The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-08 00:00:00

POETRY.

The following lines were written by a young lady in her
:hirteenth year, on leaving the sequestered village of Lough-
ton, in Epping Forest, for London :
Farewell to thee, Loughton, village dear
My childhood's happy home,
To the busy town my course I steer,
'Mid crowds, but yet alone.
I look for thy peaceful shade in vain,
And repine at my hapless lot,
As msm'ry paints sweetly each meadow and lane
That surrounded my lonely cot.
I call to mind each merry note
Of the happy ploughman's lay,
As with untaught skill he tunes his throat,
And plods his furrow'd way.
In fancy the tinkling of flocks I hear,
AS their homeward path they find;
And the low of the heifer sounds sweet in mine ear,
As music on the wind. M. H.

SUGAR DUTIES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—You will observe that the Gazette of Friday night
last quoted the average price of West India sugar at 375. 2d.
per cwt. Uncertificated Manilla sugar, quality for quality,
colour for colour, is worth only 235. per cwt.—showing that
Sir Robert Peel's darlings, the West India proprietors, are
obtaining 14s. per cwt. more for their sugar than it is worth
in the markets in the world—in other terms, for what the
British consumer pays the West Indian, 375. 2d., he could
buy at Hamburgh for 235. But this is got the only loss the
British consumer has to sustain; he has to supply the de-
ficiency in the revenue occasioned by a reduction in the
sugar duties, and this he is compelled to do through the
grinding operation of the income-tax. Had there not been
a reduction of sugar duties, the income-tax would not have
been necessary. The position of the British consumer is
exactly this : in the duty-paid price he gives for the sugar he
pays the amount of old duty, 255. per cwt., and three shillings
besides these sums added to the real value of the sugar, 235.
per cwt., make in the aggregate the amount he pays,
namely, 51s. per cwt., and he has to pay the income-tax
into the bargain. This is really too badl—l am, Sir, your
obedient servant, B. S. It

MR. J. T. ARCHER'S BENEFIT AT THE HIT-
MARKET.—That most civil and attentive of box book-
keepers, Archer, takes his benefit at the Haymarket Theatre
to morrow evening; and we hope that all those who, during
the course of the season, have benefited by his attention, will
benefit him in return by their attendance, in which cue he
will have a bumper.
SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETT.—The " Messiah "
will be performed at Exeter-ball on Friday evening next.
Mrs. Sunderland, a lady who has acqaired much provincial
celebrity, and who appears for the first time in London, with
Miss Hawes, Hobbs, and Phillips, are the singers on the
occasion.

EARL FITawILLIAM.—We regret extremely that
the absence of this patriotic nobleman from England will
prevent him from taking part in the proceedings for the
establishment of those principles of free-trade which his en
lightened mind began to advocate when other statesmen
were only feeling their way to truth and sound policy. And
our regret for his Lordship's absence is the stronger, because
he will not be present to give the sanction of his name and
station to the approaching meeting for the opening of the
ports and the repeal of the obnoxious corn-laws, in the West
Riding of this county.—Leeds Mercury.
THE COAST DIFENCES.—Capt. Addison's invention
for heating shot red hot, which was recently tested in the
marshes at Woolwich, having been approved by the board of
officers appointed to ascertain and report on its advantages,
the inventor has been requested to state the amount he would
require to supply 200 furnaces similar to the one approved of,
but placed on higher and stronger wheels, to enable them to
be moved with greater facility, and without being liable to
break down when employed on actual service. This inven-
tion will prove a great acquisition the coast defences, as its
power of rendering 32-pounders and other shot red hot in a
limited time has been fully and satisfactorily tested, and the
object is attained at a much less expense than by any other
mode hitherto adopted.
TYPHUS FILTER IR WOOLWICH.—The typhus
fever is at present very prevalent in certain districts in
Woolwich, which are distinguished for the insalubrity of the
atmosphere, their deficient ventilation, and the filthy habits
of the persons who reside therein. A few days since Mr.
Macdonald, the surgeon of the Woolwich division of the
Greenwich union, waited upon the Board of Commissioners,
and, after apprising them of this fact, said he was apprehen-
sive that, if the damp weather continued, the disease might
become contagious. The houses were very imperfectly ven-
tilated—the sleeping rooms crowded with beds—the dwel-
lings in a very filthy condition, and it was highly desirable
that the houses should be lime-washed and otherwise cleansed.
Mr. Macdonald was referred to the Board of Guardians, who,
it is understood, will take the necessary proceedings.
VUE TORY.—We understand that the prosecution
• of Captain Johnstone, the late master of the Tory, will in
• future be conducted by the Solicitor of the Treasury. Mr.
Hayward, clerk to Mr. Maule (Solicitor to the Treasury)
had an interview with Mr. Symons, the chief clerk of the
Thames Police-court, in reference to the subject on Saturday
• afternoon, preliminary to arranging the whole of the volu-
' minous evidence taken during the investigation.
' It is currently reported that the plan for the retire-
ment of 300 captains is abandoned. It this be true, it is gross
' injustice to the 2tr4 gaptains, who, it is understood, intimated
their willingness to accept. As this number falls so little
7 short of 300, the Admiralty are, in common honesty to these
) officers, bOund to carry out the plan.—rfampshire Telegraph.