The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-11 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

TEA.—The market has been inactive, and purchasers
have used great caution in their operations. There have
been increased imports and decreased deliveries ; conse-
quently stocks have materially increased. Prices, however,,
continue steady. Common cougou, 84d to 9d per lb.
SUGAR.—FuII rates have been obtained for all descrip'
tions of foreign nod colonial, there having been a brisk
demand for both home consumption and fJr exportation.
The transactions in West Indian have been large. Porto
Rico middli❑g grey, 45s 6d to 46s 6d ; middling to brigh6
yellow, 46s 6d to 495.

The Refined Market has also been at higher rates, and
even brown lumps realised 57s per cwt.
COFFEE. —This article has met an increased demand,
and both Plantation and Native Ceylon have realised fair
rates. Plantation good mid to good, 65s to 68s; five ord
to mid 59s to 61s. Triage 528 to 57s ed, and pe,berrk 749
per cwt. Jamaica good to tine ord, 548 to 58s per cwt.
COCOA.—The demand has been on the increase. and full
rates have been obtained for superfine qualities. Trinidad
gold to fine 55s to 60s per cwt. Guayaquil realised sOs
per cwt.

RICE.--The market has been rather dull, but good quali-
ties have experienced a fair demand at fully previous rates.
Bengal good mid Hs 6d, broken Os 6d to lOs •' Java 108 6d
per cwt ; Ballam 9s to Os 3d ; Bassein 9s 3d to Vs 9d per
cwt.

RU3I. —Business in this article has been very dull; there
are no sales of importance to report, and prices are with-
out alteration.

SPICES. —Mace has been in regularly, and good descrip-
tions have brought full prices, fair full 2s. 4d. to 2s sd.
dark low to mid is 6d to is ild ' • West India 2s to 2s 4d
per lb. Nutmegs also brought higher rates, superior fine -
large 4s id to 4s lid, fine 38 51 to 3s 6d, good mid 2s 7d
to 23 9d, mid small 23 id to 2s 4d, pinched is 8d to is lid
per lb. Pimento realised steady rates, ord to good sold
for 41d to 4Pd per lb. Black pepper has been in request ;
fair heavy Malabar slid to 54d, dusty to clean Sumatra
5d to 514, and dusty Penang 44d per lb.
COCHINEAL. The market has been steady with but few
fluctuations in prices to notice. Teneriffe silver Zs 10,1 to
3s 11d, blacks 4s 2d to 4s 7d per lb.
SALLPETIM—Market steady. Bengal unrefracted 27e
per cwt.

TALLOW.—The market has been excited, and prices
have been 50s in all positions.
GREEN FRUlT.—Market quiet. Lemons improving in
value ; some Messina, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at pub-
lic sale, went at an advance of 2s. to 3s. per case. Ac-
counts from the Bahamas, dated 14th June, state that the
shipments of pine apples was delayed by wet weather.
More enquiry for Barcelona nuts. ,

SHIPMENTS OP SPECIE FROM ENGLAND.—ACcOrcIing to
a statement just issued by Mr. James Low, the ship-
ments of specie from England to India, China, Egypt,
and Malts for the half•year just ended have reached the
extraordinary total of 5,100,6331., of which 201,7254
c ,nsisted of gold, and 4,898,9081. of silver. As corn- -
pared with the corresponding half of 1855, this shows
an increase of 2,586,6271., although the export was then
unprecedentedly large. The proportion of gold, how-
ever, is smaller in the present return. The sum included
in the aggregate total as having been sect to China this
half-year is 937,2881., of which all hut 102,456/. was
silver. In the fir-t six months of 1855 the total sent to
China was 833,4661. The present augmentation in the
shipments to the East has, therefore, been caused almost
exclusively by the Indian demand.