-~ (Prom tho " Daily Times" 20th September.) Business has opaneti rather quiotly this week, owing, in

some measure, to the weather. There was an important sale fit the rooms of M'Landross, Hepburn and Co, but tho attendance of tho Trado was small, and tho bidding lacked spirit. Fine Counter Mauritius sugar sold at £35 to £36 10a. Crystals, £30 to £38. Flour. — Sismcy's and Giles and Smith's Adelaide brand, sold at £25 10s ; and Field's £25. Both outside brands. Candles aro offering low ; and 10id has been accepted for Neva's. Bottled beer continues to command attention.
SYDNEY.
(From tho " Empire," Si;p 11.) Thp. arrival at Melbourno of tho ship White Star from England, with thirty-tlve thousand bushels of wheat, cqiial to nearly eight hundred tons of breadstuffs, has fur | ther tended to check tho lato risn in the Hour market. Tf I holders arc wise tlioy will no longer refuso fair offers, as 1 it is certain that, with present stocks, and the prospect of other early arrivals, tho advance which took placo two or ■ three days sinco cannot, bo maintained. I Tho sale by auutiou yuste-rduy, of tho cargo of Chillian flour at Melbourne, ox Alice Thorndyke, realised from £15 to £10 per ton ; her cargo consisted of elevonhundredand j sixty tons,

MELBOURNE.
Tuosday evening, 18th September. The markets have been most buoyant to-day, 1500 pack ages of common to medium congous were placed at from 14d to 19d in bond, and a quantity of Mauritius sugars, best counters; at £;J9, medium at £36. Java sugars sold at an advance of 30s per ton on last sales.
