The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-17 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

SUGAR.—In West India not much has been done, and
prices have been barely supported. Barbadoes, of the new
crop, sold at 33s 6d to 37s for low and mid, and at 37s 6d
to 39s for good and fine. Jamaica good grocery brought
37s 6d, good brown 34s 355. Demerara good brown 33s to
345, crystalised good 37s 6d td 38s. East India— Mauritius
has declined about 6d, good to very fine yellow selling at
36s to 38s 6d, low to mid at 29s to 30s 6d, low dark at
27s 6(1 to 28s, crystalised low to fine white at 41s 6d to 43s
6d, superior yellow and low white bold grain at 39s to 41s,
and low mid yellow syrupy at 35s to 35s 6d per cwt. Ben-
gal went steadily at 38s 6d to 40s Cd for good mid to fine
white ; Cossipore was taken in at 41s 6d ; Dhobah 40s 6d;
fine Date at 36s to 36s 6d, and ord•brown at 28s 6d ; Madras
good brown to low yellow sold at 28s to 30s. Foreign—
Yellow Havannah, privately, has been sold at 35s 6d, and
a cargo of fine yellow for Trieste at 26s for No. 16, but pub-
licly good and fair flouettes were taken in at 40s to 42s for
sound washed, and brought 34s to 38s 6d. Porto
Rico obtained full rates, viz., 40s 6d. to 44s for fine and
very fine white, and 398 to 40s for good. Bahia went
rather cheaper, selling at 31s 6d to 34s for low to good.
Refined has been dull, brown lumps being 445, and grocery
44s 6d to 50s.

COFFEE.—Native Ceylon has been quiet. Good and
very good ord brought 475. Plantation sold at 60s for mid
bold mixed, at 56s for small, at 41s to 54s for triage, at
53s 6d to 56s for fine and fine fine ord, at 570 to 61s for low
mid to good mid bold coloury, and at 68s to 69s for pea-
berry. Jamaica good and fine ord pale realised 47s 6d to
51s, and low mid coloury 565. Alexandria mocha was
taken in at 65s per cwt.
RICE.—A. decline of 6d to 9d per cwt has taken place.
Bengal sold at 13s 6d to 14s for mid : good was taken in at
15s. Madras was taken at 13s 6d for mid pinky, but pri-
vately good pinky, short prompt, brought 12s 6d.
SPlCES.—Pimento is cheaper ; ord to good ord grey sell-
ing at 6d to Bid, and mid to good was taken in at 6#d to
6 A mid Singapore have brought 2s 7d, and nutmegs 2s 9d
to 2s 10,1 for mid, and 2s 4d for small. White pepper has
receded id ; Singapore mid has been sold at 10$d to id ;
and ord dingy at 90 to 9d. Black Malabar brought 5d
to 34d for half heavy and heavy ; and Singapore good and
mid at sid to 5Ad. Cloves are rather lower; mid dark to
good hold bright at 6id to 6sd.
COCOA —This article has been dull. Trinidad ord to
good and grey sold at 31s 6d to 335, and fine red Bahia at
261 6.1 per cwt.
RUM.—The market is firmer, Demerara being in de-
mand. -

COCHINEAL. —Small and mid &A Lima silvers realised
4s hi to 4s 3d, manufactured bla.ks 4s 3d to 48 4d, and
Teneriffe silver 4s 2d.
SALTPETRE. - Bengal, afloat, has been sold privately,
but the rates are not, known.
TEA.—At auction 22,315 packages passed, of which
2,500 were sold, the remainder being principally with-
drawn, the importers being unwilling to submit to lower
rates.
COTTON.—This article is without alteration.

TALLow.—The market is heavy. P.Y.C. is 64s 3d per
cwt on the spot.
GREEN FRUIT.—The demand continues good, and keeps
pace with arrivals. Three cargoes oranges from St. Michael's
sold by Keeling and Hunt, sustained the advance obtained
last week. Seville sours are lOs per chest higher, the
quantity imported being inadequate to the demand. Lemons
have improved in price. More inquiry for nuts, which is
usually the case previous to the Easter holidays.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, March 17.—Wind this day at Noon, N.N.W. ;
light breeze, and fine; clear, dry weather. The Mercury
has risen.

COWES, March 16.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Franklin
(s), from Havre, and sailed for New York.
OFF THE WIGHT, March 16.—Warrior, from Jamaica.
PORTSMOUTH, March 16.—Wind. W.N. W.. Arrived—
H.M.S. Penelope, from Sierra Leone and Madeira ; H.M.S.
Cruizer, Gibraltar. Sailed—H.M.S. Neptune, for the
Baltic ; H.M.S. Bulldog, do.—The Oriental, from London
to Port Philip, which arrived here yesterday, leaky, must
discharge part of cargo.
FALMOUTH, March 16.—Wind, W. Arrived—Jacoba
Johanna, from Marseilles ; Terpsichore, do. ; Esther,
Liverpool, for Gibralta, to stop a leak.
TORBAY, March 16.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Ca-
therina Isabella, from Rotterdam, for Lisbon ; Elizabeth,
Trieste ; Mary, London, for Gambia.
SUNDERLAND, March 16. —Wind, S.W. Arrived—
Meander, from Honfleur. Sailed— Lamorna, for Malta.
HULL, March 16.—Wind, W. Arrived—Hercules, from
Cuxhaven ; Murray, Alkmaar. Sailed—Duna, for Malta.
BRIDLINGTON, March 16.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—
Isabella, London, with stern split, loss of bowsprit, and
other damage, having been in contact with a barque in the
Thames.

SALECOMBE, March 16.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—
Cynosure, Gulf of Arta.

QUEENSTOWN, March 15.—Wind, S. ; blowing a gale.
Arrived—lron Duke, from the Mauritius ; Flora, General
Wiltshire, Fanny Mitcheson, and Lord Metcalfe, all from
Callao ; Peru, Manzanillo. ; Ada Mary, Bristol, for the
coast of Africa.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 13.—The Fanny, from Callao
to the United States, put in here Feb. 9, leaky, has been
surveyed and recommended to di,charge part of her cargo
to discover and stop the same.
PERNAMBUCO, Feb. 21. The Countess of Zetland, from
London to the Cape of Good Hope, which put into Paraiba
previous Feb. 16, leaky, is discharging her cargo, and at
present nothing is damaged.
ST. VINCENT (Cape de Verd Island), March 2.--The
Record, from Madeira to Demerara, with emigrants, has
been totally lost on the coast of St. Antonio ; crew and
passengers saved.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Friday, 10.15 a.m.
Wind, W.N.W.; moderate, and fine.
There is no intelligence of the mail steamer Ratio from
New York, ❑ow two clays overdue.
Arrived—Union, from Jaffa.
Off the Port—City of Manchester, steamer from Phila-
delphia ; Charles Brownell, Valparaiso ; Liverpool and
Catherine, ships ; Walton, barque; and Ocean Breeze, brig.
The Phoenix, for Catania, has put back through stress of
weather; sailed 12th.
Sailed—Admiral Boxer, for Melbourne; Henry Clay
and Underwriter, New York.
The screw steamer La Plata, for the Brazils, which put
into Holyhead on Sunday with machinery damaged, sailed
for her destination yesterday.

(BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.50 a.m.

Wind, Northerly ; tide, near low water ; fine.
Arrived—Aurora, from Seville ; Wilberforce, Cartba.
gene ; Leon, Gravelines ; Ebssandra, St. Michael's ;
steamer; Hamburg.
Sailed—Tiger, steamer, for Hamburg; Brant, Launces-
ton; Alar, steamer, Dunkirk; City of Paris, steamer,
Boulogne.

DEAL, Friday Morning, 9 a.m.

Wind, N., fresh and fine.
Passed—lsis for Sydney; Reva, St. Kitts ; Great Bri-
tain, Montreal; Enchantress, Cardiff; Segunda Eugenio,
Cardiff; Thetis, New Zealand ; Albatross, Calcutta ; Jo-
seph Weir, Mauritius—all from London.
Anchored—Catherine Pemberton, from London for
Launceston.

Sailed—The Chowringhee, Childe Harold, Old Hickory,
Giffrard, Domitia, Sylph, and Amazon, with the whole of
the outward bound.