The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-20 00:00:00

SUGAR.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. tbst
SIR,-The West Indians and the Morning Post sag
the producers pay the duty imposed on the sugar consuroed..l4
this country ; the former roundly asserts it—the latter, dot to
the month has, in a variety of ingenious articles, adduced
the satisfaction of its peculiar class of supporters, abut:lds:,
testimony that its view of the question is correct. Hadttits
practical knowledge of the Morning Post kept pace wit",,-nt
theoretical notions, it would have strengthened its argue', -0
by avowing that in the sugar market the contract of BO
ever made out to the buyer at the duty-paid price. Indeed. so
very particular are the West Indians upon this point, that eel,
whep the duty is not required to be paid at all—such as whpely7
the sugar is sold fur re- exportation, or when for removal toerlst„,
from one bonded warehouse to another—they invariably intia
upon the contract note being made out at the full or duty-P-or
price, showing their willingness either to pay the deti,is
be responsible for its amount. After this, who "Jo
doubt whether the producer or the consumer of 00
sugar satisfies the Custom-house demand ? It is ttrbsa
that some people have been silly enough to suppose to
the business is so transacted, in order that the mere
°0
may obtain a commission on the amount of duty as well ast b,,
the price of the sugar—stuff and nonsense 1 The truth is is
West Indians are determined to prove to the world that
all
their sugar.,-trattiaetions they either do, or are prepared at r
times to pay the duty. New the annual amount of the suer
duties eXceed.four ens .terling. Only think, Mr. Edit i 4
how the nation for" many years past has been the fleecing,
unfortunate sugar producing colonists ! It is surely high terl
that they should be expner th
ated from the pressure of is "t
mendons burden, which maybe done in such a manner as "tb",
only to secure our colonists from this awful charge, but et
same time to punish those obdurate slave-holding Braziliatis•
who hairs treated our exertions, in favour of general emsue,iPbai
tion,4ith so much contumely. Let us buy their sugar, end
so doing compel tnem to subscribe, as the West Indians
already done, to 'British "revenue—for remember the ",eh
p ,
X.rietians have said; and the Miniiing _post has proved, that
m:lacers pay die 'Sugar am,, Sir, yours obedientlYr
Liverpool, Jan. 13, 1E44.
.• - A GROCER.

• THE LAND COMMISSION.
The following letter from the Member for Kilkenny appeal"
in the Freeman's Jottrnalof Thursday :
" Court of Queen's Bench, Jan. 17,184,4', •
" Dear Sir,—Will you kindly oblige me by stating that h 6,
have received a communication from the Secretary t° Rill
Laud Commission, to the effect that the Commissioners
not adjourn their inquiries for the whole session of Farliarntlult
but merely until March, and that they will either in „b,
month or the next proceed on their intended circuit tbr"b •
Irel&nd.
" I take this means of answering the numerous letters 1 hat:
received on the subject, and am happy to be able to announ
.-
c',
to my correspondents this change from the original intentio
of the Commissioners.—Your faithful servant,
JOHN O'CONNELL."

of
MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.--The number a
deaths continues to decrease, being, for the week ending Ja"'
11
929, or four fewer than on the previous week. Deaths from 01' e
pox are on the increase, twenty persons having died of that dise'l*,-;
twelve of whom had not been vaccinated. The number of viols
deaths amounts to ten. In the western district, 138 persons die
during the week; northern, 185; central, 178; eastern, 18 t
southern, 239—making the aggregate number of deaths 929, °a
of a population (census of 1841) of 1,915,318.
The Marquis of Anglesey has granted two acres °
land, in a romantic and beautiful situation, as a site for the el:
templwed new church at Llandisilio, towards the funds for meet
ing which 3601. have been already subscribed. of
The Marquis of Breadalbane, the Marquis
Queensbery, the Earl of Mansfield, the Earl of Rosebery,
Earl of Strathmore, Sir John Hope, Sir John Campbell, 33„T,t.
38th Regiment, Earl Cathcart, &c., attended the anniversary n'''"oo
ing of the Highland and Agricultural Society o f Edinburgl,,,or
Tuesday, when the Duke of Richmond was elected President
the ensuing year, and the Earl of Manfield Vice-President.
FEVER AND SMALL-PDX IN THE METROPOLIS•
These two disorders are still very rife in several districts oft tor
ioe
metropolis, particularly at Battlebridge, and many other of the cLo„,.
and confined districts in the immediateneighbourhood of the
road. The number of cases admitted to the Fever Hosro3.ol;
st
Battlebridge shows a great average increase of this disorder "I.'
the present and the whole of last year. the
A SELF -TAUG lIT MUSIC, 1 AN.—James Ho,
celebrated " Ettrick Shepherd," had a genius for nagg
toiehlo
well as for poetry. He composed the melodies to some °'g
ve
own songs : they are original and full of expression, and hats
taken a place among the national strains of Scotland. sic
Hogg's reminiscences of his own life, in his letter to Sir
~,b,
Scott, he gives an interesting account of the manner in scol"dy
in the humble station of a poor shepherd-boy, he contric°
without assistance, to pick up the only education he ever,res•
ceived. His account of his juvenile musical studies is curt: :det
and characteristic :—" When fourteen years of age I
five shillings of my wages, with which I bought an old
This occupied all my leisure hours, and has been e "
favourite amusement ever since. I had commonly no sPo-rot
time from labour during the day ; but when I was ;„ht
over-fatigued I generally spent an hour or two every
in sawing over the old Sc3ttish tunes; and my bed being
ways in stables and cow-houses, I disturbed nobody but rntli
self and my associate quadrupeds, whom I believed to be grestir
delighted with my strains; at all events, they never ol'or,
plained, which the biped part of my neighbours did freque°4
to my pity and utter indignation. This brings to my rem
brance an annecdote, the consequence of one of these noctur
At,
endeavours at improvement. When servicg with Mr. Se,_°ol
of Singlee, there happened to be a dance one evening, at yin ,og
a number of the friends and neighbours were present. I, be;bet
admitted into the room as a spectator, was all attention to bi
music ; and on the company breaking u,), I retired to my 5'54:
loft, and fell to essaying some of the tunes to which I had be'o,
listening. The musician going out to a short distance fcche
the house, and not being aware that another of "the
same craft was so tsar him, was not a little surprised when for
tones of my old vitfin assailed his ears. At first he took it 00
the late warbles of his own ringing through his head : but! ca
a little attention, he, to his horror and astonishment, perceliad
that the sounds were real, and that the tunes \which helo
beer, playing with so much skill were now murdered IYY a° the
invisible being hard by him. Such a circumstance at els
dead hour of the night, and when he was unable to ~tacl at
from what quarter the sound proceeded, convinced hits. al his
once that it was a delusion of the devil ; and suspectingto
intentions from so much familiarity, he fled precipitatel):
the hall, speechless with affright, and in the utmost perts.r,,,t
at
tion, to the no small mirth of Mr. Scott, who declar 7;
he had lately been considerably annoyed by the same disco
rt.
sounds."—Dramatic and Musical Review.

BJRTBS. hell"
On the 17th inst., in Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, t
of C. P. Lochner, Esq., of Doctor's-Commons, of a son.
ent_
On the 17th inst., at Great Marlborough-street, Reg
street, the lady of Mr. Henry L. Keeling, of a

MAR RIED.
At St. Mary's Church, Lambeth, Mr. Thomas John CI:
gon, of Fenchurch-street, to Eliza Jane, third daughter o-A.
H. W. Lepine, Cheshunt College Rooms, Bloomfield-str,ee.,t;rit
On the 17th inst., at Missenden Chinch the Rey'• vr,-.7-0.
Burgess, 8.A., to Elizabeth Sophia, second daughter of Cap-
Burgess,
tain W. F. Arnold (late 19th Lancers),'
of Little Misses
Abbey, Bucks.

DIED.
On the 13th inst., in Belgrave-square, the Countess Dowager
of Clare.
On the 13th inst., at Brighton, Mary, wife of the late S.
Smith, Esq.
On the 14th inst., at llastings, Sarah, only daughter of Air•
George Kendall, cf Upper Homerton, a ed 17. t
On the 15th inst., at Downside Collegge, near Bath, CO'-'""
Mazzinghi, ed 79.
On tho 16tag h inst., at Church.street, Stoke Newil)gt°ll'
Sparks
OMolin, ged 86.
n the 16th i nst., at Woodbine House, Haversteck-o
Budd, Esq., of the Stock-Exchange, aged " 68.

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No. 112, Strand, at The Sun ()face, No. 112, ._
the County of Middlens, Saturday, January 20, 184*.

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