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

Bengal Coal Company
Bonded Warehouse
Calcutta Steam-tug Association „

1,100
PP

-245 to 250 „
500 to 525 „

Exchange still continues 'at our late quotations to a shade
higher—
lst Class Credits 2s. 04d. to 2s. id. per rupee.
Ditto Documents 2s. lid. to 2s. lid. „

Freights aro again much higher. Quoted rates are as
follows :—To London, sugar, 61. ; saltpetre, 6/. ; rice, 6/. ;
jute, 5/. ss. ; hides, 6/. 10s. ; oilseeds, 6/. 10s. ; shell-lac, 5/.
15s. ; lac dye, 61. To Mauritius : Co.'s Rs. 31. 6s. to 31.
Bs. per bag, payable there at 50 cents.
Indio.—There have been but few sales just lately, and
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
876 684
185 682
699 2,403
208 662

Great Britain
France
North America
Red Sea, &c.
Other places

Total

.. 4,233 13,586

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

Course of Exchange.—Bills on England, according to
sighs, from is. 118 d. to 2s. ogd.; her Majesty's Treasury
Bills, Bank of England Post Bills, Mauritius Government
Bills, and Ceylon Governmeut Bills, ls. 118 d. to 2s. Old. ;
Court of Directors' Bills on the Government of Bengal, 60
days' sight, none. On Calcutta, buy, dis. ; sell, par.
On Bombay, buy, dis. ; sell, par.
Government Securities.—Five per Cent. Loan of 1841,
Ito 1 pm. ; Four per Cent. Loan of 1832-33, dis. ; do.,
1835-36, 4 to 1 pm. ; do., 1843, 1 to 14 pm. ; Five pix
Cent. Transferable Book Debt, 5 to 6 pm. ; Tanjore Bonds,
to 1 pm. ; Bank of Madras Shares, 17 to 18 pm.
Price of Bullion, dic.—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, 31.
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 Si.
15s. per 14 cwt. ; cotton, 3/. 15s. per 5 bales ; red wood,
1/. les. to 2/. per 20 cwt. To West Indies-31. ss. to 3/.
15s. Mauritius—Coolies, per head, Its. 55.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
BOMBAY.

Arrivals.—Fet. 12—The ship 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, Hammy, from Aden ; barque, Courser, Wilson
from Port Philip ; Hon. Company's steamer Semiramis,
Frushard, from Aden. 23—The Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy,
Fitzmaurice, from Whampoa. 2l—The Bombay Steam
Navigation Company's steamer Victoria, Mbncsse, from
Kurrachee. 25—The brig Captain, Danford, from the Cape
of Good Hope ; French ship Margaret, Bonrdaise, from
Point de Gallo ; ship Victoria, Smith, from Singapore.
Departures—Feb. 14—The Bengal Steam Navigation
Company's steamer Victoria, Menesse, for Kurrachee ;
Hon. Company's steamer Queen, Young, for Aden ; ship
Charles, Campbell, for Liverpool. 15—The ship Rajasthan.
Cameron, for Kurrachee and Loudon. 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.