The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-29 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

SUGAR.—T here has been a moderate demand for British
plantation, 3nd prices have been supported. Publicly
Barbadoes w( Int, however, for some descriptions at a slight
decline ; mid to fine realising 34s to 37s 6d. East India—
Mauritius by a been steady at full rates, good and fine
yellow realisi. ag 35s Gd and 37s 6d, low and mid 33s to 34s
6d, and mid to fine brown 31s to 32s 6d. Bengal sold at
35s to 36s 6d . for low to good white, 38s 6d to 39s 6d for
good and fine - white of clean quality, 38s to 38s 6d for low
damp white, al 2d 35s 6d to 38s 6d for mid yellow to low
white. Madra s brought 34s to 39s for low mid to good
damaged. Fur( riga— Publicly, yellow Havannah has been
sold at 35s 6d t( ) 38s for low to good pale yellow. Porto
Rico went at 41's to 41s 6d for fine, and at 348 6d to 39s
for low to good. Paraiba was taken in at 33s 6(1 for low
brown. Cuba b: rought 31s to 34s for the same descriptions.
Refined is firms A 46s to 48s for grocery lumps.
COFFEE.—PIa nation Ceylon has been in good request,
at full prices. 1 rid and good coloury bold was last sold
at 58s to 655, lo' w mid at 56s to 57s 6d, fine and fine ord
coloury at 54s to 565, peaberry at 69s to 70s, and triage
at 38s to 51s 6cL Native has been held at 45s 6d to 475,
according to quality. Mocha was taken in at 675. Ja-
maica brought 53s to 53s Gd for low mid, 45s to 46s for
triage, and 365. for blacks.
CocoA.—Grena( la sold at 29s for grey, to 31s for good
red.
RlCE.—There h.ss been an improvement this week of 3d
to Gd per lb., Beugal having been sold at 12s for good, and
Madras at 10s to 103 6d for mid and good.
SPlCES.—P'epper has been at full rates ; mid and good
Batavia, 31( I to 4d per lb. ; Penang, fine, 48d to 4icl ;
sound browr 1, 30. Fair Singapore was taken in at 4d.
Penang mac e sold at 3s 2d for good. Nutmegs brought is
10d to 2s 91 i for small to fair bold brown.
Run.—T there has been a good demand.
COTTOX. —The market has been firm.
S/.I.TPEURE.—There have been free buyers at former
rate s. "Bengal has been sold at 25s 6d to 26s 6d for 7 per
cer .t. refraction, low mid. quality.
TEA.—The holders asked rather higher rates, but there
is not much doing.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is quiet at 51s 6d per cwt. on the
pot.
GREEN FRIIIT.—The cold and wet weather has had its
.affect upon the markets, some parcels of lemons per
1 ;steamer from Lisbon, sold by Keeling and Hunt, went at
.a reduction of 2s to 38 per 3 chest. Barcelona nuts have
'.further advanced 2s per bag. The sale of pine apples con-
tinues good.
COIR.—The market continues very firm at full prices of
last month. The public sales have offered 4,000 pieces,
Ceylon junk, which were taken in at 121., but 3,012 pieces
good Cochin sold at 191. 103 to 191. 15s. 343 coils Bombay
rope, 3to 31 inch fetched 201. About 100 tons yarn have
also been offered, which sold readily at high rates. Ceylon,
fine small bright 421. 15s to 451., very common course to
fair small 171. to 231. 10s, and middlingfair Cochin 27/.los.
7 tons fibro realised 181. 15s to 201. 15s per ton.
IVORY.—The public sales have again offered about 25
tons of various descriptions ; good and fine teeth, as well
as ball pieces, sold well at extreme rates, whilst the defec-
tive and cracked teeth, of which the greater portion of the
above consisted, went off flatly at a decline of lOs to 20s
per ewt. East India average 58 to 84 lbs, 35/. 15s ; cracked
and defective 52 to 94 lbs, 281. to 37/. ; ball pieces, 104 to
15 lbs, 281. to 291. Cut hollows, 6i to 121 lbs, 211. 5s to
and cut solid points, 13 to 4 inch, 191. to 241. lOs
per cwt. About 1 ton sea horse also were sold, good sound
33. to 4a lbs, 8s 3d to Os 3d, and defective 2i to 53 lbs, 2s
(f 512 to lls 9d per lb.

STOPPAGE OF THE GREAT CLOCK AT ST. PAUL'S
CATHEDRAL—Yesterday afternoon the great clock at
St. Paul's Cathedral came to a dead standstill, at forty
minutes past three o'clock in the afternoon. During the
day the clock was " too fast," showing, at 2.30 p.n. by
Greenwich mean time, that the works were out of order,
as at that hour the hands indicated the time to be ten
minutes before four o'clock. It is generally supposed
that the awful flashes of lightning in the earlier part of
the morning had the injurious effect of stopping the
cathedral clock.