The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-20 00:00:00

MARS ET INTELLMENCE.

From the London New Price Current of August 19.) -
;,L:o.t.a. --Them has bccn less demand for West India
Mascovad,•es Sugar this week, and the -merchants have-
submitted to a reduction on last week's rates of 6d to is
per cwt ; fine yellow 65s 6d to, 67s 6d, good 64s to 65,
good mid' 63s to 63s 6d, and mid 62s to 63a per cwt.
S 4. Lucia at 63s 6d to 65s for fine yellow, 60s to 634 for
ord to good yellow, and 58S to 59316 d for good and fine
brown. To-day the market for British Plantation Sugar
was in A dull state, and the prices accepted were again
in favour of buyers, making the &Reline for the week Is
per cwt, and the total purchases 1,600 hhds and trts.
REFINED.—Prices have further declined is per cwt
for Refined Sugar, the market being well supplied.
Brown luaips for melting at 71s to 735, brown grocery
74s to 765, standard lumps 77s 6d to 78s, tittlers com-
mon 76s 6d to 775, mid 78s to 795, good 79s 6d to 80s,
fine 81s to 82s, Hambro Loaves, common 78s to 795, mid
803 to 81s, good 81s 6d to 83s, and fine 84s to 87s per
cwt. Treacle, common at 24s to 24s 6d, patent
25s to .265, best old make 29s to 29s 3d, and
golden syrup .28s to 30s .per cwt. Bastards,
common 47s to 495, mid 50s to 525, good 53s to 565, and
fine 57s to 59s per cwt. Pieces, fine at 69s to 745, good
66s to 68s, low and mid 60s to 65s per cwt. Bonded
Crushed Sugar at 25se6d to 25s 9d per cwt. Loaves
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141bs at 30s 6d to 31s, lees 31s to 31; 6d, and 61b3 33s

to 33s 6d. Treacle at lOs 9d to l ls. Bastards at 14s
to 16s 6d, and in pieces at 17s to 245.. Dutch Crushed
Sugar at 24s 3d to 24s 6d for first sort, and at 22s 6d for
common on board. To-day the Refined Market was
dull, and Standard Lumps left off at 77s to 77s Gd per cwt.
MAURITIUS.-This afternoon the trade operated with
caution, and 3,912 bags at public sale were sold 6d per
cwt under former
.rates ; fine yelloW fetched 64s 6d to
655. good 62s 8d to 645, mid 59s 6d to 625, low 595,
good brown 57s 6d to 58s 6d, and one small lot brown
49s per cwt.
EAST INDIA.-Previous rates have been sustained for
Bengal Sugar, and the demand has been good for all
sorts : middling brown at 545, fine dry 57s to 57s 6d,
low yellow 59s to 60s, good but soft 63s to 63s 6d, low
and mid white 64s to 65s Gd, good mid 66s 6d, and good
68s 6d per cwt. Manilla low brown at 14s, mid to fine
14s 6d to 16s 6d per cwt. Siam at 18s 6d to 20s for com-
mon to mid white. For small parcels of Java full rates
have been given-
FORV;IGN.-For Brazil Sugar stiffer rates have been
paid: brown Bahia at 16s 3d, deliverable at Gothenburg,
and white Pernambuco at 19s 6d, deliverable in Holland;
on the spot, Bahia at 14s Gd to 16s for brown, and at
19s 6d to 22s for low to good white. Yellow Havannab,
low and mid at 17s 6d to 18s good mid to fine 19s ad to
20s per cwt ; white Havannah at 29s 6d to 32s for good
and fine ; and com to mid at 26s to 29s per cwt. Cuba
Mnscovadoes, 16s to lis for good strong greyish yellow.
MOLASSES.-West India at very full rates : Antigua
fine at 31s, good 30s; St. Kitts, mid 26s ; Barbadoes,
fine 32s ; midDemerara went-at 26s Gd per cwt. Foreign
Molasses are selling at 7s to 8s per cwt.
COFFEE.-Importers of West India remain firm, and
have refrained from offering any at auction this week ;
the market for all common descriptions has been in a
very dull state. This afternoon the public sales of Coffee
consisted of 489 bags Ceylon, 1,122 bags East India,
90 bales 116 bags 12 cases Mocha, 51 casks British
Plantation, and 50 casks 300 brls of Foreign ; Ceylon sold
at the rates of the last auction of Is 6d for fine, and
2s per cwt fur good ordinary sorts, but the prices are
not under these that have been taken privately ; good
ordinary pale went at 725, fine ordinary colory 74s ;
East India went is to 2s cheaper, Singapore Java ordi-
nary selling at 33s to 38s, good and fine ordinary
40s to 455, and good ordinary Padang 30s to 31s;
Mocha went at a decline of 5s to Gs-good and fine
ordinary brown at 755 to 78s, middling to good yellow
80s to 903 Gd ; West India sold at full prices-middling
Jamaica 120 s, fine tine ordinary 80s to 85s 6d, good 70s to
755, and common 56s to 65s ; Demerara fine ord 755.
Foreign sold as follows :- fine fine ordinary colory
Brazil at 48s Gd to 495, fine ordinary 36s to 37s 6d, and
fine ordinary Cuba 555, good ord Batavia 31s and 32s
per cwt.
e0C0.1.-Importers of British Plantation have mani-
fested more firrimess this week. 338 6d to 35s 6d for
common and mid red, and 36s to 40s for good and fine
Trinidad. Foreign has been little asked for, but prices
do not give way. This afternoon at auction 48 casks
Grenada were taken in at 34s for good grey.
TE.t.-There has not been much life in the Tea market
this week, still the merchants remain firm, and at for-
mer rates a fair business has been transacted. To-day
there was little business transacted in the market, but
holders were firm, and would not sell sound Common
Congou under is 8d cash.
Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-Tbe market for
Leeward Island Rum has been in a dull state, only 100
puns have been sold at 2s to 2s Id proof strength. A
further reduction of id to 2d per gallon has been sub-
mitted to for Jamaica ; a good business, however, has been
transacted, and 280 puns have been sold at 3s 10d to
4s 6,1 for fine quality, 32 to 36 per cent over-proof and
a smaller parcel of peculiar flavour for mixing 28 per
cent over 4s. Demerara must be quoted rather lower ;
120 puns have been sold at 3s 2d to 3s 4d for 33 to 36
per cent over-proof. The market for East India is how-
ever firm, still little business •has been transacted ;
Is 5d to is Sid is the value of proof at the high,
and is 6d to Is 9d at the low rate of duty. The
large quantity of 1,500 puns, &c. Rum has been re-
ceived since our last account Brandy has moved off
slowly this week, there being few shipping orders,
and the home trade having taken only ample for their im-
mediate wants, former rates have been with difficulty
sustained ; we quote Cognac, of the first brands of
the vintage of 1837, hhds 'as 2d, puns 5s ; 1838, hhds ss,
pun, • •4s 10,1 • 1839, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d ; 1840, hhds
:is 10.1, puns 3s 81 , 1841, hhds 3s 9d, puns 3s 7d per
gallon. Corn Spirits have keen in good request at
9s 101 cash. Geneva has been taken sparingly at ,
Is 10d per gallon.
SPICES.-To-day the public sales comprised 1,007 bags
11:1!abar Pepper, 108 bags Cloves, 100 packets 87 boxes
Malabar Ginger, 9 bales Cinnamon, 6 pckgs Cardamoms,
and GO bags. Pimento Pepper sold at steady rates,
mid grey stalky 3d to 3d, and one lot 3kd per lb., and the
whole was disposed of. Cloves taken in at is 4d for
old Amboyna. Ginger was of bold quality, and sold at
very high rates ; fair and good fetched 30s to 365, fine
and very fine 50s to 88s. Pimento was sold at 2-ad to
lid for good ordinary. Cinnamon and Cardamoms were
withdrawn.

RICE.—The market for Bengal Rice has presented a
healthy appearance since our last report ; and the prices
paid have been rather above those of last week ; common
white at lOs 3d, middling lOs 9d to 11s, good and fine
11s 6d to 12s 6d, yellow 9s to lOs per cwt, the lowest
price of sound white to-day was lOs 6d per cwt. For
Java lOs to 12s paid for common to fine white, and 8s 6d
to 9s 6d for yellow. Carolina Rice at 26s to 30s. Pattie
at 13s to 20s per cwt._

INDIGO.—The market for all descriptions of East
India is firm ; purchases to a fair extent have been made
privately in Bengal this week for exportation, several
parcels have been taken by the home trade, and holders
having supplied the market sparingly have been enabled
to obtain an advance on last quarterly sales' rates of Id
to 23 per lb. This afternoon at public sale 12 chests
Manilla were taken in above the value, viz. at 2s Id to 3s
6d for ordinary to middling.
Oms.—The 'demand has been brisk for Linseed Oil
for home use, 30s 3d to 30s 6d have been the current
rates paid, and for forward delivery contracts have been
entered into at 30s to 30s 3d per cwt. In Rape
a 'good business has been transacted at 42s
to 42s 3d, and brown at 41s to 41s 3d per
Cocoa Nut Oil at 39s to 39s 6d for the best.
Palm at 32s to 32s 6d for the best, and at 30s
to 31s 6d for inferior. The demand fur Olive has
been good. Gallipoli has fetched 54/ to 551; Spa-
nish 501 to 511 10a ' • and Barbary 49/ to 49/ lOs per tun.
Pale Seal 361 lOs for large and at 361 15s to 371 for
small parcels, 32/ have been paid for Cod ' • 341 to 351
for good and fine Southern ; 32/ to 331 lOs for common
and middling, and 31/ lOs to 361 for brown and yellow
Seal. Sperm., fine British, at 84/, and mid 821 to 83L
TALLOW.—For Russian Tallow this week holders
have not been so firm. On the spot 47s 9d has been
currently accepted for P. Y. Candle, being rather
lower. For delivery, 48s to 48a 3d for the last three
mouths, and at 48s 6d for Spring months. South
American at 43s to 46s 6d for common to fine.
Tallow at 46s to 46s 6d net cash. This afternoon the
market was heavy for P. Y. Candle, and 47s 9d per cwt.
was the nearest quotation on the spot. South American
at 42s to 46s for common to fine.