The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-03 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of this day.)
SUGAR.—To-day West India sugar was only in limited
demand for home trade purposes, and prices aro fully 6d
per cwt under those of Friday last for refining and grocery
sorts. Operations are 377 hhds and tierces. At auction
10 hhds and 300 barrels Barbadoes sold at 34s to 37s for
low to good yellow, and brown 32s 6d. to 33s 6d per cwt.
Total purchases for the week are 2328 hhds and tierces.
REFINED.—To-day purchases were on aThmall scale in
refined sugar for home trade purposes, and prices are on
the decline, brown lumps selling at 46s to 46s Gd and low
to fine grocery 40s 6d to 49s per cwt. Crushed sugar is
less wanted by exporters, and previous terms are barely
sustained.
EAST INDlA.—Penang sugar was this afternoon in good
demand, and realised full rates. At auction 6,700 bags
were sold—brown 29s to 31s 6d, yellow and grey 32s to
355, and white 35s Gd to 36s Gd. Bengal sustains its value,
and 3,400 bags chiefly sold—white Benares 36s to 38s, ord
to fine grainy white 41s to 453 6d, and superior yellow do.
40s to 40s Gd per cwt.
FOREIGN.—To-day the transactions were on a small
scale in foreign sugar by private contract, and previous
rates cannot be obtained for duty paid parcels or floating
cargoes. There was no public auction.
COCOA.—To-day the market for Cocoa presented a dull
aspect, and prices declined is per cwt, for West India. At
public sale 350 bags Trinidad sold at 31a to 32s 6d for grey
and 150 bags Grenada at 28s 6d to 29s 6d per cwt.
COFFEE.—There is less doing to-day in Plantation Cey-
lon, yet prices are not lower. A part only of 80 casks at
auction sold—mid to good mid 58s to 62s Gd, other sorts
53s to 57s 6d, bold Triage 505 to 51s, and pea berry 67s to
68s. Of Cochin, 64 cases went at 48s 6d for good ord, and
43s for Triage. In Native Ceylon, privately, purchases
have been small ; new import, in bags, 47s to 47s 6d,
and old 46s to 46s 6d for good ordinary.
TEA.—At the new duty of is 10d per lb, clearances for
home consumption have been immense ; here, and at the
outports, already amount to 5,800,0001 b. At public sale
to-day, 2,000 packages were mostly sold ' • but rather lower
rates were taken for Hyson. Privately, Congon is offering
at a small decline—common sound can be obtained lid to
114 d, and good 'ord ll d, to Hid per lb.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This DAY.
Amsterdam ............ 11 17%'; Gibraltar ....... . ......
Ditto, three mon hs .. 11 19 Leghorn
.....• ........ 30
Rotterdam .. .... 11 19U Genoa .......• • • ...... 25 40
Antwerp .............. 25 30 Milan ..
Brussels .............. 25 30 Venice ..
Hamburgh ..
Altona ........ „ „ Palermo .............. 125
Paris • • 25 7%
Ditto, throe mon .hs .. 25 30 I Lisbon
Marseilles ..... 25 32% Oporto •
Bourdeaux ....... Rto Janeiro
Frankiort-on-Maine..... 120% Buenos Ayres
Berlin „„ ,„ ..... New York, 60 days' sight
Vienna 11 Philadelphia . .
Trieste „„,„„.„ ~ 11 2 PRICES OF BULLION, PLR OZ.
Petersburgh.. 37% 'Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9
Madrid „„„ „ „ so% Portugal Gold Coln 00 0
Cadiz ...... 50% 51exlean Dollars .... 0 4 11 h
Barcelona .. ............ New Dollars ...... 0 0 0
Seville ................ Silver In bars ...... 0 5 1