The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-24 00:00:00

ILCABKET INTELLIGENCE.

(Prom the _London New Price Current of thie day.)
SUGAlL—lmporters of West India sugar were desirous
to-day to realise, but submitting to a reduction on Friday's
rates of 61 per cwt oceasimied a very good demand both
for refinia," and grocery purposes. Operations amounted
to 871 blurs, &c., including at auction 375 hhds, 30 tierces,
and 49 barrels Darbadoes, which went for fine yellow at
38s Gd to 395, middling to good 36s to 38s, ordinary 34s Gd
to Ms Gd, brown from 32s Gd to 34s ; 203 hds 2 trcs, and
38 brls St. Lucia, low to good middling grey 31s Gd to 355,
fine yellow 38s to 395, middling to good 35s Gd to 37s Gd ;
32 casks Demerara crystallized, good to fine yellow 38s
to 395.

REFINED.-- To-day refined sugar sold freely for home
trade purposes : but prices have ceased to advance ruling
for brown lumps at 475, and low to fine grocery 47s Gd to
tle per cwt. Crushed in good demand for export at pre-
vious rates.
1.51/I.soAnutt, rms.—This afternoon the large quantity of
„I,,,.uup,raits of Mauritius sugar was submitted to public
sold, sopeir gave way Gd per cwt., still 11,000 bags were
to 37, 64, low yellow at 38s to 3836 d, good to fine 35s 6d
333 Gd, inferior
mid 34s to 355, good to fine brown 32s to
refining from
3247t50t0 31s Gd: very ord 25s 6(1 to 2Gs 6d,
mid white ditto 41 375, grainy yellow 35s to Attoo 41s G(1 pct. cwt. 38s Gd, and
EAST INDIAg.ar
welrlAie Roles this afternoon of 3,400
bags Ben.ogiaLsleu,,i.es,twather under last week's rates, but
mostly
ood white at 35s to 38s, line
grainy white 43s Gd, good ttOV yellow ditto 378 to 38s 6d,
low to middling 35s th 30i Cdaabrowu 33s to 348 Cd, low
grainy 313 to 32s Gd. There
r..,:roi,!_uo public sale of Madras,
y havo a downward.treaus,-
an little done privately ;
andsy.
demand for
COCOA.--TO-day there was only a moderato
RTall part
Trinidad cocoa ; and at auction, of 970 bag
low
only sold at 30s to 33s for grey, and at 33s GBd tao 34 n for
to fine red, being rather lower rates.
COFFEE.—To-day there was a greater desire to operate
in Plantation Ceylon Coffee. At auction 190 casks, 402
brls, and 57 bags nearly all sold at ratherllrireifirgrl.b.iess
To good middling to good went at 62s to 655, na
61s, lOw middling 57s to 58s, other sorts 52s to 5Gs, triage
46s to 51s, and pea berry G6s 6d to 69s 6d.
TEA. —ln bettor sorts of Congou immense purchases
have again been made both by the trade and speculators,
the rates obtained being rather above those current pre-
viously. There is no further rise for lower kinds, still de-
mand is good, and market firm.
OlLS.—Prices continue to give way for Seal, and trans-

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 23.

The Black Eagle, Admiralty yacht, Master Comman-
der John E. Petley, came into harbour last evening,
from Devonport, with the Master-General of the Ord-
nance (Lord Raglan) and engineering officers, from their
official inspection of the western fortifications.
The Duke of Wellington, screw, 131, Captain Henry
Ilyain Martin, is bending sails, and using every energy
in getting ready for sea. The new proposal for the
better manning of the navy has worked its magic up on
the hitherto-neglected British sailor, whose heart is as
big as the First Lord of the Admiralty, and its imme-
diate effect is shown by the number of good men who
are daily joining this noble three-decker.
The Fairy, yacht, Master Commander D. N. Welch,
is on the gridiron, shifting her propeller and taking in a
supply of brick coals.
Imperieuse, 60, !screw, Captain Rendle B. Watson,
has hoisted the blue peter at the fore, and is under im-
mediate orders for foreign service.
The Simoom, 18, screw, iron troop-frigate, Captain
John Kingcome, will come into the steam-basin dock, to
have the state of her bottom examined.

The Encounter, 14, screw, Captain G. W. D. O'Cal-
laghan, received her boilers to-day under the sheers, and
will soon be ready for active service.
The Conflict, 8, screw, is painting, and only awaiting
the arrival of her new boomerang-propeller, which is to
be of flinch stronger make than the one that gave way
on her trial.

It is stated that three of our steam reserve are to be
sent down to Plymouth, such as Gorgon, Bulldog, and
Stromboli.

The splendid American liner Prince Albert, Captain
Macgill, arrived from London last evening, and having
embarked passengers from this port, sailed to-day for
New York.

The Victoria, Captain Champion, arrived here this
morning from New York ; landed passengers in Garratt
and Gibbons' tender, and sailed for London this evening.
She left New Yorkqm the 23d April.

!PLYMOUTH, MAY 23.
The orders for the departure of Admiral Corry's fleet
at 4 o'clock this morning hare been countermanded, and
the ships will not leave until after her Majesty's birth-
day, to-morrow. It is stated that they will go to
Lisbon.

WOOLWICH, MAY 23.
APPOINTMENTS.

Captain Hon. Charles G. J. B. Elliot (1841) to com-
mand the Sybille, 40, commissioned this day at Devon-
port.

Lieutenants.—Edward W. Turnour (1843), at present
studying steam at Woolwich Dockyard, and to be exa-
mined as to his knowledge of the working of marine
steam engines during the present week, to the St. Jean
d'Acre, 101, screw steamship, at Devonport ; Augustus
I. Kingston (1848), Allen Bathurst (1850), and Henry
W. Comber (1846), to the St. Jean d'Acre ; James E.
Bickford (1848) and Frederick Park (1853) to the Brisk,
14, screw steam sloop, at Devonport.
Masters.—Henry G. Raynes (1841) to the St. Jean
d'Acre ; George H. Blakey (1849) to the Brisk.
Surgeon.—James Peters (1851) to the Vulcau steam
frigate, at Portsmouth.
r aymasters.—Thomas W. Parker (1819) to the St.
Jean d'Acre ; John Tweedie (1850) to the Brisk ; Ben-
jamin J. Hooper (1849) to the Sybille.
Mate.—Claude A. C. Do Crespigny (1851) to the St.
Jean d'Acre.

Clerks.—William H. De Carteret (1847), recently
clerk in charge of the Riflemen screw steam sloop, to
the St. Jean d'Acre ; George N. Warren (1847), from
the Ajax, 58, screw steam flag-ship at Cork, to the
Brisk ; John Hay (1852) to the Collins, 14, sloop, at
Sheerness.

Clerk's Assistant.—F. J. P. Shapeote, to the Impreg-
nable, flagship at Devonport.
Gunner.—James Cooke, to the St. Jean d'Acre.
Boatswains.—Andrew Ogden, to the St. Jean d'Acre ;
Edmond Dean, to the Brisk.
Carpenters.--Richard Earl, to the St. Jean d'Acre ;
James Lucks, to the Brisk.

Captain Buchanan has obtained three mouths' leave,
from the 25th inst.