The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-02 00:00:00

... 1,198 4,148

Total ... 29,032 108,909
EXPORTS.
Feorn the date of our last issue up to the receipt 0 f
the Europe mail on the 6th our. produce markets
remained inactive, the ltscolnening in the • detitaFd
gem rally experienced when
patched and another hourly,: e mull is being—d..s.
expectedc having in,',thiS,
case b-en in name measur
of . the numerous lion], ward bound vessels
rated rated in our last, almost all of which will sba3
charge the' greater portion, if nut the who!" to
deal.
cargoes, Sugar - was almost the cinly staple) of
lb'
it:
business c,ntinued to be trabsacted at all f nlwhied
even in this a few hundred bags appear to hare been tbe
ext., nt or sales, which, however, are apparently as y• only restricted by the moderate supply of suitable quali.
s, arrivals of the new Benarea continuing unusually
tight fur the advanced period,of the seas in. In saltpetro
the ba,iness done has been moderate, the inquiry for alt
parts being languid, and purchasers shoring a disposio
riot to await treA arrivals.. Rice continued almost en•
tirely neglected for all parts, until the receipt of the lats
account of the reaction at home. since which there has
be, n more inquiry, although we believe but little has as
yer been done, whilst shipments to the Mauritius have
be, n rendered almost imprac icable by the extreme rates
demanded for tonnage (about 3.8 rupees per bag). Silk
has continu d in moderate inquiry, the unprecedented:,
low rate a current here and the facilities offered' (0 speculators by the export warehoused bayirg
minced a few purchasers to come forward ;
.i,ll, however, the demand has not been either extensive
or pencral, and, the market being fairly supplied, there
na, b..-en s 3 mptoms of any advance in price. In silk
pi, et• goods scarcely a single transaction has transpired,
business c Ttintiing completely at a stand, and prices all
but nominal. The I,..rge purchases previously made in
shellac at.d lac dye having almost cleared the market,
:old in ;uced holders of what remains to show great &rm.
!less, but little has of late been dme in either article ;
the inquiry, however, continues. In safflower we have
!Jothingrew to roport,arrivals havingcontinued moderate,
and found a ready ,ale at fuly previous rates, say 40r. to
42r. per inaund. The hide market remains quiet, the
business done having been moderate, and at about pre.
,ious rtes. In jute but few sales have been reported,
'out in those prices i,ave been fully maintained. Linseed
.a in modecate inquiry for America, but for the European
;nal kos business in all seeds continues at a stand. Cot-
on has been arriving pretty freely, and the greater por-
tion having been purchased in the up country marts fi.r
•shipin nt on arrival, there has been an extensive inquiry
for tannage, the scarcity of which has alone kept ex.
p arts on tneir bite nviderate scale. In this market we
-re not aware of any parcels having changed hands.
lucre ;,as agaiu b:en some speculative transactions in
opium, in cothequeence of which, notwithstanding the
;,bsene. of shiptetutts, the advance quoted in our last
been maintained. The season is approaching its
of e, only two sales remaining to come otf, one of which
is advertised for the 14th instant, and the other for the
12th proximo.
Exports from the Ist inst. up to date, have bean as
foilov.s, viz.:— North
Great Britain. America.
Saltpetre maunds 1,647 ...
Sugar .•• 18,662 ...
Rice••• ••• ••• 9,012 ... tr
... • • ••• : 349 ... ip
C.taln3 pteces 4WO 8,1
I.oooi •
Chopvas awl Bandannas ...
Shellac =sands 323 ...
0 ~. 193
Luisevd •
sS,IMFA er . • 413 ... 0
Jute •• ••• ••• 7,152
Cow and Buffalo Hides ... pieces 12,651 ... 2,500
Rice to Nlauritius • mounds 2 000 ...
Cotton to Singapore and China, 2,439 balea, or 8,712
maunds.

IMPORTS. •;."'
But little change has taken place under thip Les 3
durit,g the wvtk, with the exception of a slight rescti! ttt
,O copper, both importers and doalers appearing equal y
disposed to, refrain fro :n operations for the present; the
former relying on the prospect of shipments to this
country continuing on the decline, and rendering &It
ere•ntual advance in prices inevitable; whilst the latt,r
appeir to look merely to the present scarcity of money,
and the limited arrivals of produce from the interi. r,
which. however, may probably not only induce, bit
'Actually in-et-sal:ate, their retraining from entering into
iarge transactions.

In ricce goods not the slightest alteratim has taken
lace, a moderate business having again been done with.
out change in value of any descriptions ; the same may
be said of the yarn market, in which but little has been
done, holders, generally speaking, demanding an ad•
vance for mule twist which buyers will not as yet submit
.0; in red yarn, however, a fair amount of sales is re-
ported; the lower ch scriptions of coloured and printed
goods have iii some measure maintained the improve•
melt noticed in our last, hut the better descriptions
contilitio comparatively neglected; Turkey red goods
have attracted more attention, and there has been a fair
business doing in them of late; in woollens we have no
further imrrovement to notice. The metal market con-
tinues in a most unsatisfactory position, the advance in
value at home and great disproportion between the
prices current there and here having as yet apparently
b, en productive of no effect on dealers ; the further re•
auction in the value of tile copper, as quoted in our last.
brought forward a few buyers, and it has regained the
decline; in other descriptions a fair business has been
don::, but unaccomp tnied by any improvement in prices;
irrr. mAintains its vshie, but there is but little doing;

spelter has been placed pretty freely at from 10 Conj.-
psny's rupees la._ to 10 Company's rupees 3a. per maund.
There eas been but little doing in beer, but Bass's and
Alsopp's are firm at about 85r. per hogshead.
MONEY MARKET.
No improvement has taken place under this head. nor,
taking the late sOvices from home into consideration, do
we sce any reason to look for any. at all events, until the
coutlnual drain of about 3,000,000r5. per month to deer,
the opium pur,hased at the Government sales ceases f.c
he season. The depression in value of Governme;:t
securities continues, as will be seen from the annex d
quotations.
CURRENT VALUE OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, BANK
STOCK, &e.

Tranqier Five per Cent. ..$ 5RsO
. 0 Rs.
to 6 0 0 prem.
Second ditto, according to
numbers ••• ••• •.. 480 to 6 0 0 dia.
Third ditto -• •.• 480 to 6 0 0
New ditto
••• ... 2 0 0 to 2 8 0 --••
Co ' . Bs. Four per Cent. ... 13 80to15 0 0
Siccs lt,. ditto ... 15 8 0 to 17 0 0
Bank of Bengal Shares, 4.000r5. 2.600 to 2,650ra. pm.
Union Bank I,ooOrs. nominally a a discount
Agra Batik 500 rs. 210 to 225r5.
Looors. 160 to 170 rs.
Oriental Brink
N. W. Bank of India 500 ()Id 190 to 200V1.
Ditto 500 New 100 to 130 rs.
Freights.—When we last wrote the rate of homeward
tonnage had rather a downward tendency, which curt.
tinned up to the arrival of the Bombay express on the
4th; the favourable advioes of rice brought by that op.
portunity, however, checked this, and the demand for
China and Mauritius having further reduced the lira tel
ailloUllt of tonnage previously available for Great Br oho,
shippers have bad to give way; our t • quo attons bet.ig
about the rates now current, an-1 foe th
appears every prospect of these being mae present there
maintained.
L indon. Liverpool.
£s. d. xa.
£
Saltpetre 8 5 oto 8 8 a.
X 9. d.
Segar ... 8100 to 8 15 8 oto 8 5 0 ton of 20 cwt.
Rice ... 8126t0 8 15 8 stoB 10 0 -_
ili,ies ... 6176 to 7 0 8 BtoB 12 6
Jute ... 5176 to 6 0 5 606 10 0 —l4 cwt.
Rum ...910 0 to 9 55t0510 0— 5 bales.
Shellac 6 15 815 to 9 0 0 --4 hhds.
0 0 o 0 0
L •e6lOO to 7 0
)) nominal. 50 cultic feet.
Lac 1
Indigo & ..... 41•••
silk piece 7100 to 8 0
goods ...
bilk ...... 7100 to 8 0

lOcis

To Mauritius.
R ce .. ... Co.' Hs. 3 6 to 3 8 per bag
iAieuburement Goods 50 0 per ton.
To China.
4f dolls. to 5 per bale.

Cotton

HOW EXPLAINED. •••-• I\o
ANCIENT P"DIGIES -
ne.
read( r of 13,,man historyyeed be told of the fr
what
were termed prodigies,
quent recurrence of
and which were accepted and set down as prognos • -
tic~tin, sou,
e sudden mthfortune or success in arms
mention the appcarance of two
armies fighting in the air, showers of
milk, blood, stones, frogs, ; all of which were con.
,iurs Both ,
v Lieivis aontd Pliny
sidered as predicating some dire calamity. The pro-
gress
of so:enee, hos% ever. has been fatal to these
lifted prodigies. More than once have two cuts
been observed in England ; and proved to be only
caused by tho clouds being placsd in such a positi"u
as to retket the image of that luminary. The
files. fighting armies, &c, seen in the air, are known to ust:
by the name of northern lights, or aurora borealisi
showers of stones, ashes, &c., resulted from the operation •
of a volcanic eruption at a distance; of milk by sortie
quali:y in the air, giving the water a whitish colour; and
those of blond have been proved to be only the red spots
left, upon ti:e earth, or on stones, by the butterflies which
hatch in hot or stormy weather. Herein, indeed, has
science been a desperate enemy to =MS PrOdigin and
superstitions,—People's Journal, . .

from /Imes, tzt ais6-
t
'counting even short'da• India bins,-
ag anything like ei!.: months to ran
eon:plea-1v useless; this ha, naturally
eohsiderfzilie rierangethen:, and .wil4
• • '
in
ailltig
to
al,.
previ of
ougi c.fr vonding erre. t net*
alibori,th
suffi ient time bas not as 3 et elapsedp.i ""P forlthis to be maul..
Tested, the past week having tw
teht, taken pe
with the ma Is inward and outward, to la most t.)tal
v
xclusion of 2euertil business
;• we
quently, but little change to notice
any"be'ranchmli".ol
trade.
Indigo—We have nothing new to report in the per.
recta of-the crop; -the -plant being generally abtindent
and heal:hy inmost concerns throughout Lower Bengali,
and 'as tar up as Tirhoot; in Jestore and Itibtinngia4
however, It is stated to continue backward, and will. con•
sequel:fly. require late rains and moderate inundation to
rettl:se the favt.urahle expectations entertained by :maw
Abut Benarcs and the neighbourbqod the
k“oriti,s ifre looking well, but from Shahabmd, we have
rcc,ived comphint, f the want of moisture, no raja
having thll. n up to the 27th ult. Under these cirettta•
stances we s e no rea-on to change our opinion that
i•rth,ii-ects-are in fiv-ur of a foil average season.
Exp,.rts tit the season up to date are as follows, vizrs
Chests. Fy. rods.
- To Great Britain 20.852 79 351-
France
••• •• • 6 010 22.104
N.irth America ... 962 3,270
. Fr, l a Eurve 10 36
Sea Bombay, and
the Gulfs .