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 Great as has been the inc case of supnIv especially of the present as compared win the last year, the sugar trade has not been in better state for several years and we see, from last Fridays Gazette, that inc nrice of British plantation sugar, is 2s. 2d ne, cwt, higher than it was this time last year notwithstanding an increased importation of fifty per cent. So far, the relaxation of inc sugar duties has certainly done no harm ,o the West and East India planters, who have now every prospect of enjoying the double advantages of large crops and good prices Part of the credit of this favorable state of things is due to the reduction of the exfrav- gant duty on British plantation suoar. made during the present session, but more of f to the general prosperity of the country. which glves the laboring classes the power of pur- chasing luxuries which are beyond their reach m bad times. Iis also worthy of no- ilce, that the timber trade, which was said to nave been ruined by the relaxation of the pro- teetiye duties, has seldom been in better state than it is at present. The prosperous state of most branches of manufactures eau ses greatly increased demand for it, for the erection ol mills, cottages, and dwelling holl- ses, aud renders prices fully rcmuneratng.