The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-18 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

From the London New Price Current of August 17.)
SUGAR.—lmporters of British Plantation Sugar having
submitted to a reduction of former rates of Gd to is per
cwt, have tempted buyers to come forward more freely,
and a fair demand has prevailed, still the trade have not
taken more than sufficient for their immediate wants.
To-day the market fur West India Sugar exhibited a
quiet appearance, the demand was almost exclusively
confined to bright yellow sorts, which however were in
in fair request, and the supply being short, they brought
former rates, but brown and grey sorts moved off slowly,
and the prices accepted was in some cases 6d under tiwse
Of Friday ; the private purchases are 370 hhds and trcs;
there was no public sale of Barbadoes ; nor is any de-
clared ; the surplus in the stock of West India has in-
creased since this day week.
REFINED.—The demand has been limited froth the
home trade for Refined Goods, and prices have further
given way is to Is 6d per cwt.
To-day the Refined market was in a dull state, and
prices continue on the decline ; sales of standard lumps
were made at 88s to 89s. Treacle met with a slow sale.
For Bastards and Pieces the demand was limited, and
rather lower rates were accepted. Bonded crushed
Sugar in'good request at 30s for first qualiq-. • •
MAURITIUS.—'I hiS afternoon there was little demand,
and 4,310 bags of public sales went heavily, a part only
finding buyers at rather lower rates for the lots, which
sold under 60s, but those above that rate went at ful
prices; very fine, mark Le Breton sold at 68s to 68s Gd,
fine at 62s 6d to 655, good 598 to 625, middling to good
middling 56s to 58s, low 54s to 555, good and fine brown
51s to 545, low to middling. 37s Gd to 46s per cwt.
.. EAST INDIA.—The operations in white qualities of
'Bengal have been limited, although importers have sub-
mitted to a further reduction of is per cwt ; brown have
moved off slowly, and must be quoted 2s. cheaper. .
This afternoon the public sales consisted of 823 bags
Bengal, and 4,000 bags Manilla ; the former went off
with- heaviness at lower rates, ordinary damp brown at
38s 6d to 09s, good sound 475, middling yellow 575, ordi-
nary sulphury white 58s 6d• to 595, middling 625.: the
latter went at stiffer rates, and fetched 20s for good yel-
low, 17s 6d to 18s 6d for fine brown, and damps 17s to
18s 6d per cwt.
FOREIGN.—Of white Havannah the extensive quantity
of 2,900 boxes has been disposed of since our last report for
the Russian market at firm rates ; 31s 6d to 33s for mid
and good strong quality. For yellow demand continues
gradually to improve.
To-day all descriptions were held for full rates, and by
private contract some parcels of both Brazil and jiavan-
nal! were disposed of; the market is lookingfirtn, but at
pre'sent the•dernand is not active. Two cargoes Brazil
arrived off the coast have been ordered on to liamburgli.
MOLASSES.—West India disposed of since our last re-
port at full rates ; Demerara common have fetched 22s

22s 6d, good 245, Nevis fair 245, St. Kitts good 255,
but at public sale 47 puns 5 , hhds Demerara, were taken
in at 23s ; Foreign Gs 6d has been accepted privately ;
Cuba all taken in at lOs for good quality.
COFFEE.—The clean qualities of West India have
been in excellent request, particularly all middling sorts,
but importers having supplied the market more freely
have prevented any further advance, the rates previously
established however have been fully supported; unclean
sorts have met with a fair demand at former quotations :
at auction 290 casks, 270 brls and bgs mostly Jamaica
have been offered, the principal part was disposod of.
This afternoon the home consumption Coffee market
was firm, and privately a fair business was transacted in
both East and West India, and holders were firm. The
public sales consisted of 544 bags Ceylon, 49 bales Mocha,
936 bags Company's Java from the Cape, 57 bags Mysore,
and 27 bags British Plantation. Ceylon sold readily at is
advance, good and fine ord fetched 76s to 76s 6d, Mocha
sold at 102 s for fine ord broWn,, and ordinary 775, Java
61s to 63s for good and fine or& brown, and 63s to 65S
for fine ord pale, being Is 2d dearer; Mysore realised 70s
for good quality, which is rather higher.
COCOA.--British Plantation at previous rates. Trini-
dad ordinary to good red at 43s to 47s 6d per cwt.
Guayaquil, 42s for good fair red, ; sea damaged fetched
30s to 33s per cwt.
TEA.—The public sales which commenced on Tuesday
the last were brought to a conclusion on Thursday
at-
tendance of buyers throughimt. was large, and.f;br. bplaaerkt.
Tea the biddings were spirited, the principal I
offered was disposed of at prices fully
paid by private contract prior to the salesrealized
useful qualities of common Congott
good for green
per pound advance ; the demand
"Ise at the corn-
qua
Indeed,
useful
sorts. but prices gave way
large ; towards the close, however,
established. The
meneement of the sales, the praopoitirititteio.nrolfflieerde,danbdeli(t:igt
off on a par with those rev..i071.,y,
quantity offered consisted oftil_4l; s black, and
I the total 28,890
13,833 pkgs of-green Tea, c•
"rt'io3 of 19,000 pkgs have
been of which the large proP",
nearly all for bona con-
bevn actually disposed of, • •

sumption. -
The accounts published in a second edition of the
Morning Papers one month later from China caused the
Tea market suddenly to become animated, and in Com-
pany's Congou extensive purchases were made through-
out the morninr, at an advance on the rates of yesterday
of 2d to 21d per lb,; parcels for cash realized 2s Sid to
2s 9d. For Free Trade there was an excellent de-
mand, and large parcels were disposed of at a similar ad-
vance, Common Congott fir cash realized os 7d tv 2s
lid, fair blackish leaf 2s 8d to 2s 9d, good 2s 9il to 2s
1(d, and CO =on Tway 25 eird to 2s 7d per lb . coca