The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-02 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL.

REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE BOMBAY MARKETS, FROM
THE 13TH FEBRUARY TO THE 28TH FEBRUARY, 1853,
INOLUSWE.

The money market remains in the same easy state as
when we last wrote. The only remarkable feature of the
fortnight is the advance in Oriental Bank Corporation
Stock, which has been sold as high as 80 per cent pre-
mium. This advance, being 30 per cent. above our last
quotations, is understood to be caused by large orders to
purchase from England, consequent on the rise in price
on the London Stock Exchange. The other bank shares
have also experienced a smalradvance.
Dealers having lately shown but little inclination to

buy, there has been very little business transacted since
the departure of the last mail. Grey goods, however,
may still be quoted at our former rates ; in yarns there
lia3 been a falling off, the inquiry is limited, and No.
40's do not now realise more than the price formerly
given for No. 30's.

Grey shirtings of 40 and 45 inches, of from 5i to Blbs.,
may be quoted at the former rate, the heavier descrip-
tions incline downwards.

Grey long cloths continue without improvement.
Grey madapolams of 31bs. to 3 3-161ba. are readily
saleable at Rs.l 12 annas ; there is but little inquiry fur
other descriptions.
Grey T cloths remain as when we wrote our last re-
port.

- Grey domestics are not in so good request as they
were, but those of 36 and 40 inches realise the prices
formerly quoted.
Grey Jacconets—The lower qualities are in good re-
quest, the stock being small. Finer descriptions meet
with more inquiry ; 45 inches remain without change.
Grey mulls are not in request.
Grey twills are in good inquiry.
Bleached shirtings of the lower qualities are in de-
mand, Rs. 3 12 ans. may be readily got for a quality of
goods which did not fetch more than Rs. 3 2 ans, last sea-
son. The finer qualities are not in such demand.
Bleached Madapolans —There is demand for the
low qualities.

Bleached Jacconets of low quality are in eager re-
quest, while the finer descriptions arc dull of sale.
Bleached dimity, or figured shirtings, of 12, 24, and
40 yards, are in good demand at Rs. 24, 44, and Its.
6 12 to Rs. 6 15 per piece.
Bleached lappets are without change in value. Co-
loured lappets in request. Lappet scarfs are also wanted,
and arc iu request.

Turkey red- goods are neglected for the most part ;
mulls only being in request.
Yarns are dull of sale. Turkey red, Nos. 30 to 60,
meet with ready sale ; the same remark applies to
orange.

Metals have been more in request latterly, and may
be readily sold at our quotations.
Cochineal is saleable at Rs. 1 12 to Rs. 1 13 in small
parcels.

Saffron fetches Rs. 10 to 12, according to quality-
Cotton.—Very little of the new crop has yet arrived.
Surat and Broach is held for higher prices. Oomrawutty
and Dhollar sells for Its. 95 to R. 97 per candy. The
report of cotton, since our last report, has been 16,500
bales.

Pepper sells in small lots, as it arrives, at Rs. 65 to
66 for Bhutcol, and Rs. 60 to 61 for Tellicherry.
Exchange.—The China mail, which lately arrived,
brought few credit bills, and many of those having been
remitted to Calcutta, transactions took place at 2s. Oid ,
since which time exchange on England has again ad-
vanced, and may be quoted at 2s. Oid. for credit bills,
and 2s. 11d. for local and document bills six months'
sight. On Calcutta Rs. 98 4, and on China Rs. 221 per
100 dollars at two months' sight.
Tonnage has been engaged immediately on arrival at
4/. for London, and none can now be had for London,
Liverpool, or Glasgow under 4/. ss. Shipments of cot-
ton are slowly going on to China at Rs. 19 per candy.

CALCUTTA MARKETS.

'From the Overland Bengal Hurkaru Price Curren,

Feb. 19.)
In our export market here there is not much change
to notice. One or two small sales of indigo have taken
place, which have gone off with rather less spirit than
might have been expected, considering the state of the
home market, and the activity, with which the market
opened here this season. There is very little doing in
sugar. Raw silk continues in full demand, and the sup-
ply is still inadequate. Silk piece goods are compara-
tively quiet. Shell lac remains in active request ; and
the same may be said of lac dye. A fair demand exists
for saltpetre, and prices are pretty full. Hides are in
less request than they were, and prices have rather a
downward tendency. Jute continues to be favourably
thought of, and shipments to an increased extent are
said to be in progress. Nothing doing in safflower. All
sorts of oil-seeds are in fair demand. Castor oil is with-
out any very great inquiry. Cutch is looked after to a
small extent, but there is still little or no stock in the
market. Shipments of raw cotton continued on a fair
scale to both Great Britain and China.
There is no news fresh from the Straits and Chin
The second opium sale of the season is to take place
on
on the 21st instant. Prices quoted in the Bazaar yes-
terday were, Patna Co.'s Rs, 961 ; 13enares
973 per chest ; but pending the sale above' C.' R.
these quotations must be regarded as nominal.
In our money market there is still hardly
rates of interest and discount thereforecontainny chueoanntghee previous moderate scale, which keeps down the bank
figure. dividends to a low Government n ml eunet secfulrlities are
stil sought after, and of course theiro
main-
tained. The share market remainsva firm is
withi: every
prospect at present of continuing so. Quotations
are—
Transfer Five per Cents Rs. 3 0 to 4 0 prem.
New Fives ll 4 to 11 8 „
Old Sicca ditto 5 8 to 0 0 „
Co.s R.'s Four per Cent. 0 6 to 0 8 dis.
The share market stands as follows :
Bank of Bengal Shares Co.'s Rs. 6,000 to 6,050 each
Agra and U. S. Bank — 600 „
North-Western Bank 3) 300 to 305 „ India General Steam ff 550 to 600 „
Bengal Coal Company
~ with dividend 600 „
Bonded warehouse
u 245 to 250 n •

Exchangat—Tae following are the quotations of the
day, which are a trifle under last mail's rats :-Ist class
credits, 2s. 00. to 2s. Id.; ditto document;, 2s. ld. to
20. per rupee.
Freights—Quotations are to London Sugar, 01. 12s:
6t1.; saltpetre, 31. 10s.; rice, 41.; jute and cotton, 31. to
31 2s. ed., hides, 31. 10s. to 31. 12s. Gd.; oilseeds. 41,
to 41. 2s. 6d.; shell lac, 31.; lac dye, 3/. 15s. To Mau,
ri tins, Company's Rs. 1-14-0 to 1-15-0 per Lag payable
there at 50 cents.

Indigo—There has only been very little doing in the
way of public sale during the period under notice.
Business has been almost at a stand, owing to the widely
different views of buyers and sellers, which now, how,
ever, appear to be gradually assuming something like
uniformity.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
BOMBAY.
Arrivals—Feb 9—The ship William Gillies, Brown,
from Liverpool, Sept. 20 ; ship Victoria, Smith, from
Calcutta, Jan. 10. 10—The ship Quintin Leitch, Pot-
ter, from Sydney, Dec. 5, and Cochin, Jan. 21 ; barque
Commercie Companie, Butyn, from Calcutta, Jan. 11 ;
ship Flora, Cobb, from Port Philip, Oct. 19. 12—The
barque Ino, Warwick, from London, Sept. 4, bound for
the Persianr touched at Bombay for her chief
office
Mariner, Harland, from Port Philip,
. s p Gulf,
Novemberhi 29, and Colombo, January 28 ; barque
Meander, Pounder, from Colombo,
Callaghan, from
January 21. 13—
The ship Hibernia, M`Mahon, from Port Philip; De-
cember 6. 14—The brig Josephine,
London, July 9, touched at Malabar Coast. 15—The
ship Elizabeth, strong, from Colombo, Jan. 28; barque
Thomas Red. Devison, Rozario, from Macao, Dec. 23.
17—The ship James Watt, Frain, from Aden, Jan. 1 ;
ship City of Palaces, Symons, from Mauritius, Dec. 16,
touched at Alleppe, Feb. 5. 11—The Peninsular And
Oriental Company's steamer. Erin, Thomas Jamieson;
from Hong Kong, Jan. 23 ; Singapore, Feb. 5; Pe-
nang, Feb. 7 ; and Galle, Feb. 12. 20—The steamer,
Larriston, Baylis, from Plymouth, Nov. 27; Cape, Jan.
19 ; and Cochin, Feb. 17. 22—The ship William
Money, Bucker, from China, Jan. 1 ; Singapore, Jan.
17. 23—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam.
ship Achilles, Stead, from Suez, Feb. 6. 24—The ship
Culloden, Kells, from Greenock, Oct. 7 ; ship Boyne,
Jabistan, from London, August 7 ; Cape, Dec. 2.
Departures.—Feb. 14—The ship Mobile, Ponsonbyl
for Liverpool ; ship Ino, Warwick, for Persian Gulf..
16—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Ganges, Purchase, for Galle, Penang, Singapore, and
Hong-Kong ; ship Hero of the Nile, Hunt, for China.
19—The ship Peony, Collins, for Liverpool ; ship Ber-
mondsey, Armstrong, for London ; ship Ailsa, Duguird,
for Liverpool. 23—The ship Merchantman, Grey, for
Coast and Calcutta. 24—The ship Herculean, Bell, for
Liverpool.