The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-26 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the 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 foxy brown went at
42s Gd 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 55s damp
and washed 48s Gd to 50s 6d, good white 63s Gd, 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 18$ per cwt. By private
contract 200 baskets yellow Java sold at is Gd 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 sellers of West India
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upon further reduced terms, still few pphasers are
be met with, and the market has a very dull
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the supply still consists chiefly of ordinary, go
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 per 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 Triage_ 32s ; 60 bags Carthagena
went at 32s to 355 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,
45s 6d, low 42s 6d to 435, low grey middling 44s to
fetchedsto 42s 6d, mid
43s to 43s 6d : 21 bags o Grenadasos for fine
red, arid 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.