The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-17 00:00:00

COU ItT CIRCULAR .
it4isOß, FRIDAY.—Her Majesty Ind Prince Al-
t zun, yad . their aceastaimu early walk in the
noon -
IvalilLis Royal "Ili4iness Prince Albert afterwards
pld the Earl of Liverpool.
ph Earl of Aberdeen took his departure from thek
or town, this morning. Major Malcolm also
leav fe
dad
o.
Real Highness the Duchess of Kent, at-
tprt'''' by Lady Fanny Howard, took an airing in an
eov earriag,, both yesterday- an 1 to-day.
)41 qs are laid for eighteen. The Royal dinner
at the Casa° this evening is expected to include
11;14.:esty the: Queen, hi,: Royal Highness Prince
liSlt, her Loyal Highness' the Duchess of Kent,
I,qii,xcellency M. Van du I.Veyer and Madame Van
0O) e 3 Lady Fanny Howard, the Earl of Liver-
sir, kr. George Edwar t nod the Hon. Mrs. Anson,
George Cowper, the Viscountess Canning,
1k.„.41it Sydney, the two 'Maids of Honour in
t N
1;4°7? the Groom laul the Equerry in Waiting
Anicsty,.
and the Equerry in Waiting on his
Royal Higltries , the Duke of Cambridge
her Royal 'highness the Duchess of
e Glouces-
-1 Thursday. r-vening, at Gloucester House. His
41 Ifigliness afterwares went to his residence
w.
•
Nkft.",`)Pll Iligl'ness -Prince George of Cambridge
`"11 fin' Leeds, to join his regiment.
';5111"1!P''.11 of libraleen arrived in town yesterday,
le.e; visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. His
Tncythe.:French Ambassador visited the Noble
F.,oreign-office in the afternwn.. General
Nl,'`ie Spanish Minister, also visited his Lordship.
*en 'el, v.. J. R. Wood, Chaplain to her Majesty the
'1144" 'Wager, arrived rt Marlborouei House on
evening from Worcester. 'The Rev. Gen-
NF,:* s :
left town yesterday for Canford House, Dor-
e, the residenee of the Queen Dowager.
)(4.;.' lion. and Rev. BaptiSt Noel will officiate to-
Jaw, as Chaplain'in.OzdinarY, atthe Chapel Royal
nleetin, of the Customs' Revenue .Commission
I}k /,'eut \-esterday, at Gv.ydyr House, Whitehall.
issioners'present_ were Lord Granville So-
atlt, the Right Hon. W. caadstone, Mr. Bingham
CO, Alexander Pringle, and Mr. Milnes
11•
•
' W iL•kham, Chainaan of the. Stamps and Taxes,
,
hitt.tview with the Chancellor of the Excite-
e.t3'.'estel day, at nis official residence, in Downing-

PRICE OF SUGAR.
EFFECTS OF MONOPOLY.
LONDON, DEC. 17, 1842.
Veilowing average prices of Brown or Alusco-
Veitish Sugars, exclusive of duty, were pub-
in the Gazette of last night :
West India ..345. Rid. per cwt.
tast India 33 9t-,
The Mauritius 35 2f
~Clpaverage price of three kinds, jointly computed,
IVive of dut.:, is 345. 41d. per cwt.
The
actual weights of sugar sold on account of the
t.'Nr,:;,,..rsi in the week ending the 13th inst., accord-
Coe returns made upon oath by the sugar bro-
.o compliance with the Act of Parliament, and
weights the above prices are computed, c0n-
°116490 cwt. West India, 12,922 cwt. East
14ancl 2,415 cwt. of Mauritius.
04,11,td 800 cwt. of very dark unsound sugars have
h:in the same week ; these having been classed
"44,...leturns, partly as East India and partly as
Itiki;'4B, unfairly depress the average prices of those
e 11•13 of sugar, as well as the total average price.
le sugar:, equal to doable refined manufiic-
la London, for exportation, from foreign raw
%rti %ay be purchased, free of all charges in putting
aboard a British ship, for 265. 6d. per cwt.
s4ael;cellent sugar is consequently, Bs. 2d. per cwt.
Pter than West India Muscovadoes, which are
equal in quality to the Foreign Muscovadoes,
Whieb the said white sugars were made. The
ies.orJ3ritish SUP:II'B for the above quoted week
Nill'ing-lane, were 31,927 cwt. Assuming that
kt,eB of sugar by importers out or London, were
saele extent as the weight sold in that market,
-(lnsurners bought 63,531 cwt. of sugar at 345.
In Per
CWt., amounting in round numbers to
igl.•
„'"
11 They might have bought 63,854 cwt. of
SIP ear at 18s.' 61. per cwt., amounting to
•
Y,thl W aiting a difference of 50,5491., that is to
`l.• 'ration, by buying foreign, instead of the
~I1(4415- sugar, would have saved thit amount, which,
:14,;-t0.325,4991. (see The Sun of Dec. 10), gives
the .excess of' price paid by the public in
.1.
'th'oxisecative weeks.
t have been various rumours afloat for the
deli month relating to an alteration of the sugar
h4clai,qhat they will be altered during the ensuing
• Parliament there remains little doubt, or
that effect would not have been given for-
,mrs thr-Legislative Assembly' of Jamaica, as ap- •
,"'Llon:qave ,been the'case by the • newspapers of that
ghat 61;. Qed .we,. further gather froth' the same source, •
N.,,4t: alteration will be a reduction of duty on
'tail
sugars • here all knowledge approaching to
ceases. The rumour, however, 'goes on to
hveat amount of duty will be taken off, assert-
-4;ltit'it the- Government has • alreatly determined to
\‘l,-t the duty on British sugars from 255. 3d. per
163., and on: foreign from 655. 2(1. to 30s. per
i4h...1-11at these figures are correct is very impro-
N ,ks rehtes. to British sugars. It is not likely,
exigencies of the country are such that the
are compelled to have recourse to an
:441'•tax to_ meet them, that they will
'4e dream of throwing away more than
hi,
the amount of the present duty on British
"a tax, collected at a comparatively trifling
3ai4,4 an article too bulky to be smuggled; and,
'qttlne would be a boll man indeed who would ven-
"hie Propose a measure to the House of Commons
tWt
would confer a protection, or bonus of 14s.
hear
• (equivalent to 2,800,0001.) on the British
),tsProducers This would be a costly and clumsy
toe 444.44P,c to vamp: up West India interest indeed.
itit on is already taxed 800,0001. a-year to pay
'N,,erest of the 20,000,0001. compensation money
thLo them, and the notion that we are to smart, to
1,k4t7,,,11e of 2,800,0004 in addition, through indirect
to sustain the consequences of bad manage-
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4'4 the _West Indies is preposterous. The
°f the reduction of duty on British sugars
des .-xterit named must be erroneous, and probably
bt% Origin to the ingenuity and invention of
heir ''ritish sugar producers, who devoutly wish
44t:Ailietions may be verified. Besides, a slight
Ik4l,lg4tion would display that one-third the British
imported in 1842 were grown in the East
Nis' and the Mauritius. These, as we stated last
need no protection. The produce of these
Si'LP may, from cheapness of wages, suc-
,'4, tk,:3", cope with any foreign produce of a like
111`,Ler which may 'he brought in competition
!tfN it, either in this or any other market. If
'lldiktti°ll, therefore, is to be conferred on West
Nlv:llgar the scheme of differential duties will not
134- [r the purpose, without at the same time grant-
i'Vf,"ls to sugar which does not require it. We
''sl4l;e revert to our suggestion, that all sugars
ate h 0 admitted to home consumption at the same
Nt:,duty, and a bounty of 4s. or Si. per cwt. be
en sugar imported from and certificated as
°r(N'th of the West Indies. Under such a system.
13,Rer raised by free labour in Cochin China, Java,
ktt •milippiao Islands, Siarn, &c., would have a fair op-
144111itY of. coming freely into competition against
t'e44
- our sugars raised in the Brazils, Cuba, &c. The
4ve?_ners of the last-named countries would surely
tlver'worstof the conixst, and, after theexpiration of
veitionth we should have. little of slave-raised
'We,' Slavery and the slave trade would die a natural
atit'°on afterwards. Let us not be misunderstood
'°l4-44e4',: bounties, because we have suggested a
Qt thy West India sugar; we have only pointed
'414,,-3,lllctde of treating West India sugars as pre-
Lo the plan of fortifying their price by diffe-
.l4.4 dutiesl-, , which will also enhance the price of
and Mauritius sugars,

IRELAN.b.
ulq4,
- DEC. 14.—STATE OF THE COUNTRY:
f 46117, Gazette of last night offers a reward of
fired °l' the apprehension of the party or parties who
y4jc)4l.t and wounded Richard Murphy, steward of
E4,,,t%;(1,ener.,,,l Sir James Kearney ; a similar reward
eu. for the apprehension of those who fired at,
~'~ather nded Daniel Keefe, steward of Matd.ew Pen-
New Park, coui.ity of Tipperary. The
'-iliardian received thr, day, has the following:
(I'vv " ARRESTS.

i:11411:,° Inen named Qaigly and Brien, from the
,qiood of Carrigatogher, hare been arrested,
4 17,04113 Identified, as being of the party that attached
keeper, at Ballywilliam, as reported in a
ani;;, "or of the Guardian.
141 t ;..Butler and Janes Gleeson alias Money,
~tltlQd -"shonny, near this town, have been appre-
i! kis and identified as being of the party that fired
4 .zPrI, Moneygall, on the morning of Sunday,
n

ct
Tll°l
„ " THREATENING NOTICES.Fj
lee has been served on Mr. Kennedy, the
:1/t4
4tllv'tisPector, threatening him with the death of his
Kennedy Keeper,' if he should dare to en-
mqvite orders of the Town Commissioners in re-
`l'.l)lll'.
the obstructions with which the pavements
, io'leicafled every day in the week.
Ptol 2 the morning of Tuesday, a man armed with a
‘4llteered tie house, on the lands of Derry, near
4416-
ticrY, and served a threatening notice.* At the
L'Lest-(iLl', Presenting his weapon at the woman's head,
A ii","ng Vier to quit the place.
/, • d e. at e notice has, been served on a work-
.h %I::lore:as B. Darer, Esq.
le -ni(,-ht of SAturday, head constable Bourke
r
DTI M seizing oft the ti)llowing in the house of
c 4
,01s, of Belechvvood, a labouring man