The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-21 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of Aug. 20.)
SuGA.R.—lmporters of West India submitting to a de-
cline on previous rates of 6d per cwt, has occasioned a
considerable increase in the demand for all descriptions.
To-day West India Sugar was in excellent request for
the scale and refining purposes ; and the rates paid were
6d per cwt above those previously quoted for good and
fine yellow kinds ; all other sorts fully sustained
the former currency ; some boards of fine yellow
Antigua were disposed of at 66s 6d to 68s per cwt; the
private purchases reached 550 hhds, &c. At a public
sale of 144 hhds 6 trcs of Barbadoes Sugar, the trade
evinced little inclination to operate in consequence of the
large proportion of Foots it contained; prices declined
6d to is per cwt, and a part only sold; fine yellow 63s 6d
to 64s ; good 61s to 62s ; good middling 59s to 595 6d ;
and middling 57s to 58s 6d per cwt.
REFINED.—The home trade have been induced to

take large parcels of refined goods, in consequence of
lower rates having been accepted. To-day a good deal
'of business has been transacted in Refined goods, but
prices do not improve; brown lumps selling at 72s 6d
to 735, and Standard Lumps 73s 6d: Bonded Crushed
Sugar is much wanted, and sales for delivery made at
27s 3d to 27s 6d per cwt.
MAURITIUS.—The market having been largely sup
plied, has produed a decline on former rates of 6d per
cwt. A good demand, however, has prevailed for all
descriptions—fine yellow at 62s 6d to 63a 6d, good mid-
dling to good 57s to 59s 6d, low to middling 53s to
56s 6d, good to fine brown 50s to 535, middling to good
middling 46s to 49s 6d, low and very low 40s to 455,
common to middling grey 52s to 565, and good 56s 6d to
58s per cwt; the chief part consisted of the lower qualities.
This afternoon a fair demand existed, principally for
all sorts of Mauritius, and former prices were maintained;
there was no public sale.
EAST INDlA..—lmporters of Bengal Sugar have again
supplied the market freely, good and fine white and
strong yellow sorts met with ready purchasers at full
prices, but for all inferior kinds the demand has been
limited, and a reduction on former rates of 6d to Is per
cwt has been accepted. This afternoon some desire was
shown to purchase Bengal Sugar, and the parcels sold
privately were at full prices.
FoßEici+.—To-day there was no public sale, but pri-
vately some parcels of brown Bahia were sold at 18s to

19s per cwt. The Dutch Trading Company have de-
clared 45,000 baskets and boxes of Java Sugar for auc-
tion on the sth of September.
MOLASSES.—For West India the demand has consi-
derably increased • Demerara good at 22s to 22s 6d,
Antigua 235, St. Vincent 225, St. Kitts 20s to 225, and
other sorts of
Molasses at 24s to 25s per cwt. InEast
India the operations are extremely limited at 14s to lis ;
of West India Tamarinds 50 kegs at auction were taken
in at 56s per cwt. To-day 50 puns St. Vincent's Mo-
lasses were sold at 22s per cwt.
COCOA.—West India has been in brisk request, and
an advance in prices of 2s per cwt has taken place ; Tri-
nidad fine red at 475, good 45s 6d to 465, middling and
good middling 41s 6d to 445, ordinary 403 to 40s 6d, and
fair to good grey 40s to 42s 6d : 490 bags 4 barrels of
Grenada fetched 41s to 42s 6d for good middling and
good red, and middling 403 ; Dominica 41s per cwt. In
Foreign more business has been transacted at previous
rates.

TEA.—lmporters of black and green Tea have shown
firmness, but there has been a falling off in the demand.
If merchants had submitted to a slight decline in prices,
it would have occasioned the principal part of the Tea
offered to bo disposel of. To-day there was more busi-
ness transacted in Tea, and the market has a firm appear-
ance ; sales of common and good sound common Congou,
cash, made privately at lOid to Is per lb.
COFFEE.—lmporters of West India are not disposed
to submit to lower prices, and supply the market spa-
ringly. This afternoon Mocha Coffee was in limited
demand, and of 817 bales at auction a very small part
only found buyers at a decline on previous rates of is
per cwt—middling brownish clean garbled went at
70s 6d to 71s 6d, rather broken 56s to 58s,
triage 20s to 225, but the remainder of sound
quality was taken in at 72s for good mid greenish, 68s to
70s for mid, 58s for ord, and 82s for good yellow. Cey-
lon was in slow request, and 215 bags at auction were
only partly sold at rather lower rates—low mid pale
B. P. sort at 85s, fine fine ord coloury 75s 6d to 76s 6d,
fine ord 65s to 70s, pea berry 81s to 935, ordinary pale
535, triage 35s to 475, sea damaged fetched 44s to 595. Of
other sorts of East India 1,348 bags were offered ; sound
nearly all taken in at easy prices; good Singapore Jaya at
425, good ord Padang 28s to 295, and low black Sumatra
at 23s ; sea damaged Padang, however, sold at 23s to
25s 6d, and a few lots of good ord Madras Coffee at
45s 6d to 465, and Mysore at 46s to 46s Gd per cwt. In
Ceylon little business was transacted privately, and 54s

to 55s accepted for good ord.
SPICES.—The market has been well supplied with
black Pepper since Tuesday last. This afternoon at
auction 60 casks 107 bags African Ginger were taken in
at 56s ; 72 bags of Bengal at 255, 100 bags of Malabar at
255, being above the value, and 16 casks of Mace from
New York at 2s 6d per lb for common.
SALTPETRE.—To-day less desire was shown to pur-
chase rough, and 2,490 bags of Calcutta at public sale
were nearly all taken in generally at previous rates, viz.,
121 per cent refraction mid grey at 245, 11i to 91 ditto
24s 6d, 9 to 81 ditto 255, a few lots were sold at 24s 6d
for 111 to 10 per cent mid grey, and unrefracted 24s to
24s 6d per cwt, being barely former prices.
RICE.—To-day Bengal Rice met with less attention,
at a decline on former prices of 3d per cwt ; mid white
went at lOs 6d to 11s, good mid bold Ils to 1 ls 6d, good
Ils 6d, sea damaged 5s to I Is. Indigo damaged I ls,
but fine bold white was all taken in at Ils 6d to 12s.
Madras sold Sd to 6d per cwt cheaper: ord to good yel-
low fetched 8s to Bs. 6d, and mid white lOs 6d per cwt.
TALLOW.—The transactions in Russian, on the spot,
have been upon a more extended scale, and prices are
firmer ; P. Y. Candle, 41s to 41s 6d per cwt ; for de-
livery, at 41s 9d to 42s for the last three months of the
year. For other sorts of yellow prices are firmer; New
South Wales fetched 36s to 42s 3d ; 211 South American
35s 9d to 37s 6d; North American, 40 to 425; Cape, 44s
3d; Town Tallow at 403 6d to 4ls per cwt nett cash.
To .day for Russian Tallow rather higher rates were
paid, 4ls to 42s on the [spot, and 42s per cwt for de-
livery in the last three months of the year.
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