The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-19 00:00:00

COURT' CIRCULAR.

Before arriving at the Palace his Imperial High-
ness had called at the Royal Mews at Pimlico, and
inspected the Royal stables.
On leaving Buckingham Palace the Archduke and
suite proceeded to St. James's Palace, and were
conducted through the Royal Closet, the Throne-
room, the Entree-room, Queen Anne's room, the
Portrait Gallery, the Presence Chamber, and the
Grand Chamber. His Imperial Highness 'afterwards
went into the Chapel Royal, and examined that edifice.
His Imperial Highness, attended by his suite, took
his departure shortly before four o'clock.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited
her Royal highness the Duchess of Gloucester yes-
terday at Gloucester House.

A deputation from the New Zealand Company,
consisting of Mr. Somes, the Governor, Mr. Alder-
man Thompson, M.P., Mr. Charles Buller, M.P., and
Mr. Mangles, M.P., accompanied by Mr. Ward, the
Secretary, had an interview with Lord Stanley yes-
terday at the Colonial-office.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
EFFECTS OF MONOPOLY.
LONDON, Nov. 19, 1842.
The followinc, average prices of Brown or Musco-
do.ys British Sugars,t' exclusive of duty, were pub-
lished in the Gazette of last night :
West India 355. 71d. per cwt.
East India 37 111
Mauritius 36 5i
The average price of the three kinds, taken
jointly, is 365. 5.0. per cwt.
The actual weights of sugar sold on account of the
importers, in the week ending the 15th inst., accord-
ing to the returns made upon oath by the sugar bro-
kers, in compliance with the Act of Parliament, and
on which weights the above prices are computed, con.
sisted of 16,128 cwt. West India, 9,596 cwt. East
India, and 1,222 cwt. Mauritius.

About 750 cwt. of very dark unsound sugar have
been sold in the same week at from 20s. 6d. to 21s.
per cwt.; these having been classed in the returns as
East India unfairly depresses the average price of
that kind of sugar, as well as the total average price.
Strong brown Manilla sugars have been offered for
sale at auction, and bought in at 14s. per cwt., their
value. White sugar, equal to doubled refined, manu-
factured from foreign raw sugar, may be put free on
board a British ship for 255. 6d. per cwt. Foreign
Muscovado sugars, equal to the average quality of
West India sugar, are to be had at 17s. 6d. per cwt. ;
the former being 18s. per cwt. cheaper filly] the latter.
The total sales of British sugars for the week, in Min-
cing-lane, were 27,000 cwt., assuming that the sales,
added together, at the outports, are to the same ex-
tent as the weight sold at the London market. The
consumers bought 54,000 cwt. of sugar, at 365. &id.
per cwt., amounting, id round numbers, to 96,5001.
They might have bought 54,000 cwt. of foreign
sugar, equally good, at 17s. 6d. per cwt., amount-
ing to 47,2001., exhibiting a difference against West
India sugar of 49,3001, which, being added to
161,000/. shown last week, for the previous fort-
night, gives 210,3001., being the value of the sugar
monopoly to the sugar producers, and the cost thereof
to the public, for three consecutive weeks.
Endeavours having been made to explain away the
effects of the statements published in The Sun in the
two weeks preceding this, charging the sugar mono-
polists with having received enormous gains through
excessive price obtained for their sugar, by saying
that those two weeks in particular were selected be-
cause they happened to display a maximum account,
we have determined, in order to undeceive those
who may have given credence to these attempts at ex-
planation, as well as to set the explaining parties
themselves right, should they really think as they
speak, to publish, week after week, as we have done
this day, the amount of the excess of price over and
above the foreign market value of the sugar, paid by
the consumers, and to add the same to the amount al-
ready announced; it will then be seen, at the expira-
tion of twelve months, should the prohibitory duties
continue in existence for that length of time, whether
the sugar monopoly does or does not operate as an
indirect tax upon the country, of at least three mn-
lions sterling per annum.

CHURCHES THE SAME.
The English clergy refuse Christian burial to per-
sons not baptised by an Oxford or Cambridge man ;
the Scotch clergy refuse Church rites to those who
br.rig neir de .don Sunday; and the Catholic clergy,
as wi I be seen by the following letter from Gibral•
tar, are equally intolerant. When will the people
iiink for the.nselves ?
" GIBRALTAR, Ocr. 29.—The long-existing fer-
ment among the Catholic population of this city has
reacted to a point of the greatest exasperation, in
consequence of an occurrence which has just taken
place at their church. Mr. Carlo, an old and highly-
respestable Catholic gentleman, universally known
and esteemed by his fellow-townsmen, died suddenly
during the night from a fit of apoplexy. The moment
his family perceived the danger, they sent for a doctor
and a priest; but when the latter arrived, the patient
had expired, and the clergyman could do no more than
recite the usual prayers on such occasions. The fol-
lowing day, application having been made io the
clergy to bury the deceased, his afflicted widow
and family learned that the rites of sepulture
spcifahotaenohlann\oviegr,pez;oedulAdbyrjberj withheld, in consequence, as was al-
leged, of his having died without confession.
It was represented to the Reverend Gentleman
that the deceased had been attacked so suddenly, that
it was impossible for his farnil, to apply to the Church
earlier than they had done. The doctor's certificate,
and the verdict of the Coroner's inquest were pro-
duced to prove the suddenness of the death; but all
the pressing solicitations as well of the particular
friends of the deceased as of other most respectable
inhabitants,. proved unavailing ; the priests were in-
exorable. In the afternoon the numerous friends of
the deceased attended his 'funeral, and, knowing that
another burial was then to take place, they entered
the church in the hope of finally prevailing on the
clergy to desist from the ignominious treatment of a
worthy and much respected family. It was found,
forced
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ing without
anybody
the crowd, and, after experiencing some ra-
ther rough treatment, were forced into the church
where the body lay. An altercation there ensued
between these two worthies, the Spanish friar accusing
Mr. Devereux of being the cause of the whole pro-
ceeding, and volunteering to perform the rites himself
—an announcement which had the effect of at once
calming the infuriated people, as if by magic ; and
when the police arrived to quell the disturbance, the
ceremony was proceeding quietly, and the funeral,
an
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infinite multitude,
their
respect for the deceased, and their disapprobation of
the conduct of the clergy.
" This disturbance, which, providentially, was not
attended with a more fatal result, is the fruit of the

unwise system pursued by the priests now in posses-
sion of this church, by making the withholding of
funeral rites a weapon of warfare in the perilous
gnarrel which they have had the insanity to create
with their flock ; and the indignation of the popula-
tion may well be conceived, when it is stated that,
in the same week in which this occurrence took place,
no less than four bodies of Roman Catholics were re-

fused Christian sepulture by these ministers of the
Gospel. Already several families, rather than allow
their deceased friends 'to be buried like cloys' (a fa-
-

vourite expression of their pastors), have had success-
ful recourse to the charitable offices of the Protestant

minister; ,and the edification experienced by the by-
standers, and their surprise at the extraordinary con-
trast between his dQmeanour and that of their own

priests, has produced a state of which Will not
►e long in manifesting its fruits."

PRISON DisciPm-rm.—We understand that among
other alterations and improvements in prison regula-
tions, recommended by the Inspectors of Prisons,
there will be one for an increase in the dietary al-
lowed to pr;soners.—Berkshire Chronicle.

His Imperial Highness the Archduke Frederick of
Austria vis►ted Buckingham Palace yesterday, for the
purpose of viewing the State-rooms. His Imperial
Highness, attended by Count Caroly, C,ptain
Marinewitch, Captain Dumont, and other Noblemen
and Gentlemen of his suite, arrived of the Palace at
half-past two o'clock, and passed into the Library.
The Archduke and suite were then conducted by the
private staircase to the Picture Gallery, the Drawing-
room, the. Grand Saloon, the Ball-room, thc.. State
Dinner-room, the Green Drawing-room, and the
Throne-room, afterwards descending by the grand
staircase to the Marble Hall.