The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-28 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

SUGAR.--The market for 13ritish Plantation has been
firmer this week, and there has, in the instance of Bar-
badoes, been an advance of 6d per cwt. Nevertheless
the transactions have been of limited extent. At auc-
tion this description brought 41s to 441 for low mid to
fine yellow. Refined Grocery lumps have been at 49s
to 51s per cwt,
EAST INDlA.—Mauritius has obtained fully previous
rates by auction; yellow, 38s 6d to 425, and low mid
brown, 328 6d; Bengal, 3,749 bags, went at full rates;
fine white Benares, 43s to 43s 6d; low mid to good 41s
to 42s 6d; fine yellow Mauritius sort, 41a to 425, and
low soft brown 29s to 30e. Madras realized for 466
bags fully previous quotations; grocery, 394 to 424 6d,
mid and good yellow 36s 6d to 38s 6d, and low yellow,
29s to 30s. Jaggery sold at 26s 6d to 275. Yellow
llavannah at auction realized 39s to 41s for mid to good
washed, and 38. to 38s 6d for low. Exporters are not
doing much. The stocks of all sorts are 26,000 tons
less than at this time last year.
COFFEE.—The transactions have been limited, but
holders of Colonial are firm and do not press sales.
The home trade on the other hand are acting with re-
serve, and the same may be said of shippers, and spe-
culations in native Ceylon have been at 46s to 47s for
goad ordinary. Plantation has been rather firmer, and
publicly there has been nothing offered. Mocha has
been at full rates, but only small parcels have been sold
at 703 to 754 for mid and good, and at 39s to 493 6d for
Triage. In foreign very little has been doing. About
3,000 bags of Rio offered by auction only partly sold at
43s to 45s for good ord.
RICE —The demand for East India has been dull,
arid prices have declined. Low to mid white Bengal
sold at 93 to 10s.

SPICES —Pimento bas been in good request, low mid
and mid at skd per lb. In Cassia Lignea and Pepper
there was very little doing.
Cocos.--The demand rules dull, and former prices
are not well maintained. Grenada, 423 to 47); and
Trinidad, 46s to 555.

CoTToN.—The demand has ircreased, and prices are
about id per lb higher than lavt week.
RCM.—There has been no particular movement in this
article.

TEA.—The market for black is improving, and pur-
chasers have increased both fur home use and export.
Common Convou has been in request at Is, and medium
sorts are is Oi 1 to is Id per lb. Green, however, has been
neglected, and prices are barely maintained.
TALLOW.—The demand is increasing, and P Y C has
been at 37s 6d to 37s 9d per cwt on the spot.
GREEN FRUIT.—The market has improved for Oranges,
and the advance in price at the ourports has had its
effect on London; two cargoes, from St. Michael, sold by
and Hunt at public sale, went at au advance of
Is to 2s per box. Lemons su►tain their value. Chesnuts
are 2, per barrel dearer. Barcelona Nuts dull of sale,
the price at Liverpool being lower than in London. Se-
ville Sours in request.
The following are the particulars as to the provision
contract taken yesterday afternoon :
Po RK. Foreign. Irish.
... ... 600 ... £6 7 0
Barnewell ... 300 ... 6 7 10
Nesbitt ... ... 300 ... 6 13 0

Joues ••• ••• •••
Di: to . . ••• 300 ...
Bullbeimer, Hatribro' 3 000
Ito,dinuo, do. 500 •••
Ditto do. 400 ...

_ ...
300 ... 6 10 0
-- 6 1 9
...
- ... 6 7 9
- ... 6 9 6
- ... 6 14 6

4,200 1,500
100 „„ brls. 119 6

Bullh« itner
13EEN.
Nesbitt
Barn« well
llambru' 600
Allen & Anderson ... 800 American

••• ..."..

300 ... 5 9 0
300 .. 5 8 4
... 5 9 0
... 4 19 4

1,400

RFPRESENTATION or HULL.—The Right Hon, M.
T. Baines, President of the Poor-law Board, has announced
that it is 'not his intention at the next general election to
offer himself as a candidate for the honour of again repre.
senting the borough of Hull in Parliament. Equal surprise
and regret is felt among his constituents, as the return of
Mr. Baines by a large majority, in the. event of a contest,
was a matter of perfect certainty. Itis therefore hoped that
the Right Honourable Gentleman will not persist in his ex-
pressed intention.
The Danish Government has just made a reduction
of 25 per cent. on the import duties on French wines and
brandy.