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

COURT CIRCULAR.

Ms Imperial Highness the Archduke. Frederick of
Austria visited Buckingham Palace yesterday; for the
purpose of viewing the State-rooms. His Imperial
Highness, attended by Count Caroly, Captain
Marinewitch, Captain Dumont, and other Noblemen
and Gentlemen of his suite, arrived at. 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, the State
Dinner-room, the Green Drawing-room, and the
Throne-room, afterwards descending by the grand
staircase to the Marble Hall.

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, accompanied by Mr. Ward, the
Secretary, had an interview with Lord Stanley yes-
terday at the Coloniai-office. _ _ _

The Belgian Minister transacted business yester-
day at the Foreign-office.
Dispatches from the Governor of the Mauritius,
and also from the Governor of Sierra Leone, were re-
ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Co-
lonial-office for Sir Charles Bagot, Governor of
Canada.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
EFFECTS OF MONOPOLY.
LONDON, Nov. 19, 1842.
The following average prices of Brown or Musco-
does British Sugars, exclusive of duty, were pub-
lished in the Gazette of last night :
West India 355. 7i-d. per cwt.
East India , 37 111
Mauritius '36 54
The average price of the three kinds, taken
jointly, is 365. 54d. 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 Indiq 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 than 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. 54d.
per cwt., amounting, in 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 td
161,000/. shown last week, for the previous fort-
night, gives 210,300/., 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 creek, 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 mil-
lions sterling per annum.