The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-16 00:00:00

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the
week ending, May 13, 1845, is 28s. 100. per cwt., exclusive
of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain. •

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of May 16.)
SUGAR.—To-day the West India Sugar merchants mani-
fested firmness, and obtained full rates for all kinds ; a good
demand prevailed from grocers and refiners, 660 hbds, &c.,
being disposed of, mating the total sales for the week 2,210
hhds and trs, and the market closes firmly.
REFINED.--To .day Refined was much sought after by the
Home trade, but the scanty supply prevented a large busi-
ness, a further advance in pikes took place; standard lumps
selling at 695, and brown lumps 67s 6d to 68s per cwt.
lnuarries.—Although the market has been abundantly
supplied this week, still previous rates have been sustained

for brown and inferior sorts, whilst on middling and good
Grocery, of which the supply has principally consisted, the
fall in prices has been only 6d to Is per cwt, but fine fetched
full rates, and of the quantity offered at auctiggp,m4ii; sting
to 17,585 bags, nearly the whole wasActuallkdisposeet of.
EAST INDIA.-This afternoon? ,iVith Bengal- Sugar the
market was better supplied CfOur I}ircels,•amounting to 5,626
bags were offered, ,at astetictnand the principal part sold at
steady market prices, middling white 49s 6d, low dingy 46s
to 475, damp 42s Gd to 48s 60, Bally Khal, syrupy, fine grainy
yellow ns 6d, good 444 to 48s, low mid 38s 6d to 41s, ordinary
brown 335, washed yellow but grainy fine 51s to 535, and
inferior ditto 40s to 42s 6d, brown 33s 6d, Date good
sound yellow 4ls_ 6d, middling 40s to 40s 6d, low 395
damp 35s to 435, washed 36s to 395, ordinary sound date 36s
6d, damp brown 32s 6d to 33s 6d, very low 31s to 325, fine
sound strong yellow 53s to 555, middling and good 41s 6d to
445, damp 39s to 545, low ditto 37s to 38s 6d : 66 bags Ma-
dras went at 31s 6d to 41s 6d for low damp brown. There
was an extensive public sale of 27,335 bags of Manilla, with
certificate, in bond; the whole was disposed of at very full
rates.
FRUIT.-The demand for Currants has increased consi-
derably, and an extensive business has been transacted ;
Patras at 47s to 505, Zante and Cephalbnia 46s 6d to 475.
In Raisins a good business has been done, Valentias at 40s
to 425, Red Smryna 37s to 40s, and very fine 42s to 435.
FOREIGN.-Brazil is still much wanted for exportation,
and from our Refiners working under boud, the demand has
been good, the operations are two floating cargoes of brown
Pernams, one at 21s 6d for delivery at a near Port, the other
at 21s 9d for Refining here in bond : 300 chests Bahla on the
spot at 21s 6d to 22s for brown, and at 24s to 28s for white,
and 4200 bags brown Pernams 22s per cwt. In yellow
Havannah merchants insisted upon further advanced rates ;
300 boxes of soft quality sold at 25s 6d per cwt, white is
held with firmness at 32s to 39s per en t.
COFFEE.-This afternoon Berbice Coffee was in excellent
request, and 163 casks 63 barrels at public sale were all sold
at full rates for unclean, but clean kinds went is to 2s higher;
52 casks Jamaica sold at stiffer rates, middling at 88s, low
middling 78s 6d, fine ordinary 53s 6d to 555 6d, good ordi-
nary 46s 6d, and Triage 35s so 455. Of Java 2 casks 17
barrels 6 bags went at 45s for good quality. 16 barrels Rio
45s to 49s for fine fine ordinary. 137 bags Bahia taken in at
35s for fine ordinary. 80 bags Plantation Ceylon went .at
70s for fine fine greyish, and Pea berry 81s, which is the full
worth. 667 bags of other kinds of Coffee went at 23a for
good ordinary brown Padang, 21s 6d for sea damaged, and
at 28s to 28s 6d per cwt for middling sound brownish Ba-
tavia, being rather cheaper.
MaussEs.-The demand has fallen off for West India this
week, and only a limited business has been transacted. Ben-
gal Treacle is held for 16s per cwt, and it is getting more
into consumption amongst the grocers; it is draper than the
Treacle made here from 2s to 3s per cwt. Of Bengal Tama-
rinds 227 casks at auction went at 12s 60 per cwt for low
quality.
Cocoa.-This afternoon 68 bags of Trinidad Cocoa at pub-
lic sale were sold at 39s 6d to 41s for ordinary, and at 449 6d
per cwt. for middling quality.
TEA-Holders manifested firmness, but no improvement
in prices. Congori. was in good demand, common selling
at 94 to 9id, and good. common 10d to 100 per Ib, cash. In
Twankay several purchases made upon former terms. Pou-
cisong has been purchased with more freedom at 4d to 9d.
At public sale yesterday 4,839 pkgs Tea were offered, 2,100
Of ,which sold upon former terms, excepting plain and
scented Orange Pekoe and low Scented Capers, which went
lid to 2d per lb cheaper.
Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-There has been a much
better demand for Jamaica Rum this week; good and fine
qualities have fetched full rates, but low and mid kinds are
rather cheaper; in all, 250 puns sold, fine 35 to 36 per cent
over proof of favourite marks at 4s 3d to 4s 6d, good 33
to 39 per cent over 3s 8d to 4s, fair and mid 30
to 36 per cent over 3s to 3s 4d per gallon. Leeward
Island has been in excellent request upon former terms, and
350 puns have been sold at Is 7d to Is 7id per gallon proof
strength. Demerara sustained the former value, and 100
puns sold at 2s 6d to 2s 8d per gallon for 30 to 34 per cent.
over proof. A considerable increase has taken place in the
demand for Calcutta, and prices have become firm • the large
quantity of 550 casks sold at Is 5d per gallon proof with cer-
tificate. Brandy in good demand, but holders are prevented
from obtaining any advance in prices in consequence of the
heavy stock. Geneva is not much wanted, Is 7d to Is 8d is the
value of common sort. English Corn Spirits lOs 2d per gal.
cash, but the distillers are more inclined to sell at that rate.
RICE.-This afternoon the market was much better sup-
plied with Bengal Rice ; four parcels, amounting to 7,056
bags and 845 packets were offered at public sale, and the
whole was readily disposed of at very full market prices;
fine bold clean white went at 12s, good but rather dusty Its
6d to 12s, good middling ditto 11-s to Ils 6d, middling ditto
Ils per cwt, low ditto 105 6d to I Is, low small broken very
dusty lOs 6d to lid, sea damaged first class lOs 6d to Its 6d,
second class lOs to I Is, third and fourth class 5s Gd to lOs
per cwt.
SPICES.-This afternoon the market was much better sup-
plied with Pimento, 1,117 bags were offered at auction, but
the whole sold with much better spirit at full rates ; good
mid went at 2%d to 3d, and mid 2%d per lb. 8 chests Ben •
coolers Cloves taken in at 2s 2s, and six casks of Amboyna at
Is 2d to Is 3d. 89 barrels Jamaica Ginger sold 31 15s to 9/;
60 boxes Ginger Powder 35s per cwt ; 473 bags 3 cases 2
barrels African Ginger sold at 49s to 545, inferior at 42s to
435, and sea damaged 41e to 475. 86 cases of Cassia Buds
were withdrawn.
SALTPETRE.-This afternoon Saltpetre met with little at-
tention, and 562 bags of Calcutta at public sale were taken in
at 26s for good strong grey, 414 to 3% per cent. refraction
being rather above the value ; a few lots of unrefracted were,
however, sold at 24s 6d per cwt.
COCIIINEAL maintained farmer currency, and 105 bags
were all sold, at and after the public sales-namely, Mexican
black fine at 5s 8d to 5s 9d, middling to good 5s 4d to 5s 7d ;
Honduras low silvers 4s lld to ss, middling 5s Id to 5s 2d,
good middling 5s 3d ; Limit fine bold silvery black 5s 6d to
5s 10d, and good 5s 6d to id ; 6 bags of Garblings realised
2s 2d to 2s 10d, and inferior is 10d to 2s per lb.
OILS.-This afternoon prices further gave way for Southern
Oil, 70 tuns auction sold at 251 lOs to 291 lOs per tun for low
to fine quality.
Tar.Low.-This afternoon at public sale 675 pkgs of South

American Tallow were sold at 30s 3d to 37s 9;11399 casks
ofNew South Wales 34s 3d to3Bs9d ; 61 casks and 91 skins
of Cape 39s 641 to 43s ad ; and 150 casks of P.Y. Candle Tal-
low 37s 9d to 38s per cwt.

COURSE Or EXCH.,
Amsterdam CF. 12 8/
Ditto, a; tight l2 6/
Rotterdam 2U. 12 9
Antwerp 26 15
Hamburgh M.H. 14 0
Altona

Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90
Ditto, 3 months 26 10
Marseilles 26 10
Bourdeaux 26 15
Frankfort on Maine 123

Pdttersburgh, 3 Us...
Berlin
Vienna, effec. 13 M: 10 2
Trieste, ditto
Madrid - 36%
Cadiz

Bilbao —

Barulona

LNGE---(Tillg DAY )
Gibraltar......
Leghorn ....... 31
Genoa
Milan ...... .....
Venice Venice
Nap1e5..........394
Palermo, Ver 0z..... 119
Lisbon . 524
Oporto.
Rio Janeiro
Bahia ..
Buenos Apes
NewYm k .:22dyssight
'Ammon, PEI: oz.
Foreignol4,2, bars. „C 3 17 9
Portuga; (.-;:old Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons.... 0 0 0
New Dollais 0 4 9*
Silver it, tsars 0 4 10i

Seville —

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From this Night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria,
cap. 32, for the 'Week ending on Saturday, the 10th day of
May, 1845.