The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-01 00:00:00

FREIGHTS.

We have again to rep)rt great want of activity iu
our freight market, but the firmness of consignees
prevents rates from falling, and our quotations remain
without material change. 'We give them as follows :
—To London, 31. to 31. ss. ; Liverpool, 31. ss. to
31. 7s. Gd. per ton. To China, 10r. per candy, and
Calcutta, 3:25r. to 345 r. per rass for salt.

EXCHANGE.

Until the end of last week the rate for six months'
sight bills was nominally at Is. 10-id., and would
doubtless have gone lower owing to the non-arrival
of the China steamer until last night, but one of the
banks having raised its rate to ls. 100., buyers came
forward very freely, and considerable transactions
have been the result. To•day the bank broker has
been selling Oriental bank draughts at Is. 100. six
months' sight, and Is. 10id. thirty days' sight.
Russell's and Jardine's bills have also found pur-
chasers at is. lOid., but buyers look for better rates.
Court of Directors' bills on Calcutta were sold yes-
terday at par, sixty days' sight.

THE MONEY MARKET.
TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2.
I,EcHANGEs.
On London— s. d. s. d.
6 months' sight, per r. 1 14 1 104 For document bills
6 do. 1 10. For credit do.
6 do. 1 101
2 For bank do.
3 do. 1 10i do.
2 do. 1 10 3-I6d. do.
1 do. 1 10i do.
1 day's do. 1 9a do.
On Calcutta, at 60 days' sight, per 100 r par.
Do. 30 da), s' sight „ nominal.
Do. at sight „ 6a to 7a pr cent,
premium.
par.
Ba. to 10a. pf r
cent. prem.
On China, at 60 days' sight, per 100 drs. 210 r.

On M Ara!, at 30 days' sight „
Do. at sight „

DANK SHARES.
R. Paid up.
Bombay Bank 1,000 each 1,000 25 per cent. prem.
Oriental Bank 1,000 do. 500 15i per cent. dis.
Commercial Bank 1,000 do. 500 14 per cent. dis.
Agra Batik 500 do. 500 1 per cent. dig.
Madras Bank 1,000 do. 1,000 9f per cent.prem.
Apollo Press Co. 12,500 do. 12,500 14,000 nominal.
Culaba Ditto 7,000 do. 7,000 14,600.
Colaba Land Co. 10,000 do. 10,000 7,000 nominal.
Bombay Steam
Navigation Co. 500 do.
Great Ind. Pen.
Ralway Co. 50 do. 5 deposit. par.
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
5 per et. Transfer Loan Its. 119 to 120 per 100 S:e( a.
5 „ Loan 182.526 „ 106 to 1061 „ 100 „
5 „ Loan 1829-30 „ 105 k to 106 , 100 „
5 „ Loan 1841 42 „ 99i per 100 Sicca.
4 „ Loau 1832.33 „ 89 to 90 „ 100 Sic ca.
Z
86i per 100 Co.'s.
4 „ Loan 1835 36 }
1842 43 "

500 65 to 70 p. et. di..

PaICES OF BULLION.
Sovereigns each 10r. 142. per X.
Bank of England Notes ... 11r. to 11r. 4a. per £
Spanish Dollars 2201 r. per 100.
German Crowns ... ... 212 per 100.
Sycee Silver ... 104ir. to 105 r. per 100 to'.: e 0
Gold Leakrangeofquality) 16:1r. per to:a.
Gold Ingots, according w
touch

... 17r. to 171 r. per tola.

CALCUTTA.
(From theEng,lishman of Sept. 20.)

The Express, with-London dates to the 7th of
August last, arrived on the 13th, followed by tho
regular mail on the 15th inst. In the colonial mar-
kets at home the inquiry fur East India produce was
less active, and the value of some articles have become

lower. Money was, however, superabundant, and the
prospects of the harvest most satisfactory.
Our produce market, since the date of our last
report, has exhibited that increased degree of activity
usually observable before the commencement of the
Doorga Poorja holydayi, when holders of country
goods are anxious to realize, and shippers and agents
to load and clear out their ships previous to the cessa-
tion of business. Buyers and sellers have conse-
quently, freely met each other, all par ties feeling that
they had no time to waste in bargaining. The reports
from the indigo districts, with one or two unimportant
exceptions, continue to be very satisfactory the crops
in the neighbourhood of Mirzapore have materially
recovered from the backward state into which they had
been thrown by the long protracted drought, and the
total oat turn cannot now be estimated at less than
1,18,000 to 1,20,000 maunds. The exports up to
date amount to 36,0113 chests, containing 1,32,705
maunds, of Ns hick 26,663 chests have gone to Great
Britain and 6,482 chests to France. Up to the arrival
of the 7th of August mail the demand for sugar con-
tinued active, and a large business has bean trans-
acted. Saltpetre has continued in steady inquiry for
the American market, and the demand for home ship-
ments has increased, although chiefly confined to the
medium and lower sorts. Rice has attracted a little
more notice for the English market. The stocks of
safflower have been reduced to a small quantity of
bad and mixed qualities, which were held at prices
ranging much above their proper value. The finer