The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-28 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the New London Price Current of last night.)
SUGAR.-The Sugar market continues gradually to stiffen;
tie holders obtain their own price, and what is reckoned dear
re week, the next it is considered cheap; the market may in
consequence be considered higher, but there is not.so much
life in the trade. The estimated sales of the week arc 2,20 ts
hhds. and trs. The Refined market is decidedly higher this
week ; the advance is 61. to is. per cwt. ; Crashed, 41s.
MarinTirs.-The sale this day was looked fur with much
interest, and will prove a guide to our quotations.
By public sale this day 8,105 bags Mauritius Sugar sold
heavily, contrary to the general anticipation, the brown at full
former prices, the good and fine a shade lower; low to good
brown 61s. Gd, to 625., yellow 625. 6d. to 655. 61, grey 625.
Gd. to 645. Gd. ; the brown 61. higher, the good and fine 61.
lower, heavy, and a considerable proportion of the latter taken
in. The average of the cargo is 635. 61
EAST INDIA.-in East India Sugar there is little variation ;
a parcel of Java Sugars,.24o tons afloat, by a. Liverpool house
'sold above 325., deliverable at Antwerp.
.FOREIGN.-In Foreign Sugars little business is reported ;
the prices must he considered nearly nominal ; one parcel of
200 chests yellow is reported by private contract at 3is..
WasT INDIA Moi.assas._Aparcel of Dernerara.Molasses
0:f good quality sold vesterday at 295. 130 puncheons.
COFFEE.-The British Plantation descriptions continue in
a very depressed state, and nearly nominal, as the buyers only
purchase for their immediate wants; the total decline in the
market price from the late highest point may be stated at Bs.
to 10s. per cwt. Foreign Coffee is rather more firm, at the
late reduction ; inquiries are made after St. Domingo, and the
price (nearly nominal) is about .51s. to 525. In East India
descriptions there are few sales reported.
There were no public sales of Coffee this day, and no pur-
chases by private contract were reported.
RUM, BRANDY, AND floaaatans.-In Rum there is little
variation ; the great proportion of the stock here is out of the
importers' hands, and generally iseld for higher prices; there
are in consequence few purchases reported, Leeevards 6 over
sold at 2s. 3d., and Jamaicas are held with equal firmness.
Brandy is in more demand, and the report we gave respect-
ing the vintage is now taking effect; the advance from the
lowest point of the market is 2d. per gallon. In Geneva
there is no alteration.
There was a great demand for Rum at a late hour this after-
noon, and large sales are reported ; Jamaica, 28 and 29 over,
3s. 3d., and 30 and 31, at 3s. 4d. per gallon.
TALLow.-The Tallow Market is firm, and the demand
steady, particularly for parcels on the spot, which are in good
demand for immediate consumption. The accounts respecting
the Baltic state some probability of more ships getting off, as
the passage on the West side was open.
Taa_The Tea sales commenced yesterday ; about one-
third of the quantity brought forward found buyers at the fol-
lowing pricea:-Bohea, Canton, 9-d. ; Cungou, mid. mixed,
ls. tr)(1. a Is. ld. ; mid. rather strong, Is. lid. a Is. 21-d. ;
mid. blackish leaf, Is. 4d.; mid. wiry blackish leaf. Is. 9d. ;
is. 10d. ; Pekoe, Orange, ordinary, 9d. a 94d. ; black leaf,
Is. lid. a 2s. ; Twank-ay, Is. 6d. a Is. 61(1. ; bright leaf,
2s. ld.-a 2s. 2 d. ; Ilyscn, mid. blackish leaf, 2s. 7d. a 2s:. 81c1.;
Souchong, good quality, 2s. The sales which precede the
India House Sale finished this day ; Boheas a 91.,
bought in. Twankay Is. 5,1a1. a Is. qd., the lowest prices
which have been reported.
INDIGO._The Indigo market has assumed rather more
firmness; small parcels have been placed at the late sale's
prices,
and orders arc in town limited to those rates, which
cannot he executed on account of the firm state of the trade.
A quarterly sale is fixed for the 19th January for which GOO
chests are already declared:
COTTON.-The Cotton market is very heavy, and the late
prices can scarcely be maintained. Purchases here are 140
Bengal, mid. Gd. ; 620 Surat, ord, to good fair 6d. a 7i-d.
SALTPETRF:.-The prices are rather lower. At two public
sales, 2,466 bags whitish 24 refraction, 265. Gd., 81 to 91 re-
fraction, 245. 6d. to 255. ; large chrvstals and 5 lbs. refrac-
tion, 255. Gd. and 265. ; greyish colour, 22;1- refraction, at 245.
ham Paovisicias.-The numerous arrivals from Ireland
have produced a tctal stagnation in the Butter trade ; prices arc
consequently nominal. Bacon is dull of sale for what is now
landed, shippers still looking for higher prices for forward
shipment. Lard steady.
BUTTER

BACON.

Stock. . Delivery. Stock. Delivery.
1834 33,700 lirka , 7,330 firks 4,'300 bales 2,450 bales
1335 36,600 9,417-, 7,190 2,016
The imports of Butter are Irish :32,02 firks. Foreign 1,102 cks. ;
Bacon 7,173 bales.

Hors.—The market is stead•. Estimated duty 260,0001. ; • •
Sussex pockets, I 8.35,. &is. to 90s. ; Kent, ditto, 86s. to 105 s. ;,
Mid Kent ditto, 1055. to 140 s. ; East Kent ditto, 1125.t0
1475. ; Kent bags, 90s. to 1205.; East Kent, ditto, 9.55. to
130 s. ; 1&14, 755. to 80s.

FrwiT.---At public sale on Tuesday old Red Smyrna Rai-
sins 325. to 355. ; old Valentia 335. ; yesterday new Prunes,
brls. and chests 265. to 285., one lot very fine 375., qr. chests
Imperials 71s. to 725., cartoons, halves and qrs. 81. to 101.,10c.
per cwt. ; chests new Red Smyrna Raisins, 435. ; new'Sul- -1
tana Raisins, drums 50s. ; GOO small drums new Turkey
pulled Figs 603., 350 drums fiats ditto 425., and a parcel very
interior and in bad condition 435. to 545. ; damaged Patras
Currants 675. butts. The Fruit Market has been exceedingly
brisk this Creek ; the fine qualities of new Valentia Raisins,
which are scarce, are eagerly bought up at 465. per cwt.

OF SGAR.
The Average Price of BPRICrownE or 11IusUeorado Strie, computed fcrut
the Returns made in the week ending the2lth day of November, ISM, is
3,35. 3Nd. per Hundred ‘Veight, exclusive or the i.uties of Customs
paid or payable thereon on the Imtwirmtmn thereof into Great Britain

PRICE 01
The best priee of Bread in rho
I here are others mho sell from a I
that rate.

eletropois is 7d. for the 4th. !Pol.
1.311-penny to three nail-pence below

EEDS.—Nov.
Per Quarter.

St. Foie
—s —s
Rye Gras,
Paley Grass —s.
Linseed, for feeding —s. LOS. 5 is.
Ditto, for sowing... —s. --s. —s.
Ditto, for crushing •—s 465. 48..
Canary --s. 424 4'4s.
11entii 44s. -3.5,
Per Buslitt
White Mustard 'is. 6..0.1.
Brown Ditto
Tares 45. I L. ss. Od.
t) :37/. 3 4/.

IRISH EDUCATION-DISTRESS OF
THE IRISH CLERGY.

MEETINGS AT EXETER.
On Thursday afternoon two very numerous meetings of
the gentry and clergy of Exeter and its neighbourhood
were held in the Guildhall of that city, for the purpose of
devising measures for the relief of the Irish Clergy, and for
the purpose of celebrating the anniversary of the Exeter
Auxiliary Kildare-street Society. The two meetings were
summoned for the same hour and place, and were in effect
blended together. The Right Rev. Bishop Phillpctts took
the Chair. On the bench we observed the Mayor of
Exeter, P. C. de la Garde, Esq., Lord Exmouth, Sir John
Duckworth, Sir Stafford Northcote, Baldwin Fulford, Esq.,
John Kennaway, Esq., Captain Locke Lewis, the Rev.
Mortimer O'Sullivan, the Rev. Precentor Lowe, the Rev.

Dr..Collyns, &c. &c.
The Bishop of EXETER, on taking the Chair, proceeded,
after some introductory observations, to read at length the
Report of the Society. The Report lamented the diminu-
tion of upwards of 400 schools, but stated that the Society
nevertheless continued its labours with undiminished zeal,
and there were now more than 100,000 children in its con-
nection. The Report then animadverted in severe terms on
the National Board of Education, whose teachers, it said,
in some cases, received more than 701. per annum, and many

of whom were Roman Catholics, and in some instances even
monks and nuns, who gave their instructions clothed in the
habits of their Order. The schools were, in some cases, held
in the mass-house, at others in the chapels ; and the Report
then proceeded to complain of the neglect in enforcing the
reading of Scripture lessons by the teachers of the National
Board. Such, said his Lordship, was the report the Com-
mittee had published—a report equally distinguished for the
ability with which it was drawn up, and for the true spirit of
religion which it breathed. The report spoke of this So-
ciety as having been an honoured instrument in the hands
of Providence to stay the moral pestilence which now raged
in Ireland. The existence of this moral pestilence had
been admitted by no less a person than the Secretary of
State for the Home Department, that particular officer of
his Majesty's Government who was bound to ascertain
accurately the moral state of the people of his Majesty's
dominions. That high officer had recently made the public
acquainted with the existence of this moral pestilence
in Ireland, in terms which could not be too frequently re-
peated ; and in addressing the members of the Legisla-
ture said they all knew that in Ireland there prevailed
amongst the peasantry crimes which sprung, not as in this
country, from the love of gain, revenge, or other personal
motive, but crimes of confederacy and cibination—( Hear.)
What remedy did his Majesty's Government propose for
these moral evils ? By what means did they hope to remedy
this perverted sense of - right and wrong ? They proposed
that which was the only remedy, viz., the diffusion of the
great principle of religion in that unhappy country ; and
the Minister stated, most justly, that it was the duty of
the State to take care that religious and moral instruction
should be giv,en to the people. In this great principle the
Kildare-street Society concurred entirely, and was, he was
• sure, most anxious to co-operate with his Majesty's Go-
vernment. The difference between them was as to the
means of accomplishing that which both believed to be ab-
solutely necessary to the preserYation of Ireland. He gave
full credit to his Majesty's Government for the sincerity of
their intentions in introducing the national system of edu-
cation ; and he gladly bore this public testimony that, in his
opinion, it was the intention 'of his Afajesty's *Government,
in introducing that system, to diffuse right principles
throughout Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) That it had failed,
however, he verily believed ; that it could not do otherwise
than fail he had always ventured to predict ; and certainly
his experience during the last four years had not shaken
his confidence in the prediction.—(Cheers.) The scheme
introduced by his Majesty's Government involved, in one
of its rules, exclusion of the Holy Scriptures from the
schools during the time of instruction. One of the di-
rections given to the inspectors was •that no book which
contained controversial views of religion should he used du-
ring the hours of general instruction. As Holy Scripture
itself, is unhappily the subject of controversy in this coun-
try, it was .not therefore to be introduced during those
hours. They would see, therefore, that he was justified
in stating that the system excluded the Bible and the
Holy Scriptures during the hours Net apart_ for common
instruction. It was trae they might be introduced at
other times, when the one set of scholars were ex-
cluded, and that separate instruction might be car-
ried on one day in the week. But it was unfortu-
nately the case that no means were provided by the
scheme of his Majesty's Government to give instruction
to the children on those days set apart for separate reli-
gious education—no means whatever.—( Hear, hear.) The
Government even disdained to ascertain the religion of the
teachers of these schools, and refused to inquire whether
they were Protestants or Catholics. He need not tell the
meeting that the 'consequence was, that they were almost
- all Roman Catholics—that the masters of the schools,
therefore, could not give to the Protestants on any day set
apart for their. instruction that re'ligious instruction which
it was the. first duty of all schools- to give.—(Hear, hear.)
But then it was said it was the duty of the clergy to teach
the. children ; he was quite sure they all knew that the
clergyman could not be an efficient schoolmaster—that he
would bet iable to be called away by his other important
duties, and that he would not have the power of enforcing
the attendance of scholars. Then, again, they must recol-
lect that all the religious instruction of the schools must
he carried on in one day ; but in some of the parishes of
Ireland there were seven, eight, or ten schools : and how
was one clergyman to be the schoolmaster for all ? Again,
many of the parishes in Ireland were five times as large
as those in England. There were many other points
lie could have gone into, but he •wished to be brief.
He regretted -to observe the diminution of the funds of
this society—the fundamental rule of which, in oppo-
sition to the Government schools, was that the Bible
should be read- in all their schools without note or com-
ment, because, they would not interfere with the particular
tenets of their schOlars ; all they insisted upon was that
the Word of God should be part of the instruction of those
. who would hereafter stand at the tribunal of God.—
(Cheers.) He regretted also to observe the diminution in
the number of its schools, but it had a very wealthy rival to
contend with ; whilst its own
.funds last Year scarcely ex-
ceeded 2,000/:, its -rival had the public purse to go
to without stint ; and so confident were the directors of the
National Board of the continued liberality of Parliament,
that they had intimated that they should want no less than
200,000/. per annum for some years to come.—(Hear,
bear.) Yes, this was the demand made by the Education
Commission-200,000/. per annum from the taxes -of a
Protestant country for maintaining schools, the practical
effect of which was to convert many of those who were
hitherto enabled to he trained in a knowledge of the Pro-
testant-faith to that of the Roman Catholics ; and to enthral
for ever the Roman .Catholics of that country under the
dominion of their spiritual tyrants, the priests.—(Hear.)
Other Gentlemen addressed the meeting, and the report
was received ; and resolutions embodying the sentiments de-
livered were unanimously agreed to.
The 11In oa of E:kETER then stated that, having received
a requisition to call a meeting to consider the distressed
state of the Irish Clergy, he had chosen the .present time
and place for that purpose : the two subjects being so
closely connected together.
Sir JOHN DUCKWORTH moved a resolution declaratory of
the distress of the Irish clergy, and expressive of the sym-
pathy of the meeting on their behalf,' which was seconded
by John Kennaway,Esq.
Mr. J. D. OSBORNE moved an amendment, in doing
which he deprecated the language of the motion, as casting
blame on his Majesty's Government, and imputed the dis-
tress of the Irish clergy to the injudicious conduct of their
friends, in refusing to accede to the. liberal terms offered by
the Government. [The amendment was not seconded.]
The Rev. MORTIMER O'SULLIVAN replied to time last
speaker. His address, which embraced the various topics
already familiar to our readers, occupied more than two
hours and a half in delivery ; and the resolution, and other
resolutions consequent upon it, were carried nevi. con.
• The Bishop of EXETER announced that Lord Exmouth,
who had bee' compelled to leave the meeting, had left a
donation of 50/. ; and that he had been entrusted by a
munificent individual, who would not permit his name to
transpire, with a donation of no less than 1,000/.—(Great
applause.)
The Rev..lllr. SCORESBY announced a donation entrusted
to him of 50/. ; and a very large sum was collected on the
spot, and & plan for obtaining more extensive contributions
arranged.
The usual votes of thanks were then given, and the meet-
iog broke up.

The late lamented Col. Tod, of the East India
Company's service, was on Thursday interred in a private
vault at the General Cemetery, Harrow-road.
Mr. ex-Sheriff Raphael was blackballed at the meet-
ing.of the Royal Society on Thursday. It is a very rare
occurrence to have a candidate rejected here. There were
3to 1 against his admission. The meeting was numerous,
and cginprised some of the most eminent men now in town.
Sir John Rennie was in the chair, and counted the balls
amidst the scarcely suppressed sneers of the meeting.
Mr. Raphael's certificate was signed by Earl Munster,
-lord Brougham, and two or three others ; but it was made
and signed by them several weeks before he applied to
O'Cotinell for his assistance to get into Parliament.
,T:iperson who was blackballed before Mr. Raphael
".Mr. Hughes Hughes.
StIICIDE.—The inhabitants of Fort William were
-ethiawuinto a state of excitement, on the morning of Tues-
?-)tlai isiti,by Alexander M'Donald, late merchant there,
putting a period to his existence by shooting himself.—
Glasgow Courier.