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

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of April 19.)
SUGAR.—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 6d above
those of this day week.
To-day a fair business was done in British Plantation Sugar
to supply the wants of refiners and grocers ; the rates pre-
viously established were fully sustained ; dry brown is not to
be purchased under 61s per cwt.
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.
- MAURITIUS.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar met with
attention, and 1,029 bags at public sale went at very full rates ;
mid yellow at 62s 6d to 635, low mid greyish yellow 59s to
61s, fine brown 58s 6d to 595, and mid 57s per cwt.
EA ST INDIA —This afternoon Bengal good strong yellow,
Dobah kind at 65s to 675, middling yellow 60s 6cl to 61s,
fine white 66s to 675, middling 645, damp grainy yellow,
593 6d to 64s 6d, sound grey 59s 6d to 63s 6d, damp white
63s 6d to 66s 6d, damp foxy brown 51s to 55s 6d, washed
53s 6d to 565. In bond, middling yellow 35s to 37s 6d, fine
grainy, 41s, ord 32s 6d, fine white 42s good 40s to 41s, mid
38s 6d to 39s 6d, damp and washed 29s to 32s per cwt.
Ceylon Sugar 61s 6d to 63s for mid and good bright yellow.
FOREIGN.—This afternoon Havannah was offered at auc-
tion, and all taken in Is above the value, viz., fine yellow at
23s to 23s 6d, middling and good 21s 6d to 22s 6d-, and one
lot good white 30s per cwt.
blo LA SSES. —For West India previous rates are asked; Ben-
gal at 15s to I6s per cwt; Madras Molasses, in bond, taken in
at 93 ; Bengal, duty paid, at 183 per cwt. To-day West India
Molasses at 22s to 27s 6d per cwt.
'Drs.—lmporters still refrain from offering any at public sale,
although share are further arrivals ; the trade generally have
shown more inclination to purchase, and in the lower sorts
of black and green a good business has been transacted at firm
rates. -

RICE.-Bengal, good middling old white, I Is ; sea damaged,
first class lOs 6d to Ifs, second ditto lOs to lOs Gd, third ditto '
9s to 9s Gd, and fourth ditto Ss 6d per cwt. Java at 9s to
lls 6d, and Madras at 8s Gd to 9s Gd per cwt ; Patna at I3s
to 17s ; Carolina at 21s to 26s per cwt.
COFFEE-There has been little disposition shown to pur-
chase any description of West India by private contract this
week, and the trifling parcels disposed of have been at
prices in favour of the buyers. Mocha is diffi-
cult of sale, and the prices are still going down.
This afternoon buyers evinced little disposition to do business.
Jamaica middling coloury went at 9546 d to 100 s, low middling
90s 6:1 to 91s 6d, and broken 5,s to 755. Demerara unclean
taken in at 755, and very inferior 40s. Ceylon pea berry at
90s to 97s ; fine ordinary 74s to 755, fine fine ordinary 80s to
845, triage 45s to 505, very low 12s to 19s, damaged 58s to 83s,
per cwt. East India was nearly all withdrawn ; Batavia pale
mixed at 31s to 325, and brown 28s to 293 ' • the small part sold
went rather cheaper ; very ordinary mixed Padang at 24s Gd to
255, and sea damaged 22s Gd. Rio bought in, middling coloury
at 58s to 60s, middling 55s Gd, fine ordinary 48s, and sea
damaged 33s per cwt. Ceylon, 59s is the nearest value of good.
ordinary.
Co:::).A.-DiaLil at 285 Gd to 30s per cwt ; St. Domingo at
27s 6d for ordinary old grey, and sea damaged first class 2ls to
24s per cwt. Trinidad, good red at 52s 6d, middling 501 to
51s, and middling grey 47s to 48s per cwt.
Sric ES. -This aftet noon Bourbon Cloves taken i atr 1 loot, n o
111 d per lb ; white Pepper mostly sold at 63 to g_
s bd
and 4,1 to 4id for ord ; Singapore Mace fetched 3to
for middling and good middling; Siitnog3ap,osrde,
gNoodutmmegidsdlsionlgd
rath,-r higher ; middling brown at 3s 2(wormy
Is to Is Gaper lb.
3s 63, limed 3s Id to 813 d, mrldry,Aar;:dn,
Jamaica Ruin fine
RUM, BRANDY,
33 to 36 per cent overApsroio)f atr °4Ls 8d to 4s 10d, good 31 to 34
over 3s lad to 3s 11d, high flavour 22 par cent 4s Gd, and small
parcels of common 30 to 33 per cant 3 6
t 3s Gd to 33 8d per gallon.
mDe erara at 3s 2d to 3.4 d for 3- to per cent over-proof,
and fine 3s 5d per gallon. Proof Leewards at 2s hl to 2s IP.
Calcutta at is lad to Is 101(1 per gallon. FolroBf3tl39h,e vin-
tage prices have further given way :-Cognac, best ditto
os
tage of 1838 selling, hhds 5s 93, puns 55 7d ; it
55 7d, puns 5,15 d ; ditto 1840, hhds 5s sp, puns 5s '(.1; ditto
1841, lifids 554 d, puns 5s 23; ditto 1842, hhds 5s 3d, puns
5s Id, middling marks 3s 5d to 4s 6d, and low 2i 9d to 3s 4d,
and Spanish brands 2s tid per gallon. In Geneva several
shipping orders executed at I s Id to is 9d ; fine for home con-
sumption is 2s 2d to 3s. English Corn Spirits lOs 2(1, and
Scotch and Irish Malt Spirits 12s 9d to 13s per gallon.
SAGO has been little inquired for this week, 13s Gd to
15s Gd for middling and gond middling small pearl, and sea
damaged lOs 6(1 to 13s per ewt. Jamaica Arrowroot 61(1per
lb. for sound. Sago Flour is lcss wanted. Bermuda Ar-
rowroot at 91(1 to Is 2d ,• St. Vincent's, &I to 1013 ; Toes les
Mois, 5d to 51,1 per lb. This afternoon fine small white
Pearl at 24s to 255 Gd; Sago Flour, 20s 6(1 to 21s 6d ; Tapioca,
5d to 59,4 d.
INDIGO.-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; 405 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 Gd
per cwt. Town Tallow at 40s per cwt nett cash. This after-
noon North American Tallow sold at 384 to 40s Gd, Odessa
Cheeps' Tallow 40s to 40s 3d, Gibraltar 435, Italian 403 9d to
41s per cwt.
011.5.-For Rape Oil, further advanced rates paid, pale at
39s Gd to 40s, and brown 38s Gd to 39s per cwt. Linseed Oil
at 27s Gd per cwt on the spot. In Olive Oil holders show firm-
ness; Galipoli 521 to 531, Spanish 50110 s to 511., and Barbary