The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-12 00:00:00

PRICE OF SUGAR.

EFFECT OF

OXOPOLY.
Loudon, Aug. 12, 1842.
The Gazette of this evening will announce the following
as the average prices of British Brown and Muscovado
sugars:— s. d.
West India
East India 3B 6*
Mauritius
Total average 375. 31d. per cwt.
The actual quantities sold on account of the importers
in the week ending the 9th inst.. accordhlg to the returns
made upon oath by the sugar brokers, in conformity with
the Act of Parliament, and on which quantities the above
prices are computed, consisted of :-
25 240 cwt. of West India Sugar.
15,589 ee,. of East India Sugar.
1 677 {!N t. of-Alauritius Sugar.
The same Sugars, if sold in foreign markets.; would,
from their qualities; fetch only 163. per cwt. for the
West India, 18s. per cwt. for the East India, and
16s. 6d. per cwt. for the Mauritius, because they would
be sold side by side with foreign Sugars, which, taking
quality for quality, may be purchased at the like rates.
The British consumers are, consequently, paying the
monopolists 20s. per cwt. more for all the Sugar they
use, than the real value of it. The consumption per
annum being, in round numbers, four million ewts.,
shows that the sacrifice on one article to class. interests,
amounts to about 4,000,000/. If this enormous sum had
gone to fortify the revenue instead of going into the
pockets of Sugar plantation proprietors, the community
at large would not now experience the annoyance of fill-
ing up the papers relating to the obnoxious Income-tax,
and of, by and by, having the collectors rapping at their
doors for the hard cash. Let each individual bear in
mind, as he hands over his money, that it is so much
paid for the maintenance of the Sugar monopoly, for it
is quite clear, that had the above-mentioned 4,000,000/.
been added to the general revenue, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer would not have needed the proceeds of an In-
come-tax for the legitimate disbursements of the State.
A short time since an application was made on behalf
of the people to the Legislature, for a Committee to in-
quire into the causes of their alarming distress ; the in-
tensity of misery occasioned by this distress was acknow-
ledged, but the inquiry was denied. The appeal was
stifled, it is fair to conclude, because the landed interest
feared the development of truths which would point out
that a further alteration of the Corn-laws was the only
remedy which could alleviate the existing suffering ; in
fact, that bread was the most fitting cure for star-
vation. We now change the character of the appli-
cants. Another class of landed proprietors, the West
India body', ask for a Committee to investigate the causes
of their difficulties—difficulties entirely arising from their
own mismanagement—this favoured party no sooner
signify their wishes than a Committee is forthwith nomi-
nated, with powers to examine into the causes of differ-
ence between employers and labourers in the West Indies.
This Committee, after a laborious investigation, has just
published a report ; whether their views are correct or
incorrect is not now the question, we merely point to the
fact that an inquiry into the causes of distress was denied
to the many, while it was readily granted to a petted
few. Is this justice ?

HENRY CLINTON BADDir.L.-1
The above individual d:eci on the 3d inst,..nt,
Lorigbottorn Stockade, Sydney, of c,;nsumptiol:.
was the son of Major-Generalßadd(l3y, of the 13011'
army, an officer distlnguiShed for his gal:antry, w
in his younger days, on more than one occasion, feu
on the " forlorn hope." His son possessed the sole
fearless and undaunted spirit; and there are circuar
stances connected with his short but eventful life,
which, if collected together, would form- an interest'
ing romance. At an early period he entered the
litary service of the HonourableEast India Company,
and for some time was attached to the Irregular Ca'
valry, where he acquired such skill in the use of his
sword and spear, as well as in the management of his
horse, that he was considered a match for --the.best i " Sowahr" in the far-famed " Skinner's Horse." 13
fact, he was reckoned one of the best swordsmen- ni
India. His wild and enterprising spirit let him t°
enter the Persian service at the period of the Bus'
sian war, and he soon attained the rank of Mai?'
and the command of a regiment. During his stay ni
Persia he had the honour of dining at the same table
with the present Emperor of Russia, after a Wu'
row escape from being shot for fighting against the
Russians. He quitted the Persian service, and W
employed by the British Envoy at the Court of Perna
to convey despatches of great importance to
.Ponsonby, at Constantinople, a journey of 2,000 mites'
which he performed on horseback in an incredilq,
short time, and suffered the greatest fatigue and
privations. Lord Ponsonby sent him with the saw'
despatches to London, and he delivered them in safett
to Lord Palmerston, who received him with the
greatest kindness and made him many promises 0,
i
support and protection, not one of which he ever Alt;
filled. During his short stay in England he nlor'
in the highest circles, and was a welcome guest in
the families of several of the British nobility—Lord
Brougham's, amongst others,—and he resided dun'
ing several weeks with the Marquis of Waterford'
at his family residence in Ireland. He was presented
by Lord Palmerston to Queen Victoria, on witich
a
occasion he was dressed in the full uniform of a field
officer in the Persian army, and decorated with the
splendid order of the Sun. He came to this colont
with letters to his Excellency the Governor, whieg
procured for him the miserable situation of an as'
sistant at the convict stockade at Longbottoln-4
situation altogether unworthy of his birth and coo'
flexions, but there he lingered for many months, and
there he was left to die. He died -without any of' the
comforts required by an invalid, without medical at:
tenrlance, with the exception of an occasional visit
from a benevolent gentleman unconnected with the
Government, without a friend or relatiVe near hint,
and; no one but a convict to administer to his wants,
and to perform the last melancholy office of closing
his eyes in death.—Sydney Herald, .March 12.

DUTCH MAIL.
HAMBURGH, AUG. 2.—lt is known that 8,000,000 of
the new loan were taken by Mr. Solomon Heine, banker'of this city, and that 3,000,000 were intended for the ~
change. The inscriptions for the 3,000,000 were E.°
numerous, that on the first day more than the sail
quired was inscribed : according to the condition's Pre:
viously published, the list was closed yesterday, when lj
appeared that the total amount inscribed was 25,600,0°
marks banco. Such an unexpected result makes a ge'.
sensation : it was thought there might be inscription;
for more than 3,000,000, but eight or nine times as floc
could not be foreseen in the present state of affairs'
Ten per cent. of the sum inscribed is to be had lour
diately.

BELGIUM,
BRUSSELS, AUG. 7.—Yesterday the King transset4
business successively with the Minister of the Int erior
and the Minister of Justice. His Majesty gave au(lience
to the Marquis de Rumigny, the French Ambassador. f
The King will not be present to-day at the opening o 1
the sections of the railway from Mons to Quievrand,
several journals have stated.
The funeral service for the Duke of Orleans, ordere,
by the Chambers, was performed yesterday in tt.e chin
of St. Gudule.

AUG. B.—The Moniteur Belge publishes three converr
tions concluded with the Duchies of Saxe-Allenberg,',
Anhalt Dessan, and Anhalt-Coethen, regulating betwee'
the subjects of those States and Belgian subjects the re'
ciprocal faculty of entrusting and acquiring property,'
the same conditions as the native subjects of the. CO'
tracting State.
The Belgian Consul at Riga has just intimated to its
Government that the duty imposed in England on 'lll.
exportation of coals might, perhapS, enable the Belgian
merchants to import them into Livonia. Coals are ex"
empt from duty in the port of Riga.
Belgian shipowners might derive some advantage from
this new branch of commerce with Livonia, foi-* onr
Consul informs the Government that no Belgian sbi p has
a„d
visited the ports of Riga, Pernau, Aremburg, Leb,
Mirdan, during the first six months of this year, wl hins
many Mecklenburg, Pomeranian, and Hanoverian S
have taken in cargoes for the ports of Belgium. d
BRUSSELS, AUG. 9.—The King set out for Osten
yesterday at one o'clock by a special train. It is possible
that his Majesty is gone to meet his august sister, the
Duchess of Kent, who is to embark qt Woolwichto-day.
Her Royal Highness, it is,snid, will trrive at C).t,utl to-
morrow, and after stopping a few days with timir
*ties, will go to Wiesbaden, where a hotel has, been en-
gaged for her.

Her Majesty, whose grief is still very great, will not
join the King with the young Princes for some.days.
Mr. J. Kindt set out yesterday for Paris, with the
King!ssatification of the convention with France.