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

BOROUGH HOP.

The accounts from the plantations are by no means
favourable, yet the inquiry for all kinds of hops is very
inactive, at last week's prices. The duty is called 140,0001.
Mid and East Kent pockets, 130 s to 180 s ; Weald of Kent
ditto, 128 s to 145 s ; and Sussex ditto, 115 s to 130 s per
cwt.

COLONIAL.

SUGAR.—There has been a moderate demand for British
plantation, and prices have been supported. Publicly
Barbadoes went, however, for some descriptions at a slight
decline ; mid to fine realising 34s to 37s Gd. East India—
Mauritius has been steady at full rates, good and fine
yellow realising 35s Gd and 37s Gd, low and mid 33s to 34s
6d, and mid to fine brown 31s to 32s Gd. Bengal sold at
35s to 36s Gd for low to good white, 38s Gd to 39s 6d for
good and fine white of clean quality, 38s to 38s 6d for low
damp white, and 35s 6d to 38s 6d for mid yellow to low
white. Madras brought 34s to 39s for low mid to good
damaged. Foreign— Publicly, yellow Havannah has been
sold at 35s Gd to 38s for low to good pale yellow. Porto
Rico went at 41s to 41s Gd for fine, and at 34s Gd to 398
for low to good. Paraiba was taken in at 33s Gd for low
brown. Cuba brought 31s to 34s for the same descriptions.
Refined is firm at 468 to 48s for grocery lumps.
COFFEE.—Plantation Ceylon has been in good request,
at full prices. Mid and good coloury bold was last sold
at 58s to 655, low 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 6d. Native has been held at 45s 6d to 475,
according to quality. Mocha was taken in at 675. Ja-
maica brought 53s to 53s 6d for low mid, 45s to 46s for
triage, and 36s for blacks.
COCOA.—Grenada sold at 29s for grey, to 31s for good
red.
RlCE.—Thero has been an improvement this week of 3d
to 6d per lb., Bengal having been sold at 12s for good, and
Madras at lOs to 103 6d for mid and good.
SPlCES.—Pepper has been at full rates ; mid and good
Batavia, 3id to 4d per lb. ; Penang, fine, 4id to 4/d ;
sound brown, 35d. Fair Singapore was taken in at 4d.
Penang mace sold at 3s 2d for good. Nutmegs brought is
10d to 2s 9d for small to fair bold brown.
Rum.—There has been a good demand.
COTTON.—The market has been firm.
SALTPETRE.—There have been free buyers at former
rates. Bengal has been sold at 25s 6d to 26s 6d for 7 per
cent. 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 Gd per cwt. on the
spot.
GREEN FRUIT.—The cold and wet weather has had its
effect upon the markets, some parcels of lemons per
steamer from Lisbon, sold by Keeling and Hunt, went at
a reduction of 2s to 3s per chest. Barcelona nuts have
further advanced 28 per bag. The sale of pine apples con-
tinues good.
Cont.—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. 108 to 191. 15s. 343 coils Bombay
rope, 3to 3i 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 271.105.
7 tons fibre 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 10s to 20s
per ewt. East India average 5S to 84 lbs, 351. 15s ; cracked
and defective 52 to 94 lbs, 281. to 371. ; ball pieces, 10A to
15 lbs, 281. to 291. Cut hollows, Gi to 12 lbs, 211. 5s to
271., and cut solid points, 1)1, to 44 inch, 191. to 241. 10s
per cwt. About 1 ton sea horse also were sold, good sound
31 to 4i lbs, Os 3d to Os 3d, and defective 2i to 5i lbs, 2s
8n 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 dock.