The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-15 00:00:00

FORMIGN

Railways. Nominal Pricer. I Business one
to-day.
Boul. & Amiens all pd 135,E 13'S
Cent. France (0.V.) all 223/ 231/4 23% 223 i
Chart. & Erquel. all pd 13 —l5 14
Demerara all pd . . •
Dutch Rhenish... Bl. pd .3
31/, dis. 45/s
East Indian 18/. pd 3 31/4
Do. Do. 2O/. pd
Gt. Indian Penin. all p sA, p
Do. Do 41/4 pd p
Louv. a la Sambre 7%
Luxembourg l3l. pd .43/4 4%
Do. (Railway) 10/. pd 3% 334
Do. l/. pd % 3/8
Do. (Canal) 2i. pd 5/8
Maria Antonia 27i pd
Do. New 8% pd
Namur & Liege all pd •6% 71/4
North. of France,l6/.pd 24 24% 24%
Orleans & Bor 11/. pd 35/s 37/8 p
Paris & Lyons ...61. pd 5 51/4 p 11%
Paris & Orleans all pd 48 —49
Paris & Rouen ...all pd 301/4 30% 30%
Paris & Szras. ...all pd 23% 23% 231/,
Rouen & Havre... all pd 12 % 12% 12% %
Sambre &Meuse all pd 4 % 43A 45/8
St. Andrew's & Quebec
(A) 4/. pd
Tours & Nantes 17/. pd '6IA 6 dis. 10'% %11
West Flanders...B% pd 3
West. of France 6/. pd —7% 3/
North. of France, 201. 3 p. ct. Bonds (for. B. & A. Sh.) 13%.
MINES.
Agua Fria all pd P 11/2
Anglo-Californian, all p 1/4 % P
Asturian 15/. p
Australasian 2/. pd 11/4 p
Australian 5/. pd 1/2
Austr. Freehold all pd 1/4 % dis•
Ave Maria all pd dis.
Blaenarvon I. & C. all p
Brit. Austr. Gold all pd % • % die. 'A
British Iron 13/. 15s. p
Braz. Im. (is. .5 p) 241/._, 1% '2
Do. Coca. & Cui. all p
Do. St. Job. del R. 15/. 281/,
Carson's Creek all pd % % p lis
Cabre Copper 4O/. pd
Copiapo 14/ pd
Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p % % p %
General all pd
Gold Mountain...all pd %ails. p 1
Great Polgooth all pd p
Mexi. & S. Amer. 91. p •..
Nouveau Monde all pd % 1/1 p 11/8 1/4
Port Philip . pd 1/4 -- ',1313 11/4 Ya
Santiago de Cuba 10% 6 7
Tin Croft 7l. pd 934 101/4
United Mexican all pd 2 1/4 —2%
West Mariposa all pd % 1/4 dis
Colonial Gold, 1% %
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Australasia all pd 39 —4O 40 x.d
Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd 49% —5O
Colonial 25/. pd 11% 12%
Com. of London 20/. pd 24 251/4
Lon. & County 20/. pd
London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd 18 18%
Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd 283/4 —29
Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd
Do. New lO/. pd . .
Nat. of Ireland 22% p 1.7% —l7
Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd 34 —35
Prov. of Ireland 25/ pd. 431/ —44
Do. New all pd 15% 161/
Union of Austral all pd 37 —3B
Do. New 2l/ pd 3 31/2
Union of London 10/. p 14% —l5l/
Union of Madrid all pd
MISCELLANEOUS.
Canada 32% pd 48 491/2
Eastern Steam...2s. pd
Gen. Strn. Nay. 14/. pd 28% 28%
Penin. & Or. St. all pd 77 771/ 783/1 98% 79%
Do. Do. ...151. pd 31% 231/4
Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd 80' gi% 80
Universal Emigration
and Colonization, 2/. p •

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at 8,000 bales, all to the trade, comprising 6,500
American, 600 Egyptian at 61d. to 7d., 500 Surat at
31c1 to 44d, and 150 Sea Island at Is. 2d. to Is. 6d.
per lb. The market closed firmly.—Railway Shares
were firm, especially Midland and Caledonian.
The six weeks' average price of Wheat is 425. 2d. per
quarter.
The Amsterdam Bourse, on the 13th inst., was ani-
mated for Dutch Stock. The Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. were 614 to 3-16. Mexican were higher, and
Spanish, Austrian, &c., in demand.
The Royal Mail Steam meeting is beingnowtbeeld
held.
The following is a portion of the report, which
share-
holders have received very warmly:—
" The audited accounts of the Royal Mail Steam
Packet Company have as usual been printed and sent
to each of the shareholders. The surplus on the work-
ing account of 1851, exhibits an increase over that of
1850, of 51,6351. 13s. lid., but the several items of the
account do not admit of comparison with former years,
owing to the alteration in the West India, and the ad-
dition of the Brazil service. Of the latter, the result of
ten voyages is included in the account. The leases of the
Jamaica Wharf and of the Southampton premises
having expired during the year, the balances
of these accounts have been charged against profit
and loss, as has also the difference between the original
cost of the Larne, sold in July last, and the sum ob-
tained for her. The amount expended in repairs of the
Teviot and Dee has placed those vessels in a state
of efficiency for many years' service. The amount at
which the company's ships have hitherto stood in the
balance sheet, being their original cost, it has been
deemed desirable, at the close of the first contract of the
company with the Government, to reduce this amount
to as near an approximation to their actual value as pos-
sible, looking to their use in carrying out the operations
of the company; and the sum of 450,0001. has been
assumed as one at which they may be fairly taken under
all circumstances. In order to effect this reduction, the
reserved fund, after including the profits of 1850, has
been applied, and a further sum of 95,4271, Is, ld, from
those of 1851. The Prince, having been purchased
during the year, is of course not included in the arrange-
ment. The amount advanced toward the completion of
the new steam-ships of the company, to 31st December
last, is 360,9031. Bs. sd. Eligible coaling premises at
S. Thomas have been purchased during the year. The
amount appears in the balance sheet, sod those formerly
rented have bean relinquished. The proprietors were in-
formed, so long ago as last October twelvemonths,
that the directors had contracted for five
new steamers of the largest class. At the
general meeting in April, 1851, it was further stated
that the whole of those vessels were rapidly progressing;
but in October last the directors felt compelled to notice
the delays experienced in executing the different ship-
builders' and engine-makers' contracts, expressing a
hope, however, that, on and from the beginning of the
present year, the whole
might be completed, so as to
commence simultaneously the performance of an accele-
rated service. It' this expectation has not been realized,
the disappointment has arisen from causes altogether
beyond the control of the directors. The Brazil
service has been maintained throughout with
perfect regularity, and the receipts upon that line have
proved hitherto highly satisfactory. Since the last
general meeting in October the company's colonial super-
intendent has returned from his mission to Chagres,
New York, &c., having ably arranged all matters re-
specting a loan to the Panama Railway Company, and
125,000 dollars, or say 25,4811 6s. 3d. sterling, has ac-
cordingly been advanced by the directors upon
Debenture Bonds to assist in the promotion of
that important object. By the terms of agreement
between the two companies, a favourable portion
of Manzanilla Island at the Atlantic terminus of
the railway is secured for the purposes of the
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, wheret is pro-
posed to erect a wharf and other suitable premises. The
i
railway is rapidly progressing, having been opened al-
ready to a distance of about 23 miles from Navy Bay ;
and upon one occasison lately 1,000 passengers from
New York were conveyed by it, producing a receipt of
6,000 dollars. It is expected that the works will be
completed as far as Gorgona (being the most difficult
and inconvenient portion of the route) before next autumn.
Connected with this, vast undertaking, the formation of a
company for establishing steam conveyance between
Panama, New Zealand, and Australia, continues to
occupy the anxious attention of several influential
associations ; amongst which may be classed the two
Pacific Steam Navigation Companies, the Royal Mail
Steam-packet Company, and the Panama Railway Com-
pany. Thus encouraged, the projec,s, will soon be sub-
mitted for public consideration; and the directors trust
that it will receive the individual support of this com-
ppraen.yelipnreonptrlyietacrayle,uwlahteosde
to pecuniary
promote.
This it is so
having of necessity extended to an unwell length, would
have here concluded, but that the directors feel com-
agthaianstatttahls company,—
(Hear, to
benenoticeleveblrleiedfly
spienrmi
etiht;itn-tdtioirn
(Hear, hear.) Most of these statements are atnoantymhoauvse.
Company'sO n r e m r k may
management, b
ae
contract with the justification of the
the last ten years there
nhfasitsnoetenhte
lated; and at the moment when
against them, the directors are heonvgerangmedeniintmhepaxrsopve
nn c ea
n wherein
outer
einprovi-
sionsexpending
ec
least 650,0004 in the construction of the powerful
most
steam-ships in the world in loFsednri
raised
tree
, order to
Atlantic communication, and to accelerate the convey;
ance ofthe public mails. In conclusion, the
recommend a dividend for the first half of thec
of
20th instant.
year, at the rate of two pounds per share (free
in-
come-tax), payable on and from the diruerarteonr t
Three-and-a-
Quarterin the
have been more transactions
The English Stock Market is firmisiereawgain,
C ls
but there
1 for Transfer, and
These latter have been reduced
Three per Cents, are
per Cents. and othekredseoxiities than in on o .
991 for Account.
Teak. has been up to 2151 Ex-
-981 to 99.
havedia Bonds are 82s. to 85a. premium.
at 725. to 745. for those dated
March, andl
Foreignlndia
Stock Market has been very good again,
Bank Stbeeen.
chequer-billsßan
The
on the advance in some instances. Mexican
and prices areh e
been at 35 to 1, and tho worth 99
Old Bonds have.
Small oc is worth 99
B zilian St k •
Cents. at 29 to k. ra
to Buenos Ayres is up 1 per cent., being 79. Peru-
vian Six per. Cents, are 1051 to 1061, and the Deferred
651 to 1, being a little flatter. Portuguese Four per
Cents. keep up well at 39 to 1, and Spanish Three
per Cents. are 474 to 481, an improvement of
1 per cenr, The New Deferred are 211 to 22, also a
slight advance. Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cents,
have been 611 to 621.
Railway Shares have been very buoyant, and there
is an OlTituo9 Njigla is Cioduiso, and Tdi*rgl
lAA

Glasgow, owing to an agreement for an amalgamation,
in Aberdeen, Lancashire, and Yorkshire, Midland, Great
Northern, &c. French Shares are rather heavy, owing
to the settlement at Paris.

Mining Shares are steady. Agua Fria look up, and
an improved lease is stated to be probable. Australian
Shares are all held for advanced rates.

Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Shares
have been largely dealt in, but they are only a shade
higher.