MELBOURNE.

Press, Volume VII, Issue 744, 18 March 1865, Page 3

MELBOURNE.

The following report v from the Aryu of the 9th instant:— Bagmen in the import market has been mailed by & little mote inqmry lor some articles of heavy consumption, and one or two good sake have been made. Two thousand bags of sugar (yellow or/rials) changed band* at £34, and there seemed a probab&ity of eonaidenble pareeb of other sorts being cleared ooi» when a raficea*.&med groand that the IGnistry were about to propo»»Ha levy the old duty on das and other artfelee reduced. tWghe new tariff; *and the uncertainty prevailing checzea operatiene. Xα teas, besidee those sold at auotkm, a paroel of fine eoogoawas quitted pdnidj at la lid, in bond. Kerosene (Downer's) is eeOing at from 3b 5d to 8s 6d fbrlargelota. Aslightly better feelingis perceptible in tobacco than has been noticed of lute, stocks of •We have no sales as yet to report, but renewed inquiry k beginning to be ezpenenoed. Three«lnahel bag* are deeHnmg as the sesaon adrances. Aparoel of 800 bales has oeen offering, on Adelaide at lSs, but without finding buyers. He tame paper gives ttie following report of Hie floor and grain market :— Ebrar and wheat are on the torn downward again. The intelligence of several Teasels loading at Valparaiso lor these ootomes has very suddenly cheeked any Stde inclination there might nave been for speculmtion, and boyess are now waiting for a return to the rates cf a few days stnoe. A vessel arrived at Bjd~ aey HA week wi&a large qoantfty of flour oa board, and the itTri--** , ** ift made that no vessels were loading ferflweeoolomee when abe left i bat this report jg irpyU by interested parties and k reoeived with as it is oooteramoiory to the intelHgenoe nostneeivedby way of New Zoknd. Oats of good qcantr are in firir demands but the prospect of a vary hege crop of msise in Kew Sooth Wales will prevmt ajqr •*!•«>• in Oβ value of gram fiw fading The demand fiir hay oontmoes bmk |

and although the supply this week is rather large, a further advance of a few shillings a ton has been established, the price of straw having risen at the same tune. Quotations are :—£23 10s for fine flour. Wheat is offering so sparingly as to afford no guidance for quotations. Bran sells readily at Iβ 4*d to la 5d per bushel. Oatmeal, £23 per ton.