The Sun.
London, England, 1831-10-01 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN.

A very capital number of a very improving
magazine. " The Portrait of Lord Eldon" cannot
fail to to be recognised. It is done to a turn, as
the late Dr. Kitchener would say. " Puck in Lon-
don" is a .lively fanciful paper, of just sufficient
length. " Hariow Hill" is a really delightful piece
of versification, far above the ordinary run of
magazine poetry. " The Pacha of Many Tales" is
getting rather prolix and wearisome. " Life of a
Sailor" could have been penned only by a sailor,
and one who is not of the Gambier school; for
which we are grateful. " Irish Sketches, by Lady
Morgan" are good, but not so good as we should
have expected from the mercurial author of" Florence
Macarthy." It is, however, amusing►. Campbell's
lines on La Perouse are exquisitely beautiful. We
have no space for extracts.

(From the London New Price Current of yesterday.)
SUGAR.-'There has beef! a steady Sugar Market this week;
the estimated sales of Muscovades have been 3,000 hhds. and tics.
This aftefrition the appearance of the market is still firm.
Yesterday the demand tor Refined Goods revived, and some con.
sitierable business was dotter ; the quotations of last week now re-
main Without alteration. The nai4, descriptions, say Prussian
Lumps and low single Loaves 645. a 695. have been sold upon
lower terms, the grocers and melters being the only purchasers
at present. Of fine goods, entitled to the bounty on double-
refined, a few sales have been blade at about the same prices as
last Week, but not to any great extrnt, And they are still offered
upon the same terms. lit crashed there is scarcely any thing
doing. Fine GrocerV Goods go off steadily without alteration.
EAST INDIA SCRLIII9.-s--The public sales have been large
this week, consisting of 8,241 but Mauritius, 4,277 bags Manilla,
1,307 bags Siam, and 891 bags Bengal. The Mauritius consisted
chiefly of triid. grocery descriptions, whlCit went rather easier at
the beginning of the week ; but at a sale on WednetislitY Prices re.
covered again • mid. broi: n Went at 495., fine brow;: 425., low yellow
bought in at 435., mid. yellow soltl from 445. a 445. C'sl. g
_stod to
fine, fine and good grey 455. a 465, ; about 6t40 bags of the 3:anilla
were bought in, the rest sold at former priees low mid. yell(;'"20s. Gd. tine greyish sellow 225., and washed' ids, a 195.; the
Slams were nearly all of different qualities, and went tiftrather
lower ; very low yellow damp bought in at Vs. 6d., low tti Mid. .
white soft sold from I9s. a 205., good and fine yellow 18s. a 19s. ;
Bengals went on Wednesday about Is. higher for fine quality,
fine white selling at 265. lid. good white 2.55., Mid. white dull
235. a 245. damps 19s. lid. a. 245. lid. ; the arrivals being 9,362
bags East india, and 8,023 bags Mauritius. This day's public sale
2,715 bags Mauritius, sold at former prices; 449 bags Bengal
withdrawn.
FOREIGN SUGARS.-In whites Vets* little business has been
done, but for brown Havannah and Brazil there continues a good
export demand : 1,000 chests yellow Havannah Of good quality,
have been disposed of at 255., which is fully Is. rtitire than they
would have fetched last month. The public sales this week have
only offered 170 boxes Havannah, 121 chests and 15 barrels Bra-
zil; mid. white Havannah, of soft quality, was bought in at
31s. Gd. a 325. ; 40 chests low to mid. white Rios bought in at 320.
a 235. 6d., 16 chests good to fine, fine brown ditto sold at iris. a
175., and 12 chests ditto bought in from 17s. a 18s. 6d. ; 20 chests
Pernams, fine yellow to mid. soft white, in small lots and bad
condition, bought in from 16s, 6d. 1112.25. ; a few chests low to good
brown Bahia sold from 15s. a 17s. Two cargoes have been re-
ported since our last-viz. 1,236 chests Havannah, and 796 cases
15 barrels Brazil. The former is destined for another market the
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Sugars only being landed here, in order to repair vessel. This
day 477 bags Rios Its. a 20s.
WEST INDIA MOLASSES.-98 casks Nevis, 21s. a iris,
COFFEE.-The prices of Jamaica and other British Planta.
tion Coffees are again 2s. higher, broken e9s. and 70s. ord. 725.
good ord. 735. a 755. Foreign and East India are without any ;
marked variation ; the former is a shade lower; parcels ofßrazils
445. 6d. a 455. 6d., Ceylon 455. a 455. lid. The demand for Coffee
by private contract has been considerable, but without the previ-
ous briskness ; about 2,000 bags Brazil sold rather higher than
the public sales ; pale at 455. and 465. fid., colour/ 465. a 475. East
India also sold a shade higher. Common Batavia 455. ; a great
proportion of the Cuba Coffee taken in at the public sale last Fri-
day has been disposed of ; fine fine ord. at 645. up to 765. for good
mid. This day's public sales 1,691 bags St. Domingo, sold at 475.
a 4Ss. which is Is. higher: 1,470 East India, Ceylon fair quality
is. Cheribon 475. Gd. a 505., both Is. 6d. higher. British Planta-
tion at former prices.
RUM, BRANDY, and HOLLANDS.-There are a few tran-
sactions reported in Leeward Island Rum, but at very low prices;
most of the holders will not sell under Is. 5d., but some few sales
are reported under that price. Brandy is firm, but there are not
many purchases to report. Geneva is steady, pale sold 2s. 6d.
HEMP, FLAX, and TALLOW -Early in the week there
were considerable sales of Tallow at 395. a 395. 3d., but this even-
ing there appears to be few buyers, and the Market is dull. Hemp
is in a very depressed state. Flax unvaricd.
TOBACCO.-The inquiries after Tobacco arc very general,
but no actual sales to any extent are yet reported.
INDIGO.-The Market is very depressed • the next East India
sale, it is expected, will be increased to 10,000 chests.
SALTPETRE.-The prices are rather higher; East India
Refined, 41s. &I. ; Rough, 38s. a 38.5. Gd.
FRUIT.-The first parcel of new French Fruit just arrived,
per Chase, was brought to public auction on Wednesday, and
sold as follows:-Quarter chests Imperial French Plums 70s. a
SOs. ; mailboxes of ditto, in cases, 90s. a 112 s. ; cartoons, half
and quarter cartoons ditto, in cases, 61. a Si. 15s. Of Currants,
a parcel of Zante has been divided this week at 695. being Is.
reduction. In other descriptions there is no alteration.
TEA.-The demand for Boheas continues at 3s. 93,jd. for large
chests, and 3s. 10d. for Congou packages; several breaks of Con-
gou have been sold at '4d. per lb. advance.
COTTON.-The market is steady. Purchases this week-SO
Bengal 414 d. a 470. ; 2,000 Surat 4d. a sd. ; 2,100 ditto public
sale 41id. a 44d.; 60 remains, 714 d. a 714 d. ; 80 ditto, 7!id.
COCOA.-At public sale large parcels of Trinidad Cocoa-good
355. a 40s. ; fine 445.