The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-09 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGEN CE.

(From the London New Price Current of Nov. 8.)
SUGAR.—To-day the market presented a healthy ap-
p, arance for West India Sugar ; there was a very good
demand for all descriptions, and the rates previously
established were fully supported. The stock of good
and fine yellow is reduced to a low ebb ; some
merchants are not disposed to sell inferior kinds
at present rates. The private purchases were 560hhds,
aid at public sale 105 hhds 12 trs 3 brls Barbadoes went
ith spirit at prices 6d to Is per cwt above those of the
former sale, making the advance on this kind of Sugar
for the week is to 2s 63 per cwt; fine yellow fetched 63s
6d to 655, good 60s 6d to 635, middling 57s to 58s, and
w 54s 6d to 56s per cwt. The total purchases for the
eek are 2,260 hhds and tierces.
REFINED.—To-day there was a considerable business
transacted in Refined goods by the home trade, and
stiffer rates paid; brown lumps sold at 71s, and standard
• lumps 72s to 72s 6d. Bonded crushed Sugar- is with
• difficulty to be purchased under 29s per cwt.
MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was a good de-
mlnd for all sorts, a large parcel, amounting to 9,154
bags 74 casks were submitted to public competition.
Ncarly the whole consisted of brown and dingy yellow
sorts ; these want with spirit at an advance on former
rates of 2s to 3s per cwt ; on other kinds the rise was Is,
very low brown went 41s to 425, low 43s to 44s 6d, mid
45i to 465, good 48s to 48s 6d, fine 49s to 50s 6d, low
yellow 51s to 535, mid 54s to 565, good mid 57s to
58s 6d, good 59s to 60s 6d, and fine 62s to 64s per cwt.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon at public sale 1,923 bags
of Bengal, and 1658 bags of Madras Sugar were offered;
the former went brisky ; grey, low and middling yellow
- sorts at an advance on former rates of 2s to 3s, and
in some cases of 4s ; on other kinds the advance
was is—low yellow sold at 51s to 525, middling
53s 6d to 555, damp and washed 49s to 535, good
strong sound grey 60s 6d to 61s, middling 57s to 58s 6d,
damp and washed 55s to 60s, fine sound white 65s to
67s 6d, damp and washed 60s 6d to 63s 6d, good sound
yellow 61s to 635, damp and washed 58s to 60s 6d, the
latter fetched fall rates, middling yellow 52s 6d, damp
and washed 45s to 50s 6d, and inferior 39s 6d to 43s 6d
per cwt.
• MOLASSES.—The low and middling descriptions of
West India are dull of sale at 20s to 225, but good and
. fin sorts are firm in prices, and in fair demand at 23s to
24a per cwt, the supply is very large of the former. The
. demand for East India has been extremely limited, but
holders are not inclined to press sales, prices ruling low.
RICE.--The market is firm for cleaned Rice, and a
got,d demand exists at 13s 6d to 18s for Patna, and 23s
to 27s per cwt for Carolina. Bengal, mid white selling
at lls, and good mid to good lis 6d to 12s per cwt.
Java yellow 93 to 9s 6d,asnd white lOs to 12s per cwt.
Madras yellow
8s
3d
rcwt. 1,002 bags Bombay
at auction were sold, to 9
mid white small grain at lOs 6d,
bolder but dusty lOs 6d to Us, and sea damaged 9s 6d
to 10s per cwt.._

FOREIGN.—To-day there was rather
' ll'oreign Sugar, and in prices little variation
demand for
anon has oc-
purred. By private contract 300 boxes good and fine )
kw Trinidad de Cuba were sold at 225, and 320 boxese
middling yellow Havannah at 21s per cwt. For public
gale 3,000 boxes yellow Havannah, partly damaged, are
declared.
COFFEE.—There has been a decided improvement in
11120 demand for all descriptions of West India Coffee this
peek; the business transacted has been larger than for

some time, and the rates paid show an advance on
those of this day week of 2s to 4s for middling
and the superior descriptions of Jamaica. All
other sorts have fully sustained the previous currency.
This afternoon there was less demand for Ceylon Coffee,
but prices were firm—good ord at 54s 6d to 55s per cwt.
There was no public sale of any kind, but for Tuesday
3,335 bags of Java, 1,695 bags of Padang; for Wed-
nesday 500 bags of Plantation Ceylon; for Thursday
150 casks West India, 700 bags of Ceylon, and 100 bags
of Brazil are declared.
TEA.—lmporters of Tea remain firm, and none has
been submitted to public competition ; the quantity of
Tea on offer by private contract has been much less than
has been the case lately. In Congou there has been a
large business transacted, and the rates paid are id to id
per lb above those previously quoted—common selling at
lOid to 11d, good corn 1 lid to 1 lid, but mid coarse is to
is id, but mid and mid blackish leaf is is Id to is 2id,
good blkish leaf is 3d to is sd, fine is 6d to is 9d; Pekoe
flavour Is 5d to 2s 4d, and very rich 2s 5d to 2s 6d per lb;
common and good common are still in request by specu-
lators, and of such the market has been nearly cleared.
There is a scarcity of really fine Congou. Pouchong
clean has been selling at 6d to 9d. Prices are firm for
Souchong, and a fair demand exists. Scented Orange
Pekoe 3s 4d to 3s 4id. In plain and Flowery Pekoe
there has been little doing. Hyson common fetching
2s 6d to 2s Bd, but mid and mid 2s 9d to
3s. and superior 3s 2d to 3s 6d. For Impe-
rial and Gunpowder there has been a good demand,
and prices rule firm. The business done in Caper has
been at full prices, and Young 'Tyson has been fetching
stiff rates. To-day several purchases were made in Tea,
and it is with difficulty to buy common sound Congou at
lOid per lb cash.
Cocoa..—There has been a brisk demand for West
India, and the rates paid are rather above those previously
quoted ; at public sale 518 bags, 31 brls of Trinidad
were asold, good red at 495, mid 44s 6d to 465, low 42s
6d to 445, good grey 445, inferior 42s to 435, very low
39s 6d to 40s 6d ; 22 bags of red Grenada fetched 42s
6d to 44s per cwt. Foreign is held with firmness, and
is wanted, but there is only a small quantity at market,
for which stiffer rates are required.
SPICES.—This afternoon at public sale 499 bags of
Malabar Pepper were sold at 34d to 3/Icl for heavy, and
21c1 to aid fur sea damaged, being the full value. 581
bags Malabar Ginger were only partly sold, ordinary
small at 16s, and middling 2Cs per cwt. 20 barrels of
Nutmegs were all taken in at 2s 10d per lb.
FRUIT.—In Currants the transactions have been upon
an extensive scale ; old Zante and Cephalonia at 425,
old Patras 44s to 45s ; the New Zante has been taken
at 475, new Patras 48s to 50s, new Valentias 50s, De-
nias in baskets 425, new Muscatells from 60s to 100 s, old
do in bunch being taken freely at 465, new Lexias 38s. Of
new Turkey pulled Figs there are three vessels now
landing, prices range from 60s to 80s. A small parcel of
damaged new Patras Currants was sold by public auction,
butts 45s to 48s, carotells 46s to 50s.

SAGO has been in good request by private contract at
firm rates, low at 13s to 14s, middling 15s to 17s, good
middling and fine 18s to 24s per cwt. Of Arrowroot 95
pkgs were partly sold at public sale ; Bermuda at 8d to
Is lid ; Jamaica 4d to 6d ; St. Vincent's 4:kd to 6d. 20i
brls of Tous les-Mois 6d. 96 brls of Tapioca 2id per lb,
and 10 chests Cuba Honey 34s to 38s per cwt.
Rum, BRANDY, AND ITOLLANDS.—The market is still
in a quiet state for Jamaica Rum, but holders will not
submit to lower rates, the stock being much less than it
was last year, and arrivals nearly all in for the season ;
only small parcels have been sold at 3s 10e1 to 5s for 30
to 36 per cent 0 P. The chief part of the Rum is in second
hands. Demerara at 3s 3d to 3s 6d for strong quality;
Leewards at 2s 41c1 proof, and buyers at 2s 4d. Cal-
cutta Rum 2s 2id to 2s 3d accepted for proof, with cer-
tificate. For Leeward Island Rum prices are 8d to 9d,
and Jamaica Is to 2s per gallon higher than they were
in 1843 at this time. The market has still an improv-
ing appearance for Brandy ; the demand has been brisk
for the best description, and an advance in price of Id
per gallon has taken place ; inferior kinds are in
good request ; Cognac, best brands of the vin-
tage, 1838, selling—hhds at 5s 2d, puns at 5s ;
ditto, 1839, hhds 4s Ild, puns 4s 9d ; ditto, 1841, hhds
4s 10d, puns 4s 8d ; ditto, 1842, hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s 5d ;
ditto, 1843, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d ; common 2s 10d to
3s 2d, and mid to good middling 3s 3d to 3s 10d per
gallon. Of the vintage of 1843 the quantity in the
market is small. Geneva at Is 9d to is 10d, and fine
23 4d to 3s 6d per gallon. English Corn Spirits at lOs 2d
per gallon cash.
SALTPETRE.—TO-day there was little business done
in Calcutta by private contract, 177 bags at auction were
sold at 24s 6d lbr middling damp grey 9i per cent. re-
fraction, and Sugar drainage damaged 18s 6d to 21s 6d
per cwt, being the full value.
INDIGO.—To-day some parcels of Bengal Indigo were
forced off at a decline on the rates of the last quarterly
sales of 2d to 3d per lb. The total quantity sold during
the week is 300 chests.

Oths.—Southern Oil is wanted, and
,the parcels dis-
posed of by private treaty fetched full prices, low to good
quality selling at 381 to 51/, fine 321 to 331 per tun ; for
all other sorts of common Fish Oils the market however
has been in a dull state, and the prices accepted are
rather under those previously quoted. Pale Seal
selling at 341 15s to 351, coloured 311 to 33/,
and Cod 321 15s to 331; of brown Seal there is at
present scarcely any in the market. Coloured Seal is
in demand by exporters. Sperm Oil at 88/ to 901 per
tun for British of first quality. Linseed Oil for forward
delivery at 23s 6d to 23s 9d per cwt. Rape Oil at 35s
to 35s 6d for pale, and 34s to 34s 6tl per cwt for brown.
Olive at 431 to 441 for Gallipoli, 411 to 421 for Spanish,
and 391 to 401 per tun for Barbary and Levant ; the
stock is very large. In Cocoa Nut Oil, some parcels of
good and tine quality have been sold at 28s to 29s
per cwt. Palm at 26s to 27s per cwt for good and fine
quality.
TALLOW.—For Russian a further reduction in prices
of 3d to 6d per cwt having been accepted on the spot
has occasioned buyers to operate with increased
freedom, and a large business has been transacted at
40s 6,1 to 4Cs 9d per cwt in new I'. Y. Candle.
Prices are sustained for Town Talow, the supply
being short, and the demand good, 42s per en t
is the value nt tt cash. There are sellers of
other sorts of Tallow upon rather lower terms.
This afternoon at public sale 40 casks of New South
Wales Tallow were sold at :385 6d to 41s 6d; 41 casks of
Italian 40s to 41s 3d, and 77 packages South American
37s 3d to 40s per cwt.