The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-02 00:00:00

ENGLAND.

Bank of England £21,448,000
Private Banks
Joint-Stock Banks 3,340,326

SCOTLAND.
Chartered, Private, and Joint-Stock Banks 2,903,322
IRELAND.

Bank of Ireland 3,440,700
Private and Joint-Stock Banks

Total
Bullion in the Bank of England £15,485,000
HENRY L. WICKHAM.
Stamps and Taxes, Aug. 2, 1844.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of Aug. 2.)
SUGAR.-To-day the market was in a tranquil state for
West India Sugar : grocers and refiners operated with cal-
; tion, and only 280 hhds were sold at prices 6d to Is per cwt
6 under those of last Friday for inferior, yellow and brown, but
0 bright yellow kinds sustained the previous currency. The
7 total sales fur the week are 1,700 hhds and trcs.
s
5 REFINED.-To-day the refiners, submitting to rather lower
6 rates, tempted the grocers to purchase more freely. Sales
were made at 74s to 74s 6d for brown, and 75s 6d to 76s per
cwt for standard Lumps. For crushed there appears still a
3 good demand, but little offering, and prices remain very firm,
)I,i the refiners having large contracts for forward delivery to
,5 complete. Loaves continue in fair demand.
$.,1 MAuurrrus.-This afternoon there was a large public sale
5Z of Mauritius Sugar; the good and fire yellow sorts fetched
i very full rates, but inferior brown and grey went off
i heavily, and 6d to Is per cwt under former rates ; nearly the
3% whole, however, was disposed of as follows :-fineyellow at 62s
i% to 645, good 59s to 61s 6d, good mid 57s to 58s 6d, mid 55s to
!s4 56s 6d, low 54s to 54s 6d, fine brown 53s to 53s 6d, good 51s
?% to 52s 6d, mid 48s 6d to 50s, low 44s to 45s 6d, very low
1% black 41s to 425, low grey 49s to 50s 6d, mid 52s 6d to 545,
, good 55s to 58s, and line 59s to 51s per cwt.
q EAST INDIA.-This afternoon Bengal Sugar was not much
Iliin request privately, but 238 bags at public sale were all
sold at full rates-tine white at 64s to 67s 6d, mid 61s 6el to
625, damp 60s to 655, and mid sound yellow 58s to 58s 6d 1
per cwt.
FOREIGN.-For all descriptions of Brazil Sugar, this week,
; full rates have been paid. This afternoon Porto Rico Sugar
)16 sold at stiff rates, fine yellow at 21s, good 19s 6d to 20, mid-
-3 dling 19s, logwood stained 17s 6d to 18s 6d ; privately there
0% was an increased demand for all sorts. Yellow Havannali
° sold at 19s 9d, a small parcel of fine at 21s 6d; white Ha-
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vannah at 29s to 30s per cwt for good qualit.
0,4 MOLASSES.-Arrivals of West India have again been very
114 large; there are sellers at further reduced rates. In East
li India Molasses scarcely any business has been transacted.
14 To-day easier rates, 23s per cwt for Dominica.
Cocos..-For West India prices have still a downward
% tendency ; Trinidad good red at 44s to 44s 6d, mid and good
mid 40s to 425, and ordinary 363 to 37s ; Grenada taken in
-fine bright red at 41s, mid 37s 6d, and low 34s per cwt.
536 The market for Foreign is in a very dull state.
Rn.z.-For Carolina prices are steady-dressed duty paid
at 21s to to 265, ditto, in bond, IBs to 20s, and ditto imported
,IN 13s to 16s 6d per cwt. This afternoon Bengal Rice sold at
lls to lls 6d for good white, lOs 6d to lls for first class sea
damaged, lOs to lOs 6d for second, 8s to 8s 6d for third, 7s to
7s 6d for fourth, and 8s 6d to Ils for oil damaged.
COFFEE.-The market has been better supplied with West
India Coffee of all sorts this week, and importers submitting
'34 to a reduction on former rates of Is. to 2s per cwt for clean
descriptions, has occasioned the home trade to purchase largely.
For Mocha, prices have an upward tendency.
q The afternoon Ceylon Coffee at an advance on former rates
of 6d to is per cwt; ord ragged went at 535, good ord 55s
14 to 565, very good ord 575, fine ord Plantation sort 61s 6d to
A 655, pea berry 81s, sea dam first class 55s to 58s, second do,
47s to 565, third do 45s to 51s, fourth do 45s triage, 30s to
47s 6d. very low 17s to 20s, and sea dam 30s to 41s per cwt.
3, TEA.-The market has presented a brisker appearance for
'• nearly every description of Tea since Friday; merchants
have shown firmness, and none has been submitted to public
' competition. To-day a fair business was transacted in the
444 Tea market at firm rates ; sales of common Congou, cash,
were made at I Id, and good common Ilid to Is Oid per lb.
SAGO at stiffer rates; common 13s per cwt; large bright
Pearl fetched 18s 6d. Sago Flour at 18s to 19s per cwt.
Fine Bermuda Arrow Root went at is 2d to is 3d; middling
and good 8d to Is. St. Vincent's 6d. Tois les Mois 6d per lb.
Rum' BnAsary, AND HOLLANDS.-The demand has been
brisk for Jamaica Rum, fair quality 30 to 34 per cent over
u proof at 3s 3d to 3s 4d, better 33 to 36 over 3s 6d to 3s Bd,
g good 34 to 36 over 3e 10d to 4s, and fine 4s 2d to 4s 6d per
gallon. Demerara, 3s 3d to 3s 4d paid for 37 to 38 per cent
over proof. Leewards at 2s 3d per gallon, proof strength.
, Calcutta at is lldto is lid per gallon proof. East India
NI the home deliveries are not half of what they were
Di last year, but for exportation they are much larger ;
the stock is 3,806 casks less than in 1843. The mar-
ket for Brandy is in a dull state ; holders experience
difficulty in obtaining 5s 3d for Cognac in hhds of the best
brands of the vintage of 1838, and 5s Id for puns ; ditto 1839,
n'
hhds 5s Id, puns 4s lld ; ditto 1840, hhda ss, puns 4s 10d ;
.a ditto, 1841, hhds 4s 11d, puns 4s 9d ; ditto 1842, hhds 45 Bd,
puns 48 6d; mid and good mid sorts 2s lld to 4s 6d, and low
14 and very low 2s 7d to 2s 10d per gallon ; common Geneva at
' is 10d to is lid; fine fit for home consumption is 23 8d to
3s 6d per gallon. English Corn Spirits lOs 4d per gallon, cash.
INuroo.--Since the conclusion of the quarterly sale of East
India Indigo, there has been an excellent demand for all de-
scriptions for home consumption and exportation ; the rates
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Indigo holders submit to a reduction on former rates of
2d per lb.
011s.-Prices for Southern Oil, rule lOs to 203
per tun under those of this day week ; good quality
I low dark 26/ 158 27l ss. For Seal Oil 35/ to
I 35/ lOs per tun accepted for pale. Cod is held for 33/10s
to :34/ Holders of Sperm manifest firmness, 841 to 851
eper tun being paid for prime British ; at auction 5 tuns
% fetched 83/ for Oil, and 88/ for Headmatter. Linseed
Oil 25s 6d to 25s 9d per cwt. Rape Oil is plentiful.
36s 6d to 37s accepted for pale, and 35s 6d to 36s for brown.
ig Palm Oil at 27s to 28a per cwt for good and Ile quality.