The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-21 00:00:00

GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.

2,500 16s Od Bath 2Ol. sh. 1' 1. pd 23
5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 161. pd Id
51,
6s.
.'4'-'"" /and Bs. 6s. j Ditto Provincial 201. sh. 19 pd 25
928 51 lOs Birmingham 5O!. sh. 98
1,250 2/ Os Bristol 2O: sh. 36
2,2.50 31 10s Brighton 201. sh. 111
750 31 10s Ditto, New 201. sh. 181. pd 9
2,471 44 per cent. Brighton General 201. sh. all pd 17
1,000 61. 10s. Continental Consolidated 751. 624!. pd 105
1,000 10/. City of London lOOl. sh. all pd 195
1,000 61. Ditto, New
4,000 31.0 a. Equitable 5O/. pd °25
10,000 2i per cent. Imperial
800 51. per cent. Isle of 'Mallet 251. sh. 20/. pd 18'
2,350 6/. per cent. Independent 3Ol. sh. all pd 5
0,000 41. per cent. Phoenix 5Ol. sh. 39/. pd 29i
1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff 100!. sh. 80/. pd 614
1,000 South Metropolitan 5Ol. sh. 19/. pd 17
9,200 4/. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 46/. pd 36
240 5!. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50
400 5/. per cent Wakefield
2,000 3/. Westminster Chartered
6,000 12s. Ditto New
780 51. per cent. Yarmouth 201. sh. 18/. pd
WATER WORKS.
1,800 10s. Birmingham 25/. sh. 25/. pd 20
1,434 61. East London lOOl. sh. 166
5,500 21 lOs Grand Junction Average 41/ 138. 4d. sh. 67'4
2,000 21. Kent. 100' sh. 454
372 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. flifii
1,500 2110 s Now River London Bridge Water Ann Ole
6,486 2/ Ins Manchester and Salford lOOl. sh. 54-
1,000 1 per cent. South London 1001. sh. 104
4,294 41. West Middlesex Average 63/. 12s. 9d. sh.
1,360 11 14a York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 35

EVI4ILV ING EDITION.

THE MAR:TiETS.-(YESTERDAY.)

(From the Lond, nn New Price Current of Aug. 20.)
SUGAR.-For We st India Sugar there as a good de-
mand las. week, boc h for the scale and pan ; the lower
descriptions, however, were the most in request, and
brought 6d. advance; Rood and fine sorts maintained pre-
vious rates.

This afternoon there was a fair business transacted in
refining, as well as in grocery deseriptlons. At auction
100 hhds Barbadoes sold briskly. Sugars under 67s went
6d dearer ; other qualities at fully previous rates, middling
fetched 66s to 66s 6d, good 67s to 67s 6d, fine 68s to
68s 6d, and one lot 693 per cwt..

REFINED.—The grocers have been free buyers of re-
§ned goods, particularly of brown and standard lumps, for
which rather higher prices have been obtained ; sales in
the former have been made at 82s, and in the latter at 83s
to 83s 6d. In goods the production of Foreign Sugar
there has been more business doing for export, and several
parcels of crushed have been sold at 34s 6d ; sales in 10
lbs. Hamburg Loaves have been made at 41s to 425, and
tittles at 36s to 375. Treacle is in good request, and
common, which has been the most in demand, is rather
dearer; the best old make remains at former rates. Pieces
have sold steadily at the quotations. Dutch Crushed
Sugar is offered at 33s 6d, deliverable here.

MAURITIUS..---For brown and middling yellow descrip-
tions, for the scale, and for Refining purposes, prices
have improved 6d per cwt, good and fine sorts have sold
more freely, but they are not dearer; fine yellow at 67s to
67s 6d, good 66s to 66s 6d, middling to good middling
64s 61 to 65s 6d, low middling 63s to 648, good middling
grey 65s 6d, middling 63s 6d to 645, and fine brown 62s to
63.4' per cwt.

eAST INDIA.-From tke home trade there has been a
fair clemand by private contract for Bengal, and rather
higher prices have been obiained ; 994 bags at public sale
sold re 'IA i ly, mid to good mid white fetched 65s 6d to 675,
good and fine 68s to 68s 6d, fine dry grey 65s 6d to 66s 6d,
good bronwn 63s 6d, damps 63s to 675, and washed 63s to
65s 64, For Manilla there has been a better demand,
14,451 bags were withdrawn at 245, being is to is 6d above
previocs rat. es; another parcel of 3;642 bags went off with
spirit, at prices 6d higher, mid yellowish grey sold at
21s 6d to 223 fine brown 223 to 22s 6d, damps 21s 6d
to 225, and was bed 20s 6d to 21s, Siam at full prices,
mid yellowisk strong white selling at 26s 6d to
275, low
,yel.lowis h white 25s 6d is 265, good
mid white 27s 6d, rood mid yellow 2.is to 25s 6d,
fine grey 275, damps 25s to 26s 6d, and washed 24s to 263,
Java is held firmly-good mid strong grey at 295, mid
greyish white rather soft at 275, and mid to fine yellow 25s
to 26s per cwt.
FOREIGN.-White Havannah at 36s for old ord soft, and
38s a 42s for mid to fine new, but principally at 40s;
yellow has been sought after, 27s has been offered for
a cargo afloat. Rio fine brown at 21s 6d a 22s 6d,
ord and mid 20s to ,21s, fine yellow 25s 6d, mid
22s 6d to 23s 6d; Bahia good mid strong grey 295, ord
and :add 26s 6d a 27s 6d, soft 25s 6d, fine strong yellow
255, good 23s to 23s 6d, low mid soft white 24s 6d to
25s 6d, good mid strong svbite 27s 6d to 28s, mid 26s 6d
to 275, soft 24s 6d to 265, anal fine dry brown 23s per cwt.
TEA.-In the Tea Market there has been less business
doing ; common descriptions are held firmly, and have
been steady request ; Twankay at Is sid to is Bd, and
Congou At Is 5d per Ib, but in good kinds of either black
or green Tea there has not been much passing during the
last few days, but the late advanced rates have been sup-
ported ; Company's Coogou is selling in small parcels at
Is 7d to is 7id per lb. The public sales declared for the
26th comprise 15,347 packages, the principal part Congou.
The deliveries from the warehouses have been large, and
last week amount to 520,0001b5.

COFFEE.—The clean qualities of British Plantation
Coffee have been sought after by the trade, they being
bare of stock, but the demand has been checked by the
advanced rates required by importers. This afternoon
there was not quite so much demand for East India Coffee
for consumption; 1,038 bags Ceylon and 154 bags Bengal
were offered at public sale, which went rather below the
prices paid of late by private contract, but on a par with
those of the last sale ; the whole however found buyers.
The former sold as follows :—Good ordinary pale at
101 s 6d to 102 s, good and fine ordinary green 102 s 6d to
103 s 6d, fine ordinary coloury 104 s to 106 s, and triage 309
to 45s per cwt; the latter brought 105 s 6d to 106 s 6d for
good ordinary green.
SPICES. —East India Ginger is held firmly, 23 chests and
3 casks African sold at 70s for good fair bold, and fine at
7bs 6d. This afternoon Black Pepper was taken more freely,
and 1,132 bags Easter►.l at auction sold at full prices, fair
to good quality brought 3kd to 34d, and a few lots very
dusty 3id.
RICE. —The demand for East India was limited in the
early part of last week, and at a public sale of 500 bags
Bengal, rather lower prices were accepted. Carolina has
been in steady request for home consumption. This after-
noon a fair demand prevailed for Bengal, and 800 bags at
auction sold at 13s to 13s 6d for mid white rather dusty,
being on a par with former rates.
SALTPETRE.—This afternoon Rough was not so much in
request, and 1,410 bags Calcutta at auction barely main-
tained previous rates; the whole however found buyers,
refraction 81 to 7i per cent. sold at 24s to 24s 6d, 5.i
refraction 255, q to 44- refraction 25s to 25s 6d per cwt.
For English Refined there are large orders.
TaLLow.—The demand from the trade is steady, and
prices at 52s 6d on the spot, for first quality; to arrive in
the last three months of the year, 495.

BREAD.
le Metropolis is lOtl, for the lib
3L,4d,
P' SEEDS.

Per Quarter.

, St. Foin —s. —g
Rye Grass —s, 40s. 445,
Macey Grass
Linseed, for feeding —s, 4,55. 52,..
Ditto, for sow' 545. 5t is
Ditto, for crushing —s. 424. 464.
Canary .—s 803. Fsi.
Hemp.... —s. ni,
Per Bushel.
White t tstard...los. O. 16s. kid.
Brown Ditto l7s. Od.
Tares
liit) 321. 341 ...... Foreign 281. 811,
lS AT SPITALFIELDS

31. Cs. to 5! Os. portort.
2/. Os. to 31. O. ditto

LEATHER.
Per lb. d. to t.
Horse Hides, (,erman It 22
Spanish 13 24
Calf Skins,3o to 4, lb.(doz) 15 22
—4O 50 lB 24
—5O BO , 21 28
—7O 100 ..... 18 22

!Seal Skins, large... ...—. 11 15

20 22
Kips
Bas . 6 I

Bellies

I Shoul .era
2d. to 4d. por lb. more.

F OIL.

lefined,37/.Cs.— inseed i1,25/.105
), 121. 10s.—Rare Cake, per t0n,71
, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b.
Yel., sv Soap .. s ed.
Mottled
Curd
Graves
;ood Dregs' 5B. Oct.