The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-15 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of March 15.)
SUGAR.—To-day rather lower rates being accepted for West
India Sugar, making the decline from the highest point this
year is to Is 6d per cwt, tempted this refiners to come forward
more freely, but the grocers operated reluctantly, and the gene-
ral appearance of the market was heavy •, 110 hhds were sold,
making the total sales for the week 500 hhds.
REFINED.—The demand has been trifling for all descrip-
tions of refined goods for home consumption during the week,
and a greater desire shown on the part of the refiners to sell,
who have submitted to a reduction on last Friday's rates of Is.
per cwt. To-day the home trade purchased refined goods
cautiously; brown Lumps 75s to 75s 6d, standard Lumps
76s 6d to 77s per cwt ; there is a good display of samples for
sale. Bonded Crushed Sugar is difficult of sale, and"2ss 9d
per cwt is the value of first sort.
MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the trade evinced little desire
to do business, and of 3,993 bags at public sale, a small part
only was disposed of, at a further decline of 6cl per cwt; tine
yellow went at 64s to 66s 6d, good 62s 6d to 63s 6d, middling
60s Gd to 625, low 59s 6d, fine grey 63s to 63s 6d, middling to
good 61s to 62s 6d, ordinary 59s 6d to 60s per cwt.
EAST INDIA.—This Afternoon Bengal Sugar was taken
sparingly, 331 bags 50 casks at public sale, the sound of the
former all taken in—good white at 65s 6d to 66s 6d, middling
645, damp and washed sold at 62s to 64s 6d, being about yes-
terday's rates, damp low brown in casks went at 50s per cwt,
being higher.
FOREIGN.—Holders of yellow Havannah for the most part
are not disposed to take lower rates. This afternoon Bahia
white sold at 23s to 03 6d for good dry, 22s to 22s 6d for mid-
dling, 21s to 21s 6d for ordinary, being rather eheaper ; good
yellow taken in at 19s to 19s 6d, and middling 18s 6d per cwt ;
of the other sorts, a small part only sold, at a fall of is per
ewt ; Maceie, yellow went at 17s to 19s 6d, and damaged 141
to 14s 6d ; Pernambuco, damaged white 18e to 20s ; sound
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full rates. Mocha has brought full prices, and the demand pri-
vately is good ; sales made at 73s to 75s for middling
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sold at full rates ; good d' or 'nary pale fetched 70s, mixed
68s to 69s 6d, and triage 63s
Si , other East I
ndia
sorts were little sought after ; 478 bags • Singapore Java at
public sale went Is to 2s lower ; good ordinary mixed brown
sold at 35s to 375, good green 38s 6d to 39s 6d ; 180 bags
Padang taken in at 32s for mixed. The closing prices of good
ordinary Ceylon were 70s to 70s 6d per cwt.
TEA.—There has been less activity in the market this week ;
the purchases made by private contract have been upon a small
scale only in black as well as in green Tea; good and fine de-
scriptions arc held with firmness, but in some cases rather
lower rates taken for the inferior qualities, of which the supply
principally consists. To-day there was little passing in the
Tea market ; some parcels of sound common Congou for
moneyare offering at Is 00 per lb.
MOLASSES.—West India at a decline of Is per cwt this
week ; Demerara fine 26s ' • St. Kitts fair 24s 6d and fine 25s
to 26. Bengal Syrup without change.
Cocov.—Trinidad fine red 58s to 60s, good 56 to 57s low to
middling sls to 555, and grey 49s to 54s per cwt. Foreign at
285 to 32s per cwt.