The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-09 00:00:00

PRICE OF CANDLES.

The price of good Store Candles in the Retail Shops is as follows
Candles, per dozen, Bs. Od. ; inferior, ed. ; Moulds, Us. 6(1.
Sixpence per dozen discount for cash.
COAL MARKET.
Ships arrived since last market.day, 76
s' d
Chester
Carr's Hartley 2O 0
Holy woll Main l9 6
Pontop Windsor 8 0
Russell's High Main

s. d.
Walls End Walker l9 3
Walls Endßraddyll'sHetton 21. n
Walls End Hett.,n 22 0
W.7!is End Lennbton 92 0
Walls End Stewart's 22 3
Walls End Whitwell
Walls End Hartlepool 22 3
Walls End Kelloc 2IEIO
Pennant's Hartlepool 2l 3
Walh End Evenwood IN 6
anthracite '35
Killingworth Trader l9 0
Leases Main l5 I

Townley l7 01
Tanfield Moor 21 6
Wylam*, l9 0
Walls End Clarke and Co l7 0
Walla Fnd Heatol lO 6
Walls End!Hotspur
Walls End Killingworth 19 I
Walls End !lid&ll's l9 3

(From the London New Price Current of May 8.)

Suamt.—The British Plantittion Sugar Market being very
scantily supplied with samples has operated against buying
this week ; the grocers have much sought after brown as
well as yellow descriptions, but more particularly the for-
mer and lower kinds of the latter ; from the Refiners there
hr.s also been a good deal of inquiry, but a large business
has been prevented from the cause stated above; all the
parcels offered at reasonable rates have again been
bought up.
This afternoon the rates previously established for West
India Sugar were fully supported, but there was not quite
so much desire shown to do business, in consequence of
the public sales of Mauritius, and the wind being more
favourable for arrivals. The purchases for the week are
900 hhde, and the advance generally is to is 6d per cwt ;
the show is very small.
REFINED.—Tho grocers have been eager buyers of all
descriptions of Refined Goods since this day week, and
baya beau obliged to pay a further advance of is 6d to 2s,
the supply being short. For Standard Lumps 863 to 86s
6d has been freely paid, 87s to 90s for good to fine Titlers,
813 to 83s for low, and 84s to 85s for good and fine brown
lumps. There is nothing of Patent Goods to be had now
under 863 per cwt. Treacle of common quality 33s 9d
to 345: Patent is fetching 36a Gd per cwt : For Bastards
common qualities are fetching 603 to 625, middling to
good 633 to 655. Pieces, low and middling sorts, selling
at 6lis to 70s, good and fine 71s to 75s per cwt. Bonded
Crushed Sugar at 34s 6d to 34s 9d. Loaves, 101bs have
fetched 383 to 383 Gd, and 141bs 37s to 37s 6d. Treacle
at 14s Gd to 15s. Bastards at 183 to 20s, Pieces at 23s to
275. Dutch Crushed at 335.

To day the advanced rates quoted above were fully sup-
ported for all kinds of goods, but the grocers did not buy
so freely; still a fair business was done.
MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the biddings were less
animated at the public sales of 8,648 bags 100 casks, but
nearly the whole was disposed of at former rates ior brown
and middling yellow qualities, for good and fine sorts
however prices gave way 6d per cwt; good to fine brown
fetched 65s 6d to 66s 6d, low yellow 67s to 67s 6d, mid-
dling to good middling 68s to 695, good to fine 69s 6d to
71s 6d, and one lot very superior 78s per cwt.
EAST INDIA.—The rates previously established for
Manilla have been fully supported, and for refining here a
good demand has prevailed, chiefly for common kinds, but
for shipping there is little disposition shown to buy.
This afternoon 500 bags Bengal, and 1,076 bags Cochin
China were offered at auction ; the former sold at full
rates, viz. good white 71s to 71s Gd, middling to good
middling 693 6d to 705, good to fine yellow 68s 6d to 695,
the latter was nearly all damaged and sold at stiffer prices
—damps fetched 225 6d to 245, washed 21s 6d to 234 a
few lots sound sold at 23s Gd to 24s for low greyish white,
and middling 24s Gd to 25s per cwt.
FonatoN.—.White Itivannah, good quality of the new
crop, at 395, and ord old soft at 31s a 32s ; yellow at pre-
vious rates. White qualities of Brazil, prices have under-
gone no further change; brown sorts fetch stiff prices.

Lasses.—For West India there has not been much
inquiry, still a fair business has been transacted, and at
rather higher prices, the supply being small ; 300 puns
have been sold, for ordinary St. Kitts 33s has been paid,3.ss
for fair Demerara, 33s for common, and 37s to 38s for fino
Antigua.
Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The market for all
descriptions of West India Rum continues very quiet;
Jamaica has maintained its former currency, but only 80
puns have been disposed of at 6s 2d for 31 per cent over
proof. Although a reduction of id to Id has been submit-
to for Leewards, still it has led to only the disposal of
100 puns, proofs at 3s 81d, 2 to 3 over at 3s 9d. In
other kinds of Rum there has laTit little doing. 100 hhds
Calcutta have been sold at 4s 83 for 29 per cent over
proof. The arrivals from the West Indies have been light
since last Friday, amounting to only 430 hhds, &c., and the
stocks held in first hands are rather small. Brandy has
been in good request, and prices are rather higher; sales
in Cognac of the first brands of the vintage of 1836 have
been made at 5s 7d in hhds, and in puns 5a 5d ; d tto
1837 hhds 5s sd, puns 5s 3d; ditto 1838 hhds 5s 33,
puns 5s Id ; ditto 1839 hhds 5s Id, puns 4s Ild a ss; the
operations, however, have been chiefly in the vintages of
1838 and 1839. Geneva has been in fair request for ex-
port at is lld a 2s, fine quality for home use is still worth
2s 4d a2s 6d. British Corn Spirits sell slowly, but cor..
tracts have not been made under 10a a gallon. The stock
of Rum, including Foreign, is 1000 puns more than last
year ; the importations arc nearly on a par.
COCOA.—This afternoon 509 hags 21 barrels Trinidad
were put up to public sale, and only partly sold at former
sates, viz, middling dark red at 61s to 61s 6d, good fair
60s 61, good greyish 60s to 60, Gd per cwt.
CorFen.—The demand fur clean qualities of British
Plantstion continues on the increase for borne consurr,p_
tion, and all the parcels offered since our last report have
found a ready sale at prices fully qual to those of this day
week : the supply is still small, and far from adequate to
the wants of the trade ; unclean kinds, however, continue
neglected, although offsred much under late rates.
This afternoon few purchases were made by private
contract in Foreign. Coffee for home use was, however,
in fair request; 246 bags Samarang, and 100 bags Ceylon
were put up to public sale ; the former was taken in at
stiff prices, viz., at 68s for fine quality; the latter fetched
92a to 92s 6d for good ordinary colcury, being former
rates.

Ott.s•—For eommon descriptions of Fish Oils ptiees
have a downward tendency. Pale Seal of first quality
261, and 231t0 2.1110 s for middling to fine Southern, Cod
281 per tun. Sperm—small pavcels of first quality 1001 to
1021. Linseed at 23s 6d to 2.33 9d. IZspe—pale is not to
be had under 365, and brown :35s per cwt. Palm, 3.41 to
341 10s per tun. East India Cocoa Nut taken in at 39s
per cwt.

This afternoon, 160 tuns Southern at auction partly
found buyers at 23/ 103 to 241 15s for middling to fine
quality.
TEA.—On Tuesday accounts were received by express
from China, stating all was still hostile. The Emperor
of China had approved of all Lin's measures, and had dis-
tinguished the Admiral of the Junks who had engaged
with our vessels of war; our military preparations were sill/
proceeding; the English had been declared outlawed, by
an edict of the Chinese Government ; the trade conti-
nued totally stopped, and severe punishment threatened
to any other people who conveyed or disposed of British
Goods ; two vessels sold by the English, and under Danish
colours, had been seized by the Chinese on the charge of
their being in reality English; it was also stated that two
Arne/lean vessels entered the
port empty, and that the
Chinese authorities were about to take means to pre, ent
the vessels from taking more cargo than they had brought
money to pay fir.
The effect of the above has been to cause a much better
demand for Tea, and has also given holders more confi-
dence as to the future prospect of the article. fa Free