The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-20 00:00:00

Bengal, 536 bags Siam, 200 bags Cochin China and
1,303 baskets Iota; the Bengal was all 1•ohl at previous i
rates, fine and very floe o bite at 67s a 633 61 ; good mid
to good 65- a 66 ;, washed 63s a 64s 6d, damps 64s 61 a )
65s'6d; tmd sound bright yellow 64s a 64s 6d; Siam went
6d a Is dearer, and brought 27s a 29s 6,1 for nod i. Comm
white, damps 265; Cochin China sold at 25s 6 I for 14w
mid white, and 22s 6.1 for damps ; Java was sold at steady ;
prices, low greyish white at 26s a 275, mid 27s 6d a 28'1
good to fine yellow 24s a 265, low greyish ditto 255, ord
soft 22s 6d a 235, washed 22s 6d a 23s 6d per cwt.
FifitElGN.—The market continues in a dull state: 1-15-
vannah has maintained its former currency, but Brazil
gave way Is at a public sale of 193 chests and 70 brls,
and not above half was sold, low greyish white 25s a 26, 61,
good mid and good strong white 27s 6d a 29s 6d, yellow
was taken in at 233 a 245, and ord to fine brown 17s 6d a
22s 6d. Floating cargoes of yellow Havannah offering at
275, but without finding buyers.

ThiS afternoon 1,225 boxes white, and 875 boxes yellow
Havannah, the principal part damaged, were offurod at
public sale, damaged sold cheap, namely, %bite at 3(ls a
:365, yellow 23; a 265, sound white was taken in at 404 a
42s for good and line, si)und yellow was sold at 245 a 27s
for low to good, which rather lower.

Monasses. —West India has been taken sparingly, and
rather lower prices have been submitted to ; a small parcel
of fine Antigua has been said at 34, 61 per cwt.
COFFEE.—The trade have purchased rather more freely
of British Plantation Coffee since our last report, and the
rates previously estabdshed have been supported, the beer
descriptions have been the most in request, on the whole
there has not been much life in the market; at public
sales 114 casks and 192 brls and bags hove been offered,
all of which found buyers. Jamaica, which formed the
bulk of the sales, went as follows good mid at 135 s a
135 s 6d, flue and fine fine ord 1 1 ls a 115 s. good ord 102 s a
105 s 61, low ord 98s 61, a small parcel of St. Lucia fetched
114 s a 115 s for low middling ; the supplies continue t
come in slowly. In East India no variation has occurred
in prices ; but the private purchases have been limited in
C. ylon, and none has been offered at auction. Mocha
has been taken sparingly by private treaty, and there has
been no public sale. Brazil from the Cape is not offered
at lower prices, but the demand continues dull, and 2,800
bags at auction were taken in, fair ord mixed at 535, and
good ord up to 60s. Manilla bag been dull of sale, and 144
bags unclean at auction were taken in at 753 for good ord.
For Foreign there has been a better demand for exporta-
tion, the lower sorts of Brazil have been the most in request
and hase brought former rates, the private purchases have
been 1,200 bags low ord to fine ord at 43s 6d a 475, su-
perior 54s per cwt.
This afternoon there was offered at auction 960 bags
Mysore, which sold rather cheap, good yellow at 88s a 91s,
good ord mixed with blacks 75s a 82s, sea damaged 71s a
89s per cwt. Two floating cargoes St. Domingo have been
sold to go to the Cape.
Seim.—Black Pepper has been in good demand prin-
cipally for shipping, and has brought prices fully equal to
those of last week; 639 bags fair light Sumatra and Pe-
nang sort at public sale fetched 3a.:1 a aid, by private con-
tract the purchases have amounted to nearly 3,500 bags ;
Sumatra clean at 3.id, unsifted 3id a 31-d. Malabar light
and half heavy aid a4d per lb. Cassia Lignea at public
ssle sold 3a under previous rates.
Lenteo.—The quarterly sales of Indigo have concluded ;
the attendance of buyers throughout was small from the
country and from the continent; the quantity advertised, in-
cluding 2,005 chests bought in and withdrawn at former
sales, was 8,132 chests, consisting of the following
descriptions, 4,500 chests of which were of the
new crop :-7 chests Bengal of fine shipping quality,
1,040 middling to good ditto, 1,600 middling ship-
pers, 1,700 fine consumers and ordinary ship.
pert, 1,000 middling to fine consumers, 400 ordinary
and low ditto ; 255 Oude ; 667 Madras ; 267 Kurpah ;
453 Manilla, from which there was withdrawn previous to
the commencement of the sales 232, and during their pro.
gress 1,672 chests. The qualities of the Bengal com-
prised but a small proportion of fine and good, suitable for
exportation to the North of Europe; a very large propor-
tion of good and middling broken and imperfect, suitable
for home use ; and a fair quantity of ordinary. The Ma-
dras was chiefly middling and ordinary, all more or less
mixed and imperfect, with very little really fine. T'ne
Kurpah chic-fly good and middling and some very ordinary
The Oude chiefly ordinary. The Manilla chiefly middling
and ordinary, with a small proportion of good and fine. The
sales opened by the proprietors supporting prices to within'a
trifle of the April sales, at which biddings commenced, but
without animation, the fine and good qualities realising that
sale's prices of 3d per lb lower,and the middling ordinary and
defective marks from 33 to 61 lower. On the second day
several parcels were withdrawn, and the biddings became
more animated, causing an advance on the good and Mid-
dling qualities suitable either for exportation or home use ;
and this continued to the close, for all qualities Bengal
above 6s 63 per lb, making the sale of prices as near as
possible correspond with the April sales.
TALLOW.—For consumption a good demand has pre-
vailed for P. Y. Candle, 48s 9d has been obtained for first
quality. For delivery in the last three months a good
many contracts have been entsred into at the advanced
quotation of 48s per cwt.
Rues, &ANDY, AND lIOLLANDS.—Fur Jamaica Rum
there has been less demand, but there being only a small
quantity rc maiaing in first hands, the late advanced rates have
been supported. Leewards have been in good request at pre-
vious prices. Of the former 150 puns have been disposed
of', 30 to 31 per cent. over proof at 6s a 6s Id 32 to 34
over 63 212 tis 3d 35 to 37 over 6s 4d a 6s 5d ; in the latter
the purchases have amounted to 380 puns, under proofs at
3s 61, proofs as 7d, 2 to 5 over 3; 81 a 34 9.1, 6 to 12 over
3310 d a 43 Id, 13 to 17 over 43 24 a 43 sd. A Governs
inent contract is declared for 80,000 gallons, to be tendered
fee next Thursday. , 720 puns have been received since
our last.' Brandy has sold slowly at for Mer rates. In Geneva
not much doing.

TEA.+The-publie sales which have occurred this week
have been well attended by the trade; 31,104 packages
have been brought forward, of these the quantity sold
amounts to 17,300 packages, or 1,200,000ib5. Com-
paring the prices that have now ruled with the sale at the
commencement of the month, there has been Id. advance
per lb on the common and inferior blackish leaf qualities of
Congou—the finer ones, of which the supply was top
abundant, were not in much demand, and soldgenerally
rather lower. Fine Souchongs are Id to 2d higher--
Twartkays Id—l-13sons, Young Hysons, Imperials and
Gunpowders, especially the floe qualities of these descrip-
tions, are 4d per lb above former rates.

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEE!"