The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-03 00:00:00

PROMENADE CONCERTS, ENG-
LISH .rOPERA 91
These delightful concerts commenced at this theiti!{` 9
, ,o
last evening tinder the able" management of + T
lien. We were at once pleased and disappeinted at
reading M. Jullien's programme—pleased to find'iliat
the series of concerts is to be an annual one, disap-
pointed at learning that the series for the present
season is to be confined to twelve concerts only. How-
ever, as the houae last evening was crowded to suff,
cation, and as there i 5 every' prospect of its contirinihg
to be so every evening during the season; we are not
without hopes that M. Jullien may be induced to re-
consider the matter, and to give us a second and a
larger series of these delightful entertainments. These
promenade Concerts have done more to ruivance
taste for good music in England than any other single
cause. They have not only formed an immense musical
public, capable of appreciating good muSic, but, what
is of infinitely more importance, intolerant of bad ;
and the progress of the science is forwarded more by
driving bad music out of the field than even by the
introduction of that which is excellent. The feature
of last night's performance was the real. Scotch
quadrille, in which M. Jullien introduced an admi7,
cable imitation of the Highland bagpipe. The airs
chosen for this purpose were the popular inelodies4.,
" The Campbells are coming," and " Tullochgorum,
and so exact was his imitation that the Mac-
callum Mhor himself might have been deceived by •
it. The instrument which he used was apparently a
flageolet, but we presume it must have been fur-
nished with the mouth-piece of an oboe or a bassoon,
or some reed must have been introdUced to break the
current of air—at all events the imitation was corn-
plete, and the performance was loudly encored.
Among other melodies introdUced in the course its,
of the Scotch quadrille waS that' exquisitelY beautifual
one—" Ah 1. where, and ah! where is my inglitan .14
htyi
laddie gone. manner in which M. Jullien
set this pathetic air, and by his orchestral accompani-
merits has ,elaborated and carried out, as it wnsepil b
intentions and feelings of the composer, di? .(11.1f
honour to his taste and to his science. It one
the most exquisite things we 'have ever heara ; .e
audience were enraptured with it, and at its ebalcluipoil
sion enthusiastically, called for its repetition. in 'IA 'O4
first part,M.yllet eve
eu:oandso_ploarotn.lltihre.
Liviaozloa:c!ritin:irtr:
a,style unequalled 'since the days when LinieY
rrR
his zenith.;.- and in the s
formed a solo on the clariOnet with exquisite taste a
judgment. The house was -crowded to excess' and
everything 'proMises a good season. We hope that
the public patronage will be such as to induce I,v;i;fiel
Jullien to make a long season alio.
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PRICE OF SUGAR. - -
EFFECTS OF MONOPOLY. „to.'
LONDON, DEC. 3, '''. „0
"...
The following average prices of Brown or NILr
does British Sugars, exclusive of duty, were P
lished in the Gazette of last night :
West India cie-
t-345. 9d. per
East India 33 61 ~
Mauritius 32 9i
The average price of the three kinds, to
ke°
jointly, is 345. Olid. per cwt.
The actual weights of sugar sold on account of
re:
importers, in the week ending the 29th Nov., ac
h°o„
ing to the returns made upon oath by the sugar And
kers, in compliance with the Act of Parliament, on,
on which weights the above prices are computed, East
sisted of 14,394 cwt. West India, 3,828 CiVt. D
India, and 6,082 cwt. of Mauritius.
About 1,200 cwt. of very dark unsound sugars hsg,
been sold in the same week at from 203. 6d. 02 _
per cwt.; these,having been classed in the returns ".1.
East India unfairly depresses the average
that kind of sugar, as well as the total average relined
Refined sugar, equal in quality to double
oes•
manufactured in London from foreign Muscoval
„.11
may be bought to be put, free of all charge'"
board a British ship at 265. *per cwt., being lessai,'
,„,
cwt. for refined white sugar than the average (I,''' abo ,•, ,
of West Indian raw sugar, by Bs. 9d.. The total %re,
of British sugars for the week in Mincing-lane, 14,_
price v
24,304 cwt. ; assuming that the sales at the oute.r;
added together, are to the same extent as the weight ..
sold in the London market, the consumers 104
48,600; cwt. of sugar, at 345. per cwt., aw°11,„11 izht
in round numbers, to 82,6201. sterling. 11211.-'t'ss
have bought 48,600 cwt. of foreign sugar, Jau!tiug
good, at 18s. 6d., amounting to 44,9.50/.,, eltliwinsid ii.
n difference of 37,6701., being the excess of price rthe
,'for British sugars, which, added to 236,565/-4 (see , f
fruits of protection for the four previous we°ksitie Of
SUB, 26th November), gives 274,2341., the c° too
the sugar monopoly to the sugar producers', 01-1,j,,tel
cost-thereof to the public for five consecutive vit7,4k.,;41
Should Sir Robert Peel be disposed to render, l ii
justice to the people of this country.; by.prnetio.ll('
measure to the House of Commons for the • 04"1",,A-14„;-,'
of the.monowii;,.. _ .n 4,1.1. - hay. lb. Dy rnany.if°o ag;llit
laged the people,
,through the excessive pri,c€l, bits
'for Colonial produce, \vhi.4h,butfor these inee.? ,' iY9
could not have occurred,, he may rely ononagepl a,; 01
'"that of
.having arrayed against hi scheine,ol. ',lot
Weight,and infhience of the West- India 1;04,.f.1iF 4,u
, 0
gentry will be in active foree, they 4.4 re,. vIIIL i'",,le
old cant of having been, deprivedrof'the6.alaW' '
~i 4
the humane determination' of the tAligi c9141,•1.,01104
slolan%tt.wi:aililsbeed.
abate that disgraceful nuisance, prOtesliiii3O„iltis"-' ''.:'
re
-ruodrguecae agtoaincsotmth:'sjinntfonlet Or tift'r---1,iti.::,,4
theirs in the British markets, they Wili harp ,:t
this pint with all the ingenuity and eunn?..„,sloo,,
possess, a line of argument which has 071-(qiiet; ~
succeeded in securing for them at the n416_1063'6( i
petitioUlooo ;
cent. per cent. prices over and above- thor.. iird ,4
't'itl 1 , 1' ' •
their foreign rival sugar producers, but n° love :,,i.
will they utter about the liberal compensat'aliiiii of „
them at the time of emancipation in the, $ isiiii,,,
twenty millions 'of hard money, and since the in
,ii.,,f,.
in the shape of forty millions more paid the 41p0111
cessive price for their sugar, coffee, rum, Ike' ;ofoi,d, „I
these enormous gains they will maintain a Prt iiito,;i
silence; their recollections upon these import° genf7.-
will be refreshed, however, by some intelligent
~
ber of the House, who, probably, in addition.. w.bo4
minding them of the sixty millions, may
in Bn9
~.
that their selfish clamour does not arise fro
_tip,
humane wish on their parts to mitigate the horn ~
slavery, but that it has its origin in their avns la ,
desire to be allowed to continue their 11..ustatioii
the pockets of the community without le°'',.. an
for a few years longer. No circumstaolf: he
better display the absence of sincerity .2..'iybep
West Indians than their sayings and. doingsnmeil,
Lord John Russell, the session before 1107 PrurtAle
a reduction in the duties on foreign sugarsleet,
very moment they were, with dismal coue.t7elLsed
opposing the measure, on the ground that intlo the
consumption afforded lucrative encourtigenle° ~. their. •
slave trade ; they were cognizant."Of the fact thhafro.th of
dependents in the colonies had been, fora lel'iseti-
time, and were even then, consumers of largefil well
ties of the objectionable sugar ; they knew use fine
that their dependents imported, for domestic ,_lO,O
lump sugar at 265. per cwt., and, ordinary red
sugar at 15s. per cwt., both sorts inalev bad
from slave-raised muscovadoes, and yet.,l.le tbat
the hardihood to pretend before the 1-0.1,.. .thi
they entertained feelings of alarm 1.i.,' 0 it`
industrious poor of the mother country, cloi's. in the'''
was notorious their white and black laboureil4o
West Indies were doing, should augment the.7.oo,ofoa
of slavery. For example the inhabitants of. VIZI, ' pry/
4
4
West India colonies were and are importing .
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hand fine sugars at 265. per cwt., ogle. ivi', P.II
produce of the Brazils and Havanna, W10_114,0,, si.l
other, they are . exporting their own 3' tbytp
manufactured stuff, and, ,obtaining for it here, • ‘,601,,i,j
the mischievous operation, of the sugar fularstOi!'.l
law, 345. 9d. per. cwt. ~80 ;much, th6o'. intere4W
India sincerity, when the parties fanertheirt .
wiic.b,,,
are threatened. Who, after learning thi4 647. t /0'• a1,....,1,, ie.
,
admits of easy proof,. can put any faith iii.W as ..'
..8.. ,
representations ? .0 sorne.,l-
Want of space deters( :us from subinittig acrd ii r:
marks for the consideration of that numerous. Tess
therefor , now
the party who are sincerely anxious to_stieP...o.
the slave-trade ,and slavery; ,we will, t the
merely remind that party that to this mane% the
merely the ene _t
means employed have pot accomp h effect of
sired. They have unsuccessfully.tried t e
treaties ; they have endeavoured in vain to
.pe_rsu,,,dv:
the United States to co-operate with them; theoy,,T'eit
the mortification toperceive that France, tired from
r
alliance, urges her Government to withdraw ba;
engagements formed in 1831 and 1833 ; tn. Y
fern'
the the disastrous results of the expedifi°ll„ I,°l
the Niger, they have the fate of the modem
...,as
before their eyes, from which so much g., "._.
expected. :They have experienced that the privi.leir.s;
bounties, and monopolies heaped unspanniff ping
der that
British colonial produce, for the purpose of lteeP".
the plantations in a productive state intorm
.e, to
Great Britain, nar4 .
slave-holding countries might thereby be
.e
.Pt,°_,,,„ , .
follow the bright example set by ta- , •
lies, Scc' '
that the monopo .
signally failed in their intended object. The plan •
tions are badly cultivated, so .
11 of
the eon' c
conferred, have done little more than
-forty millions sterling
since the y-ear of
sinners of the protected produn a-of _
ealebaoi}u!
--‘-
ardour and with . ,i
slave trade progresses wit unabated
wretched victims than here. 4, ~./
cipation. In the mean tiiiine it is notorious that the
more cruelty towards its
tish cruisers placed. 1,40,,-,q
cape the vigilance of the la
ff
..
we shall en'` v#
tofore, inflicted in order that
.the slave ships may
In this state of a ans .,'
intercept them.
slaver aiscargr.
active competition against
brought into f the former feel„aattoaf
dear our next week to show that free labour sugar, -i"
atmnt, will do
sured of liberal and ones
7.
tion of slavery' .09.1!„;-!1
in markets where the producers o
~ . ~)
towards effecting the rapid ex mc _
.., ,Str-
---- • Siio44ti
.flogentlernanty.... i.„O
any plan yet conceived and practised.
~,, ~„
~. :
Muslq ERlSlll.—Thurday eveni h
on Mesmerism, and convinced a nu ni
as
man,ao:4;ii,.
C. Ball, delivered a lecture at t e Aerdoeulaside. ...tire‘7.;,,,,:
five audience that the subject- remains. 'Y IC' -T:
as ever. lie certainly throw no new light ar°ll ..x.",-