The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-30 00:00:00

PRICES 0:

SEEDS.
Per Cwt. Per Quarter.
New English ltcd C10rer...503.805. St. Foin -s. 50s lOs
Old Ditto Ditto -8 -8. -s. Rye Grass -1 "qs OW
New Foreign Ditto ...-s. 60s. 90s. Lacey Grass -s. 455. 60.
Old Ditto Ditto.... .... .-s. -s. -s. Linseed, for feeding -s. 4,5. Ms
New White Clover ...50s. OW. 7W. Ditto, for sowing -s. lOs. 70s
Old Ditto Ditto -s. -s. -s. Ditto, for crushing...-s. 425. 40a
New Trefoil -s. 16. 345. Canary -a. 100 s. 105 s
Old Ditto -s. 16s. 955. Hemp -s. 335, 40s
Trefoil= 3. 303. 365. Per Bushel.
English Carraway -s. 488. 52:. White Mustard...lls. OA. 14s. Od.
Foreign Ditto -s. 508. 563. Brown Ditto l6s. Od. 21s. aid
Coriander -s. 144.205. Tares Os. 0.1. 9s. Ocl
Rapeseed, English fine (per Last) 24/.26/. Foreign 211. 251.
PRICES Ol HOPS.
Farnham Pockets (per cwt.) Ol Os. 01. Os. to 01. Os.
East Kant Pockets
Mao Bags 3l. IN. 0/.: Os. to 41. 4s.
Mid Kent Pockets 3l. 10s. 41. 10s. to 5/, 19,,
Jitto Bags 91. 10s. 01. Os. to 4;. Os.
S issex
searlings O/. Os. 31. 38. to Si. 10s.
Old f/lds
PRICES OF LEATHER

Per lb. d. to d. Per Ili. cl. to d.
CropHldes,3oto4olb.each 11 14 Horse Hides, (;ermaia... 12 22
---40 50 l2 16 -- Spanish ... 13 24
--50 60 .....
Bull Hides
Butts, Vitriol
English ...... ....... 15 24
Foreign ..
Foreign Hides
Dressing Hides ........... 11 14 Kips
Shaved... 13 17 Basils G 11
Best Saddlers' H ides... .. 14 15 Bellies
Horse Hidcs, English ... 11 IS Shoulders lO 1:i
Calf Skins, if rounded 2d. to 4,1. por b. more.
PRICE OF OIL.
RapoOil,brown, per ton, 35/. 10s.—Refined, 37/.os —LinseodOil, 21;1.
Linseed oil Cake at the Mill (1000),13/.13s.—Rape lake, pe t0n,61/.

PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 11.21 b.
Town Tallow
Yellow Russia 3os. rid. Mottled
White
Soap Ditto
Melting Stuff
Ditto Rough

PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 8117.
Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) is. 970.

PRICE OF CAN DLho.
The price ot good Store Candles in the Retail Shops is as follows
Candles, per dozen, Bs. Od. ; inferior, 7a. Id. ; Moulds, Vs. W.
Sixpence per dozen discount for cash.

COAL MARKET.
Skips arrived since last inarket.day, 70.
s. '
Adair's
Huddle's West Hartley 2'l 0
Chester

E. d.
Walls End Hetlon ... 22 0
Walla End Stewart's
%V 1G Acrid Whitwell

Carr's Hartley 2O 011 Va .s End Hartlepool 22
Holywell Ilain 2O (I Walis End Kelloe 2O 9
Walls End Bewicke and Co. 20 0 l'ennant's Hartlepool 2l 6
Walls End Clennell
Walls t•'nd Heaton
Walls End Hotspur
Walls EndßradOyll'sHetton 21 0

(From the London New Price Current of May 26.)
Suomt.,--For British Plantation Sugar the prices paid
are fully equal to those of this day week, Fine yellow
Jamaica and Antigua selling at 74s to 755, good middling
723 to 73s 6d. Jamaica middling grey 703 6d; Nevis
703 ; I3erbice, with as much colour but loss
strength 69s 6d, rather inferior Demerara 683 6d, no
lower price than 65s 61 to 665 fur very ordinary brown
Sugar can be quoted. Fine yellow went at 73s 6.1 to 74s
6d, good 72s 6d to 733, middling 71s Gd to 723, and 4
hhds good brown 685 6d, the bulk sold at 73s to 73s 6d
per cwt. _ _

This afternooon the trade came forward more freely ;
for grocery purposes there was a good and general demand,
the refiners were buyers to a fair extent, and the prices
paid are fully equal to those of this day week for all de-
scriptions ; the sales amounted to 600, making the quan-
tity sold for the week 1,800 hhds and tierces. The mar-
ket closed with a firm aspect.
REFINED.-Refined Goods at a further advance of 6d to
Is per cwt ; standard lumps at 883, good and fine brown
lumps 85s to 87s, none of low quality under 81s 6d ; Com.
mon Treacle at 35s ; patent and the best old make at 35s
6d to 383. Pieces at former rates. Bastards at full
prices. Bonded Crushed Sugar at 34s 6d to 34s 9d. Loaves
101hs at 37s 6d to 333, and 14lbs 37s per cwt. Treacle
at 13s Gd to 13s 9d. Bastards at 18s to 203, and Pieces at
223 to 275. For Dutch Crushed Sugar 32s en board at
Amsterdam.

MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was a good business
doing, and 1,129 bags at public sale went at very full
prices ; low to good greyish yellow fetched 68s to 695,
good and fine brown 66s to 675, low 61s 6d to 63s 6d per
cwt.

EAST INDIA.-The home trade have purchased freely of
all white descriptions of Bengal, and the pries paiJ are
fully equal to those of this day week.
This afternoon the public sales consisted of 672 bags
Bengal, and 3,607 bags Siam ; the former sold at stiff
rates, viz., stroll; bright yellow at 69s Gd, soft 67s Gd to
695, damps 67s to 695, low damp brown 59s 6d ; of the
latter about one-halt' was disposed of rather under forme'
rates, good middling to good strong white sold at 263 to
275, middling 25s to 25s 6d, ordinary greyish white 24s to
24s Gd, fine yellow 245, good damp white 23s Gd to 255,
washed 183 to 23s 6d. per cwt.
COFFEE.-This afternoon the trade show little desire
to buy Coffee for home consumption ; in fact, there was
an increased dullness in the market, and the operations
were confined to the public sales, consisting of 782 bags
Java, 120 casks 5 barrels Jamaica, 118 casks 15 barrels 20
bags Berbice, which went off with much heaviness, and at
reduced rates, good bold Java sold at the low price of 63s
to 63s 6d ; the West India was nearly all taken in, the
few lots of common quality sold went at a further reduc-
tion of 3s to 4s per cwt.
FOREIGN.-White ilavannah at 39s a 40s for good and
fine new strong quality. For yellow a slight reduction
has been submitted to. Brazil at rather lower rates.
White Pernams at 25s ; Bahia at 253 a 263 for good mid-
dling grey to middling white; new Rio good white went at
25s a 265, low to middling 22s Gd a 245, low to fine fine
brown 20s a 21s 6d, good yellow 223 per cwt. Porto Rico
in hhds low brown to good greyish dry yellow went at
22s 6d a 265, in brls middling brown 235, and one lot
2336 d per cwt.

MOLASSES. For West India since this day week, prices
have advanced Gd to Is; Antigua fine at 383 Gd to 393:
St. Vincents ordinary and middling 3-te to 36s ; and
Dominica 35s per cwt.
TEA.—To-day in consequence of the accounts from
China there was less business doing in Company's Congou
and prices have declined Ild per lb, 2.; Ali having been ac-
cepted for cash, and 2s 3d for a three months' prompt. In
Free trade there was not so much business doing, but in
prices there was ,little variation, in some cases rather
lower rates have been accepted for Congou and Twankay.
This afternoon the market for Free Trade Tea was in a
very dull state, and the nearest prices were 2s Id for
common Free Trade Congou for cash, and Twankay 24
lldto 2s 2d. Company's Congou are dull, and closed at
2s 10 for cash.
RCM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Previous rates have
been maintained for both Jamaica and Leeward Island
Rum, but the demand has been very limited ; the arrivals
have been again large.
The operations in Brandy have been for actual consump-
tion, and there is no speculative demand ; prices however
remain firm. Cognac first brands of the vintage of 1836 at
5s 6d in hhds, 5s 4d in puns ; do 1837, 5s 4d in hhds, 53 2d
in puns; do 1833, 53 2d in hhds, in puns 5;; do 1839
puns and hhds 43 10d to 5s per gallon. Geneva has sold
steadily at Is lld to 2.; for common shipping quality, and
fine for home consumption at 2s 4d to 23 6d. In British
Corn Spirits only a limited business has been done, but the