The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-19 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

( From the London New Price Current of January 18.)
Since this day week the markets have presented a firm
and healthy appearance, the demand has been good for
nearly all articles of home consumption ; low price
goods have been in request for exportation, and confi-
dence appears to be well established amongst mercantile
men ; orders for articles of all sorts continue on the in-
crease, and failures have become extinct amongst the
commercial community. The arrivals of goods have in-
creased during the last few days.
SUGAR.—There has been a fair demand for all de-
scriptions of West India Muscovadoes Sugar since 'rues-
day last, and buyers have been compelled to pay a fur-
ther advance of 6d per cwt. The purchases have been
1,000 hhds and trcs, and would have been on a more ex-
tended scale if the market had been better supplied and
the merchants more disposed to realize. Tire arrivals
have been light since this day week. The accounts
received from the West Indies continue to be of a favour-
able description for the crop, and the make of Sugar is
expected to be larger than that of the previous season.
ro-day both grocers and refiners were desirous to
operate in West India Sugar; the small and indifferent
show, however, operated materially against business, and
the purchses amounted to only 300 hhds and trs at very
full rates; 5,000 bags Mauritius declared for sale have
beeli postponed.
REFINED.—For all descriptions of Refined Goods,
prices have advanced 6d to Is per cwt ; Standard Lumps
at 818 6d to 82, ordinary and good brown lumps of
the old make 74s to 765, patent 77s to 80s ; Tittlers
ord 80s to 81s 6d, mid to good 82s to 87s, fine 88s to
92s ; Hamburgh Loaves common 82s to 84s, good to
fine 85s to 955, superior and double 100 s to 120 s per
cwt. Treacle, common 28s, patent ord to good 29s to
31s, and golden syrup 32s to 33s per cwt. Pieces, good
to fine at 70s to 755, mid 67s to 695, common 63 to 665,
being rather higher. Bastards at 50s to 60s for good
to fine, and low to mid at 42s to 48s per cwt. Bonded
Crushed Sugar at 29s 3d for the best. Loaves at 32s to
34s 6d for 10, 6, and 141bs. Treacle at 12s. Bastards
and Pieces at 14s 6d to 21s 6d. Dutch Crushed Sugar,
27s asked for the best on board.

To-day Refined Goods met with a free sale, and prices
are firm ; Standard lumps 82s. Treacle rather cheaper,
27s 6d accepted for common. Bastards and Pieces met
with a good demand ; bonded crushed Sugar 29s 3d.
MAuurrius.—For all sorts full prices paid.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the public sales con-
sisted of 1,600 bags white Bengal, 250 bskts Penang, and
150 bskis Java Sugar. Bengal met with less attention,
and a part only found buyers at former rates—fine white
sold at 73s to 73s 6d, good 71s 6d to 72s 6d, mid 69s to
71s ; Penang went at lOs to Ils for very ordinary
damp soft brown ; Java sold at 16s 6d for low yellow.
FOREIGN.—Prices have been firm for Brazil at 15s 6d
to 16s for Rio ; white at 19s 6d to 24s for low to fine
quality. Yellow Havannah 20s 6d to 21s 6d for good
and fine quality.
MoLessEs.—Prices have been firm for West India.
Demerara good at 255., Antigua fine 30s, St. Lucia ord
23s to 245, St. Vincents fair 25s per cwt. For Bengal
Syrup 24s to 25s 6d is the value, and Foreign Molasses
6s sa to 7s 6d per cwt.
TEA.—There has been a much better demand for Free
Trade Tea since Tuesday last, and an extensive busi-
ness transacted in all descriptions to supply both town
and country orders : prices have advanced ld per lb for
Congou and Twankay, ld to 3d for Hyson, Imperial and
Gunpowder. Orange Pekoe has sustained the former
value, but Flowery Pekoe has declined 2d to 3d per lb.
To-day the market presented a firm appearance ; the
demand has been good ; sales of common Free Trade
Congou, cash, were made at is 10411 to is 10id, and
Twankay ls 10d to ls 10Id per lb. Company's closed
firmly at is 100 cash. The supply of common black
Tea appears to be insufficient for the wants of the trade.
COFFEE.—West India Coffee of clean quality has been
in brisk request for home consumption, and prices have
further advanced 2s to 2s 6d per cwt ; unclean kinds
have been in good demand, at an advance of fully is.
This afternoon the market for all descriptionS of Coffee
presented a firm appearance; the demand was good from
the home trade; at auction 1,255 bags East In-
dia and 21 casks Jamaica were offered ; the for-
mer sold at full rates. Jamaica low middling at 102 s 6d;
good ordinary 75s—the latter brought is advance ; Sin-
gapore Java, good ordinary yellowish, Company's kind,
fetched 54s to 55;_ good ordinary brown to 495; and
good ordinary Padang 36s to 36s 6d per cwt.
COCOA.—For West India prices have suffered a de-
pression of 2s per cwt. Grenada, 'good red, at 41s,
middling 36, ordinary 33s 6d ; Trinidad, good greyish,