The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-29 00:00:00

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THE CALCUTTA MARKETS.

Here the exports so far this month are by no means
heavy. Very little sugar has been shipped to Great Bri-
tain. Raw silk has not found many shippers, and just
lately silk piece goods appear to be less actively sought
after. For England a large business is doing in saltpetre,
at steady prices. Rice does not seem to be in such active
request as it was a month back ; at any rate the shipments
to Europe of late are moderate. Both shellac and lac dye
are in moderate demand, but the market, they say, is very
ill supplied. Hides are in good request, but supplies are
inadequate, so that exports are not large so far this month.
Oil-seeds of all kinds are in active inquiry. Castor oil and
cutch are both in fair demand. Jute goes forward pretty
freely to all parts. Nothing doing in raw cotton. Rum
has been shipped to England and Australia.
The second Opium sale of the season was held on the Bth
instant, when the result was as follows :

Chsts. Highest. Lowest. Avge. Proceeds.
Patna 2,855 800 785 793 10 1 22,65,825
Benares 1,170 815 810 810 14i 9,47,800
Stock in the godown after the sale :—Patna, 4,124 ; Be-
nares, 1,312 chests.

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The Pekin steamer arrived on the Bth inst., bringing
Canton news to the 21st January. Quotations of opium
then were : -Patna, 355 dols. ; Benares, 365 dols. ; Malwa,
407 dols. ; Turkey, 360 dole.

The Shanghai steamer left town yesterday morning with
a full cargo, and the Pekin is to follow in a few days.
Our Import Market has been fair, as may be judged of
by the reported list of transactions. Staple goods have
sold freely at about previous rates ; and Glasgow and other
light fabrics have been moved off with some spirit to a con-
siderable extent. Imports in January were to a fair ex-
tent.

The mule twist market has been very quiet. Prices are
nominally as before, and holders not inclined to relax in
firmness. A parcel of high counts, 100 s to 300 s. sold at 7
annas per morah. Turkey red yarn of German dye has
sold freely. Only one small parcel of orange is reported
sold ; and nothing appears to have been done in green.
There is no change in the metal market. Imports and
sales are alike on the most moderate scale. Prices of iron
and copper are both likely to keep high.
Nothing fresh to report regarding the money market,
which continues remarkably easy.

Quotations of Government Securities are—
Transfer Five per Cent Rs. 5 4 oto 5 8 0 pm.
New Fives, under 19,000 „ 2 0 oti 2 8 0„
Old Sicea ditto
Co.'s Rs. Four per Cent „ 0 12 oto 1 0 0 „

The Share Market stands as follows:—
Bank of Bengal Shares Co.'s Rs. 6,425 to 6,150 each.
Agra and U. S. Bank „ 660 to 685 „
North-Western Bank 3OO to 305 „
India General Steam „ 550 to GOO „

Bengal Coal Company.
Bonded Warehouse....

1,100
245 to 2:70

Calcutta Steam-tug Association ;; 500 to 525
Exchange still continues at our late quotations to a shade
higher-
-Ist Class Credits..

.2s. Oid. to 2s. ld. per rupee.

Ditto Documents 2s. lid. to 2s. IRd. „
Freights are again much higher. Quoted rates are as
follows :--To London, sugar, 6/. ; saltpetre, 61.; rice, 6/. ;
jugs, 51.55. ; hides, 61.105. ; oilseeds, 61.105. ; shell-lac, 51.
158. ; lac dye, 6/. To Mauritius : Co.'s Rs. 31. 6s. to 31.
Bs. per bag, payable there at.so cents.
Indigo.—There have been but few sales just lately, apd
the arrival of the mail was the means of causing postpone-
ments. It is said that prices are now more in favour of
buyers since the London market remains in so sluggish a
state.

Exports from Ist to 16th February, 1854 :
Chests. Fy. mds.
.2,345 9,155

Great Britain
France
North America
Iced Sea, dm.
Other places

876 684
185 682
699 2,403
208 662

Total

.. 4,233 13,586

THE MADRAS MARKETS.
(From the Madras Price Current, Feb. 22.)

Course of Exchange.—Bills on England, Recording to
sight, from ls. llad. to 2s. Oad. ; her Majesty's Treasury
Bills, Bank of England Post Bills, Mauritius Government
Bills, and Ceylon Government Bills, ls. llad. to 2s. Oad. ;
Court of Directors' Bills on the Government of Bengal, 60
days' sight, none. On Calcutta, buy, A die. ; sell, par.
On Bombay, buy, A die. ; sell, par.
Government Securities.—Five per Cent. Loan of 1841,
Ito 1i pm. ; Four per Cent. Loan of 1832-33, A dis. ; do.,
1835-36, A to 1 pm. ; do., 1843, 1 to 1j pm. ; Five per
Cent. Transferable Book Debt, 5 to 6 pm. ; Tanjore Bonds,
to 1 pm. ; Bank of Madras Shares, 17 to 18 pm.
Price of Bullion, &c.—Sovereigns, 10 1 6 to 10 2 rs.
each ; Bank of England notes, 10 2 to 10 3 rs. each ; Spa-
nish dollars, 220 rs. per 100.
Freights—Although there is very little cargo for ship-
ment, the rates of freight continue much the same as before.
To London and Liverpool—Rice, sugar, and saltpetre, 3/.
15s. to 4/. per ton ; indigo, piece-goods, 3/. 10s. to 4/. per
50 cubic feet ; seeds, 31. 10s. to 4/. per 18 cwt. ; hides 3/.
15s. per 14 cwt.; cotton, 31. 15s. per 5 bales ; red wood,
11. ICs. to 2/. per 20 cwt. To West Indies:-31. ss. to 3/.
15s. Mauritius—Coolies, per head, Rs. 55. •

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
BOMBAY.

Arrivals.—Feb. Glendaragh, Smith, from
Singapore. 14—The Bombay Steam Navigation Company's
steamer. Bombay, Beyts, from Kurrachee. 15—The ship
Roscoe, Clements, from Aden. 17—The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer Ganges, Baker, from Hong
Kong. 18—The ship Cathaya, Winder, from London.
21—The ship Norton, Bristone, from Aden ; ship Royal
Sovereign, Hanney, from Aden ; barque, Courser, Wilson
from Port Philip ; Hon. Company's steamer Semiramis,
Frushard, from Aden. 23—The Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy,
Fitzmaurice, from Whampoa. 24—The Bombay Steam
Navigation Company's steamer Victoria, Menesse, from
Kurrachee. 25—The brig Captain, Danford, from the Cape
of Good Hope ; French ship Margaret, Bourdaise, from
Point de Galle ; ship Victoria, Smith, from Singapore.
Departures—Feb. 14—The Bengal Steam Navigation
Company's steamer Victoria, Menesse, for Kurracheo ;
Hon. Company's steamer Queen, Young, for Aden ; ship
Charles, Campbell, for Liverpool. 15—The ship Rajasthan,
Cameron, for Kurrachee and London. 16—The Peninsular
and Oriental Company's steamer Singapore, Rogers, for
Gallo, Penang, Singapore, and Hong Kong ; Hon. Com-
pany's schooner Constance, Stradling, for the Persian Gulf ;
ship Prince Arthur, Sutherland, for China ; Hon. Com-
pany's steamer Acbar, Balfour, for the Persian Gulf. 17—
Hon. Company's steamer Auckland, Macdonald, for Kur-
rachee ; ship Alvira, Graham, for Akyab. 18 —The ship
Primula, Collins, for London ; Bombay Steam Navigation
Company's steamer Bombay, Beyts, for Kurrachee. 25
The barque Mahomed Samdany, Butler, for Mauritius.

CALCUTTA.
Arrivals.—Feb. I—The French ship Cambroune, Ra-
villy, from Bourbon ; British barque Melaine, Bird, from
Coringa ; British ship Bushire Merchant, Woodhouse, front
Bombay. 2—The British barque Delhi, Martin, from
Bombay. 4—The Belgian barque Theodore, Illeulenbroeck,
from Antwerp; British barque Trafalgar, M‘Nidder, from
Sydney; French barque Joseph Bushby, Davey, from
Mauritius •, steam-ship Bentinck, Bourchier, from Suez.
15—The British ship Ftlwood, Fitzsimons, from Liver-
pool.
Vessels spoken with.—The steamer Pekin exchanged
numbers with the Catherine, standing to the westward ;
Futtle Rohoman, 100 miles SE of the outer floating light
at eight a.m., Feb. 7.—The Delhi spoke, Jan. 19, in lat.
7 19 N, long. 87 E, the Princess Royal.—The Theodore
spoke the ship Falwood, from Liverpool to Calcutta, 86
days out, all well, Jan. 2, lat. 37 S, long. 81 32 E.
Departures—Feb. 12.—The French ship Alcyon, Mar-
gain, for Bourbon and Mauritius ; Arab ship Fatty Ro-
homan, Nacoda, for Muscat ; British schooner Joseph
Manook, M'Kenzie, for Rangoon and Moulmein ; French
ship La Fayette, Tonsent, for Havre and Bourbon ; French
ship Padouka, Leroy, for Bourbon ; French barque
Belzance, Rocoffort, for Bordeaux ; French ship Vasco de
Gams, Dupont, for Bourbon. 13. The British ship Aber-
foyle, Noarse, for London ; Arab ship Faize Rohany,
Nacoda, for Juddah ; British ship Geo. Kendall, Farley,
for Liverpool; Hon. Company's steamer Sesostris, Neblett,
for Rangoon ; Hon. Company's steamer Zenobia, Rennie,
for Rangoon. 14—The British ship Alfred the Great,
Brayley, for Liverpool ; British ship Sir Geo. Anderson,
• Sedgwick, for London. 15—The British ship Alexander
Baring, Wilson, for Liverpool ; Arab ship Fattle Barry,
Nacoda, for Jeddah? 16—The Auloricau barque Lucy L.