The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-15 00:00:00

bO3IIIERCIAL ELLIGENCE.
(TmsDA/.)

We have Mails in this morning torn France, Lisbon.
Holland, and Mexico, the contents of ..vhieli, as f:r as the:,
relate to merchandise, are given below :
The letters in town this morning from our manufacturing
districts advi
se that the staple trade there is generally brisk.
and that the operatitte are .411 in full work. Other btFi-
nesses are also reviving there along crith the staple trade.
Advice!! from Belfast to the 13th inst., received this day, ad-
vise us that tnere is a great briskness in the provision market,
and that prices were advancing.
The vessels arrived in the port of London to-day convey
chiefly West Indian and Northern produce. But very little
from other parts of the Continent, except the North, and no-
thing of moment in from the East, except Tea. There arc
about 3,000 hogsheads of British Plantation Sugar, and about
900 puncheons of Rum, and 5,500 chests of Tea, fresh added
to our previous stock. Of Coffee very little indeed. The
stock of that primary commodity, British Plantation Sugar, is
considerably smaller than it was at this time last year ; but at
that period all the Sugar had arrived, whereas now there arc a
considerable number of vessels yet to arrive. .
On 'Change there is considerable inquiry after Spices by spe-
culators, who are the chief buyers; and although prices are
advancing they determine to hold for prices much higher.
There is more doing in Pepper than in any other Spice.
SPELTER is now down to 131. 10s. per ton.
SUGAR.—AII kinds of raw Sugar are quiet, but firm at the
recent advance.
COFFEE is very languid, but there is no variation in prices.
Low middling, and middling Jamaica fetch as high as 10-1%.
TZA.—The free-trade sale of the merchants advances with
spirit, and the advances on the prices of the Company's late
sale which was secured yesterday, has been maintained to-
day. Towards the close of this day's sale there was not so
much spirit.
INDIGO.-There is rather less doing in the market, but prices
remain firm.

Wool- —The sales, chiefly of Colonial descriptions, pro-
ceed with briskness, and are well attended. Prices are now
10 per cent. higher than those of the last sale, which is raore
than Id. to 2d. per lb. advance.
OlL.—Southern Oil has declined 30s. per ton; and gene-
rally speaking the Fish Oil market is not so firm in price as it
was. Olive Oil has advanced 31. to 41. per ton. Galipoli, 56/.
TALLovv.—Prime Yellow Candle to-day is 40s. 6d. per cwt.
There was but very littlo Colonial Produce advertized for
sale to-day.
Hors.—There is nothing fresh in the market, either as to
business or prices. The duty has risen to 200,0001.
GRAlN.—Business to-day very languid in all descriptions,
and prices for all sorts much the same as those of Wednesday.
Oats were a little dearer. In Flour no variation. Grain
under lock destitute of business.,
FOREIGN COMMERCIAL.

The commercial intelligences received this morning from
the Continent are abundant, and they bring also interesting
news from the West Indies and other parts of the globe.
The hurricane lately reported to have spread devastation at
Barbadocs and the Leeward Islands has not been confined only
to these parts ; the account received to-day from France state
that it had been felt very severely at Martinique, and principally
at the port of Saint Pierre ; there great damage has been done,
as well to the Sugar plantations as to the shipping in the
roads ; several vessels busy in loading and unloading have suf-
fered more or less injury; one ship, the Le Blayais, just ar-
rived from Bordeaux, was totally lost with the whole of the
cargo. The crop of Sugar is expected to be very short,
and to have suffered from want of rain. The arrival of ships
for freight were plentiful, but most of them, after waiting in
vain, had gone off to Port-au-Prince and other Haytian ports.
Sugar was sold at 28s. to 28s. per 50 kilogrammes, or about
225. to 245. per cwt. free on board. Provisions in conse-
quence of the heavy arrivals were depressed, and the stock of
Flour only in St. Pierre was estimated at 12,000 barrels,
amongst which number a great quantity was from Hamburgh ;
large parcels were said to be exported to the English colonies
there ; the Flour from Havre was sought after, and good
prices paid.
We have recent accounts from St. Domingo, but their
contents are very unfavourable ; trade was exceedingly dull,
and the agriculture of this once so flourishing and
.valuable
colony constantly going backward, and the derangement in
the monetary system growing every day worse; the piastre
(la gourde) of scarcely any value, through the constant tam-
pering with its alloy ' • doubloons were sought after, but very
difficult to procure. The crop of Coffee being not very pro-
mising, and vessels for Europe more than wanted, caused
the merchants to demand rather exorbitant rates.
At Havre the sales or Cotton continue, and during the two
last days nearly 1,800 bars had been sold, chiefly New Or-
leans, at firm prices, but without any further rise. A large
sale of Manilla Coffee had been offected, the parcel consisting
of 2,500 bags, at If. 20e., duty pail, being full former prices.
The late advanced rates receiveti from New York for
Potash had given rise to some transactioNi in this commodity,
at rather better prices.
We have acc,runts from Alexandria of the 17th of August.
At auction 4,310 bales Jamel Cotton had been gold at 101 to
10i piastres, and it was said they were taken for English
accounts.