The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-12 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

- (From the London New Price Current of Aug. 12.)
SUGAR—To-day West India Sugar of every sort was
- purchased with eagerness by refiners and grocers, there
was a good demand for the outports, and the rates paid
• exhibit an advance on those of Friday of fully 6d per
cwt ; the supply has become small, and merchants
are sanguine in their expectations as to the
future position of the market. At public sale 125
hhds 1 tierce of Barbadoes Sugar went briskly at a rise
on the rates of the last auction of 6d to ls, good yellow
fetched 52s to 535, middling 504 to 51s, and low 49s 6d ;
225 hhds 5 barrels of St Vincent's went at a similar
rise, low strong grey fetching 47s to 46s 6d, middling
48s to 495, and good 50s. The total purchases amounted
to the large quantity of 1,300 hhds and tierces.
REFINED.—Today home trade goods were in excel-
lent request, and only a small quantity remained unsold,
brown Lumps for the scale are selling at 67s to 68s, and
standard Lumps 69s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar
is wanted at 43s per cwt for the best ; but little is to be
purchased on the spot or for delivery.
Maxamus.—This afternoon the business transacted
privately was at a further rise in prices, and there are
many orders in the in irket unexecuti d.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon at public sale 79 bags
of Bens•al Sugar, fresh water damaged, were sold at
48, 6,1 for yetlimi:ll. By private treaty several parcels
of vari •us sorts found buyers at stiffeirates ; Madras
was sought after, and prices are still on the rise.
CocoA.—This afternoon at auction 227 bags Para
Cocoa sold at 33s to 35, 6d for low grey, 26s to 30s
Grl
for sea damaged, and 28s 6d to 29s 6d for sea damaged
and repacked.
FOREIGN.—To-day Foreign Sugar was sought after,
hut the high rates that were insisted upon checked busi-
ness in the private market; at public sale 1,501 boxes of
Trieidad de Cuba were taken in is to 2s above the vaiue,
viz., middling yellow at 29s to 30s, good 30s 6d to 318,
tine 31s 6rl to 32s 6d, very fine strong bright 33s to 34s
6d, and good white 39s to 40s per cwt.
CoFFEE.—This afternoon Ceylon Coffee was in excel-
len.; request privately—good ord at 45s 6d to 46s ; of
2,051 bags offrred at public sale, the sound, good ord
Native, was all withdrawn, but the damaged sold at
stiffer rates—sea damaged Ist class at 44s to 44s 6d ; 2d
class 42s to 42s 6d ; 3d class, 40s 6d to 41s ; 4th class,
36516 d ; re-packed 335, country damaged 445, and
of
one lot of common ragged 44s ; a few
Plantation went at higher prices—fine ord brown
at 60. 6d, fine tine ord coloury 67s 6d to 70s, real
good ord yellowish 50s 6d to 535, fine ord grey 63s 6d,
triage 34s to 395, pea berry 75s 6d, sea damaged 56s 6d
to 58s. 108 bags of Trinidad de Cuba went as follows—
fine ord at 41s 6d, good ord 36s 6d to 38s, ord 355, ragged
303 6d to 33s 6d, and sea damaged 30s to 35s 6d. 60
hags of Company's Java sold at stiff rates—fine heavy
coloury fetching 50s to 545, and sea damaged, 445. 97 bags
Costa Rica—fine ord 48s to 50s ;15 bales Mocha—good
mid yellow long bean 62s 6d to 70s, and 25 bags St. Do-
mingo—good ord 32s 6d to 333 per cwt. Foreign and
Foreign East India were much sought after privately,
and stiffer rates paid ; 2,ooobaingsgoeve3rses, iosoßld; ingaporc
Java good ord at 41s, St. Dom
and fuze ord Padang 9916 d.