The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONIJUN, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1866.

MARKETS.---This Day.

MARK-LANE.

The trade for wheat in the country markets held on
Saturday was very quiet. As regards the best samples,
however, the market was firm at full prices. Good and
fine malting barley changed hands at high quotations.
For other descriptions of spring corn the trade was steady.
Flour was dull, at barely late rates. _ .

On the Continent the wheat trade is quiet, at late prices.
For spring corn, however, tho markets are rather firm.
At New York the export demand for wheat and flour is
still much restricted.

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But moderate supplies of English grain were received up
to our market last week. The imports from abroad con-
sisted of 8,156 quarters of wheat, 8,517 barley, 19,847 oats,
695 beans, 135 peas, 254 tares, 9,771 linseed, 25,646 rape
and oilseeds, 930 maize, 300 sundry seeds, and 3,229 sacks
of flour.

Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of English
grain were moderate, but in poor condition. The trade for
good and fine samples ruled inactive at last Monday's de-
cline in the quotations: otherwise, the English wheat trade
was dull and prices had a drooping tendency.
About an average supply of foreign wheat was on the
stands, but it consisted to a considerable extent of conti-
nental produce, the show of American !qualities being
limited. In most descriptions sales progressed slowly at
the prices of Monday last.
Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate request
at late sales.

There was a slight increase in the supply of English
barley exhibited for sale. There was continued firmness
in the trade for all descriptions, and last Monday's currency
was well supported.
For malt there was only a moderate demand, at last
week's currency.
The supply of oats on sale was moderato. Tho trade
ruled quiet on former terms.

Beans were in short supply, and the trade was firm,
at an advance in the quotations of Is. per quarter.

Peas moved off steadily, at full prices. The market was
but moderately supplied.
The flour trade was very quiet, on former terms.

CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASVRE.

Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 39. to 463
Do., old 46s 51s
Do., white, old s2e 5s
Do., new
Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —e
Do., nev-
Talavera, new s2s 60s
Eye—
Barley—Grinding
Malting -
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk
Brown
Kingstown and Ware
Chevalier 665 675
Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 215 28s
Potato
Youghal and Cork, black 215 27s
Cork, white 233 28s
Scotch, Feeding 225 275
Beans—Tick Ns 425
Pigeons .„. 465 505
Peas—Grey,
Maple
White
Boilers
Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b
Suffolk 32s 34,3
Stockton and Norfolk
American, per barrel 26s 318
French, per sack 34s 383

wool trade is firm, and "prices are rather on the advance.
Last week's import was about 16,000 bales, almost entirely
from the Australian colonies.

Current prices of English wool per lb.
sd a d
Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 81 1 91
Half-bred do 1 11 2 0
Kent fleeces
South Down ewes and wethers 1 7 1 8
Leicester do - '2 0
Sorts—Clothing
Combing

INDIA.

We have received Bombay papers to the 28th
of February. The following is from the Bombay

Times :

The latest date received from Great Britain by
the Indo-European line is the 23d, but much older
dates continue to come forward. In the early part
of the fortnight great inconvenience was felt by the
almost total breakdown of the Indian line between
Kurrachee and Bombay. This has now been
remedied.

The Indian telegraph department is to be re-
modelled, with a view to keeping the lines in a more
efficient state. The Supreme Government has ap-
proved of the scheme, and sanctioned a liberal in-
crease of salaries for that purpose.
The Hon. Col. W. F. Marriott, and G. Norman,
Esq., have been appointed Government Directors of
the Bank of Bombay, in the place of Lieut.-Colonel
J. A. Ballard, E.E., and J. L. Lushington, Esq.,
C.S.

A private soldier of the 45th Regiment has been
killed in Bombay by being thrown out of the window
of a house of ill-fame by two sailors.

A conflagration has taken place in the native town
of Bombay, by which property has been destroyed
to the amount of about Rs. 80,000 (£8,000).

A statement of the assets and liabilities of the
Bank of India on the 31st December last has just
been published, from which it appears that during
the past year the bank has lost by bad debts about
28 lacs of rupees (£285,000), or about 35 per cent.
of the paid-up capital, whilst its earnings have been
only 2 lacs (£20,000). The shareholders have re-
ceived no dividend for the last 18 months.

Scinde has been invaded by a party of 500
Murrees. They attacked and killed several of their
old enemies the Booghees, and then returned to the
hills with an immense quantity of booty.
A serious conflict has taken place in Kattiawar,
by a gang of ten convicts attempting to escape from
a detachment of the 13th N.I. in charge of them.
Nine of the convicts were shot or bayoneted, and
only one succeeded in getting off.
It is rumoured that the Royal Artillery in India
is to be reduced by two batteries of horse brigades,
two of field brigades, and all the heavy batteries.