The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-20 00:00:00

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SUGAR.—The demand for British Plantation has been
moderate, and prices have been steady. At auction
Barbadoes has realised 37s 6d to 38s for fine yellow, 35s
to 37s for good mid to good, 31s to 328 for low, and 34s
to 39s 6d for ord to good yellow. Grenada good mid
soft yellow brought 35s 6d, and-brown, 303 to 31s 6d.
Demerara crystalised went at 37s 6d to 41s for good and
fine yellow.
REFINED has been quiet at 44s to 44s 6d for grocery
lumps.
EAST INDlA—Mauritian has been in request at about
the former quotation. At auction fine yellow has realised
34s 6d to 365, low to good 31s 6d to 345, mid to fine
brown 28s to 31s, and ord to fine grey 28s to :355. Bengal 4
also went at full rates, low to mid white Bena!Ts sto
365, good to fine 36s 6d to 40s, and ord grainy yellow
31s 6d to 355. Madras privately went at full rates and
was in fair demand.
FOREIGN.—Manilla was taken in at 34s for good
clayed, and at 333 6d to 34s for damp. Yellow Ilavan-
nah offered publicly was taken in at 37n Ari to 41s for
mid to fine.
COFFEE ---Generally the market has been steady, and
at full prices a good business has been done. Plantation
Ceylon sold at 52s to 625, and for,inid and good at 47s to
51s for low mid and fine fine ord 453 to 48s for triage,
and up to 51s, 65s 6d, to 72s for peaberry, and 75s 61 to
88s 6d for superior. Native Ceylon has been rather
quiet at 44s per cwt, an blacks have been taken in at
243. Jamaica sold at 88s 6d to 89s for fine mountain
kind, 63s 6d to 75s for good mid and good bold colory,
503 to 58s for mid and low mid, 443 to 49s for fine and
fine fine ord, 40s to 43s for good ord, and 35s to 408 for
triage. Tellicherry went at high prices. Superior
clean green 633 6d to 67s 6d, fine ord 51s to 555, and
peaberry 68s to 70s 6d.
Cocoa.—Trinidad has gone lower, ord to good 323 to
365, fine 383 6d, and grey
30s to 345. Grenada
brought 29s to 29s 6d for grey, and 30s to 303 6d for
mid and good red.

BicE.Prices have slightly given way. Bengal was
taken in at lOs to Ila for good to fine white. Jamaica
was taken in at Ils 6d for good white rather broken,
and Madras was sold [at 8s 6d to 93 6d for mid pinky to
good Coring%
SPlCES.—Pimento has been held for fuller prices,
mid even 51-d to 6d. Ginger has been cheaper,
Jamaica 44s to 52s for ord to mid. Nutmegle
pphave
Pepper
been wanted, mid to good at 2s 2d to 2s 10d.
has tended downwards, Allepi good clean sold at
3-ad to 4d.
CoTToN.—There has been an increased demand, and
larger sales have been made at advanced rates.
ARRoveßooT.—St. Vincent's has been sold at 24.1 to
3d, and Jamaica at 211 to lid.
TEA,—There has been more doing in Congous, and
prices have been well support doing.
TALLOW.—The market ed. Green sorts have been
firm, but there bas not been much
has been steady at 39s 3d to
393 6d per cwt. on the spot.
GREEN FRUIT.—The bad weather has further de-
pressed the price of lemons, which are 2s to 3s per
package ow
Some Oporto Lions have arrived, a
portion olfwel-ii o
ch, sold at public sale by Keeling and
Hunt, realised a moderate figure for the first shipment.
Nuts
1 kinds dull of sale. The sale of Barcelona is
increasing.

The shipments of specie by the Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer Sultan amount to 173,8251., of
which 85,2001. is gold for Alexandria, the remainder being
silver for Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, and Canton.

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I SCUSTOMS PEOMOTION.—W. H. Buckle, Esq., Comp-
troller of Customs at Bristol, has been promoted to bo
Comptroller of Customs at Dun
VaAut by the retirement;
of James mvaskey, Lsqs