The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-28 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Calcutta Overland Price Current of Jan. 19.)
The steamer Bombay came in on the 4th inst. with
London dates to the 24th November, an 4 the Hindostan
arrived on the 14th inst. with dates to the Bth ult. In-
digo has been • selling here very freely since the date of
our last report, by private contract as well as by public
auction, at an advance of 10r. to 15r. on last year's
prices for the finer qualities, worth 170 per maund and
upwards ; 7,235 chests have changed hands since the
6th inst. The business done in saltpetre has been very
moderate without any alteration in value. Rice con-
tinues to be freely exported to Great Britain and France.
Raw silk remains dull without any further decline in
value. The inquiry
:for torahs has improved. Sugar
has been in active demand for Bombay and the Persian
Gulf ; the discouraging accounts of the article from
home, coupled with high prices and freights here, re-
strict exports to the British market ; stocks are, how-
ever, so much reduced,' that prices have advanced three
to four annas per maund. The demand for hides con-
tinues active. There has been less inquiry for linseed,
and rapeseed has been quite neglected. Lac dye and
shellac remain without much inquiry, and the few sales
lately made show a reduction on former prices. Jute is
freely taken at full previous value, while supplies are
still moderate.

We have no improvement to report in our market for
cotton goods, which has continued dull, and now ex-
hibits indications of a declining tendency, while holders
seem more anxious to realize. The up-country
dealers have not as yet displayed any increased
animation. The demand for shirtings and jaconets
has slackened, and these important fabrics find it
difficult to maintain their quotations. Fancy goods
are also dull, and looking down. Very few of the
Affghan dealers have yet appeared, and it is evident
that the trade by the route of the Indus has drawn
many of them away from this quarter. The inquiry for
mule
twist has also abated, and some counts have de-
clined a little in value. Turkey red yarn, both British
and German, are in fa' demand. Metals are much re-
ged in stocks, and I ' for higher rates, which
deiders are unwilling Were, not calculating on the pro-
bable consequences of the favourable alteration in the
French tariff in regard to iron, &c. The transactions in
metals have consequently been limited.
We have no change to note in the position of our
money-market, which continues well supplied. The
share-market remains buoyant and still with an ad-
vancing tendency. Company's paper is quoted at 101
Company's rupees, Fours ; and 99 8 sicca ditto ; Trans-
fer Fives at 105 4. In consequence of a sudden and
considerable demand on the 17th, the price rose to 102
for Company's, and 101 for Sicca Fours ; but, as the de-
mand was not sustained, rates fell back to our quota-
tions.

Exchange has kept up to 2-% for first-class credits,
and 2-1 i documents. Bills on China are quoted at 233
to 234 per $lOO.

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Freights are at 4/. 7s. 6d. to 4/. 10s. saltpetre; 4/.
10s. sugar ; 51. ss. rice ; Si. 10s. seeds to London.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

CASUALTIES BY DEATH IN INDIA SINCE THE DEPARTURE
OF THE MAIL ON THE 14TH OF JANUARY.

Royal Navy.—Lieutenant Ellerman, at Bombay, on
the 25th January.

Her Majesty's Troops.—Lieutenant J. Baldwin, 22d
Regiment, at Peshawur, on the 2d January. Captain
J. D. Young, 29th Regiment, brigade major Queen's
troops, at Fort William, Calcutta, on the Bth January.
Bengal.—Major G. It. Talbot, 2d European Fusiliers,
on hoard the steamer Lady Jocelyn, on 24th December,
1853.

Her Majesty's Troops.—Leave of Absence.-14th
Light Dragoons. Lieut. C. E. Wyatt, to Calcutta, from
Ist January to Ist February, 1854 ; and to England,
for two years from date of embarkation. 29th Foot.—
Lieutenant E. H. C. Perry, to Calcutta from Ist Janu-
ary to 28th February, 1854 ; and to England, for two
years from date of embarkation. 70th Foot—Captain
G. Reynolds, to Mussoorie and the hills north of Dey-
rah, from Ist January to Ist November, 1854, on medi-
cal certificate. 78th Foot.—Lieut. A. W. P. Weekes,
to England, for two years from date of embarkation ;
Ensign H. G. Davidson, to Hyderabad (Deccon), from
10th January to 10th July, 1854. 86th Foot.—Capt.
W. D. Stuart, to England, for two years from date of
embarkation. 98th Foot.—Quartermaster J. Gillespie,
for six months from date of receipt at Umballa of the
general order, dated 28th December, 1853.

BOMBAY MARKETS.
(From the 14th to the 28th of January.)
We have no change to report in the state of the money
market during the past fortnight. Money is still easily
obtainable, and there has been no advance in the rate of
discounts. There is, however, a growing uneasiness at
the unsettled state of matters in Europe, and the proba-
bility of India being also involved in hostilities on the
frontier and in Persia in the event of a European war,
and securities of all descriptions are in consequence ne-
glected as an investment. With the exception of Com-
mercial Bank shares, the quotation for which is rather
higher, as it includes the bonus of 1 per cent. just de-
clared, and the right to an allotment of one new share
for three old, we quote lower prices for all joint-stock
shares ; and Government securities, which have been as
low as 1 per cent. premium, have only rallied about 1
per cent., in consequence of large purchases, as a medium
of remittance to Calcutta, on which place the exchange
has advanced to 11 per cent. premium for bills at sight.
Closing quotations are as under :
Government Five per Cent. Loan of 1841-42, above
No. 19,000, 1011 per cent,
Ditto below, 103 per cent.
Ditto Four per Cent. Loan, 1835-36, 1011 per cent.
Ditto Four per Cent. Loan, 1842-43, 1011 per cent.
Bank of Bombay shares, 33 per cent. premium.
Oriental Bank Corporation 90 per cent. premium,
Commercial Bank, 35 per cent premium.
Agra Bank, 50 per cent. premium.
Mercantile Bank, 21 per cent. premium.
Since the departure of the last mail the market has
been unusually dull, and in piece goods no improvement
has taken place, except in the lower descriptions of gray
and bleached skirtings, Madapollams, and jaconets.
Tonnage is very scarce, and freights have advanced
materially, and 4/. per ton is now demanded for London
and Liverpool ; to China we may quote 20rs. to 22rs.
per candy of cotton.
Exchange on England is steady at 2s. Clad to 2s.
0 15-16 d. for China credits at 6 months' sight, and
2s. lAd. for local document bills. On Calcutta, the rate
is Bombay 1001 rs. ; per Calcutta 10Ors. at 2 months'
sight ; and on China entirely nominal at 231 rs. to 232r5.
per 100 dollars,