The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-26 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

( From the London New Price. Current of August 26.)
SUGAR.—The dulness in the British Plantation Sugar
market has increased this week ; this is principally to be
ascribed to the unsettled state of afairs in the manufac-
turing districts. The demand has been limited from the

grocers, and the refiners have for the most part refrained
from purchasing ; importers have been desirous to sell,
and have submitted to a reduction on last Friday's rates
of 6d per cwt. To-day the market fur West India Mus-
cuvadoes Sugar was in a dull state and the prices ac-
cepted were in favour of buyers, making the decline for
the week 6d to is per cwt, and the purchases only 1,200
hhds and trs. A public sale of 100 hhds Barbacloes
Sugar teis afternoon went off quietly at former rates—
fine yellow fetcned 65s 6d, good 63s to 64s 6d, and mid
62s 6d per cat.

REFINED.-The market for Refined Sugar has pre-
sented a dull appearance all the week, and prices have
further given way 6d to Is per cwt ; brown meltm(r
lumps at 70s to 725, brown grocery 73s to 755, standard'
lumps 76s 6d to 775, Tittlers low 75s fid to 763, mid
76s 6d to 77s 6d, good 78s to 795, fine 80s to 81s, Hambro
loaves ord 76s to 78s, mid 79s to 80s, good 81s to 82s,
and fine 83s to 85s per cwt. Treacle, common selling at
23s 6(1, patent ord 24s to 245 6d, good 25s to 25s 6d, best
old make 295, golden syrup 27s to 29s 6(1 percwt. Bastards
ord at 48s to 49s 6d, mid 50s to 525, good 53s to 555, and
fine 56s to 595. In pieces several sales have been• made
at 69s to 73s for fine, 65s to 68s for mid and good, and at
61s to 64s for common. Bonded Crushed Sugar at 25s 6d
for first sort; Loaves at 31s to 31s Gd for 101bs and 141bs.
Treacle at Ils to lls 6d per cwt. Bastards at 14s Gd to
to 17s, and Pieces at 175 6d to 24s per cwt. Dutch
Crushed Sugar at 24s 3d to 24s 6d for first sort, and at
22s 6d fbrord on board. •
MAURITIUS.-The demand 'has been limited for this
description of Sugar ; fine yellow sold at 64s to 64s 6d,
good 62s to 63s 6d, mid 59s to Gls 6d, low 58s to 58s 6d,
fine brown 56s 6d to 575, good 55s to 565, mid 54s to
54s 6a, low 46s to 50s 6d, mid to fine grey 60s to 64s 6d.
EAST
.INDIA.-Bengal Sugar has been in good re-
quest, and previous rates have been sustained. Low
yellow at 565, good dry, 62s to 635, fine 63s 6d to 64s 6(1,
good white 67s to 67s 6d, mid 65s to 65s Gd, low white
63s to 645, damp and washed of various sorts 59s to
67s 6d per cwt. Manilla, old, at 16s ; low greyish
yellow, at 16s 6d to 17s, damps and washed 14s 6d to
16s, and sweepings 14s per cwt, Siam, 21s 6d for good
white, and 20s to 20s 6d for mid.

FOREIGN.—For yellyw Havannah, low soft yellow at
16s to 17s, mid to 17s 6d to 18s hd, slightly damaged
16s Gd to 18s, and damsged 15s to 17s Gd ; good and
fine yellow at 19s to 20s 6d, and common to mid 16s 6cl
to 18s 6d per cwt ; White has been sought alter ; good
mid at 29s 6d to 30s, mid 28s to 295, low 25s to 275, and
damaged 22s 6d to 26s 6d ; privately 250 chests have
been sold at 30s to 32s for good and fine, and at 28s to
29s for mid quality ; brown and grey Bahia, just arrived,
have been sold afloat at 16s 6d ; Porto Rico low soft
yellow at 16s 6d, mid dry yellow 17s to 17s 6d, good
19s 6d ; very bright 19s per cwt.
This afternoon a floating cargo of 1,700 boxes of
yellow Hauannah Sugar was cold at 18s 6d per cwt.
MOLASSES.—The transactions in West India have
been upon a large scale, and at full rates. To•day, 150
puns West India Molasses were sold at full rates. The
market closed very firmly.
COFFEE.—For British Plantation Coffee the demand
has been very limited this week, but holders having sup.
plied the market sparingly, have been enabled to obtain
former rates.

This afternoon there were few purchasers of Coffee for
home consumption, but the export demand continues.
t public sale 1,000 bags Rio, and 400 Lags Celon were
offered ; the former all sold, but at a r' duction on
former rates of 6d—ord went at 31s to 21s 6d, real good
ord 32s to 335, fine ord- 35s Gd, and one lot 395, the
damaged went at 29s 6d to 31s per cwt ; the Ceylon sold
at a further decline— fine ord went at 72s to 72s 6d, and
good ord 71s to 71& 6d per cwt ; 60-casks Porto Rico
sold privately at 35s per cwt.
COCOA.—For.Rritish Plantation, prices have suffered
a decline of 6d to Is per cwt : Trinidad, good red,. at
37s 6d, middling 355, common, 33s to 33s 6d ; Grenada
were taken in. good red, at 38s per cwt ; Guyaquil 35s
to 35s 6d, and Para 33s to 34s per cwt.

TEA.—The anneuncement of the 'large quantity of
50,000 packages of Tea for public competition has pro-
duced dullness in the market this week, and the prices
accepted have been rather under those of last Friday.
To-day there was scarcely any business transacted in
the Tea market, but in prices no variation took place.
The trade are waiting for the public sales.
BUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Prices have de=
dined considerably for Jamaica Rum this week ; 30 to
36 per cent overproof at 3s 6d to 4s, superior quality at
4s 6d to 5s ; 160 puns very ordinary 28 to M per cent
over 3s, and a parcel of peculiar fine quality taken" for
Russia at 5s .ld to 5s 3d per gallon. Leewerds at
Is lid to 2s proof; Demerara strong quality at as