The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-17 00:00:00

BA-NKING DEPARTMENT.

Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
11e,5t.... 3,077,244
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and

Government securities

(includg.Dead Pi eight
Annuity) .. 13,162,688
Other securities 12,620,203
Notes .............. 12,415,100
Gold and silver coin.. 539,485

Dividend Accounts) 7,955,077
Other deposi!s
Seven Day and. other
Bills ...... 1,444,938

£39,537,475

£39,537,476
MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
r, 1852.

Dated the 15th day of Docembei

COURSE OF EXCHANGE-THIS DAY.
Am5terdam............ 11 16% Gibraltar ..............

Ditto, three months .. 11 17% Leghorn ........ 30 40
Rotterdam ...... 11 18 Genoa
Antwerp ...... 25 30 Milan .. ......
Brussels .............. 25 30 (Venice ........ ........

'Naples .... .. .. .. .. .. .. 41g
Palermo .. .. .. .. ..... . 12 i
. .... .. .. .. .. 25 12g !Messina .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1244

Hamburgh ..... ....... 13 5%
Paris....

Ditto, three mouths 25 30 'Lisbon ........... ..... 5314
3iar5ei11e5.............. 25 32% Oporto ... ......... 53%
Bourdeaux ............ Rio Janeiro
Frankiort-on•Matne .... 119 M Buenos A yres ..........
Berlin . ........... New York, 60 days' sight
Vienna .. ••. . , ... 11 28 Philadelphia ..........
Trieste 11 32 PRICES OF BI7LLION, PER oz.
Petersburgh............ 38% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9
Madrid ................ 49% Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0

Cadiz .......... ..
Barce.ona

Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 I%
New Dollars .. 0 0 0
Silver in bars ...... 0 5 l

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

'From the London New Price Current of this day.)

SUGAII.—A material increase has taken place in the home
trade demand for Colonial this week ; merchants have dis-
played confidence and moderately supplied the market, yet
at present there is no general improvement to notice in the
value. Foreign sells more freely both for shipping and
home consumption ; larger parcels have not been brought
forward, and an impression exists there will be an advance
shortly. A brisk demand has been experienced for West India
from both refiners and grocers ; in all cases 6d advance has
been obtained, low to fine brown selling at 30s 6d to 335,
yellow 33s to 395, and refining 31s to 375. From Tuesday
to yesterdry purchases were 2466 hhds. includ-
ing, at auction, 320 hhds Barbadoes, which went
at steady prices, fine yellow at 38s to 39s 6d, mid to good
35s 6d to 37s 6d, crystalised 35s to 39s 6d per
cwt. Stock of West India is 3800 tons less than last year.
To-day West India Sugar was in fair demand for home
consumption. For the week the quantity sold has been
2,838 hhds, and there is a rise of fully 6d per cwt, At
auction to-day, however, 100 hhds crystalised Demerara
were taken in at 37s to 42s for mid to fine yellow, being
rather above the valuation.

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REFINED.—For home consumption au extensive demand
has been experienced for Refined Sugar, and there is an
advance of Gd to is per cwt. The market has been nearly
cleared, and the rates obtained were, for brown lumps 44s
to 44s Gd; Titlers, low to fine, 44s 6d to 495, double 50s
to 51s; Hambro Loaves, 45s to 50s, double 51s
to 52s ; and Standard lumps at 45s 6d per cwt.
The market is firm for British crushed sugar, and several
parcels have been taken for shipping at 29s to 29s 6d. A
good business is doing in Dutch at 24s to 27s 6d, and extra
28s to 28s 6d. Belgian has been sold to a fair extent at 24s
to 2.8 s for common to fine. Treacle is wanted for export at
15s to 15s 6d • bastards 21s to 225, wet lumps and pieces
24s to 28s. in loaves many purchases have been made by
exporters, and.'quotations are on the advance. Turkey,
1 to 51lbs sells at 42s to 45s ; Hambro', 6 to 151bs, 32s to
355; Tittlers, 22 to 301bs, 31s ; Prussian, 40 to 451bs,
30s ; Dutch made loaves, 6 to 101bs, 31s to 32s ; and
Belgian 28s Gd to 29s Gd per cwt. To-day home dealers
were desirous to operate in refined sugar, and rates closed
firmly with a scanty supply. Brown lumps are 44s 6d,
and low to fine grocery, 45s to 48s.
MAURITIUS.—At auction 6,790 bags were disposed of,
fine yellow at 36s to 38s, mid to good 33s to 35s 6d, low
32s 6d to 335, fins brown 31s 6d to 32s 6d, mid to good 28s
to 315., inferior 25s to 27s 6d., common to fine refining 32s
to 375, grainy 35s to 39s for mid to good. The value of
better sorts is 40s to 425, white ditto 43s to 455, and brown
33s to 34s 6d per cwt. Stock is 1000 tons less than in the
previous season. Several parcels of Mauritius Sugar were
sold privately. At auction 451 bags found buyers-,--low
yellow at 32s 6d to 335, and fine brown 31s 6d to 32s 6d
per cwt.
EAST INDIA.—In Bengal larger purchases have been

made, and full terms are obtained excepting for white, on
which there is a small decline. At auction 6000 bags found
buyers, Khaur at 26s to 275, mid to good date yellow 31s to
35s 6d, common to mid white Benares 37s to 38s, good 38s
6d to 395, fine to superior grainy yellow 39s to 41s 6d, ord
to good 35s 6d to 38s. Stock varies little from this time
last year. Penang is wanted, and keeps in small supply ;
prices for brown rule at 28s to 31s, yellow ditto 31s to 355,
greyish 35s to 365, and white at 36s 6d to 38s Cal per cwt.
This afternoon the public sales of 4,000 bags Bengal sugar
went with fair spirit at full rates. Bengres, fine white,
realised 39s to 398 6d, good to fine grainy yellow 38s to 41s,
low to mid 36s to 37s 6d, and soft brown 26s 6d to 275.
Madras is wanted, and former prices are well sustained.
At public sale, 7,700 bags selling for low to fine grainy
yellow 34s to 398 6d, white 41s to 42s 6d, and soft yell ow
28s 6d to 295.
FOREIGN.-The prices required for brown Havannah arc
20s to 20s 6cl for numbers 9 to 10, yellow 21s to 24s for 103
to 16, white 27s 6d to 28s 6d ; Bahia, brown 18s to 18s 6d,
white 19s 6d to 22s 6d; and brown Pernambuco 17s to 18s.
Duty paid parcels have been purchased with more free-
dom,. and previous terms are fully supported, supply
keeping moderate. At auction 4 6 hhds. and 102 brls.
Porto Rico were all sold ; fine yellow went at 395 to 41s,
mid to good 35s 6d to 38s 6d, common 34s to 355; 796 boxes
yellow Havannah, common to mid. 34s 6d to 375, and 576
bags damaged Pernambuco, browd and yellow 28s 6d to
34s 6d. Prices are not lower for Sugar at the markets on
the continent, supplies being moderate. The Bahia crop
is expected to prove a large one. To-day a fair business
was concluded privately in Foreign at rates rather above
last week. None was submitted to public sale.
COCOA.-West India is not to be obtained at a further
reduction, and none has been submitted to public sale this
week, bueprivately purchases have been limited. Trinidad,
fine red at 40s to 445, mid. to good 35s to 398, low 33s 6d
to 34s 6d, grey from 30s to 33s ' • and Grenada 30s to 375.
Consumption is yet favorable, but stock compared with
last year shows an excess of 7,000 bags, and in prices little
tdiioffne, Bahia
r ence
t exists.24s to Foreign2ssp has beens26s 6dto purchased
awnidthGuacayu:
quill 35s to 365. Stock is much the same as last year.
27s
COFFEE.-For good ord the rates paid were 49s to 50s,
fine to fine fine ord 51s to 54s 6d, low mid to mid 55s to
59s' '
good mid to good 60s to 65s fine 66s to 70s, superior
74sto 84s, triage 42s to 48s, and peaberry 58s to 70s per
cwt. Jamaica is wanted, but remains in scanty supply.
Sales privately of low to good ord made at 44s to 475, fine
to fine ord 48s to 535, low mid to mid as to 58s, better
sorts 60s to 645, and Triage 40s to 46s per cwt.
This afternoon Mocha Coffee was freely offered for sale,
and the trade being reluctant to operate,-prices declined 3s
to 4s per cwt. Of 800 bales, 29 hf-bales, and 255 hf-frazils
at auction a small portion only found buyers, mid to good
small berry, clean garbled, at 74s to 78s 6d, long berry 76s
6d to 85s, triage 45s to 555, and black 30s to 355. In Plan-
tation Ceylon little was done privately, and at auction 75
casks, 40 bags went at easier terms, fine to fine ord at 50s
to 535, other sorts 45s 6d to 495, triage 44s to 465. Of Malabar
127 bags were taken in at 48s for good ord, 200 bags Java
at 495. Native Ceylon was purchased with reluctance pri-
vately, still good ord cannot be obtained under 46s ad for

new import. -
TEA.—The currency for low to good ord is 101 d to 10/d,
rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf lld to is 01d, strong
to Pekoe sorts is id to is Bd, and new crop is 9d to 2s 2d.
On the part of holders there is confidence. A fair sale
prevails for Pouchong at 8d to 9d, with not generally sellers
at these terms. Oolong of good and fine quality much re-
quired at is 2d to is 9d, but in common to mid little has been
done, still the currency is firm at 10d to is id. There are
still free buyers of Souchong, and rates incline upwards,
fine to good realising is 4d to 2s, common to mid. lld to
is 3d ; of the former supply keeps small. Green teas have
been in fair demand, and prices rule as follows :—Low to
middling hyson 18 2d to is sd, good to fine is 6d to 2810 d,
choice 3s to 3s 4d, young Hyson Canton 10d to ls, Hyson
kind is 2d to is Bd, fine to superior 18 9d to 2s 3d, Twankay
ICkl to 181 d, Gunpowder Canton 10d to ls Id, Hyson 182 d to
2s 10d, fine 3s Od to 3s 6d, Imperial Canton ls to is 2d,
Hyson 8s 3d to 2s 3d, and Hyson skin 8d to 10d. Caper
is still not much required, ,
the currency remains at 10d
free
prevails
to ls
forf o r
Scentedb o boxes, and
Orange Scab it,
edk °les to
;fineis sdAto i eseisod,ale
good is 3d to 18 sd, and common to mid lid to is 2lb, the market having a firm apyearance. Deliveries show
d. per
an excess of 2,500,000 for home consumption, aed 1,700,000
for exportation. In stocks little difference exists. To-
day the Tea market was inactive in consequence of the
3linisterial defeat, and the parcels at public sale, amount.
ing to 18,000 pkgs, were withdrawn ; still holders generally
are not disposed to accept lower prices, and common sound
Congou with a prompt cannot be obtained under 10Ad per
poltunlCdE.—Cleaned rice is more plentiful, and the trade for
the present being generally supplied, rates incline do -
wards, ruling for low to fine Patna 12s 6d to 17s 6d, first
sort Carolina 325, second ditto 235, and American dressed

23s to 265.
to 7s per cwt. for
CasBsPils.CLESign."—eTdaaoa-taY pricespulie sdaeledionfeal,2sooB chests, low to fine
quality selling at 107 s to 117 s. Of Pimento 1,000 bgs were
n part
and)d sarafuoction 800 bgs Malabar
for
raid to good. The
market for
firm,
realised 4d to 4d for heavy. Of Nutmegs 11 es sold at
3s 8d to 4s for fine brown, and 47 cs Malabar Ginger sold
at 328 for mid cultivated,
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