The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-25 00:00:00

:PARTMENT.

Government secu-
rities (includ-
ing Dead Weight
Annuity)
Other securities
Notes
Gold and silver
coin

£31,201,700
EtSHALL, Chief Cashier.
,ober, 1844.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From th• London New Price Current of Oct. 25.)

SUGAR.—To-day there was a fair business transacted
in the British Plantation Sugar market, and 400 hhds
were disposed of at former rates for yellow, but for
brown, importers were compelled to take easier prices.
The total purchases for the week are 1,830 hhds and
trcs. A board of fine yellow Jamaica fetched 68s per cwt.
REFINED.—To-day purchases to a fair extent were
made :in refined goods by the home trade, at the rates
previously quoted. Of bonded Crushed Sugar there is
still very little offering ; sales made at 28s, and in small
packages at 28s 3d to 28s 6d per cwt.
MAURITIUS.—This afternoon 98 bags at auction sold
at rather lower rates—mid yellow at 545, low at 51s 6d,
mid brown 465, and very low black 39s per cwt. The
quantity left in importers hands is reduced to 12,000 bags.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon at public sale 567 bags
of Madras Sugar were offered, and sold at a decline of
Is 6d to 2s per cwt—strong bright foxey brown went at
42s 6d to 435, washed 40s 6d to 435, damp 43s 6d to 45s
6d ; 720 bags Bengal were offered, the quality of nearly the
whole of which was very inferior, and sold at low rates,
fully 2s under former prices—low dingy yellow went at
48s to 51s, mid 52s 6d to 54s 6d, good mid 555, damp
and washed 48s 6d to 50s 6d, good white 63s 6d, damp
60s 6d, low dingy grey sulphury 50s to 51s, rather better
52s to 53s 6d, and damp 44s to 53s per cwt.
FOREIGN—This afternoon at public sale 28 mats of
Carthagena Sugar were taken in at 20s for strong bright
yellow, and rather inferior at 18s per cwt. By private
contract 200 baskets yellow Java sold at is 6d per cwt.
MOLASSES.—For West India several inquiries have
prevailed this week, but stiffer rates being required by
the merchants business has been checked, and not many
parcels have been disposed of : there is nothing to be
purchased under 21s per cwt. The stock is not so large
as it was, and the deliveries continue to be very good ;
of East India small parcels have been disposed of at 15s
to 16s per cwt.
COFFEE.—Although there are settlers of West India
upon further reduced terms, still few purchasers are to
be met with, and the market has a very dull appearance ;
the supply still consists chiefly of ordinary, good and fine
ordinary. This afternoon there was very little de-
mand for Ceylon Coffee, and at public sale 349 bags
were taken in at 51s to 51s 6d for good ordinary ; the
highest price bid being 50s in3r cwt. For British Plan-
tation there are few orders ; 58 casks Jamaica were of-
fered and sold at lower prices ; fine fine ordinary and
low middling at 62s to 70s, :fine ordinary 51s to 555, in-
ferior 45s to 48s, and Triago 32s 60 bags Carthagena
went at 32s to 35s per cwt for bold pale.
COCOA.—West India has been in excellent request, and
the rates paid are rather above those previously quoted :
at public sale, 344 bags 53 barrels of Trinidad were all
sold ' • fine red at 50s, good 47s to 48s, middling 44s to
45s 6d, low 42s 6d to 435, low grey 42s to 42s 6d, mid
43s to 43s 6d : 21 bags of Grenada fetched 50s for fine
red, and 45s to 46s for dull red. Prices are still on the
advance for Foreign, the supply being small ; sales pri-
vately made at 32s 6d to 33s for Para, and 35s to 36s
per cwt for Guayaquil.
TEA.—The public sales were brought to a conclusion
on Monday ; the biddings thro'ghout were languid, and
of the total quantity brought. forward, amounting to
41,518 pkgs, the very small pr oportion of only 5,800
found purchasers, at a decline a n the last auctions of -id
to id for Congou, to ld for infi :nor Twankay, 2d to 3d
for Hyson, 2d for Gunpowder, I d to Id for Caper and
young Hyson, and /d to I d per lb ti )rPouchong; other sorts
of Tea sustained the former currency. Since the sales the
demand has been very limit ed for inferior sorts of
Congou, and rather lower r. stes have been accepted,
common selling at 9/d to 10d, and good common 10/d
to lid per lb, cash; but in t' tie better kinds a large
amount of business has been trai isacted at firm rates; in-
deed of fine Congou there is not s ufficient at market to sa-
tisfy the demand. Twankay of 0r(74 quality is cheaper,
sales of yellow leaf made at is 1i i U is 2d per lb, but the
better sorts are wanted, at Is 3(1 to is Bd, and Hyson
kind is 9d to 2s sd. Hyson, 2 s ./(1 to 2s 9d for mid-
dling to middling, and 2s 10d to 3s 9d for better qua-
lity. Gunpowder at 3s to 4s 6(1 .for middling to fine ;
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rent rates paid. For Souchong thin, e has decidedly been
a better demand at former rates . The low prices that
prevail for Caper have caused I 311, :erS to operate more
freely. Young Hyson is not muc hii i request, andprices
rule high.
SPICES.—This afternoon at p td lie sale 100 bags of
Pimento were taken in at 41€1 pe r :lb, being above their
value. 29 bags of white Pepper a t .5d for middling. 609
bags Malabar Ginger partly sold 24 36s to 448 6d for
rather small, being cheaper.
SAGO.—Tha demand is on the increase, and prices
are looking up ; holders show fc mness, and none has
been offered at public sale ; the at xk is reduced to a
small ebb ; common pearl has bee n selling at 14s to 15s,
middling 16s to 18, good 19s to 2 ls, and fine 22s to
246 per cwt. Sago Flour at 18s • .to 19s per cwt. Of
bags
of the supply still exceeds 0 133 ie demand:
of Rio at public sale were nearly a 1 1 taken in at 4P to
5d per lb. For Arrowroot prices • are kept low by the
large stock.
RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANT ,81.—There has been a
ailing off in the demand for Jr epiaica Rum this week