The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-21 00:00:00

SUGAR DUTIES.

On Tuesday, the 18th, an article from a morning
paper was copied into The Sun. The article, after
stating that there were good reasons for believing that
the reductions proposed by Sir R. Peel were only the
steps to a more comprehensive plan now under con-
templation, goes on to state, that a document, originally
designed fir the peeuliar direction of those in the Minis-
terial confidence, had by some means become public. The
document is, states the paragraph, an essay on '• Commer-
cial and Financial Legislation," which, though in perfect
keeping(?) with the "Financial Statement," is a very bold
and ample development. With the assurance that there
was. the most absolute agreement on those questions be-
tween Sir RObert Peel and the late President of the
Board of Trade, end without the least hint of any dis-
cordant voice in the Cabinet (again ?) we have. adds the
paper, no alternative but to read in this document the
ultimate intentions of the present Ministry as far as
they have been reduced to tangible form, and as far as
circumstances seem likely to admit of t! eir ext cution. " We
have only space this day to give to our readers the two
firstintroductory papers. Their style is compendious and
suggestive, but there can be no mistake as to their
drift. The freest possible exchange of commodities, and
the imposition of taxes only for revenue, are made the
basis of a scheme which we think it due to the financial
acts of the Ministry to publish even in its present im-
perfect shape."
The foregoing eulogium on the financial statement of
Friday appears at rather an unhappy moment, consider
ing how much the proposition of Sir R. Peel about the
sugar duties is at valiance with the recommendation of
the before-mentioned essay to impose taxes o for revenue.
The remarks in The Sun ut W ednesiaty evening clearly
demonstra' e that the proposed duties on sugar are to be
imposed principally fur the benefit of one class, regard-
less altogether of the revenue, for while they will ab-
stract from the consumers of sugar 2,625,0001. for the
enrichment of a few planters, they will deprive the re-
venue of 1,300,0001., which deficiency the said con-
sumers will have to make good by submitting to the
yoke of an abominable income-tax. These results are
as much in keeping with the principle con% eyed in the
essay on commercial and financial h gislation as were
the results of the Ministerial efforts to exclude slave-
labtair sugars from the British markets by an Act of
Parliament. The Minister and his party bring all the
energies of their mind to concoct an Act which shall
admit only free-labour sugar to home consumption.
when 10, and behold the very first transaction which
occurs, upon the Act coming into operation, is the ad-
mission of a cargo of slave-labour sugar, certificated, cer-
tainly, as the produce of Venezuela (a slave-holding
State), but suspected to be, by judges of sugar, who
saw the samples of it, to be the produce of
Porto Rico. One cargo having found its way safely to
British market., will, doubtless, be followed by others,
as the enterprise paid the importers handsomely. The
scheme for excluding slave-labour sugar from Great
Britain is, consequently, illusory, and has the bad effect
of raising the prices of sugar to the British consumer,
without discouraging the cultivation of the cane by slaves.
It is to be hoped, therefore, that the House will support
Lord John Russell's amendment whenever it may come
under discussion, so that an Act calculated only to raise
prices to British coasuiners and enrich British sugar pro
&leers, may be placed, with all others of the same cha-
racter, in the tomb of the Capulets.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
R. Lang, tallow chandler, Mill-bridge, Yorkshire—first dry.
of 3a. 2d. in the pound, Feb. 18, or any subsequent Tuesday,
at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds.
R. Chapman, innkeeper, Scorton,Yorkshire—first and final
div. of 3s. in the pound, Feb. 18, or any subsequent Tuesday,
at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
W. Perkins, upholsterer, Portsea, March 12, at two—ll.
Clceve, cowkeeper, Rettendon, Essex, March 11, at twelve—
J. P. Davies, apothecary, Davies-street, Berkeley-square,
March 11, at half-past eleven—T. B. Hall, grocer, Coggeshall,
Essex, March 11, at half-past twelve—T. Benson. stationer,
North-place, Gray's Inn-road, March 11, at one—A. Winton,
D. Winton, and J. Webber, warehousemen, Wood-street,
Cheapside, March 14, at twelve.
In the Country.
G. Harriot, beer brewer, Ormskirk, Lancashire, March 13,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—T. Eskrigge,
cotton manufacturer, Warrington, March 11, at twelve, at the
Liverpool District Court—S. mid W. T. Clough, alkali ma-
nufacturers, Eccleston, Litu.,ashire, March 11, at eleven, at
the Liverpool District Court—J. Drewe, scrivener, Keyn-
sham, Somersetehire, March 14, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis-
trict Court—J. W. Green, ship builder, Dartmouth, March 14,
at one, at the Exeter District Court—C. S. and W. Hey-
wood, warehousemen, Manchester, March 14, at twelve, at
the Manchester District Court—M. Atkinson and J. Laid-
man, sen., bankers, Penrith, March 11, at half-past one, at
the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—J. Whitehead,
common brewer, Ainsworth, Lancashire, March 13, at twelve,
at the Manchester District Court—T. Worsley, hosier, Stock-
port, Cheshire, March 14, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis-
trict Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
• the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
W. Byers, woollen warehouseman, Skinner-street, March
11—J. Sedman, colour merchant, Queen-street, Cheapside,
March 11—C. Soul, grocer, Long-alley, Moorfields, March 11
—l. Argent, victualler, Fleet-street, March 12—C. Maid-
stone, milliner, Cambridge, March 11—J. Coulson, inn-
keeper, Great Clacton, Essex, March 14—E. Scott, miller,
Hillborough, Norfolk, March 14—J. Lawrence, tobacconist,
Northampton, March 12—T. Rollings, wine merchant, In-
grain-court, Fenchurch-street, March 13—B. Perkins and S.
Woolley, drapers, Stamford, March 11—J. Michael, outfitter,
North shields, March 13—B. Creigh, cartwright, Newcastle-
tipon-T3 ne, March 13—J. Ward, engineer, Manchester,
March 13—W. Lutwyche, brass founder, Birmingham, March
11—A. Seed, licensed victualler, Liverpool, March 12—J. and
H. Colville, merchants, Liverpool, March 13—C. B. Ray
nolds, tailor, Devizes, March 11—G. Harrold, merchant, Bir-
mingham, Merck 11—A. Lequeutre, miller, Chingford-mills,
Essex, March 11—R. Tucker, farrier, Dean-street, Westmin-
ster, March 11.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. W. Ridgway, H. Ford, and H. E. Ridgway, attorneys,
Manchester (so far as regards H. Ford)—S. C. Blodget and
N. Hinrichsen, ship-chandlers, Liverpool—L. Lloyd and J. J.
Bitchal, commission agents, Manchester—R. W. and B. W.
Hood, linen diapers, Hackney—J. Stanley and J. Schofield,
colliers, Oldham—R. and T. Julian, coach builders, Cork—
C. Broadbent and A. Whitcomb, milliners, Sackville .street,
Piccadilly—C. C. and G. Williams, pawnbrokers, New-crane,
Shadwell—W. and E. Leigh, glass dealers, Liverpool—W.
Fowler, F. Summers, and J. H. Walker, cloth dressers, Fern-
ley, Yorkshire (so far as regards J. H. Walker)—R. Harman
and W. Bayley, shipowners, Hastings—J. Street and W.
Howe, zinc plate workers, Norfolk-street—G. Dobson and G.
Handley, colliers, Pontefract—J. and C. Holleads, carriers,
Tenterden—J. D. Piper and E. Baker, printers, Hadleigh—
E. J. Redmond and M. T. Duggan, milliners, Conduit-street,
Regent-street—J. B. Chantrell and T. Shaw, architects,
Leeds—J. Phillips and J. C. Harris, Bristol—W. S. and C.
Gates, grocers, Uxbridge—W. and T. Woodward, cabinet-
makers, Worcester—J. Mitchell and J. Scott, coal fitters,
Monkwearmouth-shore
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Philip Cadell, iron manufacturer, Cramond, Feb. 22 and
March 15, at twelve, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house,
Edinburgh.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.---YzaTEnDAY.
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9 to 1 apt Mr. Jaques's Semiseria
15 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's The Era—taken
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22 to .1 agst Duke of Richmond's Strathspey—taken
25 to I agst Mr. Bell's Winesour—taken .
25 to 1 agst Mr. H. Stebbings's Celeste
25 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's St. Laurence
30 to 1 agst Mr. Irvine's Pride of Kildare
35 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Pug—taken
35 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Hemp—taken
35 to 1 agst Mr. Williamson's Extempore—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Foigh-a-ballagh
60 to 1 agst Mr. Coleman's Devil's Dust.
Very little in the shape of alteration will be noticed in the
prices returned; business, in fact, was in no respect impor-
tant beyond eliciting a favourable feeling towards Zaneni,
Winesonr, and Strathspey. We have quoted Zanoni's price
up to what we considered the close of the general betting;
we were informed, however, that three points less were
taken to 200/. a few minutes before the doors were closed,
but as at that time the majority of the subscribers had left,
we are disposed to look upon 18 to 1 as the actual market
price.

DERBT.
10 to 1 agst Mr. Greyille's Alarm (take 11 to 1)
14 to 1 agst Cel. Peel's Cobweb colt—taken
15 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Kedger
18 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Newsraonger—taken
to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt
30 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor
30 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa
35 to 1 agst Mr. Gully a Old England—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. A. Vir. Hill's Ironmaster—taken (all in)
40 to 1 agat Mr. A. Johnstone's Annandale
40 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Anti-repealer
66 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Fuzbos—taken
66 to 1 agat Gen. Yates's Seaman—taken
16 to 1 agat Mentor and Pantasa—taken
Newsmonger and the Mies Whip colt rec dyed a further lift,
and hive get to ass a better position in the market.

13 and 14 to 1 was laid to three or fourhundred pounds agst
Cobweb colt; 4,000 to 100 agst Ironmaster (all in); 1,000 to
15 lig,st Seaman : and a few other bets of smoll amount.
Business, on the whole, was bad.