The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-07 00:00:00

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or NluseoTado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending 111ay 3, 1842. is
41s. lid. per Cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid o:
payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain.

MISS BURNEY'S DIARY.—Although the leading
features of the third volume of filis4 Burney's Dion and Corn -
spondence connect themselves w ith the period of her uninter-
rupted residence at the Royal Palaces of it incisor, St. James's,
and Kew, and relates her daily intercourse with Queen Char-
lotte, George 111., the Princesses, &c. of the Royal Family, we
find that even in literary interest and value, the volume will
compete with its predecessors--in virtue of the numerous cha-
racteristic traits and anecdotes which it furnishes of (among
others) the following celebrated individuals, none of whom are
now before the world—viz ,
jiner
Benjamin Wes.,
Herschell and his scientific sister, Matthias, Dr. Kennicott,
Jacob
anitn theohe
mt:thoolvoogliusze prs
the celebrated Hebraist, Swift,
Mason, Young, Hume,White-
head, Sir Francis Drake, Dr. Roberts Provost of Eton,
Rousseau, Madame de la Roche, the cele-
brated all of whom figure prominently in Miss
Billuardnae Ay'esrdigaeagnGeds:,n&without, however, excluding numerous others
to whom we were introduced in the first and second volumes.
The sub-sorters and letter-carriers of the General
Post-office have established a Provident Society, which holds
its meetings in Aldersgate-street. It has been enrolled accord-
ing to the Act, and has received the sanction 13' Lord Lowther.
the Postmaster-General, who has, beside 4, contributed to its
funds a denation of 50/. The objects or the Society are to
form a fund for the relief of widows and orphans, children, or
nominees of deceased members.

THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.
WILL OPEN FOR THE SEASON '
'ON MONDAY EVENING, MAY 9.
The 'Perfortriances will commence with THE BEULAH SPA.
Chara tem by Messrs. F.- Mathews, Oxberry, James Vining,
Brougham. Granby, igan, and Ire'and, Mrs. Brougham, Mis.
Taykturc, Miss Pncott, Miss Marshall, and Mts. H. P. Grattan.
witch, a Divertissement, entitled L'A MOU ti'V AIN eu EU R.
To be followed by a new Barletta, entitled ENTHUSIASM.
To ,:on,luce with a new serious llelotirmie, entitled THE
TROOPER'S HORN; or, The Goblin of the Cht-st.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
• Wonderful attraction, anti matchless Stud of Horses.
THIS EVENING. MAY 7,
'Will be presented Loot Byron's M A ZEPPA ; OR, THE WILD
HORSE OF THE DESERT, with Increased splendour, extensive
auxiliary aid, and unapproachable effects.
. • After which, in a more extensive and splendid Arena than ever
before witnessecl, NEW SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducdig
B &TTY'S unrivalled Collection of Animals, consisting 14* nu.
hymns and matchless Cream-coloured Horses, Andalusian Chargers,
Spotted Coursers, Fairy Palfreys, and Pigmy Poneys, and the most
nilcritett Vaulters, Riders, Gymnastics, and Contortionist. in the
ldi ' with a gorgeou; Entree, Called the AMAZONS of the_
GOLDEN SUN and the KNIGHTS of the SILVER SPUR.
eonclude with the Melodrama of ROBINSON CRUSOE; OR
rttt LsO-LO BUCCANEERS, with New Scenery, &r. • .

TICE INDIA SUN,

CONTAINING

A MAP

AND
FULL ACCOUNT OF
AFFGHANISTAN

AND TIIE

THEATRE OF WAR 1N INDIA,.
WIT U ALL THE LATEST
EWS FROM INDIA AND
CHINA,
IS NOW READY.

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car X.mmoral Tendency, are excluded from
the Columns of "The Sun."