The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-18 00:00:00

COURSE OF RICO

Amsterdam ........ .... 11 1714
Ditto, three months .. 11 19
Rotterdam ...... • • .... 11 1914
Antwerp .............. 25 30
Brussels .............. 25 30
liamburgh ............ 13 i 3
Altona,
Paris .......... • • • • .... 25 12%
Ditto, three months 25 30
Mar5ei11ea.............. 25 35
Bourdeaux .......,....
Frankfort-on-31aino .... 120%
Berlin
Vienna ..•• . ...
Trieste
Perersburgh...• •....... 381 A
Madrid. .. soCadiz. 5033
Barcelona.• .......• ••••
Seville •• •• .• •• •• •• •• ••

MABKET INTELLIGENCE.

(Front tl. London New Price Current of this day.

SuGIR....To-day 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 36s to 38s, low to mid 34s to 35s 6d, good to fine
brown 32s 6d 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 39s 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 6d to 37s 6d, good to fine grainy yellow 38s ,to
39s 6d. Madras is rather lower, and 729 bags were sold—
low to mid grocery 32s to 34s 6d, ord to fine softy yelllow
28s 6d to 325.

FGREIGN.—Th-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 are well maintained. Purchases are
500 puns ; Antigua at 18s ; and St. Lucia 15s 6d to 16s.
Some business has been done in Bengal and Mauritius at
15s to 15s 6d ; Cuba and Porto Rico 168 6d to 17s 6d
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 bgs 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 6cl 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.

RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—In Demarara Rum
large transactions have taken place since our last report,
and previous terms are well sustained : 30 to 40 over proof
realising 2s 7d to 2s 10d per gallon. Prices for !Brandy
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 6d. to 7s Bd, 1850
ditto 7s 8d to 7s 10d, 1849 ditto 7s 10d to Bs, older 8s 2d' to
8s 4d, low to mid 6s 4d to 70 4d, and Bordeaux, at 6s per
gallon.

RICE.—To-day several parcels of East India Rice were
sold by private treaty at full rates. At auction 1240 bags
were mostly disposed of at us to us 6d for good mid
white, and at Os to us 6d for damaged, fine sound taken
in at 12s 6d per cwt.
INDIGO.—To-day during the progress of the sale 66 chests
have been withdrawn. 853 chests (including 66 withdrawn)
have passed the sale. The biddings continue brisk, and the
rates previously established are fully supported—viz., 3d
to 4d advance on October for ordinary and low consumers,
4d to 8d for mid to good mid qualities, and 6d for good and
fine Bengal. Madras and Kupahs are in good demand, the
former at about the last sale's price, and the latter at 2d
to 4d advance for ordinary to middling, and 6d to is for
good to fine. _ _ _

TALLow.—For Russian on the spot demand has much
improved since last week, and there is an advance, fine
yellow candle realising 445 9d to 45s per cwt., and there is
a firm market.

TEA.—In low to good common Congon, several purchases
have been made during the week at 9id to 10,41. 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, strong
to Pokoo kinds is OP to is Bd, and choice is 9d to 2s 2d,
but chiefly at is to is 2d. For green, prices range as fol-
lows : }Tyson, ord is ld to is 2d, mid is 3d to is 4cl, good
is 5d to is 9d, fine is 10c1 to 2s 7d, superior 2s 8d to 3s.
Young Hyson Canton 10d to ls, Hyson kind is 2d to is
10d, fine 2s to 2s 3d, Twankay 10d to 15 id, Gunpowder
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bags Penang realised 3:id to 3ad for mid,
3s 6d ; Imperial Canton is to is 2d, Hyson sort is 3d to
2s 3d, Hyson skin 8d to ls. •
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27 bags fetched 6,id to bid for sound.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARBET—PED. 17.
The sales since the 10th instant have amounted t('
40,000 bags, of which 14,000 are taken on Speculation and
for export.
000 batesterial variation in prices. To-day's
sales are 6, Arrived this week-5 vessels from
New Xork and 1 from MadraN