The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-26 00:00:00

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Ag-ua Fria ....
Anglo Californian .. •• •
Nnuriati •• ••

Australian ........
Australian Freehold •• ••
Ave Maria .. • • • •
Blaenarvon Iron & Coal
British Australian Gold
British Iron .. • •• • • •
Brazilian Imp, (is. 51.

Do. Come; and Culab:.
Do. S't. John del Rey • -
Cobre Copper • .... •
Copiapo .. • • ....
Eng. & Australian Copper
General.. • • .

Gold Mountain • • ..
Great Polgooth .
lldexicand S. American
Nouveau Munde...... • •
Santiago de Cuba ......
Tin Croft .... • • •• ••
United Mexican.. • ..• • •
West Mariposa ........

Antralasia ............
British Nort h America..
Colonial ..............
Conmiercial of London..
London Joint Stock
London and Westminster
National Provincial Eng.

De. New ........ •• ..
National of Ireland .. •.
Oriental Bank Corporat.
Provincial of Ireland....

Do. New ..
Union of Australia
Union of London =••• ••
Union of liz.rid

Eastern Steam .. •• ..
Oen. Steam Navigation .
renin. & Oriental Steam.
Ditto ditto
Royal Mail steam ......
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will not be influenced by

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20 24 -25 U,
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I correspondents.]

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW,2.9.4
The sales of Cotton at LiverpoolCiT O'CLOCI''
yTestifer°da were estirnatecla
at 4,000 bales, of which 250 Surat were takeny for export, as
500 American on speculation. The market closed heavily.
The sales comprised 3,250 American, 150 Perham, seserd „ilsgrn-
ranharn, at ti ad_ fn 714/1 :90 Bahia, at ft sa. s '"" - re
tien, at 6%e1. to B%d; and 500 Surat, at 13qh• to 4, r
lb.—Railway Shares were very flat at lower prices. the
At the close of last week and the commencement of ,
present there was more firmness in the principal staple
and rather more business was done, but since the mark
have had a duller tone, and there is a decided disinclinatlu
to do business, the public sales having been unussabot
limited. This applies not only to Sugar and Coffee, to
likewise to the minor articles, although holders coati the
their demands generally, and do not press supplies °Pell
market.
her.
The reported discovery of an island in the Pacific whel,
guano abounds, may render it useful to state what has vs.sis
the result of experience as to Peruvian guano ; and alto aced
the samples brought from the island in question are estitnoni
as being worth much less than the Peruvian, they are
_;/,
valuable, and far above the adulterated articles const:s7o'4
foisted on the public. Professor Wray, in a lector the fol.
the Royal Agricultural Society of England, gave "-
lowirg information on this important subject :
also st erl'
W hile good guano, when burnt, gave an ash a— r rot.
tirely soluble in acids, and leaving only 114, or two Pe" frost
of sand, these adulterated specimens contained eftell sad,
25 to 35, gor more, of insolub matter—sometimes saber'.
scinetimes clay. In many cases these sp.'eicsees bad
0014
sent to hull in the belief that they were genuine, but ther6f ths
be no hesitation in pronouncing them spurious* -aided
loss to the farmer in the purchase of such sophist! _ of
manures it was difficult to speak with any great ciegtbeeitses
accuracy; the loss was not corfiro d to that of the Persectopq
money, it was the disappointment and failure is tbu , tbe
resulting from their use which constituted the severity
__.(isett
evil. Of the loss on purchase-money, some notion fou'ree
be formed by a calculation founded on the value as rSi!'i the
of ammonia and phosphate of lime. Ile estirotLe'd. per
ammonia at 6d. per lb., and the phosphate of lime at '74_ the
lb.; but it !you'd be necessary to make a deduction fro; to
value so obtemed, inasmuch as guan at la s,/ the
furnished these substances at about one-so the
one-sixth less t
above-named prices. Tysia
" The diagram which was formed from the au.gbilst
of the specimens just described, proved, that
_l_o by
the dishonest dealer reduced the value of the gut 1 the
sand and other admixtures to one-half, he only lect_eifrioned,
price by one-fourth. For 71. 103. the farmer
.7."0,1e55.
iherefore, a guano which was intrinsically worth 5l• ibis it
It could not be too widely known that it sees imp
g°ed
the general way of business that they should
inrsorters,
Peruvian guano for less than 91. 55., because the
sold
Messrs. Antony Gibbs and Sons, who had '
an
sold !a
agency from the Peruvian Government,
veve'rndeed, that
sound guano below that sum. It was true,
on„,/10, that is of
there were sales now and then of damaged 6";,kage Ott ths
the parts of cargoes that had been subject to 1
o great that
voyage, but the competition for these lots
Was
their
intrinsic
they generally fetched a higher price than .
..,,ro sub-
value justified ; they were often mixed with Dv
,d the cos
stance to dry them up, and then the farmer pani__o. if the
Nothing was a greater delusion than a cheaP buy3° "La the
farmer could not afford the full price, let biru
quantity." he exchd ange on
The Hamburgh mail of Tuesday brings t _rew:ley
London 14 lower, viz., 13 614. Stocks were tins, 4"
was easy.h
althoug
In most of the Baltic markets grain was cheaper,
_f Ger.
the privations of the poorer classes in various Paris v
many are represented as being most distressing•
alteration on
The Amsterdam Stock Market was without
of
the 24th instant. Spanish was more offered..
the value
Although there is no decided alteration in
business je
Public Securities, the tone is duller and less
an,,,Ts
doing. Consols have been 98% li for Transfer,o,
i,"26%); at
for Account. The Three per Cent. Annuities...Al' The pre-
-984. East India Stock is worth '261 to 2bze
_, „oadia
militia on Exchequer-bills has been 68s. to 703., II" v
Bonds 795. but prices are
The Foreign Market has been quieter, lf and Pe 7L
steady. Mexican Bonds have been 324 to 40tte -
a only ' '
Tian 105 to 106. Buenos Ayres have been cle
dt:r Bonds have
to 73, but Brazilian old are up to 101. Equal -yeaectiels
been 5 to 514, and Grenada Deferred 104•, . sn,olsh
Stock is worth 45 to 47, an improvement tgtare•
.Ne;,‘ De-
Five per Cents. have been 201/ to 2114, and ts. are at 36,
(erred 19% to 20. Portuguese Four per (seh
ring
61.
and dull. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. b
redacting&
Railway Shares have bean weaker, and sales P, uoivileadf
Lower prices have been accepted for Chester_aocuut _ i
h Western,
Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire,aoS
d Aberdeen are
Midland, and several others. Ambergate
idedly. French'
rather dearer. Norfolk have given was
dec
n'
shares have been neglected. and Carson's
In the Mining Market Ag Tua Fria are firm!„.. Austrouart
Creek higher. Nouveau Monde are flatter. ee
companies are about the same. there have been
Joint Stock Bank shares are steady, and .
5.
' tion Coinpanie
some bargains in the Steam Navigation ,
TO9 111RHB.
QUARTER 8,
IT
. •••
tAll":30•8 .. ••• , 982
Ditto Account, April 13 ... ** ovLoClg
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE
..- From the Official List.) ,
A
1 per Cent. Consols Ann.. ..... ... ..•.. 981 .
983 A
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 ............
:.A.,i.g Annuales. K.s.p. Jan.
1t460... --::.,
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860.: 6Ka
262 261
In lin Stock ................................. .
~,,,
__
00. Bonds, 1000/... ................. ::- f..!. k'
Ditto under 1.000/ .,,,,p3,
Console for Account ............... - DAited/.4
E,,r,h,ouer Bills ..... 70 €8 p
I,oool' ..••••••• ................. . ...., 7l 68 p
>OOl. ......... .... ...........
......... --• 68 71 p
Small ...
F...............
EIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCN
PRICE OF OR 5 per Cent. lOl
Brazilian Bonds.
Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent. 73 72
,
Cuba, 6 Der Cent lO2
dor Bonds
ostua .. SIA
Grenada, 114 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred ..................... 1014
hi „bean Bonds, 1846, 3 per Cent ..
321;434
Yeravian Bonds, 5..
per Cent lO5 106
Do. Deferred 6314
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent 973/4
Ditto 4 ner Cent.
Ditto Account
Spanish.
Bonds, 5 per Cent,l840
Pitto 1847 2130
Ditto 1849 204 1
Spanish Bonds. 3 per Cent. ...... .. 4334 444
Ditto, New Deferred .... ......... . 194, 20
Venezuela Bonds
Dividen-!S on the above payable in Loader!.
Dutch 214 per Cent., 12 Guild ..• 61

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COURT CIRCULAIL
The Queen held a Chapter of the moat ancient and most
noble Order of the Thistle yesterday afternoon, at Bucy-
,ecwrehtaenry theto customarythe
new
Knoiagthht sevfa s adm infs.
Lord Saltoun knell near the Queen, and her lgajestY,
assisted by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Senior
Knight of the Thistle, was pleased to place the riband and
jewel of the Order over his Lordship's left shoulder.
After the investiture, the Queen gave audience Coen gone.
Isturiz, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipottiary
the Order.
from her most Catholic Majesty the Queen of Spain, on iiis
return to England.
The Hon. John Duncan Bligh, the Queen's En King cu.
voy Elc",
Itriaaourodviennary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the
to
Hanover, had an audience cf her Majesty on his return
At her Majesty's Levee on Wednesday,
Men his appoin ,
Mansell Power was presented to the Queen on
ment as her Majesty's Consul at Paraiba, by the Earl et
Malmesburv.
He • '
1 Majesty had a dinner party yesterday at Buckinglani
Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attendei bit
Lady Fanny Mr. 80112.1111.
Howard and Baroness de Speth arrived a
Clarence House, St. James's, yesterday afternoon from Frng-
mote.
Railway had an interview with the Right Hon. J.
. en-
A deputation on the subject of the Worcester and Hereford
ley and Lord Colchester yesterday, at the Board of Trade.
..
The Oxford University Commission had a meeting yester
day, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasurio
in Downing-street. •th the
A deputation of postmastera had an interview' wf ii.,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his official residence, Dr,
__.
ing-street, yesterday, upon the subject of the post-horse ds t!..e:
and tax on carriages let to hire, by which all postmaster.f.
charged on the average 20 per cent. on their gross earning"'
besides a heavy tax on their carriages.
—..----......

. DIED.
On the 24th inst., at his residence, Downshire-hill, MlMl-
stead, deeply and deservedly lamented, John Joseph Lavis°l3,
f Nor-
Esq., secon:i son of the late James Laws)°, Esq., 0- -
wood, Surrey, aged 50. d 86.
On the 2t.1 inst., at Culhatal-court, Berkshire, sgeW rr
the Ron Frederick West, son of the second Earl lla-14° b:h;
On the 19th inst., at Broome, Bedtordshire, ElizsA 90.
relict of the late W. Galli er. Esq of Witham, Essasece'rdi-
On the 19th inst, at West liam, Essex, Mr. -..•
nando, hte of the Bank of Englind, aged 52. Great
Su ldeuly, at his re,idence, the Roebuck Torero,
Dover-roan, Mr. Abel Collins.

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