The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EV_ENING, FEBRUARY 28, 18451

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(FriAn the London New Price Current of Feb. 28.)
SUGAR.— To-day the businees done in all descriptions of
W. I. Sugar was very limited, and the rates taken were 6d to
Is per cwt lower. The total quantity sold for the week is
only 620 hhds and tierces. The market closes flatly for all
sorts of Colonial Sugar.
REFINED.—To-dav the limited business transacted in home
trade goods was at a-further reduction in prices ; brown lumps
selling at 683 to 695, standard lumps 70s to 71s ; tittlers, ordi-
nary 69s 6d to 70s per cwt.
MAtyrmus.—The demand has been less active, and mer-
chants generally more willing to realise. and a decline in
prices of is to is 6d per cwt has taken place.
EAST INDIA —This afternoon there was little desire shown
to purchase Bengal. At public sale of 244 chests 1,244 bags
of brown and yellow were all withdrawn. The prices the
trade were inclined to pay were such that merchants would
not accept.
COFFEE.—This afternoon the large quantity of 1,689 bales
of Mocha Coffee was submitted to public competition;
buyers evinced little desire to purchase, and the whole was
nearly all bought in, at moderate rates.
TEA.—To-day green Tea was in demand, and fetched fully
former rates, but the market is very dull for black, and 1014 d
to 101/ed was accepted for good comman sound Congou.
RICE.—To-day an increased desire was shown to purchase
Bengal Rice, and 1367 bags at public sale went with anima-
tion, at an advance on last week's rates of 3d per cwt., good
mid pearly white realised Ils to Ils 6d; sea damaged, first
class lOs 6d to lls, second class 10s, and third class 9s
per cwt.
Rom, BRANDY, AND. HOLLANDS.—There are. sellers of
Leeward Islands upon further reduced terms, still few pur-
chasers are to be met with at Is 100 to Is lld per gallon,
proof strength. Calcutta, Is 9id to is 10d per gallon.
Demerara 3s to 3s 3d. Jamaica, 21 to 20 per cent over proof
3s 3d to 3s sd, 26 to 29 over 3s stl to 38 6d, 30 to 36
over proof 3s 7d to 4s, fine 31 to 36 over proof
4s 3d to ss, very fine and rich 5s 3d to 7s per gallon
Brandy again reduced ld per gallon. Cognac, best brands of
the vintage of 1838, hhds 4s I Id, puns 45 9d 1839, hhds
4s Bd, puns 4s 6d ; 1840, hlids 4s Bd, puns 45 6d; 1841, hhds
4s 7d, puns 4s 5d ; 1842, hhds 4s 4d, puns 4s 2d ; 1843, hhds
4s 2d, puns 4s, common 2s 7d to 2s 103, mid to good mid
2s 11d to-3s ld, and Bordeaux 2s 6d t.) 2s 8d per gallon.
Ons.—This afternoon at public sale 100 tuns of Southern
Oil, only partly sold at 2615 s to 2815 s for British, and at 29/
to 29158 for American Elephant. 30 tuns Newfoundland
Whale 24115 s to 251 15s per tun.

COURSE OF EXCHJ
♦msterdam CF. 12 71
Ditto, at sight l2 56
Rotterdam 2U. 12 8
Antwerp 26 10
Hamburgh M.B. 13 15
Altona l3 15
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 85
Ditto, 3 months 26 5
Marseilles 26 10
Bourdeaus 26 15
Frankfort on Maine 122

NGE --(THIS DAY.)
Gibra1tar...............—
Leghorn 3l
Genoa ...... 26 15
Milan, ....... .....
Venice 47
Naples ......
Palermo, per 0z..... 118 i
Lisbon s3i
Oporto ..
Rio Janeiro .
Bahia . ..... 24
Buenos Ayres
NewYork.:.;7dyssight
Philathipl
rnwx.,-4 guLuox, FER OZ
Foreign (1,4.1, bars. £3 17 9
Portuga: Gold (kin 3 17 5
New. Do.; ,:00115..... 9 0 0
New D(.llass J 4 9,
Silver n 11‘r5..... 9 4 11

Petersburgh, 3Us 37
Berlin .

Vienna, aim. fl. 3 M 9 59
Trieste, ditto
litadnd 361
Cadiz
Bilbao 36
Barcelona 36

Seville

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The LOEB CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at
Five o'clock.
A message from the Commons brought up several private
Bills.
On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, Britten's Divorce
Bill was read a third time and passed.
IRISH CONSTABULARY.
The Earl of CLARENDON, on behalf of the Marquis of
Normanby, gave notice of the intention of that Noble Marquis
to bring the question of the Irish constabulary, of which he had
given notice, before their Lordships on Tuesday next.
SUGAR DUTIES.

Lord MON TEAGLE then rose to move for certain papers
relative to the sugar duties, to which he hoped there would
be no objection. He wished, however, to make a few ob-
servations as to the grounds upon which he did it,
because in a former discussion it seemed to be thought
that he was premature in making observations on a measure
that was likely to come before that House in the shape of a
Bill. It was upon these grounds that he wished now to make
a few observations. They were now informed, from the
highest authority, that the resolution in another place
would take effect at the time the resolution passed.
He was not now dealing with foreign sugar merely, but with
the equalisation of the sugar duties in our East and, West
India colonies : and in the years 1841 and 1842, when the
sugar duties were brought under discussion, he had brought
the same thing under the notice of the House. He thoUght it
most necessary that this principle should be understood, be-
cause on a late evening, when he asked a question of the
Noble Lord (Stanley), he had been told that the Minis-
terial proposition was not to be supposed a final measure,
but was only intended to give, as it were, a notice
of its final legi lation proposed by the Government.
They were told also by the Noble Lord, that the Government
intended to adhere to the principle of equalisation on the
sugars of both the East and West India colonies ; that they did
not intend to observe a discriminating duty on the sugars of
the East, greater than that exacted from those of the West
There was an artifice of this description once perpetrated by
the Government of France, and he thought it was this. In
reference to the duty upon iron, it was proposed
by the French Government that there should be a higher
duty upon all iron which was brought by sea than that
which was imposed en the same article into France by
land. True, there was no mention made of either
England or Belgium, but the effect was still the same,
because English iron necessarily came by sea, while that of
Belgium came by land. Since the former discussion oa this
subject he had communicated with some influential parties con-
nected with the East Indies, and they appeared to entertain
the same impression as he did ; they agreed with him that the
measure of the Government would operate moat unjustly to the
East Indies. This, he thought, most strongly showed the
general impression that prevailed throughout the whole
commercial world on this subject. But there was a stronger
evidence than this in the memorial addressed to the Govern-
ment by the East India and China Association. This Association
comprehended all the eminent traders in that part of the world.
Two highly respectable members objected to the terms of the
memorial, but he believed the rest were unanimous in agree-
ing to it. They complained bitterly of the measure of the
Government, and pretended that it would materially injure the
trade of the East Indies, holding out, as it did, a premium for
the introduction of the worst quality of sugar into this country.
He wished to say one word more. He had a considerable objec-
tion to the plan which their Lordships would be called upon to
approve. When it was endeavoured to impose equal duties on
sugars of a different quality it had invariably proved an unequal
duty. They wished to impose an ad valorem duty.
That plan had been tried and had utterly failed.
The Government with which he had been connected,
though he was not at that time a Member of it,
had attempted a similar measure. They had classified teas, and
attempted to impose an ad valorem duty on teas. The argu.
ments for it were certainly very plausible, but it had utterly
failed in practice. The fact was that it was invariably found
that the highest quality of a secondary kind was always more
valuable than the lowest quality of the first kind, and the
consequence was that the duty fell unequally on the lowest
quality of the first-rated article. There was a great difficulty
even among the merchants themselves to ascertain the peculiar
value of each species of sugar, and this was the reason vi by the
duty of 55., which had been imposed on East India Sugars,
which were equal to clayed sugars, had been repealed. In
1823, in replying to Mr. Woolrich Wichmore, he had stated
this as the reason why he repealed the duty of 55.,
which bad been imposed on East India sugars.
He was persuaded that if their Lordships or the other House
of Parliament would only have a Committee for one week with
respect to the question, that the evidence taken during that
time would satisfy the Government that a measure of this
kind would end in disappointment, as it would cause
disputes between the officers of the Government and the ex-
porting merchants. If there was any tax that ought
not to; be discussed annually it was a tax of such
mighty and distinct interests. The object was to
ascertain the whole working of -the discriminating
duties of 1831, the ground on which they were- departed from,
and the reasons for the present proposed duties. The Noble
Lord concluded by moving for the returns of which he had
given notice.
Lord STANLEY was aware that it was somewhat irregular
to take up their Lordships' time with the discussion of a ques-
tion which was not regularly before the House. When
the measures of her Majesty's Government came before
the House be should be prepared to defend them in
every particular. He deprecated.- any construction
ofi a Bill which had not gone through the other House of Par-
liament. He ventured to repeat the declaration he had made
en a previous evening, that it was the intention, of Govern-
ment to equalise the duties on the products of the East and
West Indies, and only to add a higher duty to the
superior qualities of sugar from the east in order to equal the.
duty on the same qualities of sugar from the west.
The returns were then agreed to. •
•
BAIL IN ERROR.

The LORD CHANCELLOR, in proposing the second
reading of this Bill, said that it would not be necessary
to do more than briefly advert to the principle of the measure.
Perhaps an illustration would better explain the nature and
object of the Bill. A party was charged with misden.eanour.
Ile was found guilty, and sentenced to imprisonment,
say for three or six months, or ar longer period.
He was advised by his Counsel that the judgment
was erroneous, and he ought therefore to apply for a
writ of error. But immediately after the sentence was pro-
nounced, it was executed, and he was thrown into confinement.
A considerable time elapsed before the ' writ ' of error
could be heard, and a decision pronounced by the
Court above ; still he was suffering the sentence
of the law, and if the imprisonment was not of long duration it
frequently expired before judgment was pronounced upon the
writ of error. What was the case, however, in civil actions.
A verdict was returned and judgment pronounced, the defen-
dant brings a writ of error, and this susperds
the execution of the judgment. 'At first, the
writ of error was granted without bail or security being given ;
but this being found inconvenient, the law was afterwards
changed, and this person bringing the writ of error had
to enter into his own recognizances, and to produce
two responsible sureties that the debt and costs
should be paid in the event of the judgment being
confirmed. But if the amount of costs were paid immediately
after the verdict was returned, the party, if he succeeded in
his writ of error, could, recover the amount by an action
of law. This, however, ;did not apply to • a case of a
criminal nature: • , The party was punished notwith-
standing-,that he brought a writ of error, and he had
no possibility of being restored to his former position.
If it was not open to the Court to suspend the decree, it
yet was open to suspend the execution of the decree,
and from the commonalty of civil proceedings he apprehended
there would be no difficulty in the case. On these accounts
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apathy, that they turned otoccutlriree4 to rouse them from their
defi-
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ltiori his Noble Friend had brought in
In the last
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evil, but it was not in his (Lord Lyndhurst's) opinion free from
defects, and he had accordingly opposed the second reading. if on
some future cccasion he would bring in another Bill to avoid
those defects, he would support it, but if he did not, he Lard
Lyndhurst would introduce a Bill. There were otherwise in
preparation, which he hoped shortly to introduce to their
Lordships.
Lord CAMPBELL rose, and was