The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-27 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of Jan. 26.)
Suoaa.--The transactions in the West India Sugar market
have been upon a small scale only this week. To-day the small
parcels ofgood and fine yellow West India on show sold readily
at full and in some cases at rather higher rates; inferior de-
scriptions brought fully as much money, and more desire was
shown to do business; in all 1,150 hhds have been sold for the
week.

REFINED.—OnIy a moderate demand has prevailed for Re-
lined Goods for home consumption this week, and rather lower
rates have been accepted in some instances. Prices are still
going down for Bonded Crushed Sugar, and the purchases
made have been upon a small scale only at 255 6.1 to 25, 9d per
cwt for first quality. The market is still firm for Loaves.
Treacle has been more in demand at lOs 6d to 11s.
Bastards 18s to I 9s for yellow, and at 14s to 15s 6d per cwt for
brown. Pieces at •2Os to 23s per cwt. To-day the home trade
were large buyers of Refined goods, paying 75s 6d for Standard
and 74s 6d for brown grocery Lumps.
MAURITIUS.—Sugar of direct importation and of good
quality has been sought after ; several parcels have been sold
at former rates ; in one contract SOO bags were disposed of, the
bulk at 63s per cwt for strong grey.
EAST INDlA.—Manilla Sugar has been little inquired for,
and went rather lower. In Java prices are unaltered. This
afternoon the demand for Bengal was checked by the advanced
rates asked; at public sale, 1,334 bags were offered, the sound
nearly all taken in Is to 2s above the value—viz., good white
at 68s Cd to 69s 6d, middling 67s 6d to 68s, ordinary yellow
60s 6d, middling 63a, damp partly sold at 61s 6d to 695,
washed 60s to 65s 6d, and damp yellow 57s to 60s per cwt.
FOREIGN.—YeIIow Havannah is held for late prices; white
may be had at low terms ; brown and yellow Brazil are held for
the former currency.
MOLASSES.—Purchases in West India cannot be made upon
lower terms, but the amount of business done has been trifling
during the week.
COFFEE.—AII clean qualities of West India are much
wanted by the town and country trade, and rather higher rates
have been paid. This afternoon Ceylon Coffee was disposed of
at 6d to Is advance; unclean Berbice low middling
at 88s, good and fine ordinary 60s to 6.55, low 46s to 50s;
3lccha, mid bright yellow 7t) 6,1 to 71s 6d ; Costa Rica taken
in at 50a for good ord. Company's Java sold at 47s to 48s for
good ord pale yellow ; sea damaged 43s to 43s 6d for first class,
and 36s 6,1 for second and third class. Sound goad ord Ceylon
at 64s 6d to 65s per cwt.
Cocoa.—The good and fine qualities of West India have
commanded former rates, but inlet ior sorts are difficult of sale.
In Foreign little has been done privately, Bahia taken in at 31s '
for good red.
TEA.—The large public sales were brought to a conclusion
on Monday ; the demand throughout was good for all descrip-
tions of black Tea. Green attracted attention. The trade on
the whole were disposed to get well stocked, at what may be
termed low prices fur black Tea. To-day there was little de-
sire shown to purchase Tea; at public sale 5,777 packages
were offered, 2,355 consisted of Pouchong, which chiefly found
buyers at 41,0 to Is for low spurious to good ord, being the
full worth ; but of other sorts of Tea a small part only sold,
yet former rates were sustained.
CASSIA LIGNEA.—This afternoon Cassia Lignea was in
better request privately ; good ordinary fetched 55s to 565,
low middling to middling 57s to 625, good to fine 63s to 67s
per ewt.
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Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Jamaica Rum, 34
35 per cent overproof rather high flavoured at 4s 6d, 33 to 35
per cent over 3s 4d to 4s, middling 3s Id to 3s 3d, and common
23 to 30 per cent over 2s 103 to 3s per gallon. Leewards at
Is 10d to Is 101,,A for common, and at Is lld proof for good
brown. Deniciara 35 per cent and upwards 2s 10d
to 3s. Proof Calcutta Rum at Is 73, with certificate.
For Brandy advanced rates paid. Cognac best brands of
the vintage of 1838, hhds at 5s 9d, puns 5s 7d ; 1839.
hhds 5s 6d, puns 5s 4d ; 1840, hhds 5s 4d, puns 5s 2d ; 1841
hhda 5s 2d, puns ss; 1842, hhds ss, puns 4s 103, and low
to middling sorts 3s to 4s per gallon. Geneva for shipping
Is 10d to Is I Id, and fine pale for home consumption 2s 44 to
3s per gallon. English Corn Spirits are lOs for large and
lOs 2d per galleon for small parcels.
SAGO at I Is 6d to 12s far common, and at 15s to 16s for
middling bold Pearl; I6s to 163 6d for middling grey, and
11s 6d for good middling. Sago Flour is 18s to 183 6d per
cwt. Tapioca, fine at 6ct to 61d, good 4:!4d to sd, and inferior
2d to 3;d; Jamaica Arrowroot fetched 7d per lb for good, and
St. Vincent qd per lb.
RICE.—For Java rather lower prices have been accepted.
Madras at easier rates. For Bengal prices are barely sup-
ported. Cleaned Rice at 21s to 26s for Carolina, and at 13s
to 17s per cwt for Patna.
Isnico.—The quarterly sale of East India concluded on
Wednesday. To-day East India Indigo was sought after, and
several parcels were disposed of at the rates previously es-
tablished. There has been an increased desire shown to buy
Spanish Indigo.
COCIIINEAL.—This afternoon three parcels of Cochineal,
amounting to about 187 bags Honduras, were brought to public
sale, and sold at steady sates ; silvers at 4s 2d to 4s 6d, and two
blacks at 5s 4d to 5s 7d per lb.
OILS.— Ihe trade have purchased common descriptions of
Fish Oils with caution all the week. Seal, pale of first quality
at 36/ per tun ; Cod, 32/ to 32/ 10s; Southern, 33/ to 371 per
tun for low to fine quality. Sperm Oil at 721 for
British, and 70/ per tun for American. Linseed Oil
at '63 6d to 26s 93 per cwt. Rape, pale at 36s to
3Gs 6d, and brown 35s to 35s Gd per cwt. Cocoa
Nut Oil 32s to 33s per cwt. Palm, good and fine at 28s Gd to
29s per cwt. North American Lard Oil 42/ to 431 per tun.
'This afternoon Ceylon Cocoa Nut Oil taken in at 33a to 33s
6d for fine. Palm Oil sold, good at. 27s 3d to 27s 6d, low to
mid 22564 to 26s (3d, and very low at 21s per cwt. Olive Oil
brought advanced rates, Gallipoli at 46/ to 47/, and other sorts
42/ to 431 per tun.
TALLow.—Town Tallow at 42s to 42s Gd per cwt, nett
cash. P Y Candle on the spot at 40s 9d to 41s for
first quality.
American
For delivery 41s 63 to 42s for the last three
months of the year.
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To-day for Russian Tallow 4 l a s
on the spot ; 2d sort Yellow Candle 39s 5d to 40s 6d , North
American Tallow at 33s 3d to 40s 9d ; South American. 38s Gd
to 39s ; East India Tallow at 39s to 40s 6d • , North American
Stearine Lard taken in at 34s 3d to 375; North American Lard
32s 9d per cwt.

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