The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-28 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

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(From the London New Price Current of this day.)
SUGAR.—To-day there was a reluctance to operate in
West India sugar for all purposes, and prices close 6d per
cwt under last Friday. Operations are 480 hhds, including a
sale of 140 hhds Demerara crystalised, which went at about
previous terms—fine yellow at 40s to 425, and other sorts
33s to 395. The weeks sales are 1,450 hhds and tierces.
REFINED.—To-clay demand was brisker for Refined
Sugar from home dealers—brown lumps at 44s to 44s 6d,
and low to fine grocery 44s 6d to 47s per cwt. In crushed
Sugar sales are limited by exporters.
MAURITIUS.—To-day Mauritius sugar, met with little
notice, and 1,604 bags at auctionwent ato is lower—low
yellow at 32s to 335, brown 27s 6d to 31s 6d, and very ord
26s to 27s per cwt.
FOREIGN.—To-day the foreign sugar market presented a
dull aspect, still full rates are required for floating cargoes.
MOLASSES.—There is no further advance for West India,
but supply is moderate, and several transactions have taken
pluce at 17s 6d to 18s 6d per cwt.
CocoA.—The home and export demand has been small ;
Trinidad, grey, at 31s to 32s 6d ; red, 33s to 38s; and
Grenada, 28s to 34s per cwt.
COFFEE.—To-day the demand was not better for Native
Ceylon, and at auction 700 bags 58 casks were only in part
sold at 45s 6d for good old import, whilst low is taken in
at 45s per cwt, being rather lower. Of Madras 380 bags
sold at 44s 6d to 50s 6d for low to good ord. Ceylon is not
offered under former rates.
TEA.—A great increase has taken place in demand for
Congou for home consumption this week. The currency
for low to good ord sound ilid to Is rat blackish leaf to
blackish leaf is oid to is 2d, strong to' Pekoe sorts is lid
to 2s 3d, and one new crop 2s 5d to 2s 7d.
SPIRITS.—There is no advance for Jamaica Rum, still
demand has been brisker chiefly for home consumption
and prices are firm ' • choice sorts 37 to 40 per cent. over
proof realized 5s 2d to 5s 6d, good to fine 34 to 38 over
4s 5d to ss. low to mid 30 to 34 over 4s to 4s 4d per gallon.
TALLOW.—A decrease has taken place in demand for
Russian for all purposes this week, and prices have fully
declined ls. per cwt. They closed to-day for first P. Y. C.
at 57s 6d to 57s 9d on the spot, 57s for delivery in next
two months, and at 58s for spring, at which transactions
were limited.

OILS.—To-day at auction 80 tuns seal sold, pale at 37i
15s, and other sorts 33/ 5s to 361153, being cheaper.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This DAY.
Am5terdam............ 11 15 Gibraltar ..............
aDitto, three months .. 11 16% Leghorn 30 10
Rotterdam ........ .... 11 163¢ Genoa ................ 25 50
Antwerp .............. 25 27% Milan
Brussels .............. 25 27% Venice ........
Hamburgh ............ 13 6% Naples
Altona ................ ,Palermo .............. 12534
Paris.. 5 .Messina .............. 1253(
Ditto, three months 25 30 Lisbon 53
Marseilles.... ...... 25 30 Oporto .. .............. 53%
Bourdeaux ,Rio Janeiro
Frankfort-on-Maine .... 11934 Buenos Ayre5..........Ayre5..........
Berlin 'New York, 60 days' sight

Vienna ................ 11. 28 :.......

Trieste .............• 11 32
Pe t ersbur,gh 3734
Madrid !,
Cadiz .. . 5014 i
Barcelona.. ..
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PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
;Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0
Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 0
New Dollars ...... 0 0 ij
Silver In bars ...... 0 5 1/3