The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-23 00:00:00

COAL MONOPOLY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

StE,—,Amongst your excellent remarks on the coal
monopoly'
have not noticed two abuses cone ceted
with it, ualti which I consider of the greatest

tame.

1. To delude' the public, and to make the ,rice of
coals at the Coal ~74xe:lange appear higher than it is by
Is. per ton, or 5 pc,' mot. The practice is to, give the
wholesale dealer 21 tong. and only charge for 20 tons.

2. To keep three or foul kinds of coals„ 2s. or 3s. per
ton above all the rest (the L't, -trquis of Lon&nderry's is
one of the decoy coals), and to Persuade
.thy consumers
that no other coals are suitable household use. The
consequence that everybody ord. -vs and pays for the
very best coals, antt receives a rai%ture, of alottut one-fourth
best, and three-fourtbs, secondary coals,•
I am, Sir, your most obedient et 'rvant,
A I TrizEN.

THE MAR KETS.-_-(YESTEI MAY.)

(From the London New Price Current of Ma-eh 22.)
SUGAR.—For British Plantation Sugar the rit 'es,
when
compared with those of this day week, show an advance of
Is 6d, and in some instanc.s 2s per cwt ; the• greater
rise is still on brown and low yellow qualities. Very
low brown Berbice have fetched 60s, good brown chrYs-
talized Demarara 63s 6d ; low middling Jamaica t.'"is to
655, middling and good middling 66s to 67s ' • and a fine i oard
of Demerara likewise of the large grainy kind 71s. This : iter-
neon the rates previously established were fully supported.
REFINED.—A further advance of Is has been obtains d by
the refiners; lumps in large parcels equal to the standard hstve
been sold at 79s a 80s, rather under 78s a 78s Gd : large and
small brown lrmps have commanded 76s a 775, and in sow a in-
stances 78 ; double crushed is 44s ; some made from Man ilia is
offering at 38s ; further sales have been made in 10,1 b. (-lam-
burgh loaves at 4bs ; for pieces advanced rates have been paid.
MAURITIUS.—An advance cn previous rates of Is 6d to 2s
has been obtained, the greater rise on brown and low yelliow de-
scriptions; at public sale 6,900 bags sold briskly, fine) ellow at
67s to 67s 6d, good middling to good 65s to 66s 6d, middling
63s 6d to 645, fine'brown (s2s to 635, good 61 s to 6la 6d, good
strong grey 65s 6d to 665. This afternoon fi. Ie yellow sold at
67s a 68s, mid to good 64s 6d a 66s Gd, lov.r mid 645, fine
brown 62s a 63s per cwt.
EAST Itsnia...---For Siam advanced rates I save been ob-
tained, the private purchases have been 1,200 ,gs at 28s 6d a
31s 6d for good middling to fine white. Mani UP. is held for
stiff prices; Bengal: prices advanced Is a ls 6d ; rood to fine
white at 68s 6:1 a 69s 6d, middling to good middlii ig 66s 6d a
67s 6d; low brown 52s 6d a 54s 6d; good to fin a dry 59s
a Gls; damp 51s 6d a 53s 6d, mid sound yellow 64.1 per cwt.
This afternoon, Bengal good to fine white brought 6. 3s to 68s
Gil, middling to good middling 66s to 67s 6d per cwt.
FolLElGN.—'f,here are buyers of white and yellow Es'avannah
to a fair extent at, late quotations, 30s has been paid for 40
boxes of the latter of fine quality at full prices.
• MoLassrs.—West ,India have sold at the advanced rates
of this day week; common qualities have brought 31s, and fine
335. 6d a 34s per cwt.
COFFEE.—British Plantaiion at an advance on previous rates
of 3s. ; middling Jamaica by private contract has brought 116 s
to 118 s per cwt, and there are no,': further sellers under 1205 ;
Berbice and Demerara have been st..ld at 113 s to 116 s for mid-
dling quality ; unclean sorts have sold freely at prices 2s above
those of ihis day week ; 90s paid for orsdina-,•y unclean Deme-
rara. Prices continue to advance for all descriptions of Ea. t
India. Ceylon, 102 s to •103 s has been paid for small parcels of
good ordinary. Mocha, 92s to 95s for commc n green ragg'
This afternoon 600 bags fair ordinary Brazil sole' at 43s 6d, and
a large parcel of St. Domingo at previous rates.
COCOA.—No advance can be quoted in the pries's of British
Plantation. For Foreign there has not been much demand;
for a small parcel of fine Brazil 39s has been paid.
RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—For Rum, buyer 3 have
been compelled to pay an advance on the rates of this da:/ week
of ld per gallon. The transactions in Leewards levee been
500 puns, proof to 4 per cent. over at 3s 2d to 3s Zid, sto 8
over 3s 4d to 3s sd, 9 to 12 over 3s 6d to 3s 7d, 32 to .37 over
4s 9d to ss. Of Jamaica 200 puns have been sold, .2 sto 26
per cent. over at 4s 10d, 30 to 32 over 5s to 5s 2d, 13,3 to 38
over 5s 3d to 5s 6d. Brandy at fullylate rates. Gt +veva at
previous prices. _

TA LLow.—Since our last prices have given way Ist 6d to
is 9d per cwt. On the spot 48s to 48s 3d for Petei •Sburgh
yellow candle of first quality. For delivery in the las t three
months 45s 3d. Town Tallow has sold slowly.
This afternoon 334 casks were offered at auction, ner irly all
of which was sold ; Tuscany imported from Havre at 47s to
47s 9d, wrecked P. Y. Candle at 46s 6d to 46s 9d f >r first
quality, and one lot at 47s ; Siberia Soap Ist and 2d s art 44s
to 44s 6d, other kinds of 24 quality 46s 9d to 475. On tbe spot
more doing at 48s 6d, and 45s 6d for the last three mouths.
SPICES.—For Pimento 4d to 41/sd has been paid by Titivate
contract for a few parcels; fine is held for 4d, and thors is
nothing to be purchased in the market under 4d, excepti/ tr of
very inferior quality. Pepper : 850 bags common and fair
Eastern brought 4d to 41/Bd, and there are no sellers of Com-
mon Sumatra under 4d per lb. East India Ginger : 490 poi ;lots
Bengal sold at 22s per cwt. In Cinnamon prices remain
This afternoon 853 bags Malabar and 228 bags Sun tetra
Pepper were offered at public sale, which sold briskly,, the
former at 44-d a 4id for light to good heavy, the latter went
d higLer, and brought 4d a 4id for common stalky. •