The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-27 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London Price Current of Tuesday _Night.)
SUGAR.—The advices received from the West Indies
produced some animation in the British Plantation Sugar
market last week ; from the grocers there was a brisk
demand, particularly for brown and the low and
middling descriptions; the refiners purchased to a fair
extent, and importers obtained an advance on previous
rates of Is for good and flue yellow, and is 63 to 2s for
brown and middling yellow descriptions ; the lowest
rint of the market for Sugar, suitable for the
scale is 593 ; 1,500 bilds and tierces have been disposed
of by private contract since this day week, at the following
rates :—Jamaica, St. Kitts, and Demerara dry grey brown
at 57s 6:1 to 595, Berbice low middling grey 60s, St. Kitts
61s, middling to good middling from various other places
625 to 645, fine St. Kitts 661 ; above this price there arc
scarcely any to be met with.
This afternoon the advanced rates of last week were
fully supported, and in some instances they were 6d higher ;
there was an animated demand principally from the gro-
cers. The private purchases amounted to 1,000 hhds.
and tierces.

REFINED.—The rates of this day week have been fully
supported ; large parcels of Lump', equal to the standard,
have been sold at 76s and these rather under at 75s for
common qualities. Lumps: suitable for the scale 74s Gd :
the nominal value of double Crushed is 425. Pieces Is a 23
higher; common qualities of Bastardy, under 46s there is
nothing to be met with in the market, better kinds at pre-
vious rates. Common Treacle has been sold at 28s
best kinds have maintained previous rates. Do:c!I
Crushed Sugar is held for 353 a 33s Gd per cwt,
This afternoon advanced prices were obtained, 77s paid
for lumps equal to the standard.
Macarmus.—A good demand has prevailed ; an advance
on the rates of this day week of GI a Is has been obtained
for yellow, and Is for brown qualities. At public sale
(3,650 bads sold with animation; good to fine yellow 63s a
635, low to mid 59s a 623 Gd, mid to fine brown 57s a
58s 6d, ord 54s 6d ; by private treaty since the sale several
parcels have been sold at advanced rates, 593 paid for brown
and Gls 5d a 62s for low to mid yellow.

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EAST INDIA.—For Bengal no further improvement in
prices has taken place ; at auction 3,306 bags were offered,
for which former rates were paid. 316 baskets Java and
122 boxes Manilla sold without any variation ; Java, good
white dry and strong 30s a 31s. good grey dry 268 6d a
27s 6d, middling yellow 245. Manilla, inferior brown to
soft yellow 17s to 22s 6d per cwt, This afternoon 1,333
bags 50 hhds Bengal atpublic sal© sold briskly, the former
at 6d to is advance ; good dry white brought 66s a 675, low
mid i
64s a 64s 6d, damps and washed 64s a 66s 6d • the
hhds sold very high, low bright brown at 52s a 52s 6d, one
lot 51s per cwt.
for West India, and
FOREIG:sI.—The transactions continue limited in all de-
set iptions ; but importers demand full prices for Havannali
and Brazil. 140 chests Bahia at auction were nearly all
bougl.t in.
400 pans Antigua at auction were principally sold, good
quality at 3ls per cwt.
low mid 106 s 6d, good and fine
risichesp
COFFEE.-- advance on •
previous
MOLASSES —'Prices
rates of Is 6d a2s has been established on all descrip-
tions ; at auction 220 casks 230 f barrels and bags, have
been offered, the principal part o which found ready buy-
ers, Jamaica low middling at
.1088 6d a 1103 6d, good
lraenrntaatiinonfi, rman
and fine ord 99s a 104 s 6d, Dominica fine ord 103 s a 103 s 6d,
ord 90s a 101 s, Demerara uncleani ord to good ord 85s a
903, triage 675. For East. India prices have again im-
proved ; Ceylon has been iiigo request by private con-
tract, and 993 has been paid
t_for good, and 101 s for find
Berbice mid 109 a II Is,
ord, and there are no sellers no ~o good ord under 1003 :
of Mocha about 450 bales, partly old importations, have
been offered at auction, ~,leli brownish cleanly garbl,el
Nciied 893 to 89s 6d, bie greenish yellow 925, good
yellow 953 61 to 98s, fine 1183 6d. 826 bags
Sumatra fetched for very low quality 378 6d, and for
better Samarang 435 to 475..6, o At auction 691 bags St.
Domingo, of very even quality, with some colour, were
bought in, and disposed of after the &tin at
46s 6d, and
1,500 bags have been sold privately at 46s to 46s 6d. A
small parcel of Brazil of e, eminon quality has changed
hands privately at ehout 42, 61; at auction 1,400 bags
were taken in at 42s to 46s 6.1 for good to fine ord; 330
bags African at auction sold at high Prices, and went at
40a' 6d a 48s, the bulk brought 47s for ord pale worm-
paten. .
I, P, ashen • en,o„For grit 4,. 1.4 prices gave way is