The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-24 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

SUGAR.—There has been scarcely so much firmness in
the market for British plantation, but fair sales have been
made. At auction Barbadoes has realised 33s to 37s Gd
for low mid to fine, and crystalised Demerara 37s to 39s Gd
for good and fine, and 31s to 36s for ord brown to good mid
grocery. East India.—Privately there has been a fair de-
mand, but at auction very little has been offered—Bengal
went at fuller rates, good mid and fine white 36s Gd to 38s
6d, Benares damp 35s 6d to 38s, Mauritius good and fine
yellow brought 35s to 36s 6d, low and mid 33s to 34s Gd,
good and fine brown 31s to 32s 6d, and good and fine syrupy
yellow 36s Gd to 38s. Foreign has been steady. At auc-
tion Porto Rico sold very high, low and mid grey and yel-
low 35s to 37s 6d, and good and fine grocery 37s Gd to 41s
6d. In refined there has been a large business, grocery
lumps being taken at 45s 6d to 48s per cwt.
COFFEE.—Business has been slack in most descriptions,
but Plantation Ceylon has been most readily taken. Pub-
licly mid and good coloury have realised 56s to 645, good
and fine ord dingy 52s to 52s Gd, and peaberry 63s to 70s.
Native Ceylon, by auction, bletight 52s 6d for fine ord
brownish, 57s for low mid, and 46s 6d for common.
Mocha has been cheaper, but the sales have been limited.

Cocoe.—This article- is wanted at—the previous rise.
Publicly Trinidad has realised 34s to 36s 6d for mid and
good ord, and 30s to 33s for ord and good grey. Grenada
low to mid grey has been sold at 28s to 31s, and mid and
good grey at 33s to 345. Dominica brought 24s to 28s 6d
for ord to mid grey.
RlCE.—Sales have been made at full rates. Coringa
brought 9s 6d to 10s for low mid, and mid and Bengal 103
to lls 6d. _ _ _

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ARROW-ROOT.—Good Bermuda has realised lid to 114 d,
St. Vincent 4d to 44c1, and Jamaica 4d.

SPlCES.—Pimento has been firm, good mid and good
even sid to 6d. Nutmegs sold at is 10d for ord
and 2s 6d for mid do. Cloves have been at steady prices.
Jamaica ginger has been sold at 46s to 1008 for small to mid
bold white.
COTTON.—There has been no alterations.

TEA.—More business has been done since the public sales.
Mid and good common Congou have been the qualities
most in demand.

TALLOW.—There is a steady business doing at full
prices. P.Y.C. is at 48s 6d to 49s on the spot.
GREEN FRUIT.—The arrival of Oranges has been on
extensive scale, and the prices lower, giving the public the
benefit of the reduced duty—several parcels sold by Keel-
ing and Hunt at public sale, went at a reduction of 3s to
5s per box. Lemons are scarce, but as the bad weather
has checked the demand, prices have not improved.
Nothing doing in Nuts, the season for thearticle being
partially over, prices may be considered nominal.

HARBOUR OF REFUGE AT JERSEY.—The Government
works at the harbour of refuge at St. Catherine's, Jersey,
are rapidly progressing. The extent of the breakwater
is 2,500 feet. The head of the breakwater is to be
formed of large blocks of granite, built up from the bot-
tom of the sea. Divers are arriving at the works to
prepare the foundation. The area of the harbour will
be 70 acres ; 30 of which will be 30 feet deep at the
lowest tides.
We regret to announce the recent demise of our
talented contributor who, under the nom, de plume of
" The Spirit of the Turf," has furnished sporting articles
for upwards of eight years to The Sun. It may be men-
tioned, as an illustration of "the ruling passion strong
in death," that to a determination to witness the late
Derby, although previously confined to the house from
severe illness, may be ascribed the rapid change which
ended fatally. On not being able to rise from his bed
on the Friday following the Derby, he suggested, as he
said, " a rough sort of comparison" between himself and
the late Mr. Crockford, who went to the Derby and (lied
on the Oaks (lay. He was one of the first of that now
rather numerous class, the sporting prophets, having
made his first essay in 1845, and at once took first rank
in his department, a position he maintained indisputably
to the close of his life. I?equiescut in pace!
WAGES MOVEMENT IN SOUTHAMPTON.—A meeting
took place at the Guildhall of the town of Southampton,
by permission of the Mayor, on Tuesday evening last,
the 21st, of the journeymen painters, plumbers, and
glaziers, to appeal to their masters for au advance of Gd.
per day on their wages. They make this application on
the ground that the price of provisions has so much
risen, that they are worse circumstanced than they were
before. There were upwards of 500 persons at the
meeting. A deputation was ultimately appointed to
wait on their employers with their appeal to-day. In
the present prosperous condition of trade, it is but just
and reasonable that employers should increase the reinu-
peratiou of their men.