The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-21 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

( From the London New Price Current of this day.)
SUGAR.—There has been rather a limited business done
in British West India. Early in the week, the finer sorts
were at full rates, but the inferior descriptions declined 6tl
per cwt. Baxbadoc.,.i fine yellow sold at 378 to 388 6,1, low
to good at 31s 6,1 to 36s 6d, and brown at 30s to 318.
crystalised ord to good yellow went at 37is Gd
tone
383, and brown at 293 Gd to 335. East India—Mauri..
tius .tas buea-
full,.prices t fine to superior yellow
realised ;Rif; to 37s Gd, low to good 31s-to 35s 6..1, good to

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fine brown 29s 6d to 313, and low to fine grey 31s to 355.
Foreign—Cuba has been iu good demand at full prices,
but the lower kinds were heavy, lOw grey to good bright
yellow at 3ls 61 to 365, low heavy to good pale yellow at
3d3 Gd to 355, low to good heavy brown at 29s to 31s 6d,
and low mid to good grainy yellow at 31s 6d to 375,
Pernambuco was held for high quotations, viz., at 31s Gd
to 37s tor low to mid white, and at 283 6,1 for ord brown,
but good soft white was taken in at 37s to 33s per cwt.
Zellow Havannah went at 31s 6d to 33s for low to good
yellow, and at 31s 6d to 34s 61 for washed. Refined has
been steady, at 41s to 41s 61 for brown lumps, up to 49s
for grocery.
Today best grocery sorts of British Plantation sugar
met with a fair demand, and the rates obtained are gene-
rally equal to last Friday, but there was a dull market for
all other sorts, and prices closed 6d per cwt. under that
time. Operations aro 315, making 1,550 hhds. &c., for
the week.

TEA.—No advance has taken place for Congon ; demand
is however better for all sorts, and there is a firm market.
Sales of low to good ord made at 10 td to 11d, rather black-
ish to blackish leaf 11.4 to is 33d, and strong to pekoe
flavour is 4d to 2s sd. Pouchong sells more readily at Bd.
to 10,1. Fine Souchong is wanted at is 101 to 2s 51; in
other qualities, however, purchases have been limited at
141 to Is 9d.
TALLOW. —ln the early part of the week there was not
much desire to do business, and prices declined. On the
spot sates of first sort P. Y.C. were made at 65s 6d, and at
67s 6d, for delivery in the last three months of the year.
There is now a better demand from the trade and specula-
tors, rates have advanced to 66s 3d, to 66s 6d for present
delivery, 678 8d fur Sept., and 68s 6d for last three months.
A free sale now exists for home melted, and 65s is the
currency cash. Other sorts of tallow are-in small supply,
and much wanted ; sales of Australian beef at 60s to 6 s 6d
far fair to fine ; Mutton, 675. American 60s to 675. Only
350 casks tallow were offered at auction this afternoon.
Stock of tallow still shows an excess over last year, but
this will not be the case long.
OILS.—In Linseed Oil there has not been much business
concluded for shipping or home trade purposes, and the
rates taken are 36s on the spot. In Seal operations have
been on a limited scale, pale 391 to 401, and other sorts
351 lOs to 381 10s. Southern is cheaper, a small business
having been transacted at 371 lOs to 401. In Cocoa nut large
transactions, Cochin at 50s to 525, and Ceylon 49s Od. to
50s. Several sales in Gingelly oil, at 45s to 465, and ground
nut 45s 6d to 465. An improvement in demand for Olive
oil, Gallipoli at 541 to 541105, and other sorts 491 to 521.
Rape oil continues in active request, and prices to rule
firm, brown at 42s 6d to 435, and pale 44s to 455.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—THIS DAY.
Am5terdam............ 11 153 Gibraltar ..............
Ditto, three months .. 11 17 Leghorn .............. 30 521%
Rotterdam ...... • • .... 11 1711 Genoa ................ 25 37%
Antwerp .............. 25 25 Milan ................
Brussels .............. 25 25 Venice ................
Hamburt,h ...... .. 13 6 'Naples 43
Altona ................ Palermo .............. 127%
Paris • • ........ .• •. .... 25 0 :Messina ............ •• 1271,4
Ditto, three months: •• 25 27% Lisbon •.•••••• • • • • • • • • 533
Marseilles...... • .25 33 Oporto ...........• 531. i
Bourdcaux ........ Rio Janeiro . .
Frankfort-on-Maine .... 118% Buenos Ayres ..........
Berlin .. .............. 'New York, 60 days' sight
Vienna .. • • ............ 12 23 Philadelphia ..........
Trieste •• •• •• •• •• • • • • •• 12 30 PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz.
Petersburgl....• • • ...... 36% Foreign Gold in liars £3 17 9
Madrid ................ 49% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 n
Cadiz 50 Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 13i
Barc,,lona ••• • •• •. • • New Dollars 0 0
Seville .......... „„ „ Ailver in bars - - 0 0 0