The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-20 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of last Evening.)
SUGAR. —ln West India Muscovadoes a further reduction of
6d to is per cwt upon both brown and yellow descriptions;
52s has been accepted for Grenada and Tobago of low yellow
quality, better Jamaica 53s 6d, good middling 57s 6d, Antigua
middling 55s to 565, fine sorts above 60s are scarce. Barbadoes,
good to fine sold at 61s 6d to 655, middling to good middling
583 6d to 61s. Prices are nearly 4s lower than at this period
last year, and when compared with those of 1836 they exhibit
a depression of nearly 14s per cwt.
This afternoon the quantity sold amounted to 1,200 hhds
and trs, generally at the prices of yesterday; in some in.
stances 6d. advance was obtained.

REFINED.—For good strong lumps 73s has been accepted,
70a to 71s for fair ones, and 75s for 141 b Hamburg loaves.
34s 6d is required for double crushed under the Queen's lock.
MAURITI(Ts.—Mid yellow went at 53s 6d to 545, good 58s
to 595, fine 60s to 61s, and mid to good brown 47s to 495 6d.
EAST INDIA.-240 bags Bengal went at 61s 6d to 62s 6d
for low mid white, and 59s to 62s for damps.
FOREIGN.-300 boxes of yellow Havannah at prices quoted,
and 1,600 boxes for Rotterdam at 275.
MOLASSES.—Lower prices have not been submitted to.
COFFEE.—Jamaica of favourite marks at 140 s to 1405 6d,
one lot 1465, fine mid 1365, good mid 118 s to 1235, low mid
to mid 106 s to 112 s, fine to fine fine ord 100 s to 105 s, good
ord 98s to 995, triage 93s to 955, Demerara ord unclean 86s,
clean Dominica fine fine ord pale 97s 6d to 98s, low mid 102 s
to 104 s, unclean 98s, Berbice fine fine ord 98s to 995. East
India descriptions have undergone no change in value.
In the Foreign market, Brazil brought rather higher prices ;
St. Domingo is held firmly at 40s to 455.
This afternoon, Demerara fine fine ord unclean, 94s ; Bra-
zil good ord colory 40s to 40s 6d, fine 435 to 44s 6d.
TALLOW.—For Petersburgh Yellow Candle on the spot
565, and for delivery next year 56s 3d is asked.
TEA.—Congou very ord, not better than Fokien Bohea,
and forming no criterion to market prices, went at lOid
to Is 01-d, common 1s lid to Is lid, but mid is 2id to
is 3d, blackish leaf and strong descriptions is 4d up to
Is lld, fine 2s to 2s 2id, Pekoe flavour 2s 3d to 2s bed ;
Hyson ord 2s Old to 2s 1 lid, fine 4s I id to 4s sd, very fine 4s 6}d
to 4s 7d and 4s 9d; Young Hyson Is 6d to 2s ; Hyson
Skin is 2d a Is 411 d ; Caper Is Id a Is ; Souchong is
lid a 2s 10d ; Imperial 2s 6d a 35 6Ad ; Gunpowder 3s a
4s 3d, fine and very fine 45 7d a 4s 8d; Pekoe 2s a 2s %ad, fine
2s 9d a 2s 1 ; Pouchong Is Id a 13 lid; Campos Is ld

a 1!, 2d; Twankay, common Is ald a Is 4-kd, fair is 4,0 3
IS 5A41 ; livson kind is 7d a is 11,1; Flo,,Tery Pekoe 23 9d a
3,'! ; 0 •„' c 7 €'l
a 23 11d, wine lot. 3s lid a 3, 41, biaok featdazo is 8d a
2s 6,71; [lung Huey Is 2d a is 11d ; Canton 13ohea Sid a 91d;
Fukien nearly all withdrawn, about 100 chests sold at Is 4d
per lb. To-day only 5,100 out of 19,600 packages which
passed the chair found buyers.
The total quantity passed the chair is now 199,753 pack-
ages. The sale will be brought to a termination on Thursday
next.

INDIGO.-4d to 6d for good to fine, and 21 to 3d for ord to
mid descriptions above those of the July sale.
To-dAy the demand continued very good at the public sale,
and the. prices of yesterd•iy were fully supported ; 634 chests
passed the chair, of which only 50 were bought in, and 90
withdrawn.

The total quantity passed the silo is 9,912 chests.
OlLS.—Fish Oils tranquil since our last, lower prices have
been accepted for Cod and Seal. Sperm has supported its for-
mer currency. Linseed has fallen to 98s 6d ; rape has sold slowly,
brown at 42s 6d, and pale at 43s 6d; palm at 441 to 44155•
Esst India Cocoa nut at the advanced rates of 481 5s to
48/ 153. This afternoon two public sales of Southern, con-
sisting- of 250 tuns went at rather lower prices ; low to fine
quality sold at. 2515 s to 27/ lOs per tun.
Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—In the Rum market the
trans ictions in Jamaica have been 250 puns, 28 to 30 per cent
over-proof at 4s 10d to 4s 11d, 32 to 35 over 5s to 53 2d, 36
to 38 over 5s 3d to 53 4d. Of Leewards 150 puns have beets
sold, proofs to 5 per cent over at 3s 2d to 3s 4d, 6 to 11 over
3s sci to 3s 7d, 12 to 15 over 3s 8d to 3s Ild, 16 to 20 over
4s to 4s 2d, 22 to 26 over 4s 3d to 4s 6d, 28 to 30 over
4s 8d a 4s 10d, 32 to 38 over 4s lld a 5s ; the arrivals since
our last have been 164 puns and hhds. Brandy—prices have
advanced 2d per gallon, making the rise during the last
six
weeks of is on Cognac, 4s 5d a 4s 7d paid for first brands of
the vintage of 1836, and 4s 3d a 49 5d for 1837. For arrival
sales have been made of the first brands of 1837 at 43 4d in
puns. and 4s 6d in hhds.—British Corn Spirits steady at 103 2cit
SPlCES.—Pepper—Sumatra common dusty at 3id to
338-d. Malabar good half heavy 44d dusty Penang sort
4id. East India Ginger-350 bags Malabar at auction were
taken in at 21s. West India—a part only of 31 packages
at public sale were sold at 3/ Ils a 51 14s for low
to mid quality. Cloves-36 bags 7 casks at public sale were
bought in at is a is 6d. The Cinnamon sale takes place on the
29th. Nutmegs and Mace have sold slowly at previous flo-
tations; 4 casks of the former at auction were taken in, ord.
at 3s lld a 4s, and 20 bags in the shell at is 3d per
Pimento—good mid shipping quality at 3id a 3,d, very goo
at 41 per lb.
This afternoon 1,480 bags Pepper and 562 chests Sec. Cassia
Lignea were offered at auction ; the former were all takes ill
fair Sumatra at 4d, 3id was offered ; the latter sold at stiffer
prices, mid at 56s a 575, good 59s 6d a 60s, fine thin quality
64s a 675, very coarse large sticks 37s a 39s per cwt.
Faurr.—ln new Valencia Raisins a steady business has
been done at 40s, a considerable parcel of New Muscatel
Rai-
sins was brought to public sale, of which however only Par!
was sold at the following reduced prices, viz., boxes MUSCate
Raisins 603 to 635, half-boxes ditto 65s to 675, quarter-bon..
75s to 85s, cartoons in cases 90s to 955; boxes and haus
boxes Muscatel Raisins in layers 75s to 83s ; drums igalagr,
Figs bought in at 355. The first cargo of new Patras Cu t
rants has been brought to market, and the price fixed at 75staa,
which part has been sold ; in old fruit scarcely any thing P
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been done. Slid
SALTPETRE. —For rough, both for home consumption d ,
exportation principally for refraction six per cent. and upvor, cis.
the rates previously established have been fully maintained
English Refined unaltered. were
This afternoon 1,309 bags Calcutta, of fine quality, Ito
offered at auction, and sold at full prices; refraction, 3;

2 per cent. at 25s to 26s ; one lot, 26s 6d.
Rlcs.—ln East India Bengal, good mid. white went at 165
to 16s 6d ; Carolina has supported previous rates.

PRICE OF BREAD.
The highest price of Bread in the;Metropells is 10d. for the 41b•
.4eod 'Bread may be had at Bd.
PRICE OF

_ SEEDS.-Oct. 19.
Per Cwt.
New English Red Cloversos. 70s. 30s, St. Foin 40s. 413 V 4,
Old Ditto Ditto -g. -s. -s Rye Grass .... 203.305. 49,,,
Per Quarter. ~. 4/,‘
New Foreign Ditto 4t=.. (15;. 70s. Pace Grass************** --s• 421'.565.
y... ............
Old Ditto Ditto .. 403. COs. Linseed, for feeding...o' o". - 50
New White Clover .--s• t 465.
Old Ditto Ditto a. 455. 60s. Ditto, for crushing ..... .-s 7.,,. WI.
New Trefoil lgi. 203. 225. Canary -s ''' as,
Old Ditto s. 12s. 203. Hemp .....9 310, 4
I'refolium 10s. 12s. 14s, Per Bushel a, fa.
Fnglish Carraway -4. 40s. 463 White Mustard 7s. 01'. , Pd,
Forein Ditto
Coriagnder -s. 403. 458 Brown Ditto ......... Rs. Od. 12'; V'
-s. 10:. 12s Tares 4s. 643. 64
Rapeseed, Englisk One per Last) 361. 401. Foreign 321. 341'
PRICES OF HOPS.-Oct 19.
i'arnham Pockets (per cwt.)
East livn. Pockets
Ditto Bags
Mid Kent Pockets 4l. 15s. 5/. 15s. to a r..
Ditto Bags 4i DM. 51 lOs to a r.
75511, 1105051... 6861/1... 10:55... ttt o: 179°1/1 :. 1 i:.
so'
Ditto
Sussex
:
Yearlings 4/. 45. 41. 15s. to 5L „.,
Old Olds
Old Duty estimated at 160,0001.
PRICES OF POTATOES AT SPITALFIELDS.
Ware 455. Od. to 555. Oa. per ten.
Middling 355. Od. to -s. Od.
Chats Os Od. to 30s. Id.

PRICES OF LEATHER. tai.
Per t• 2.
Per lb. d. to d. Per lb
Crop Hides, 30 to 401 b. 10 each 11 13 Horse Hides, German ...... - 2.1.
- -.40 50
50 60 l3 IS Calf Skins, 30 to 401b.(doz )• 14 ca
mull Hides
Butts, Vitriol - -----50 60 •17 -
- English l4 26 7O 16" i l9
*l5
- Foreign ................15 22 Seal Skins, large ll I°
20 21
Foreign Hides lO 12 i small ........... .... .„ 20
Dressing Hides
Shaved .... i 2 15 Basils ...... . ....................... ~! '.
Beat Saddlers Hides
Horse Hides, English
q If rounded 2d. to 4d per lie mere.

Rape Oil, brown, per ton, 42/. Cs —Refined,43/. 10s.—Linseed Oil, 2SL 10s.
PRICE OF OIL.
Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, (1000, 12i, 12s —Rape Cake, per ton, 6.1.05.
PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 811'.- 30
Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow 'Welters) ...... ... ......... 3..
PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c per 11211 e.
--- a. Og'
town Ta110w...... ......... sss. fid. Yellow Soap ... ............... Oft
Yellow Russia
White —s. Od Curd ........... .. ..... --5. 41
• • .............
~_
Soap Ditto —s. Oci, Graves. ................. 105
........ ‘,, od,
Melting Stuff
Ditto Rough 2ft .ed.

PRICE OF CANDLES. , limo l'"-
The pricy of good Store Candles ir. the Retail Shops is it, fallow
Candles, per dozen, Bs. 0.1. ; inferior, 7s. 01.—Moulds, pi ''"'
Sixpence per dozen discount for cash.
COAL M ARKET.—ect. 19. S. 11'
E. .0 eer Ton.
Aaair's
Baker's Main
19 6 Walls End Braddyll'a Het 25 6
Rensham
tares Hartley
Hoivwell
lan-2 cid Moor 2l 0 Walls End Stewart's ..........
.f2g _
Townley 2l 0 Walls End Hartlepool ........... 0 :"6
!
Wait Hartley 'l4 0 Walls End Tees . ................... 21 1;
Walls End Clark and Co 23 0 Walls End Nevin's Talafie . 94'
'. 3 3
Walls End Gosforth ... 23 0 Walls End West Liecton ••• . 2
..... 0
Walls End Heaton 25 C Walls End West Tee' ... 0 6
Walls End Hotspur
Walls End Killineworth
:,,,..1 5
Walls End Newmarch 24 0 Walls End Elgin...-. ......... '''
Walls End Percy Benshara 24 0 Walls End Scott ... ............

Per Ton.

Walls End Riddell's
Ships arrived since

'last market-day, 12.

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