The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-05 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of yesterday.)

SuGAIL—The market remains in a firm position, and
the quantity of colonial brought forward has not exceeded
tho wants of home dealers, which is equal to the previous
-creek, and imports are not larger. Foreign is much re-
quired, both by exporters and the home trade, prices hay-
ing rather an upward tendency. Previous terms are lwell
maintained for all descriptions of West India, there having
been a fair demand ; low to fine brown at 31s to 345, ord
to fine yellow 34s fid to 398 ; and refining 32s to 375. To-
day there was no public sale of any kind of sugar, yet the
market for colonial presented a dull aspect. West India
was dealt in with reluctance, still prices are not lower than
last Friday. Purchases are only 210, making for the week
1,698 hhds &c., but during that time 800 hhds have been
sold out oesecond hands.
REFlNED.—Previous terms are well sustained for refined
sugar, home dealers having been ready buyers, and supply
is moderate, especially of low and mid sorts. The rates ob-
tained for brown lumps have been 44s 6d to 455, tittlers, low
to fine 45s 6d to 495, double 50s to 525, Hambro loaves 46s
to 50s, double 51s to 535, and standard lumps 46s 6d per cwt.
Bastards continues to lie much wanted, and the currency
is firm; brown at 27s 6d to 31s 6d, and yellow 32s to 35s
6d. A free sale exists for pieces ; fine at 40s to 41s 6d,
and common to good 36s to 398 6d. In wet lumps large
transactions have taken place; fine at 43s 5d to 44s 6d,
and other sorts 42s to 435. Treacle is much required, and
there is a further advance, supply not increasing. Sales
of boiled from West India molasses at 16s 9d to 17s,
patent 17s 6d to 18s ; and golden syrup 18s 6d to 19s.
To-day refined sugar was purchased with caution for home
consumption—brown lumps at 44s 6d, and low to fine gro-
cery 45s to 47s 6d per cwt. Prices rather incline down-
wards for crushed.

MAURITIUS.-Purchases have been of importance, and
previous terms are well sustained, the lower sorts having
been most in request. At auction 10,854 bags were dis-
prood of ; fine brown at 33s 6d to 345, low to middling
yellow 34s 6d to 35s 6d, good 36s to 36s 6d, fine 37s to 38s
6(1, ordinary to fine refining 338 6d to 37s 6d, grainy white
41s to 43s 6d, fine yellow ditto 39s to 40s 6d, and other
sorts 36s to 38s 6d. This afternoon Mauritius sugar met
with little notice privately.
EAST INDIA.-A large business has been transacted in
Bengal daring the week, and full terms are obtained, es-
pecially for soft brown and yellow. Including parcels at
public sale, transactions amount to 8,000 bags at the fol-
lowing terms :-Grainy white at 40s to 445, good to fine
yellow ditto ns to 398 6d, low to mid 35s 6(1 to 37s 6d,
brown 33s to 358 ; Benares, good to fine white 38s ad to
40s, low to mid 36s to 38s, soft brown 26s 6d, to 28s 6d,
yellow ditto 29s to 345, low to mid like Mauritius 34s to
35s 6d, and better sorts 36s to 37s 6d. Stock is 3,000 tons
under the previous season. Madras is in limited supply,
and much wanted, previous prices being well kept up.
To-day there was no change in the currency of Bengal or
Madras, yet privately few parcels were sold.
FOREIGN.-Five cargoes of brown have been sold-Bahia
at 19s to 19s 6d, and Pernams 18s to 18s 3d ; white is
wanted at 22s to 24s ; yellow Havannah, numbers 10A to
16, at 208 6d to 248 6d ; brown, at 208 to 20s 3d fOr 9 to
10 ; and white, 27s to 28s per cwt ; at present, however,
tailherseora:se. no sellers.
da There is a good demand for duty
paid parcels, and last week's currency is well supported for
th
and refiningercwereseve in the ralbuyersof foreign
sugar, both for exportation United
Kingdom, but business was much interfered with by the
refusal of holders to accept previous prices.
MOLASSES.-There is still a good demand, and supply
being scantyy, stiff prices are obtained. Sales of Cuba made
at 16s to 17s St. Vincents and Antigua, 17s to 17s 6d,
other sorts of West India 16s to 16s 6d, Bengal and Mau-
ritiuscor 15s to 1:: 6d per cwt. To-day 100 puns of Trinidad
any alteration,
Molasses were sold at 17s per cwt.
purchased with reluctance
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sparinglyy
supplied. To-day Coffee was
both for the home and foreign markets, still small parcels
sold privately were at full terms. Good ord Native, new
import is 46s 6d to 475. Of Rio 428 bags at auction were
taken in at 44s for good ord
° pale, 98 bales and 44 half-bales
aranndge at
superior 10}d to
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Mocha via Alexandria, sold at 64s 6d for mid brown mixed
with 1304 and at 468 6(1 to 55s 6d for triage.
TEA-Prices for rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf
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of
Oolong,d t o is 8d
with ,
sellers of fine at is 5(1 to .is 8(1, good is ld to is 4d, and
low to mid 9d to ls. A free sale still exists for fine
Souchong at is 6d to 2s, and for good at is 2d to is 4(1, in
inferior there is little doing, and 10d to is id is the value.
There is a better demand for Pouchong, yet rates are rather
easier, ruling at 7d to 81(1 for clean, and larger parcels are
on offer,
supplied. Hy
is 51. to 2s 6d, superior 2s 7d to 38, Young Hyson Canton
10d to ls, Hyson kind is 2d to is Bd, fine is 9(1 to 2s 3d,
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Twankay 10d to is ld, Gunpowder Canton 10d to is ld,
Hyson kind is 2d to 2s 9(1, fine 3s to 38 6d, Imp Canton is
to is 2(1, Hyson sort is 3d to 2s 3d, Hyson skin 8d to ls;
for flowery Pekoe the demand does not improve, moderate
as prices rule-low to good being offered at 1s 2,1 to 1s 10d,
and fine to superior 2s to 3s 6d. Scented Orange Pekoe
continues to be much required, and there is a firm market,
fine at is 7(1 to is 10d, mid to good is 1d to is 6d, and
common lid to Is. Caper is yet dull of sale with sellers
at 8d to is, and scented ditto 9(1 to is 7(1 per lb. The stock
of toa shows a further increase. To-day there was a
reluctance to operate in tea at the public sales, still
merchants were not inclined to accept lower terms. Of

Sales. Imports.
Description.",
Week Prices. Week Jan. 1
ending ending to
Jan. 28. Jan.2B. Jan. 28.
Bags. d. 41. 1852. 1852.
Sea Island 230 19 to 28 Bags. Bags.
Ditto, stained 5O 6 —l2 21162 121660
Upland 11690 41 —6i
Orleans &Alabama 31080 3 8
Pernambuco lO6O 6 7i 16581
Maranham 6OO 6 711 } 1606 12328
Bahia &c lB5O 6 6i
Egyptian 4870 5i —l5
Demerara ... 0-—0 } 1 94 391
West India, &c . 0 0
East India 4220 n— 5i 4918 11627
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Total 55650 27680 162 587