- The Argus of the 10th inat reports Id the* import markets to-day business ha» been moderately active. Nothing of a specu lative character has been allowed* to trans pire, the •demand for merchandise having almost in all oases been limited, to supplying trade requirements. In breadstuff there n nothing,whatever doing, oaring to California^ advices, but notwithstanding that buyers are 1 keeping ofiF, in the hope*of rates I>eing lower, I holders refuse to quote under I>l4 for best 1 brandy of ahd'GsJldto 6s 3d%r beat j sajnptes of wheat. • .Feeding grains evince firmness, chiefly on account o? mos£ ,df the 1 maize lately arrived having tone" dirSct into -j ttwhanOsof Wwtwijfe 4aidi»S bewveryli

freely offered without leading to sales, but we hear of about 1100 bags having changed hands at 4s l£d, and small lots have been got rid of at 4s 2d. Oats have been disposed of at well-sustained rates. A line of a thousand bags of the P. C. R's shipment has been resold at 4s 4d ; another parcel of 800 bags was taken up at 4s 3d: Pig iron is rising. We understand that a shipment of 300 tons has been cleared off at a price withheld. Sales of medium qualities of hops are mentioned at Is 2d. Sugars are firm. We learn that it has been decided on finally to send the Isabella with her entire cargo to New Zea land. We observe that 2000 bags will be offered, for sale to-morrow, and that the market will be further tested on Wednesday by the offer of the Valkarieu'S cargo, com prising 8260 large and 2000 small bags. Teas do not attract -so much attention, but we observe that about a thousand packages congou, forming balances of the Stord's and Marmora's cargoes, will be sold to-morrow. Provisions are becoming scarce, and prices are advancing. For Sydney -made cheese lid has been offered and refused ; holders ask la. New Zealand' cheese meets with a relldy sale at 13d. Kerosene oil is steady ; business, however, is limited to sales for mere trade purposes ; 1000 cases will be submitted to public competition to-morrow forenoon. In liquids, we hear of the disposal of equal to 1 10 hhds, in hhds and quarter-casks, of Central Vineyard's brandy, pale and dark, at a price supporting our trade quotation of 5s 6d.
