The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-01 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(l~ roan the London Nev, Price Current of Dec. 31.)
StuAtt.- --The importatidn bf Wert India has ex-
ceeded that of the former year by 1,752 hhds and fiettet
and 2,870 barrels. Of Mauritius the quantity received
has been large, exceeding that of the former season by
55,091 bags and 1,000 casks. The home consumption
has been very good, the deli%efies eXCeeding those of
1843 by upwards of 50,000 bags and 800 casks. The
quantity of Bengal imported has been excessive, ex-
ceeding that of 1843 by 81,535 bags and 868 casks.
For home consumption theuantity taken was 2,850
has less, but of casks 484 more than last season.
REFINED.—The market has a firm appearance for
Refined Goods; the home trade are disposed to increase
their stocks, and the supply is small, especially of the
low and middling descriptions ; Brown Lumps are 72s to
728 6d, Standard Lumps 73s to 73s 6d; Tittlers, ordinary
to middling 72s to 73s 6d, good 74s to 755, fine 76s to
83s; Hamburgh Loaves 73. to 82s, double 83s to 90s, and
wet Lumps 70s to 71a; fine yellow West India Sugar is
worth 68i, whereas Standard Lumps are only fetching
73s to 73s 6d per cwt. Bastards are not much wanted.
Pieces are in good demand, and prices rule firm. Treacle
is wanted ; boiled from West India Molasses has been
fetching 198 6d to 20,, patent 218 to 228 6d, and golden
syrup 23s to 27. per cwt. In bonded Crushed Sugar
many contracts have been entered into for forward de-
livery at 30s 3d to 30s 6d per cwt, even at which rates
the refiners are not free sellers. The market has a firm
appearance for Loaves. _

MAURITIUS.—There has not been much inquiry by
private contract, but previous rates are supported ; on
Thursday, however, prices will be put to the test by a
public sale of 5,000 bags. Arrivals are on the increase
The quality of the Sugar is superior to that of last year.
EAST INDlA.—Former prices are supported for all
descriptions of Bengal, and several purchases have been
made by private treaty ; the cheapest descriptions are
middlir.g yellow. For public competition 4,000 bags are
announced. There have been further arrivals. The
market is firm for Foreign Free-labour Sugar, and it is
still the cheapest suitable for shipping or refining here
under bond.

FOREIGN.—The market,has been in a quiet state, as
is usually the case at this period of the season, but
holders are firm, and none of any description is pressing
for sale. There are some purchasers of yellow Ha-
vannah rather under previous quotations, but holders
refusing to sell thereat, there has in consequence been
scarcely any business done. The supply is scanty of
brown Brazil. White has been taken sparingly, but the
offers of lower rates are rejected by holders. In the
value of other kinds of Foreign Sugar there is little
alteration to notice.

TEA.—The market has presented a healthy appear-
ance. The trade are still increasing their stocks of black
and green Tea, and none has been submitted to public
competition. Congou has been in excellent request,
common fetching ltd to 114 d, and good common 110
to is per lb. Of Pouchong there is only a small
quantity remaining in first hands, and the con-
sumption continues to be very large. Twankay,
is much wasted ; sales of common have been made at
18 3d to Is 30, brightish leaf is 4d to is 9d, and Ilyson
kind Is 10d to 2s sd. Hyson, common selling at 2s 6d
to 2s 7d ; middling 2s 8d to 2s 9d ; good 2s 10d to Os ;
fine and very fine 3s Id to 4s 6d. Young Hyson has been
in excellent request at previous rates. Scented Orange
Pekoe has met with ready purchasers at 3s 4d to 3s 5d
per lb. The parcels of Gunpowder disposed of have
been at firm rates, Imperial is firm in price, and in ex-
cellent request. Other descriptions of Tea are in fair
dernand at firm rates, and very few parcels are offering
for sale.

RlM—'l 1-e market is still sparingly supplied with
Bengal ; low white fetching lls to 11s :Id, mid 118 Od
to I 1 s 9d, better 12s to 12s 6d ; the sorts most in re-
quest are those from llsto I Is 9d. For yellow Madras
a good demand exists at 8s to 8s 6d ; for the better
kinds of Java there are not many purchasers.
COFFEE.—There has been more inclination manifested
by the home trade to purchase West India Coffee. In
East India little variation has occurred. For Ceylon
previous improved rates are sustained, and by private
contract several purchases made in good ordinary at 52s
to 53s per cwt. In Plantation kinds the operations are
upon a more extended scale, at former terms. Mocha
has been little called for, but at present it cannot be pur-
chased upon lower terms. In Java very little doing, and
Company's prices are little better than nominal. The
business done in this kind of Coffee has been very small
for some weeks. The value of Singapore, according to
quality, is 30s to 42s per cwt. Holders of other East
India sorts are not inclined to press sales, prices ruling
very low, Sumatra being worth only 20s to 245, and
Padang 24s to 29s per cwt.
Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Since our last report
holders of Leeward Island Rum have shown firmness,
and at previous rates there has been a good business
transacted ; sales of proof made at 2s 3d to 2s 3id, and
five per cent overproof at 2s 4d per gallon. Deme-
rara 3s to 3s 4d per gallon is the value of strong descrip-
tions. The market has a dull appearance for Jamaica ;
3s 6d to 3s 9d is the worth of low and middling, 3s 10d
to 4s 4d for good, and 4s 6d to 5s 6d per gallon for fine
and superior. Calcutta at 2s 2d to 2s 2id per gallon,
proof with certificate. A favourable opinion is en-
tertained towards Brandy : Cogr ac, best brands of the
vintage of 1838, hhds 5s 2d, puns 5s ; ditto, 1839,
hhds 4s Ild, puns 4s 9d ; ditto, 1840, hhds 4s Ild,
puns 4s 9d ; ditto, 1841, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d ; ditto,
1842, hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s 5d ; ditto, 1543, hhds 4s sd,
puns 4s 3d, common 2s 8d to 2s 1 Id, and middling to
good middling 3s to 3s 10d ;_ Bordeaux common 2s 6d to
2s 8d per gallon. Geneva for exportation at is 10d to
Is 11d, and fine fit for duty, 2s 4d to 3s 6d per gallon
English Corn Spirits at lOs 2d per gallon, cash.
SPICES.—BIack Pepper is held for the previous cur-
rency, and a fair demand has existed. Sumatra has been
fetching 21(1 to 21d, Penang 2id to 20, and Malabar
2id to 3id per lb. The market has a firm appearance
for Cassia Lignea, and the purchases made by private
contract hale been at fully former rates: ord fetching
52s to 535, good and fine ord 54s to 55s 6d, lnw mid 56s
to 58s, mid 59s to 60s, good mid to good 61a to 645,' and
fine 65s to 66s per cwt. In some cases there are sellers
of Cinnamon rather under the rates of the last quarterly
sale, but few purchasers are to be met with.
SALTPETRE.—The market has a firm appearance for
rough, and the parcels disposed off privately have been at
very full prices, common fetching 24s to 24s 6d, mid 25s
to 25s 6d, good 26s to 26s 6d, and fine 27s to 27s 6d
per cwt. The consumption has not been so good
as it was last year, and which is to be attributed
to the low rates that have prevailed for Ni-
trate of Soda. English Refined has secured a fair sale
at 29s to 29a 6d ; prices at the end of December, 1843,
were 30s to 30s 6d.

NITRATE of Sopa.—Holders are firmer, and require
12s to 1:Is per cwt in bond, but at present there has been
little doing. The market is in a dull state for Guano,
and prices for African are going down.
COCIIINEAL.—There has been a good demand by pri-
vate contract for Honduras, and the rates paid are in
some cases rather above those previously quoted for black
and silvers ; low and mid kinds are the most in request,
and speculators are still turning their attention towards
the article.

INatuo.--Speculators are still turning their attention
towards East India. There has been a good business
transacted in Bengal, in consequence of the merchants
accepting prices 2d to 4d per lb under those of the
October sale ; low and mid qualities are, however, still
the most preferred. Other kinds of East India sell more
freely at a small discount on the rates of the last quar-
terly sale.
TALLOW.—Holders of Russian manifest firmness, and
a fair business has been transacted on the spot ; P Y
Candle of first quality has been selling currently at
40s 3d to 40s 6d per cwt ; but for forward delivery there
are few purchasers. In Town Tallow there has been a
good deal doing, but at the moderate rates of 40s 6d to
41s per cwt, nett cash ; the market has been well sup-
plied. In the value of other kinds of Tallow there is
scarcely any alteration to notice,

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 31, 1844.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the lion.
Charles Augustus Murray to be Extra Groom in Wait-
ing to her Majesty.
_ WHITEIiALL, DEC. 12.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Norris,
of Newport, in the Isle of Wight, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, Dxc. 31, 1844.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the
Hon. Charles Augustus Murray to be Secretary to her
Majesty's Legation at the Court of Naples.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 30.
The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Rev.
Frederick Anson, jun., Master of Arts, the place and
dignity of a Canon of her Majesty's Free Chapel of St.
George, in her Majesty's Castle of Windsor, void by the
death of the Hon. and Rev. RiChard Bruce Stopford.
PRINCE OF WALES' COUNCIL-CHAMBER,
SOMERSET-HOUSE, DEC. 28.
Her Majesty has been pleased to direct that letters
patent shall be prepared for the appointment of Edward
Smirke, Esq., to be Solicitor-General to his Royal High-
ness the Prince of Wales.
WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 31.
2d Regiment of Dragoons—Captain J. Stuart, from
half-pay Unattached, to be Captain (repaying the differ-
ence), vice M. G. Adams, who exchanges; Capt. E. Croker,
from half-pay 84th Foot, to be Captain, vice J. Stuart,
who exchanges ; Lieutenant H. M. ampbell to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Croker, who retires; Cornet
W. F. Carruthers to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Campbell ; George Henry Earl of Mount-Charles to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Carruthers, Dec. 31.
16th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. W. P.
Waugh to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bonham, who
retires ; Cornet W. K. Orme to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Waugh; G. B. Williams, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Orme, Dec. 31.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Major and Brevet Colonel
B. Drummond to be Lieutenat-Colonel, by purchase,
vice W. H. Scott, who retires upon half-pay Unattached;
Captain and Lieutent-Colonel Henry Colvile to be
Major, by purchase (with the rank of Colonel in the
army), vice B. Drummond; Brevet-Colonel J. E. Cairnes,
from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain and Lieute-
nant-Colonel, vice Colvile ; Lieutenant and Captain
C. J. J. Hamilton to be Captain and Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase, vice Cairnes, who retires :
Ensign and Lieut. J. H. E. Dalrymple to be Lieutenant
and Captain, by purchase, vice Hamilton ; Ensign Sir E.
Poore, Bart., from 32d Foot, to be Ensign and Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Dalrymple, Dec.3l.
20th Regiment of Foot—J. G. Hay, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Coffin, who retires, Dec. 31.
27th Foot—Lieut. W. Butler,
to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Byrne, deceased ;
Ensign A. Dalzell, to
be Lieutenant, vice Butler, Sept. 20 ; Gentleman Cadet
B. Thomas, from the Royal Military College, to be En-
s;gn, vico Dalzell, Dec. 31.
29th Foot—Ensign St. G. M. Nugent to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Mackworth, who retires ; A. A.
Dick, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Nugent,
Dec. 31.