Sefton, for his seat, Stoke Farm, near Windsor ;
Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Story, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street,
for their seat in Oxfordshire ; William Cumming, Esq., from
ditto, on a tour ; John Taylor, Esq., from Symmons' Hotel,
St. James's-street, for his seat in Worcestershire; Mr. and
Mrs. Davis, from Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, for
Ramsgate ; J. Powers, Esq., from ditto, for ditto : Mr. and
Mrs. Pemberton, from Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, for the
Continent ; John Powell, Esq., from ditto, on a tour ; H.
Ullens, Esq., from Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davie,
streets, on a tour; Y. C. Verel, Esq., from ditto, on a tour;
Count Andreossy and suite, from ditto, for Vienna; Charles
Melton, Esq., from Hyde-park-terrace, for Kempstead-park, the
seat of Captain Gollis, near Gravesend.

THE TRADE OF CEYLON.

orrzczAr. NOTICE.

The following important notice has been issued by order
of the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury re-
garding the Government monopoly in the cinnamon trade
of Ceylon :
" Notice is hereby given, that the Lords Commission-
ers of his Majesty's Treasury, having taken into considers•
tion the general financial and commercial relations and
prospects of the colony of Ceylon, have determined, in
connexion with other arrangements relating to the public
establishments and revenue of that island, that the Go.
vernment monopoly of cinnamon shall be relinquished,
and the trade in that al ticle thrown open to the inhabitants
of Ceylon. It is accordingly intended that general exporta-
tion of cinnamon from Ceylon shall be permitted on payment
of an export duty, which will be fixed with reference to the
prices u'ually obtained for it at the Government sales in this
country, regard being had to the cost of production
and of consignment hither. No sale, however, of cinna-
mon on Government account shall take place at Ceylon, nor
any export of cinnamon front the island on private account
be permitted, until after the 10th of July, 1833, so that the
purchasers of cinnamon (calculating that the stock i❑
warehouse here, consisting of 4,688 bales, such stock in-
cluding the 1,300 bales brought forward for sale on the
15th inst., will almost supply the average demand in this
country to the usual periodical sale of July next), will be
placed on the same footing, and their interests equally pro-
tected, as they would be if the usual sale of the following
October were to take place, and accordingly the export of
cinnamon from Ceylon will be permitted as above stated,
from and after the 10th of July, 1833, as from and atter
the same date periodical sales will be held at the island of
such cinnamon as, notwithstanding the abolition of the
monopoly, may unavoidably come into the hands of the
Colonial Government. It is hereby further declared that any
portion of Government stock here which may remain undis-
posed of after the 10th of July, 1833, will be sold subse-
quently at public sale, or in any other manner, as may
appear most advisable."
The following is a statement of the quantity of chaos-
men sold for the Ceylon Government in the three last
years, viz.:—ln 1830, 4,805 bales; in 1831, 5,669
b Iles ; and in the present year, 5,502 bales. The last
quarterly sale took place at the Government sale-rooms on
Monday, when 117,00011a5. of cinnamon, and 60 bottles
of oil of cinnamon were offered. The demand was brisk,
and the first qualities of the former were sold at from
7s. 101. to Bs. Bd. per lb. Second qualities went off at
from Ss. 7W to 7s. Bd. ; and lower samples at from 4s. to
ss, l Id. per lb. The oil of cinnamon obtained Bs. 3d. to
Bs. ill. per ounce.

Society, observed MIRABEAU, may be said
to be composed of two classes—they who have more din-
ners than appetite, and they who have more appetite than
dinners.

CHOLERA.-This disease has much subsided
at Banning since our last, But several persons have been
attacked at Dartford, and in one melancholy instance four
persons—a man and his wife, and her father and another
hidger, have been " levelled to the dust" within the last
fortnight. Precautionary steps to prevent the extension of
the malady have been resorted to.—Maidstone Gazette.

Last week a great number of small hand-bills,
containing the following mysterious words legibly printed,
were distributed throughout the metropolis Maids !
Wives ! and Widows ! mark the 27th of October. Fur-
ther particulars next week." Yesterday placards, bearing
the same words in large capitals, were posted by the bill-
stickers on the walls in and about London. Neither of
the hills have the printer's name affixed. The meaning
of this serious warning to the fair sex remains unexplained.
GENTEEL WAY OF STEALING A HORSE.
—A parry of gentlemen sat down to dinner at the Uni-
corn Inn, St. Ives, on Thursday last, it being fair day.—
T he glass went merrily round, and a certai❑ " gentleman,"
after part king of several glasses of brandy and water,
hearing some of the gentlemen call for their }:orses, took
the opportunity of leaving the room, and went to the
gate, where there were three or four horses ready saddled
for their masters ; he put a shilling into the boy's hand
who held the best horse, and rode off. He went up the
sheep market, and came round the back of the town, thus
loping to deceive his pursuers, but they soon raised the
hue and cry, and traced him to the toll-bar at Godman-
ehester. His pursuers then went on northward, and ap-
prehended him at Saw try toll-bar. It appears that this
"gentleman" met with a celebrated horse-dealer, named
DOSSEYPALMER, whom he offered to race; a bet was
made, and Dosse won; but the "gentleman" refusing
to pay, a fight ensued, during which the horses escaped,
and the owner and his friends cam., up. The thief was
then taken into custody, and conveyed to St. Ives, where
be awaits an examination.—Huntinydon Gastette.

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