The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-19 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

( From the London New Price Current of yesterday.)
SUGAIL—To-day the prices obtained for all descriptions
of West India sugar were equal to those of Friday. Still
the demand was limited, and purchases amounted to 480
hhds, &c., including at auction 259 hhds Barbadoes, which
realised ull terms—good to fine yellow 37s to 39s 6d, mid
36s to 36s 6d ; 100 hhds Demerara chrystalised, fine 39s
6d to 40s 6d, and other sorts 34s to 39s per cwt.
REPINED.—To-day Refined Sugar was purchased with
reluctance for home consumption, and prices are drooping ;
brown lumps selling at 44s to s 6d, and low to fine gro-
cery 45s to 47s 6d per cwt. For Crushed Sugar there are
few buyers for slipping, and rates aro barely sustained.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Bengal
sugar offered at public sale amounted to 3,500 bags. Khaur
was taken in at 27s 6d, being above the offers made; other
sorts sold at full terms—fine white Benares at 39s to 40s,
low to good 365 to 38s 6d, ord. to mid, like Mauritius 32s
to 355, fine and superior grainy yellow 39s to 40s 6d, and
fine white ditto at 45s per cwt. Madras is not offered
under last week's valuations, and there was no public sale,
but privately purchases were on a limited scale.
FortErGL—To-day purchases were on a small scale pri-
vately in foreign sugar, both for shipping and homo con-
sumption ; the rates of last week are barely sustained for
duty-paid parcels and floating cargoes. There was no
public sale.

MOLASSES are much wanted, and supply being small,
prices are on the advance for inferior. Sales of Antigua and
St. Vincents were at 16s 6d to 17s' other sorts of West In-
dia 1586 d to 16s, Cuba and Porto Rico 168 6d to 17s, Ben-
gal and Mauritius 14s to 15s per cwt. Stock of Molasses
is still much less than in the previous year, but several
arrivals may be looked for shortly.
MAURITIUS.—To-day Mauritius sugar was held for pre-
vious prices, and there was no public sale, but privately
purchases were on a small scale for all purposes.
COFFEE.—To-day there was no public sale of any kind
of coffee, and privately purchases were trifling both for the
home and foreign markets, although sellers are willing to
accept previous prices. Native Ceylon is 46s 6d for good
ordinary, and old import 45s Gd to 46s per cwt. On
change the sales of native Ceylon coffee were reported to
be 3,000 bags at 46s Cd for good ordinary of new import,
and old 45s 6d to 45s 9d.

TEA.—Prices for low to good common rule at 10c1 to
10.3 d, rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf lOid to is Oid,
strong to Pekoe sorts is id to is Bd, and superior is 9d to
2s 2d. In Oolong little done ; prices remain for fine at is
5d to is Bd, good is 2d to is 4d, low to mid 10d to is id.
Souchong continues to attract much attention, and there
is a firm market ' • fine at is 7d to 2s, mid to good is to is
6d, and common I.od to llid Clean Pouchong is held for
8d to 9ild. In green many purchases have been made.
Hyson, ord and mid is 21 to is scl, good to fine is 6d to 2s
10d, choice 2s to 2s 4d, young Hyson Canton 10d to ls,
Hyson kind, is 2d to is Bd, fine to superior is 9d to 2s 3d,
Twankay 10d to is ld, gunpowder Canton 10t1 to is ld,
Hysou kind is 2d to 2s 9cl, fine 3s 10d. to 3s 6d. Imperial
Canton is to is 2d, Hyson sort is 3d to 2s 2d. Hyson skin
8d to is.
COCOA.—West India at present is not much required,
and rates compared with last week show a small reduction.
Of 250 bags Trinidad at auction a part only sold—grey at
31s 6d to 345, low to good mid red 34s 6d to 38s. Privately
good to fine can be obtained at 38s 6d to 445, and Grenada
30s to 37s per cwt. Stock is 3,000 bags larger than in the
previous seasons, but consumption keeps favourable.
Foreign attracts little notice ' • the value of Bahia is 24s to
255, Para 26s to 27s 6d, and Guyaquil 34s to 365. Stock
s nearly the same as last season.