The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-10 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

- &MAR.—The demand for West India has been limited,
but without change in prices. East India has been dull.
33engal low mid to fine white Benares sold at 38s 6d to 40s_
Date sort mid to good yellow at 34s to 35s 6d ; mid to fine
dry brown at 29s to 32s ; and very low dark at 25s to 27s
Per cwt. Madras brought steady rates, viz., 28s 6d to 30s
for mid brown to low yellow, and 30s 6d to 33s
for mid to good yellow. Mauritius has been heavy,
and at 6d per cwt. decline ; good and fine strong
greyish yellow selling at 36s to 38s 6d ; common grey
to mid yellow at 34s to 35s Gd, mid to fine brown at 32s to
33s 6d, and low to good grey and yellow at 36s to 36s 6d
per cwt. Java sold at low rates at auction, but subse-
quently by private contract went steadily, viz., at 33s 6d
to 36s 6d for mid to fine brown, at 37s to 42s for mid to
Elm grey and white, and at 36s to 37s 6d for mid and good
yellow foreign. Havannah has been dull, a large quan-
tity having been taken in. Since, however, mid to fine
brown has found buyers at 34s to 36s for mid to fine
brown, at 36s 6d to 33s 6d for low to good yellow, and at
39s to 41s 6d for low to good white. White Havannah in
bond was taken in at 26s to 28s for mid and good. Cuba,
low to good heavy brown, brought 31s 6d to 33s 6d, and
low and mid heavy yellow at 31s to 365.
COFFEE.—Not much has been done in Plantation Ceylon ;
mid went at 59s to 60s per cwt., and mid mixed at 57s to
698 6d, and triage at 36s Gd. Native has been inactive, at
47s to 48s per cwt. Mocha is is cheaper; mid and good
clean garbled selling at 64s to 65s 6d ; middling green
long berry at 655; and ordinary to good ordinary
mixed brown at 60s. Jamaica realised 45s to 52s for
good ord pale to first fine ord. Tellicherry was taken in
at 63s for good red brown, but ord to good sold at 54s to
.68s per cwt. Costa Rica was taken in at 40s for ord in
husk. Bahia went at 92s 6d to 45s 6d per cwt.
RlCE.—This article generally has been dull, and early
in the week Madras declined 3d per cwt, sound selling at
13s 6d, first class sea damaged at 13s to 13s 6d, and second
at 12s Gd to 13s. Madras mid to good has brought 138 to
16s, and good Bengal 15s. Java mid and good white
realised 14s to 16s, and fine and very fine 17s to 18s per
cwt, being very heavy.
SPlCES.—Pimento is held for higher rates, and was taken
in at bid for ord and good ord mixed. Batavia mace went
at 2s 6d to 2s 8d for mid and good. Batavia nutmegs 2s 7d
to 2s lOd for mid and good brown, 4s 8d for fine, and 2s Gd
to 2s 7d for limed. Cassia li?,nea partly sold at 134 s i o
138 s for mid and good, and 13_!s for ord third pile. Batavia
Pepper brought 103 d to 100 for mid and good, being
rather dearer. Nutmegs are in demand.
COTTON.—The market is quiet, but steady.
SALTPETRE.—FuII prices have been realised, viz., 32s
for 14 to 10,1 per cent. refraction.
TEA.- -This article is at full rates, and in more request.
Low to good ord Congou is Id to Is lid per lb.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is firmer at 64s 3d per cwt on the
spot.
HEMP.-- Russia, clean, has been as high as 511 per ton.
GREEN FRIIIT.—A marked improvement has taken place
in the prices of fruit. Two cargoes oranges, St. Michael,
sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, went at an ad-
vance of 2s to 3s per box. Lisbon in proportion. Seville
sours 10s per chest higher. Lemons in demand. Nuts of
all kinds, with the exception of Messina, cleared out of first
hands.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, March 10.—Wind this day at Noon, S.S.W. ;
fresh breeze, and cloudy, with rain.
PLYMOUTH, March 9.—Wind, S W. Arrived— Atalanta,
from Smyrna. Sailed—H.M.S. Duke of Wellington, East-
ward,.

FF DOVER, March 9.—Missionary, from Colombo.
OFF NORTH FORELAND, March 9.—Oriental, from Lon-
don, for Port Philip, at anchor.
PORTSMOUTH, March 9.—Wind, W. Arrived—Egmont,
iirom Cowes, for New Zealand.
FArarovra, March 9.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Acas-
tus, from Buenos Ayres, for Penzance. Off Port—Jenny,
from Bcrdianski.

RAMSGATE, March 9.—The Sardine, of and from Car-
Ilarvon, with slates for Aberdeen, put in here to-day very
leaky, having been on shore uhder the South Foreland.
RYE, March 9.—The Prosperitas, of Leghorn, from
Odessa to Hull, with linseed and wool, came on shore this
morning to the eastward of Rye Harbour, with rudder
gone, strained, and making much water ; has commenced
discharging her cargo.
TRAVENMUNDE. March s.—The winter beacons upon
the Plate have been taken up, and the sea buoys laid down.
ELSINoRE, March 4. —The wreck of apparently a large
ship, with masts cut away, only her fore part above water,
and supposed to have been on fire, her windlass marked
" M. Quilkin and Henry, St. Lawrence Foundry, Quebec,"
Was sled, 16th Feb., in lat. 44 N. long. 10 W., by the
Niels Gylding, from Messina, which passed this place,
bound to the Baltic.
RUTLAND HARBOUR (County Donegal), March 7.—The
Glencairn, of Irvine, from Liverpool to Ballina, struck on
a sunken rock, and, making much water, was hauled on
the beach. A schooner is alongside her taking out cargo.
AMSTERDAM, March B.—The Josephine, from Antwerp
to Hamburg, got aground in the Wester-Schelde, near
Bors,selen, previous to March 5, but came off after dis-
charging part of her cargo, and would proceed after re-
shipping the same. not having sustained any damage.
FOLKESTONE, March 10 (per Elec. Tel.).—The Duchess
of Lancaster, from Manilla to London, ran ashore last
night on the rocks near Sandgate, whilst the master was
laid up sick, but has been got off, and proceeded, appa-
rently without damage, in tow of a steamer.
SOUTHAMPTON, March 9.—Sailed- Thames (s), Brazils.
HARWICH, March 9.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Medea,
from Kertch, for Ipswich.
GRIMSBY, March 9.—Wind, W. Arrived—Courier (s),
from Hamburgh.
SUNDERLAND, March 9.—Wind, W.S.W. Sailed—Har-
land, for Carthagena.
SHIELDS, March 9.—The Lady Abercrombie, of Stirling,
laden with pi, metal, struck on the Newbiggen Point this
morning, and has been assisted into the Tyne in a leaky
state.
ODESSA, Feb. 27.—The Gothen (Swedish brig), of Ver-
her,', newly loaded with wheat, was driven on shore dur-
ing the late gale, but has been got off and into the Mole,
making a good deal of water ; she will have to discharge.
GOTHENBURG, Feb. 27.—The crew of the Finland
schooner Sophia, from Newcastle to Lubeck, stranded near
Laiesoe, Feb. 14, and has arrived here. March I.—The
yacht Erindring of and bound to Copenhagen from New-
castle, with coal, has been towed into Weirberg, with
masts sprung and loss of sails, in a hurricane off Nidingen.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Friday, 10.15 a.m.
Wind, W. ; mederate and rainy.
Arrived.—Eroe, from Alexandria; Warbler and Garma-
nicus, New Orleans ; Brothers, Savannah ; Hornet, Balti-
more; John and Lucy, New York ; Petrel, Lisbon ; Van-
der Vouz, Oporto; Twee Gelroeders, Rotterdam ; Helena,
Dordt.

QUEENSTOWN; March 8,
Wind, S.W.
Arrived.—Louis Dodece, Alceides, Abrota, and Egelina,
from Vienna ; Dezenziuo and Respieto, Terceira ; William
Ash, Odessa ; Maria Eugenio, Marianopole ; John Wesley,
St. Michael's ; Stiepner, Marseilles ; Belle, Constantinople ;
Sotir and Nuleika, Marseilles ; Eleven, Berdianski ;Nuevo
Adriana, Caminha ; Victoria, Terra Nuova.
Off.—Tusket, from Porto Rico, for Liverpool.
Sailed.-- Jane Cockerill, for London.

(BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Friday, 10.15 a.m.
Wind, S.W. ; tide, high water, fresh, and cloudy.
Arrived, 9th.—St. Croix, from Honduras ; Alliance,
Guernsey; Two Ge Broder, Amsterdam ; Adela, Santan-
der ; Lively, Charente • Sophie, Copenhagen ; Eliseratsa,
Icatch ; Kangaroo 0), from Amsterdam ; Lord John Rus-
sell (s), Harlingen ; Alar (s). Dunkirk ; Eclipse, St.
Michael's ; Anne, Holbeck ; Harmony, Santander ; Elide,
Aarhus; Frederick and Anne, Faaborg ; Elsina Catha-
rina, Amsterdam : Julia, Demerara.
Sailed.—Nelson Pl:;.ce, for Port Philip ; City of Rotter-
dam (s.), Dunkirk.
DEAL, Friday, 9.19 a.m.

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Wind, W.S.W. ; fresh, and cloudy.
Anchored. - Edmundsbury, from Colombo for London;
Clydeside, from London for Melbourne ; Yldefonso, from
London for Bilboa.
Pedind.7_4lAte, from St, Miehaerii for Loudon.