The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-13 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From Prince's Price Current of last Evening.)
Sucaa.—The business done in West India Raw Sugar was
exceedingly small, indeed, not enough to constitute a market ;
prices were just as before quoted. There were offered 83
hhds. 92 trs. 46 brls. Barbadoes, which were nearly all bought
in at 635. to 675. for low to good bright yellow. The sales
for the week amount to only about 900 hhds. and trs., includ:
ing the Barbadoes auctions.
The average price of Muscovado Sugar (which will appear
in this night's Gazette) for the week ending 9th inst., is com-
puted at 40s. qd. per cwt. in bond, and the same time last

year it was computed at 365. 43-d. per cwt.
MAuninus.-920 bags of the new crop were put up at
public sale, and all bought in rather under the previous mar-
ket rates ; good middling to fine yellow at 635. 6d. to 675.
per cwt.
EAST INDlA.—Bengal is still very dull of sale, but at the
public sale of 1,150 bags, prices were steady; good and fine
white sold at 6.55. 6d. to 675., and low and middling ditto at
645. 6d. to 655. per cat.
COFFEE.—The Foreign Coffee market was very flat, and
1,498 bags Rio•brought to the hammer were all bought in,
good ordinary colory at 425., and good ordinary mixed at 40s.
to 41s. per cwt. There were likwise offered 27 casks and
48 barrels British Plantation, which sold at steady prices;
Berbice middling at 1065., and Demerara low middling at
102 s. 6d. to 103 s. per cwt. Ceylon not enquired for.
CASSIA. LIGNEA.—A very good parcel consisting of 785
chests was offered by public auction, and sold at stiff prices,
good middling, fair colour, in small bundles at 595. to 595. 6d.,
and middling colour in 121 b. bundles at 545. 6d. ; two lots at
555. to 565. per cwt.

PEPPER.---138 robins 38 bags Ceylon were brought to the
hammer and sold at 4d. per lb. for half heavy.
SALTPETRE continues firm, and 170 bags Calcutta offered
by public auction brought 255. to 255. 6d. per cwt. fur 4, lbs.
per cwt. refraction.
COTTON WooL. —The market has again been very dull ;
the home and export trade not being disposed to purchase at
late prices, and all speculative enquiry having for the present
ceased. The private transactions are therefore not worth,
enumerating, but prices still remain unchanged. To-day 400
bags Peruvian and 20 bags Bengal were put up at public sale,
the former was withdrawn at 9d. per lb. for clean bright;
the Bengal sold at sd. per lb. for fine.
SVGAR.—We have again to notice a very dull market for all
descriptions of British Plantation Raw Sugar, notwithstanding
the importers generally have submitted to a further reduction
of full ls. per cwt., the transactions have been on an extremely
limited scale, and almost confined to such sorts as are suitable
for the use of the grocers, who do not purchase but from actual
necessity, and the refiners having mostly ceased working from
the discouraging state of their trade, arc almost out of the am:-
ket ; Jamaica, good mid., verj colory, has sold at 645. 6d.,
good mid. bright at 635., mid. at 62a. 6d., low mid. grey
at 61s. 6d., Berbice good dry brown at 615., and Deme-
rara good bright grocery at 635. per cwt. Two public sales
of Barbadoes were offered on Tuesday, comprising 296 hhds.,
which went heavily, and again at 6d. to is. decline—low mid-
dling to fine yellom at 655. to 675. per cwt.
The stock of British Plantation Sugar is 18,963 hhds. and
trs., against 28,441 at the correspoeding period of 1837, thus
showing a decrease of 9,78 hhds. and trs. ; the deliveries lest
week were 1,814 hhds. and trs., against 2,505 at the same
time last year, thus showing a decrease of 1,087.
MAURITIUS.-The Market is qulet ; no sales have been
brought forward, and none are advertised. The private opera-
tions have been very trifling, and limited to some small parcels
of the last public sale, which have brought former prices. This
description is now very high in prices, when compared with
the present rates of Bengal.
The stock of Mauritius is 25,904 bags against 23,146, at i
the same time last year, thus showing an increase of 2,758
bags ; the deliveries last week were 2,562 bags against 2,369
last year.

FAST INDIA.—The demand for Bengal continues very dull,
although the holders have again accepted a reduction of Is. to
Is. 6d. per cwt. ; nothing has been done by private treaty,
the holders continuing to bring forward rather large public
sales; 1,685 bags have been offered this week, which went
heavily at the above decline, fine white at 675. 6d. to ti9s.,
good middling and good white at 65e. 6d. to 675., and damps
at 61s. 6d. to 665. per cwt. In Manilla there is still very
little business doing, the holders not being disposed to sell
except at late rates, and of Siam buyers arc waiting sale on
Tuesday.

REFINED.----There has been very little disposition manifested
to purchase either grocery or shipping goods this week, anti
the market has been very quiet, notwithstanding the quantity
of goods offering still limited, prices are, however, much the
same for grocery kinds, but for export some trifling parcels of
double Crushed have been sold at 375. Gd. and 365., at which
latter price it is now held.
WEST INDIA MOLASSES.—There is no inquiry for this ar-
ticle, and to effect sales ls. to 2s. per cwt. decline must be
submitted to ; 131 puns. 36 brls. 40 hhds. Demerara were
offered by public sale on Tuesday, and bought in at 345. per
cwt. for good quality.
COFFEE.—The market for British Plantation Coffee re-
mains quiet ; very little business has been done by private
treaty, the buyers not being generally disposed to purchase at
the late quotations ; the holders, however, remain firm, par-
ticularly for the better descriptions, which are yet very scarce,
but have scarcely been able to support the market ; they have
offered only 86 casks and 20 bags, which, from the smallness
of the quantity, have brought steady prices, viz., Bcrbice, low
middling and middling 104 s. to 1055., fine and fine fine ordi-
nary 945. to 100 s., and Demerara, good and fine ordinary 85s.
to 90s. per cwt. The arrivals continue very small. The prices
of Ceylon admissible at the lowest rate of duty, continue to ex-
hibit a declining appearance, and at the public sales of 797 bags,
a decline of 2s. per cwt. was established, fair and good ordi-
nary colory, selling at 795. Gd. to 80s., good fair colory at
83r. Gd., fine ordinary at 845., and at these rates it would be
no little difficulty to effect further sales. The market for
Mocha remains steady, and a fair demand exists for consump-
tion ; 72 bales good fair yellow, clean garbled, sold by public
auction, at 795. 6d. to was. per ewt. Sumatra is enquired
for by the grocers, and 80 bags offered at public sale were
readily taken at 355. for good ordinary brown, which is rather
higher than the previous rates of the market. For export there
is little or no enquiry, the present prices being tou high to
admit of business ; 63 bags of Coffee imported from Quilon
were sold by the hammer at 48s. to 495. for good ordinary,
very pale.
The present stock of British Plantation Coffee is 3,195 casks
and 1,212 barrels and bags, against 4,386 casks and 2,597
barrels and bags at the corresponding period o! last year ; thus
showing a decrease of 1,191 casks and 1,385 barrels and bags.
The deliveries last week were 243 casks and 42 barrels and
bags, against 186 casks and 104 barrels and bags at the same
time last year.
Cocoa.--Of British Plantation descriptions wo have no
heard of any sales ; the holders, however, continue firm in their
demands fur late prices. Foreign is still scarce, and high
prices are in consequence demanded : la bags Brazil sold by
public auction at 365. Gd. to 38s. 6d. for fair red wormy.
PIMENTO improves in demand, and the tendency of the
market is still upward, business has, however, been only limit-
ed, the holders in most cases demanding a further advance in
prices. Only 220 bags hare been offered at public sale, which
sold at 31d. to 34-d. per lb. for good mid. and good quality.
PEPPER.—There continues to be some desire to speculate
in this article, but the holders are still so firm that the businesa
does not exceed 1,000 bags of common unsifted at 34d. to
4d. per lb.

CASSIA LIONcA continues to he held trimly for stiff prices,
but there is no anxiety to purchase, and the business has
been confined to some small paree).s of fair quality at 575.
per cwt.
NUTMEGS are still unsaleable exettpt at lower rates, to which
the importers do not appear inclined to submit.
MACE AND CLOVIIS continue to go off very slowly, and thcir
value is with difficulty maintained.
TEA.—The sales terminated oil Tuesday; upwards of fifty
thousand packages have been sold, I:he remainder being gene-
rally withdrawn, or bought in at prices considerably above the
rates obtained for those actually sold. Boheas experienc-d
an eager demand both for Can.t.on and Fokien, ❑early
all that were offered finding ready btayers at Is. 3d. to
Is. 31d. for' Canton, and Is. ;Bd. to Is. 10d. for Fo-
kien, duty ls. 6d. ; the comnlrm Congous ruled from
Is. 5Ad. to Is. Bd., blackish leaf kinds is Is. 84d. to 25., strong
blackish leaf and Pekoe flavour, 2g... 7d. to 3s. ld. ; Twankays,
at is. 91d. to 2s. Id. ; Hyson, 2s, 3d. to ss. 6d ; Imperials,
2s. Gd. to 3s. 6d. ; Gunpowder 3s. 21d. to 4s. 4d. ; Young
Hyson 2s. to 2s. 10d. ; Orange I ekoc Is. 7d. to 2s. 7d. ;

RlCE.—East India continues in brisk demand for exports.
tion chiefly to our colonies in the West Indies; privately the
business done amounts to about 4,000 bags at a further slight
improvement in prices, and 1,983 bags Bengal were readAy
disposed of by publicauction, at 12s. 6d. to 13s. for middling arid
good middling white. The Grocers continue buyers of Ca.
rolina at former prices, whilst the exporters are out of the
market.
Tonacco..—ln consequence of the very reduced stock of
this commodity in Europe, there has been a brisk demand for
Kentucky and Virginia Leaf chiefly for speculation, with some
for export, and considerable sales, say about 3,000 hhds. hare
been made at full sd. per lb. advance, the principal part of
this quantity consisted of Kentucky Leaf, which sold from 314.
to for good and ordinary good • the Virginia sold from
4-id. to bid. per lb. for goad fair andflne. There is a fair do.
"nand for Columbian Leaf, with an increasing consumption
whilst in Roll nothing is doing, although it is offered in quart.
tities at Sid. to 7d. per lb. in half-pound and pound rolls.
The stock of Virginia, Kentucky and Maryland Tobacco oat
the Ist. inst. was 13,266 hhds, against 21,882 at the same
period last year, and 14,135 in 1836.
On..—The Fish Oil market remains much as before; the
high prices of Tallow have created some little enquiry for the
common kinds; but buyers are not generally disposed to give
late prices, and Cod has sold at about IL per tun decline with.
out leading to any material increase of •business. Of Sctt!
Oil the quantity going into consumption is considerable ; 13111
the prices in the market do not exhibit any alteration of mo.
ment. Rape Oil has sold in some instances at a slight ad.
ranee. Gallipoli Oil is dull of sale, and has sold rather under
former rat s. The whole of the cargo of Palm recently arriv,
is now cleared off the market ; the price obtained is 35e.
per cwt.

TALLOW.-The prices of Petersburgh yellow candle harp
again improved, 48s. 6d. having been paid, for fine quality, at
which the holders continue very firm; but at this price del
purchases are now only limited to the wants of necessitouS
buyers. For forward delivery the price yet remains nominal,
no actual business having been done.
PROVISIONS.-There has been a severe frost since our last,
which has had the effect of rendering the Butter market much
firmer; of Irish the trade have shown more desire to purchase,
and upon the whole a fair quantity has been disposed of, anti
an advance of 2s. per csvt. established, in some cases the ima
provement is rather more, but the market does not exhibit
lively appearance. The arrivals of Foreign are limited ; theta
is, however, a good stock on hand, but it comprises only
small quantity of the finer descriptions, which have been taken
readily at Gs. to Bs. per cwt. higher prices, fine Friezlandl
commands 110 s., and for the best Holstein 112 s. is said to
have been paid ; for the inferior descriptions the demand is
dull, and prices remain much as before. Scotch Butter
has met with a little better sale, at the quotations. Lard
has declined ls. to 2s. per cwt., and the buyers still come
forward very slowly. For Bacon there is yet only a li—
mited eerran3, but the ho'd r; are still unwilling to sell att
any reduction of pikes, our quotations in consequence remain
as beole. In foreign cheese there is some little variation
this week, Edam has been more in demand, particularly fine,
for which 2s. per cwt. advance has been given, it being.
thought that the severe weather would stop the
.supplies
Gouda, of which there is a good deal on hand, has not been
much in demand, and the inferior kinds have not maintained
their former value. India and Mess Beef and Pork, landed►
have been in good demand, and generally prices are higher
for parcels free on board there is also a brisk sale for Pork,
and Beef has improved in demand ; prices are likewise higher.
The supply of Scotch Pork is equal to the demand, and trade
is better for the best qualities, at former prices; the in-
ferior and secondary qualities are not in demand. There ig
plenty of Irish Pork in the market of the finest quality, which
sells at 44s to_46s. per cwt. Eggs are steady at mueh about
!ormer rates, but as soon as they become more plentiful
lower prices must be accepted.

PRICE OF
The highest price of Bread in the
Good Bread may be had at tP4d,

BREAD.
Petropolis is 9d. for the 41b. Loaf

FEEDS.—Jan. 12.

Per Quarter.-
St. Foin 'Bs. 38s 4:s,
Rye Grass .30s. 335. als:
Pacey Grass —s. 404. 455,
Linseed, for feeding 4Bs. 50s. —s.
Ditto, for sewing... --s. s'2s. sis
Ditto, for crushing --s 41s. 475.
Canary —s 40s. 455.
:Hemp --e. 355. 413,.
Per Bushel
White Mustard 10s. 0.1. 13s. 3d.
Brown Ditto l4s. Od. IS:. 01.
Tares 3s. Sd 4,6 d.
t) '271. :.:0, ' .

H UPS.—Jan. 12.
01 Os. 71 Os. to EV. Os,
4/ 10, 0!. 0,:to 7' 0-
01. CO. 41. Vs. to 6'.
01. 'Os. 21. 18s. to €l. Os.
02 Os. 4'. 6, to s'. 12s.
01. Os. 3' 15s. to 4 0