The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-09 00:00:00

SUGAR DUTIES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Stn,—You will observe that the Gazette of Friday night
last quoted the average price of West India sugar at 375. 21d.
per cwt. Uncertificated Manilla sugar, quality for quality,
colour for colour, is worth only 235. per cwt.—showing that
{air 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. 21d., he could
buy at Hamburgli for 235. But this is not 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 bad !—I am, Sir, your
obedient servant, B. S.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
Thera was a quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool on Sa-
turday. Sales about 4,000 bales, at previous rates. Holders,
however, appeared to be rather firmer.

There are" no late arrivals to-day from any quarter, and
the markets for all articles, save those usually in request
about Christmas time, hare been very quiet, and are likely
so to continue till the new year.
Yid Holland, there are accounts of Aug. 30 from Batavia.
The only news contained in them refers to a great conflagra-
tion near Kedirie, by which 228 dwellings were destroyed.
These, however, were no doubt very unsubstantial structures.
Without much inclination to do business, prices in the
English Stock-market are to-day rather firmer, Consols being
94% % for present transfer, and 94% to 95 for time. There
is no speculation going, and even the transfers making are
chiefly in anticipation of the closing of the books at the Bank
of England preparatory to the payment of the dividends.
The premium on Exchequer-bills is rising, whether in anti-
cipation of an increased rate of interest being allowed
we are unable to say, though the belief is that the
Bank broker has been buying. The values paid this
morning have been 20s. to 235. Bank Stock has been
quiet at 200 to 2011/. In India Stock there have been no
bargains. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have
been 93% to %; the Three per Cents., 931 A to 3-8.
The Foreign Stock-market is decidedly flat this morning.
Spanish Five per Cents. are down to 271,-, and the Three
per Cents. to 3714. Russian Stock has been firm at 113.
Belgian Four-and a-Half per Cents. were 954 ; and Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 5914.
For railway shares, although the inquiry has not yet be-
come animated, we may certainly notice a firmer market, and
there can be no doubt of the fact that moneyed
men are quietly picking up the low-priced scrips, and by
which they will make money. The expected Presi-
dent's Message alone checks a permanent advance.

OAS CLOSING
RI CES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
Bank Stock .. . ..2011A 200 200
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94%% 941/2
New 314 per Cents
Long Annuities toexpireJan.lB6o 104-
Ditto 30 years„Oct. 10,1859
Consols for Account ... 95 95
India Stock for Account 261 261

Exchequer Billß, 1,0001., Phd 21 22 20 23 pm. 23
Ditto 5001.

Ditto Small

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.

•yE CLOSING
O'CLOCK PRICES

Equador Bonds

Granada Bonds, 1 per Ceat.
Ditto Deferred
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837.........

Ditto, Account — 30
Portugdese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 593/4
Russian Bonds ...... 113 113
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Do., Coupons ...... 23 I/4 -
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 41,4 per Cent. 9511 9514
Dutch, 21,4 per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 93,

PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Aberdeen,Banff, & Elgin
Armagh, Coleraine, and

1.• ..,

~ ...-•

Porniish l%
Aylesbury and Theme.. 1%
Belfast & County Down —
Bideford andTavistock... 1 yi, —
Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 122 12S
Ditto New l7l/ —
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birmingham & Leicester
Direct . .

Boston, Stamtd, & Birm. 22s
Bridgewater & Minehead 425. ........

Bristol and Exeter 7O
Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester 3O ...... .
Bristol and Liver. June . 2%.....
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto Extension
Cambrian & Grand June 42s
Cambridge and Lincoln I%
Do. New
Cambridge and Oxford.. l'N, —
Canterbury and Dover.. IN) —
Central Kent
Chelmsford and Bury... IN O%
Chester and Holyhead,— 15
Chester and Manchester 425.
Chelteaham and Oxford 2
Clydesdale Junction 5
Cork Blackrock, and
Passages
Cork and Killarney ... 2%
Cork and Waterford ... 11,4 —
Cornwall
Coventry, Nuneaton, B ir.
and Leicester ll4 ......
Dartmouth, Torbay, and
_ Exeter . 42s.

,• -
~ 123

.. 23A

~ 121/2

3;74
31/i

Derby and Creife - - 000000000 .••••1
Derby, Gainsbro', and
Great Griinsby ... I Ai'......
Derby, Uttoxeter, and _. ,

03/
14

.• .......

I• ...

Stattord
Direct Manchester

(Remington's)
Ditto (Rackstrick's)... 514
Direct Northern
Direct A.Z9,m111,.' • jii• I
`Dublin and-Armagh 1%...... ..
Dublin and Belfast June. 5
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublin and Galwao.. .. 4
Dudler, liadely, and
Brogeley
Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 %.,.
Eastern Counties 141. 16s 20141,4 20% ..
Ditto New 61. 16s.
...
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....61. 13s. 4d.
VA p
Ditto ditto, No. 2-4/. 13s. 4d...
EastDereh'm andNoech 1
Eastern Union
Ditto, Quarter Shares 214 —
Ditto Extension
Do. Ipswich and Bu- 1%

_..y. tp: iry , —
Do. Exten'n to Norwli 21/2 —
Do., Camb. and Ely.. 21/2 —
East Lincolnshire
East & West of England 1%
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... .
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ......
Ditto, New

••
~ 1%

.. ...-.

I• i

l• ....

. 20%
~ 614 p
I. 1/2 p

-

1.• UM.

,••• '-'

Edinburgh & Northern.. IIA —
Edinburgh and Perth... 11/2 —
Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 ......
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 21/2
Essex and Suffolk 1% Oyu
Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymouth
Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 234
Glouc.,Aberystwith, and
Central of Wales 1%......
Goole and Doncaster .. 425.
Grand Junction ...100
Ditto Half Shares 5O
- Ditto Quarters 25 _

Grand Union . 11/2
Great Eastern &Western 21/2 ...... 136
GreatGrimsby and Shef-
field
Great. South. and West,.

(Ireland)
Ditto Extension ...... 71,
Great Munster 2l
/2
Great North of Scotland 2%......
Great Northpr England..loo
Ditto New
De. Nei .... »........ 2 27
Great Western BO ......147 148
Ditto IA Shares 50
Ditto % Shares .. 21i l5
Ditto Fifths
Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 2 i...
Harwich
Hull and Selby
Ditto % Shares
Do. Half Shares
Inverness and Elgin 1
Ipswich, Norwich, and

, . .--

.. 0%

12 P

15'
,11

.. ....-

~ 183/1
1034

15
.. 341 A

161/2
.• 40-.

_
Yarmouth
Irish North Midland l% —
Isle of Axlioline 24
Killarney Junctions
KL:
lnedaasltearndanWa icnadrelrismlee.r.e.
30
41 40%
Larne, Belfast, and Bal-
-11 4 --
1 y m e n a
Leeds and Carlisle
Leeds and West Riding
Junction
Leicester & Birmingham 225. — ....• ••••••••
Leicester and Bedford... 223. % p
Leicester and Tamworth 42e.
Ligerp. and Manchester.lo9 ...
Do. % Shares -
Do. Quarters 25
Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% ..
Lpool., Mnchstr, & New-
castle Junction
London and Birminghmloo 214 212 ...... ......
Do. Thirds
1)o. IA Shares
Ditto Fifths
••
Ditto Extension ...... 11 —
London and Blackwall. 16/. 136.4 d. 83/
Do. New
Ditto Extension ~... :i ...... 34 .
Londcn:and Brighton... 50
...
Do. consolidated Bths... 35
Ditto, Sixths
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 191 A 18%
Do. Guaranteed 5 per
Cent.
Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and
Hereford
London and Greenwich 12l 15s 4d... 9%
Do. Preference ...18117s 2d —
London, Hounslow, and
Western
Lend. & S.Weatern 411 6s 10d 76
D. New Consol. Bth. 20 —
Do. New
Do. New
London & South Essex 2%
London and York 2% 4%
London and Windsor ... 1 •••
London, Warwick, and
Kidderminster
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil ... .. 2%...... ...... .........
Londonderry& Coleraine 5
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen 5 .
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham 5 ...... —
Manchester and Leeds .. 76 l2B
Ditto 174 Shares
Do. Quarters 2
Do. Fifths
Do. Sixteenths ... 414 —
Manchester and Birmin. 40
Do. Quarters
Do. New Quarters ..• 2 -

Do. Continuation and
Welsh Junction
Manchester,Buxton,and
Matlock 42s. ..... • WA p

le ."....

401/2

•......
1 •

P

18%

_
91

741,4

-
41,43

2 lit p

Manchester, Birm., and
Mould Junction ..... — —
Manchester and Rugby
Direct _
Manehest. &Southampt. 2
Midland 100 .....143 142 143
Do. Fifths
Do. New
Midland,Birm.,llerby...100
Midld. & East. Counties 2%......
Midland Great Western

(Irish)
Do. Extens. to Sligo... 23/4
Newcastlo and Darling-
ton Junction 25 ...... 54 56
Do. New Brandling... 15
Newcastle and Berwick 5
Newcastle and Carlisle...loo
Newcastle, Durham, and
Lancas re Junction... 1 %......
Newport& Abergavenny 2%...... —f
New Ross and Carlow... 22s -1 .... .... .....
Newry and Enniskillen 2% - .....
Newark, Sheffield, and
Boston ... ..
Norfolk Extension — —
North British
Do. Half Shares
r ,
Do. Exten. to Carlisle VA ~,
Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 5
'North Devon _
2-- „. fi-Zr— i
North of Norfolk . .
.r.
Northern and Eastern... 45 ' 65 6 65 66
Do. Scrip -
Do. Quarter Shares... 12%
Do. New
N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% 2% 23
North Staffordshire 425....... 31/8 3 p 2% p
North Wales
North and South Walea

221/4
61/2

and Worcester — ~.•..••
Northern and Southern
Connecting — —
Norwich and Brandon... 16
Ditto New 3
Northampton, Banbury,
and Cheltenham
Nottingham and Boston 1% l3/43i
Nottingm., Erewsh.Val-
ley, and Manchester 1%
Nottingham and Mans-
field
Oxford, Gosport, Ports.
mouth, & Southamptn 425. % die % dis
Oxford and Worcester... 12% 14% 14%
Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham....
Perth and Inverness ... 2%
Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1
Portsmouth Direct 33/4 4
Preston and Wyre 5O —
Do. % Shares
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Richmond 5
Rugby, Derby, and Man-
chester
Rugby and Huntingdon 2 —
Rugby, Leamington, and
Warwick
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland l% 214
Sheffield & 3lanchesterloo
Do. Quarter Shares... 8
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 21,4 .... . 33,4 •%% ..... ...
Shropshire Mineral 425.......
Shropshire Union
:hrewsbury & Hereford 2%
Shrew- Wolv-

21%

13

1 dis

.COWS., 1 olverhamp.,
& S. Staffordsh. June. —
Sligo and Shannon l%
Somersetshire Midland 2%
South Devon
South Midland 42s. 23/4 314 p 3IA P
South & Midlands Junc.
.. ... 1 dis
South Staffordshire Junc. 2%
South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 351/ 35 ......
Do., No. 1 l2
Do., No. 2.
Do., No. 4
Southampton, Manches-
ter, & Oxford Junction 2
St. Alban's, Hatfield , and
Hertford Junction ...
Staines and Richmond._ 1
Staffordsh. & Shropshire 23/4 —
South Wales 2%
Taw Vale Extension ...
•• •• ••
Tean and Dove Valley 1%
Trent Valley 2 ...... 16%
Trent Valley and Holy-
head Junction
Tring, Reading, and
Basingateke
Ulverstone and Furness
Vale of Neath
Warwick & Cheltenham 1%
Warwick and Worcester 425. —
Waterford and Kilkenny 3
Waterford and Limerick 7% — •••
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin -
W aterford, Wexford, and
Valentin
Waveney Valley 2
Welch Midland
West Cornwall .. 2 ...
West Yorkshire
WestLendon,Old Shares 20
West End and Southern
Counties
Wexford and Carlow
Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2
Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
Worcester,Hereford,Ross'
and Gloucester 425....,.. ........ ......
Worcester, Tinbury, and
Ludlow
Worcester, Shrewsbury,
and Crewe Union ..... 1%.....
Worcester and S. Wales 425.
Worcester,Warwick, and
Rugby
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20
Ditto, New -
York and Carlisle 23/4 ohm • •
York and Lancaster 2%
York and N ortb. Midland 50
Ditto % Shares .. 25 . ...
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25
Do Selby -
.... •••e
Do. Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

141/2
9
33% 4

13/4

16%

3%

51
50%

Anglo-Belgian 4
Barbadoes 1
Boulogne and Amiens... 8 ...... 8% 8........., 8
Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2
13ordeaux,Toulouse, and
Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... 1% ..» l%
Do. (Espelete's)
Calais, Dunkrk, and West
Flanders
Callao, Lima, and Pacific
Coast —
Central of Spain ... .
Ceylon
Demerara
Dendre Valley
Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian ... ..... .... ss.
Eastern Belgian Junetn. 21,4 - •••
Fatnpoux & Hazebrouk 2
Great North. of France
Constituted . .. 5 ...... 123/4 13% 124 1214
Great Paris and Lyons 2
Great Western Bengal... ss.
Great Western Canada... 314 ......
Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1
Jamaica North Midland 1 - -
__.

Do. Extension 1
Jersey
Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... .
Lyons and Avignon 2
Luxembourg... 4
Madrid and Nakttia .... 2 ... ..
Mauritius ..
Nainur and Liege
North Jamaica... ...... ... 1
Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 ......
Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 10 iii lO Ni
Over Yssel 413 a 4d — —
Paris &Lyons(Laflitte's) 2
Paris and Lyons (Gan-
neron's)
Paris &Lyons, (Calon's) 2 ......
Paris &Lyons (Sud Est) 2
Paris and Orleans 2O
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg
(Ganneron's)
Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2
Do. (Avmar'd's)
Paris and St.Quentia
Rouen and Havre
Royal North of Spain ... 2
Sambre and Meuse ...... 6
Strasbourg and Bale ... 14
St. Laurence & Atlantis
Teurnay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasselt....... 4
Tours and Nantes (Mac-
kenzie's) ........... ..... 4
Do. do. (Lefebvre's \ 2
Ditto (O'Neill's)
Trinidad
Verona and Ancona.... 3
West Flanders ...... .... 4
MINES.
- -

Real del Monte Unread. -- --
33%..
...
......
... 33A

MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.—We learn, from un-
doubted authority that Parliament will meet for the dispatch
of business on Tuesday, the 20th day of January.—Dublin
Evening Mail.

The Duchess of Inverness has left Kensington Pa-
lace to visit Col. and Mrs. Wildman at Newstead Abbey,
Notts.

The Duke of Wellington left Apsley House, on
Saturday last, for Strathfieldsaye, Hants. The Noble and
Gallant Duke, after the Privy Council understeod to be fixed
for Thursday next, at Windsor Castle, will receive a distin-
guished circle at the above seat.

WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING. —The return of the
Court to the Castle, from the Isle of Wight, which had been
fixed to take place on Tuesday, has been postponed till Friday
or Saturday next, a letter to this effect having been received
from Osborne House by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. It is
not improbable that her Majesty may prolong her sojourn in
the island even beyond that period; but this will depend en-
tirely upon the continuanee of the present favourable weather.
Should the Court not return to the Castle during the week,
her Majesty is expected to hold a Privy Council, at Osborne
House, on Friday next.

THE DANGER OF EATING MUSSLES.--Yesterday
morning, between eight and nine o'clock, Mr. de Sandels, a
foreign gentleman, residing in Dean-street, Soho, was attacked
with alarming symptoms, caused by eating profusely of mus-
cles that had not been properly cleansed. His body and head
were swollen to a frightful size. Medical assistance was ob-
tained, and antidotes administered, but, though out of imme-
diate danger, doubts are entertained of his ultimate recovery.
Mr. De Sandels had partaken of two quarts of missies, aid
neglected to deprive them 9f their beards.