The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-20 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Lcndon New Price Current of April 19.)
Su GAR.—The market has still an improving appearance for
all descriptions of Colonial Sugar; merchants refrain from
bringing forward large parcels, and a further advance has taken
place in prices. For West India Muscovado the demand has
been brisk for every description for the scale and pan ; the
market has been nearly cleared, and the rates paid are Gd above
those of this day week.
REFINED.—There has been much activity in the refined
Sugar market : prices further advanced Is per cwt, and the
grocers have purchased largely of all descriptions. To-day
large parcels of Refined Sugar were taken by the home trade,
standard lumps at 78s 6d, and brown at 77s to 77s 6d per cwt.
COCOA.—Brazil at 28s 6d to 30s per cwt ; St. Domingo at
27s Gd for ordinary old grey, and sea damaged first class 2ls to
24s per cwt. Trinidad, good red at 52s 6d, middling 50s to
51s, and middling grey 47s to 48s per cwt.
SPICES. —This afternoon Bourbon Cloves taken in at Ild to
111 d per lb ; white Pepper mostly sold at 6d to 6glclfotor 3ososdd
and 4d to 4id for ord ; Singapore Mace fetched 3s
2e
Nutmegs sold
for middling and good middling ;
rathsr higher ; middling brown at 3s 2Sdi
3s 6d, limed 3s Id to 3s 3d, mouldyand wormy
Jamaica Rum fine
Rum, BRANDY, AND HOL,LA Nino
3a
n 1 d tosm 321
tong 3a Singapore Nod
tgoolosd6md ipdedrl ilnbg
per gallon.
high flavour —3sp
sd
loivde,rproof at 4 MO,, 540.5 r IcOedn,t 49 Gd,
30v3etr0336s 10pdertoce3nst
Demerara at 3s perto 3:ent
parcels of common2d t3003t5043d3
fpoerr3c2" tto 366 d
t Is 10d to Is 100 per gallon. For Brandy
and fine 3s 5d per gallon. Proof Leewards at 2s Id to 2s 112 d.
Calcutta a
pr
ices have further given way : —Cognac, best brands of the vin-
tage of 1833 selling, hhds 5s 9d, puns 55 7d ; ditto 1839, hhds
5s 7d, puns 5s 5d ; ditto 1840, hhds 5s sp, puns 5s 3d; ditto
1,41, hhds 5s 4d, puns 5s 2d; ditto 1842, hhds 5s 3d, puns
56 Id, middling marks 3s 5d to 4s 6d, and low 2s 9d to 3s 4d,
and Spanish brands 2s 8d pers Id to
gallon. In
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shippingm pion
executeds2d to
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English Corn Spirits lOs 2d and
soirsd2e rs
Scotch and Irish Malt Spirits 12s 9d to 13s per gallon.
Saco has been little inquired for this
15s Gd for middling and finedweek-, 13s to
middling small pearl, and sea
damaged lOs Gd to 13s per cwt. J • amaica Arrowroot 61d per
lb. for sound. Sago Flour is less wanted. Bermuda Ar-
rowroot at Sid to Is 2d ; St. Vincent's, 8d to 100 ; Tousles
Bois, 5d to sild per lb. This afternoon fine small white
Pearl at 24s to 25s 6d; Sago Floue, 20s Gd to 21s 6d ; Ta • proca,
5d to 51/2d.
Isinrco.---There has been much activity in the East India
Indigo market this week, and prices have advanced for every
description.
COCIIINEAL.—This afternoon Honduras silvers at 4s 6d to
4s 10d for very ordinary foxy to good bright, and Mexican
black 5s 6d to 5s 8d per lb for good.
TaLLow.—The operations in Russian Tallow on the spot
have been upon a small scale only, but holders are generally
reluctant to further give way in prices; 40s to to 41s per cwt
is the value of P. Y. Candle, according to quality. For de-
livery in the last three months of the year at 42s 3d to 42s tid
per cwt. Town Tallow at 40s per cwt nett cash. This after-
noon North American Tallow sold at 38s to 40s 6d, Odessa
Sheeps' Tallow 40s to 40s 3d, Gibraltar 435, Italian 40s 9sl to
4ls per cwt.
OILS.—For Rape Oil, further advanced rates paid, pale at
39s Gd to 40s, and brown 33s 6d to 39s per cwt. Linseed Oil
at 27s Gd per cwt on the spot. In Olive Oil holders show firm-
, ness ; Galipoli 521 to 53/, Spanish 501109 to 511., and Barbary