The Sun.
London, England, 1829-04-17 00:00:00

CITY MARKETS-TWO O'CLOCK.

The transactions in Colonial and other produce, during
the first three tnontlis of the current year, have been on
a very limited scale as compared with the amount of sales
made in the corresponding period of last year. The quota-

tions of nearly every description of produce have suffered a
severe depreciation. British Plantation Sugars range now
from 6s. to 78. per cwt. for Brown, and from 3s. to 4s. for
fine qualities under what they fetched in the middle of Jast
April. The same depression exists in East India and
Mauritius Sugars. Foreign Sugars maintain their value
better. Refined goods are considerably lower than last
year—now fetching from Ss. to 108. per cwt. under what
Brown lumps realized in last April, and fine lumps from
68. to Bs. per cwt. lower. The demand for exportation has
latterly been very flat. The stocks of Sugar are on the
increase.

Within the last two days the demand for fine Sugars
has much increased, and the sales estimated at from 700
to SOO hhds. per day. Good Jamaica from 645. to 665.
per cwt. ; good St. Vincent's, 565. to 625. ; brown Tri-
nidad, f►om 535. to 545. per cwt. The larger sales of
Mauritius yesterday, exceeding 9,000 bags, rather checked
the private dealings.
COFFEE.-The depression in Coffee, both British Plan-
tation and foreign, which has so long existed, has in a par-
tial degree been removed, and on referring to the quota-
tions in April last, it appeals that in Jamaica, Dominica,
and Trinidad, a fall of from 49. to 6s. per cwt. has oc-
curred. Berbice and Demerara range from Is. to 29.
per cwt. higher than in April last. Mocha's are decidedly
higher, and Brazilians obtain fall prices. The stock of
British Plantation is rather under what it was at this
period last year. There were some pretty large public
salts yesterday, and full prices were obtained by private
contract fer good Jainaicas.

Rum.---This article is in an improved state, compared
with its value in April last, being from 2d. to 3d. per
gallon higher. The stock is much lai ger. Yesterday
proof Leewards were from 2s. ld. to 2s. 2d. per gallon.
Brandy is not much in request.

INDIGO. —The East India Company's sale of Indigos,
which began on Tuesday, and consisted of 4,040 chests,
as far as it has proceeded has been marked with some
languour, but good quotations maintain last sale prices ;..in-
ferior are heavy at from 3d. to 9d. per pound lower.
SPICES.-Cinnamon is much higher than at this period
last year ; Pepper is rather lower ; Cassia from 4d. to sth
per tub in advance.
In Russian produce there is but little doing, and prices
remain from 38s. to 38s. 3d. per cwt. The most recent
accounts from the Russian capital mention that the pur-
chases there were increasing. The stock of Tallow is
rather above that of last year. Hemp is nominally 361.
per ton. St. Petersburgh Flax from 361. 10s. to 371.
per ton.

SILK.—The delivery of Silk last month was very small,
not exceeding 700 bales, and the stock unsold does nut
much exceed 4,000 bales. The market contimes flat,
and more failures are expected.

MA RCH OF INTELLECT.—Not a quarter of
a mile from Waterloo-bridgo is to be seen the following
Notice :—" A daye Scool for Chinch an, ware they are
tuught to rede and spele."

COOKE told the Liverpool people that "every
brick in their town was cemented with the blood of a slave;"
yet in no place was he a greater favourite.
REMARKABLE MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS.—
By wonderful instinct birds will follow cultivation, and
make themselves denizens of new regions. The cross-bill
has followed the apple into England, Glencoe, in the High-
lands of Scotland, never knew the partridge till its far-
mers, of late yea's, introduced corn into their lands ; nor
did sparrows appear in Siberia until after the Russians had
made arable the vast wastes of those parts of their domi-
nions. Finally, the rice buntings, natives of Cuba, after
the planting of rice in the Carolinas, annually quit the
island in myriads, and fly over sea and land to partake of
a harvest introduced there from the distant India. It is,
however, only the female rice-bird which migrates. Of
the myriads which visit Carolina, a single cock is never
found.— Glasgow Herald.

SINGULAR SUICIDE.—On Thursday night
last, between eight and nine o'clock, a circumstance oc-
curred in the Garrison of the Tower, which has terminated
in the loss of life. At the time mentioned, a dispute oc-
curred in the Stone Kitchen Canteen, between ROBERT
KERR, a private belonging to the Royal Artillery, and
some of the guards, stationed in the fortres,, on the subject
of Catholic Emancipation. KERB, who was a Roman Ca-
tholic, boasted on the pre-eminence of his faith, and the
ascendancy which those belonging to it must necessarily
obtain on the setferrient of the question. The guards-
men were offended at his observations, and a quarrel en-

sued, in which blows were exchanged. One of them
reached KERR, who rushed out of the Canteen, ran up
the Devil's battery, and flung himself into the ditch. The
parties who were with him hurried to his assistance, and
having recovered the body, used every means to restore
animation, but in vain. The deceased was a fine young
man of about 25 years of age; he never, up to the calatni-
tnus occurrence that has led to his death, was known to
express any opinion on religious subjects.— York Courant.

It will be remembered that, during last Ses-
sion, and at the commencement of the present, the vine- i
growers of France complained of the stagnation of their
trade,—of the diminished consumption and low price of
wine,—and of their inability to support the heavy burden of
taxation with which they were loaded. They therefore prayed
the Legislature to take their distress into cousiderition, and
to grant all the relief in their power, by an alteration either
of the present commercial system, or of the fiscal exactions
to which they were subjected. These petitions were referred
to the Minister of Finance, who engaged to inquire into the
causes of the sufferings complained of, and to propose a re-
medy, if possible. On Monday Count Roy, the Minister
of Finance, presented to the Chamber of Deputies a Bill for
reducing the excise duty on wine, and M. BACOT DE 110-
NAND, Director-General of Indirect Contributions, stated
the grounds and explained the details of the measure. He
totally denied that the distress complained of was attributable
to excessive taxation. The proprietors of vineyards found
great difficulties in disposing of their produce, but the glut
was owing to causes distinct frost Government duties. The
great accumulation of wine in the cellars of the pro-
prietors had been produced by abundant vintages, com-
bined with other circumstances of a temporary or acci•
dental nature. These ci!•cumstances the Honourable
Deputy stated to he the increase of the land under vine
cultivation,—the means eropioed to augment the quan-
tity of wine at the expense of its quality„the'minute di-
vision of landed property favourable to the extension of
vineyarth,—the use of other substances besides wine in
the slistti,thition of brandy, and the diminution of wine-
d, inking jA eprtaig classes of society. The remedy
for those evils is expected more from the increasing
prosperity of the country, and the increasing facilities
of communication, than in the alleviation a duties ;
but in the mean time Government expressed a disposi-
tion tn try the latter experiment. A great reduction
could not 'he expected, as the state was not in a situa-
giseable
tion to surrender any g,re•it part of the four millions
sterling Which it 'derives fromthe duty on wir.e and
other xc
liquors. In looking for the mode
of stimulating goosumption by reducing duty, it was
thought best to cancel thitt portiori of the Excise which
is levied on wine at the gates of towns, This duty was
often evaded, while the means employed foF its 40-
tion imposed restrictions on trade disproportloned to ita
produce. The alleviation of the tax would amount to
about ir,,0,000 or 16,000,000 francs, or more than
600,000/. sterling. From the mode in which the ex-
cise on liquors is apportioed an towns of different
amounts of population, Paris alone will b,; benefited by
the remission to the amount of half the whole reducii..n.
Most brandies of French industry are now in a state of
depression as well as the wine cultivation. Would it not
show more reflection, patilotisin, and wisdom in the
French Government, to revise the whole of their com-
mercial system, th in to apply patch-work expedients to
particular parts? Their restrictive principles of trade are
producing their natural fruit.— Tlltes,