The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-19 00:00:00

COURSE OF EXCH.

Amsterdam ............ 11 17%
Ditto, three months .. 11 19
Rotterdam ..
Antwerp .............. 25 30
Brussels .............. 25 30
i I amburgh .......• •• • • 13 8

Paris ................ 25 12
Ditto, three months .. 25 30
Mar5e111e5........ • • .... 25 35
Bourdeaux ........
Frankfort-on-. Maine .

120%

Berlin . ..............
Vienna ..•• ............ 11 6
Trieste . .
Pct enburot •- • • 38

AU

Cadiz. . ..
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MAEKET INTELLIGENCE.

( From the London New Price Current of yesterday.)
SUGAR.--Today supply of West India Sugar being
scanty, merchants were enabled to obtain prices equal to
last Friday. Still grocers and refiners were reluctant to
do business, and purchases are only 180 making for the
week 832 hhds, &c., but which must be added 400 out of
second hands.
REFINED.—To-day refined sugar was operated in with
caution for home trade purposes, still brown lumps cannot
be obtained under 45s per cwt. There is a firm market for
crushed sugar with several export buyers.
MAURITIUS.—This afternoon refining sorts of Mauritius
sugar sold freely at full rates, but grocery met with less
attention, and there was a decline of 6d per cwt. At
auction 8,900 bags were disposed of—good to fine yellow
at 36i to 38s, low to mid 34s to 35s 6d, good to fine
brown 32s Gd to 345, low to mid 29s to 325, very ord
26s to 28s, refining 33s to 37s 6d, very fine 38s to 395,
good to fine grainy yellow 393 to 41s, and low to mid
36s to 38s 6d.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the public sales of Bengal
sugar went off without spirit, yet rates are sustained. The
quantity offered was 3,500 bags, and nearly the whole
sold. Benares--good to fine white at 38s to 395, low to
mid 36s Gd to 37s 6d, good to fine grainy yellow 38s Ito
39s Gd. Madras is rather lower, and 729 bags were sold—
low to mid grocery 32s to 34s Gd, ord to fine softy yellow
28s 6d to 325.
FOREIGN.—To-day there was a reluctance to operate in
floating cargoes and duty-paid parcels of foreign sugar,
yet holders generally are not inclined to accept lower rates.
MOLASSES.--A greater demand exists for West India,
and improved rates aro well maintained. Purchasesare
500 puns ; Antigua at 18s ; and St. Lucia 15s 6d, to
16sa.
Some business has been done in Bengal and Mauritius
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15s to 15s 6d ; Cuba and Porto Rico 16s Gd to 7s 61
per cwt.

COCOA.—To-day prices rather declined for Trinidad
Cocoa, and at auction 168 bags were sold good red at 38s
to 395, mid 36s to 375, ord 34s 6d to 35s 6d; and grey
from 32s to 34s 6d.
COFFEE.—This afternoon a public sale of 990 bls of very
old Mocha went at low prices ; fine brownish small berry
clean garbled selling at 64s to 655, a few lots mid to good
56s to 625. Of Rio 600 bags were taken in at 44s to 45s for
good and fine ord being above the value. A fair business
was concluded privately in Native Ceylon at 47s to
47s 6(1 for good to real good ord ; but at auction 404 bags
were taken in at 48s. There was no public sale of Plan.
tation Ceylon, yet several parcels were sold privately at
rates rather above those of yesterday, celery sorts meeting
with most demand.

low to good common Congnu, several purchases
have been made during the week at 9-4 d-to 104 d. per lb,
and the market has a firm appearance, other sorts have not
improved in value, yet large transactions have taken place,

rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf, at lOid to Is, stotg
r
to Pekoe kinds is 0d to is Bd, and choice is 9d to 2s
but chiefly at is to is 2d. For green, prices range as 10!,,
lows : Hyson, ord is ld to is 2d, miclAs 3d to is 4d, 6°,"",
is 5d to is 9d, fine is 10d. to 2s 7d, superior 2s 8d to os
to 10
Young Hyson Canton 10d to ls, Hyson kind is 2d ier
10d, fine 2s to 2s 3d, Twankay 10d to is ld, GunPnvi„
Canton, 10d to is ld, Hyson kind is 2d to 2s 9d, fine
3s 6d ; Imperial Canton is to is 2d, Hyson sort is 3d
2s 3d, Hyson skin 8d to is.
SPICES.—To-day Pimento realised full rates, and A 4.shuec;
tion 179 bags sold at 51d to 6d for good. Pepper is ra'4ld,
dearer, and 279 bags Penang realised 3hd to 3/d for Wes
rather dusty and damaged 31d to 3/d. Of Bourbon Cl°Y
27 bags fetched bid to 6/d for sound.
RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—IR Deloarara
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large transactions have taken place since 'our last repLivi
and previous terms are well sustained : 30 to 40 over pi";„
realising 2s 7d to 2s 10d per gallon. Prices for Bin
continue to decline, and shippers as well as home dealers
to operate with reluctance. There are sellers of Cognac)
best Brands of the vintage of 1851 at 7s 641 to 7s Bd, 1 to
ditto 7s 8d to 7s 10d, 1819 ditto 7s 10c1 to Bs, older 8s 2tl r
8s 4d, low to mid 6s 4d to 7s 4d, and Bordeaux, at 6s Pe
gallon. Were
RICE.—To-day several parcels of East India Rice
sold by private treaty at full rates. At auction 1,240 lot
were mostly disposed of at lls to lls 641 for good 132'11
white, and at 9s to lls 6d for damaged, fine sound tin'e
in at 12s 6d per cwt.
INDIGO.—To-day during the progress of the sale 66 awl
have been withdrawn. 853 chests (including 66 withdra,':,
have passed the sale. The biddings continue brisk, and
rates previously established are fully supported—vii'ars,
to 4d advance on October for ordinary and low consnrc:na
4d to 8d for mid to good mid qualities, and 6d for goo, ; -the,
fine Bengal. Madras and Kupahs are in good demand, , 2,1
former at about the last sale's price, and the latter a. for
to 4d advance for ordinary to middling, and 6d to is
good to fine.
TALLOW.—For Russian on the spot demand has °fine
improved since last week, and there is an advance' is
yellow candle realising 44s 9d to 45a per cwt., and there
a firm market.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET—FEII.
The sales since the 10th instant have amounted.;ol,
40,000 bags, of which 14,000 are taken on speculation, t 0
for export. No material variation in prices. To-e 3.
sales are 6,000 bags. Arrived this week-5 vessels fr°13,
New York and 1 from Madras.