The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-03 00:00:00

HOOD'S MAGAZINE.

"The Bushranger of Van Diemais Land," "The
Bar of England," and " The Chronicle of the Fleet," ore
continued in the present number, but we find nothing
in them requiring any additional remarks to those which
we have already made. The verses on the death 4.g
Mrs. Fry possess merit, both for their truth and feel-
ing, though, perhaps, deficient in spirit, but it is °,
subject difficult to deal with. There is nothing in it ?'
that stirring character which affords themes of praise 03
honour of warriors and conquerors. We select 011.
verse :--

"Thou was't not of the world, and yet there came
King's footsteps to thy door all reverently;
And Pru..,sia's Monarch did not think it shame
To leave thy presence with a weeping eye."
The third number of the article on "Currency and:Rail..
ways," comes appropriately at the present time. .IL,
well written, shows out the vast fluctuations in the
of property, and. the cause of ruin to thousands, in e.
brief history of the operations of state-doctors on t 137,
currency. "During the period between 1797 and 1815 f
says this writer, "money wlts rightly used as a 1330.6
symbol of value, and not as value itself ; but now money, 0
mane by law a commodity of value, namely, gold. 111,8
consequence is that as gold is a scarce metal, Mat
a limited quantity bf it is to be procured 11,
any time ; and as it is a very valuable,'
metal, the quantity procured must be dearly paid for.
He attributes the distress of 1816 not to a change till
war to peace, but to a diminution of the currency, whice
restricted the industry of the country. The same eau9l,
operated in the four years ending with 1823, the crasl,
of 1825 was the result of measures adopted by the 1303,
in unison with Peel's Metallic Currency Bill, and te,
failures of 1819.-22-34-39 are traced to the same sourep,
We must refer the reader to the article itself, mere it,
giving the following facts, about which there can be 1,
dispute whatever.' In reference to Pitt's measure of
he says, " The effect was instantaneous and au-110117p
The country instantly recovered, us if by magic, fr?,ll
the difficulties under which it was labouring, and Wto,
threatened to weigh it down ; and for eighteen yesi..
while Mr. Pitt's system was in force, the IlitiOn
vanced iu a wonderful degree in riches and prospe7,
and laid the foundations of that increased weal
creating power which all the financial blunders 6111
have been unable entirely to neutralise."

GENERAL CONSUMPTION OF SUGAR.—The foll°v;
ing statistics relative to sugar appear in the Courtier to
Nantes, compiled from an elaborate table, which is titer,
the patient and indefatigable researches of Mr. Fred. Se-
a gentleman whose connexion with the sugar-producing c°l;
flies has enabled him to procure the most authentic detal
The Zollverein, with a population of 29,066,000 souls, aini
sumes annually 70,000 tons of cane, and 10,500 of been,
Lubeck, Hanover, and Mecklenburgh, with a gross
sugar. Belgium, Holland, Oldenburg, Hamburgh, Brewetottiof
population of 10,349,000, consume altogether 51,000 t°1:11,-
cane, and 5,000 of beetroot sugar. Russia, with a PTP, 000
tion of 56,778,000, consumes 62,400 tons of cane, and " of
tons of
35 , 400,000, beconsumes g
Betroot suar
000 tons o 9 ~ France, f
French co with a poloni pulat l ion
sue
11,000 tuns of foreign colonial sugar, and 20,000 tons
a:.
of heel;
co
rout sugar. Portugal, with a population of 3,412,000,
sumes 10,000 tom of sugar,. Spain, with a', population ,
ar
13,786,000, consumes 36,000 tons (36,100 tons .if Cuba sog_
in 1844). Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, with a
lation of 6,509,000, consume altogether 12,000 tons of sugoO,
Great Britain and Ireland, with a population of 28,323!d5,
consume 240,000 tons of sugar per year. The lonian is' but
Gibraltar, Cracow, and Switzerland. consume altogether 4
46,000 tons of sugar. Tarkey and Greece, with appulat iosunoci
10,700,000, consume only 4,000 tons of sugar. Carts" it.
total poP:r.
other colonies, with a population of 4,544,000 consumes, 1.
wits.
is estimated, about 15,000 tons; and the United States,o
sr.
a population of 18,700,000; consume 150,000 tons of 9 f•_,
The gross total population of the above sugar
an
countries amounts to 278,033,000 sou's, and the total ,:r7"..
consumption of sugar to 845,900 tons. In the Zultcr
the pro portion of sugar consumed by each individual Per
nom amounts to 6 1-Bth lb. ;in the German states, not tr::
included, to 12 1-16th lb.: in Russia, to 1 1-16th lb
France,. to 8 2.loths lb. ; in Portugal, to 6 6-10th
in Spain, to 5 8 -Ioths lb. ;in Scandinavia, to 4 1-10th 1D.l.„_""
Great Britain. to 19 lb.: and, in the United States of Mle PIA"
to 18 lb.
"
selected from the most opular American airs and arc Ales a 1
Tin; BANJO QUADRILLES:—These.
at the
well arranged for the piano-forte. They have been Pie; ow;
different theatres, and by the military bands, with lip, eaxedcoodlog
and we have little doubt but they will be the favoiltites PS ."e Do
room this evason.—Saundas's Roes Letter.
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