The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-06 00:00:00

6, 1852.

husinese dor
Paid. Nominal PrWee. to-day.
•••••••••
Agua Fria 1 1%1) 21/i 14
Anglo Californian los. P
Asturian ........ „ •
Australian 5 •
Australian Freehold Ail
Ave Maria —34 di,.
Blaenarvon Iron & Coal all • • ••••• • •
British Australian Gold 1 •%
% die
British Iron ... • • • l3l. 55.•
Brazilian Imp, (is. 51. p ) 2436 —72
De. Cocaes and Cniabe an I u
Do. St. John del Rey.. lb
Cobra Copper •• • 40 30 —gi 3134
Copiapo ••••• • • • • • 14 4 5
Eng. & Australian Copper , 5
General •• • • •. • .... • • all 9% 103
Gold Mountain ...... •• I 1 par p
Great Polgooth •'. ••• • • all 136 I p
Mexican& S. American I 9 3% 4
Nouveau Monde."... .• 1— 14, P
Santiago de Cuba ...... 10% 6 7
Tin Croft .. ••• • • • •• , 7 10 —ll
United Mexican. • .... • . all 2 234
West Mariposa •••• ' I die. par ya
Australasian, 2% 3. •Carson's Creek, 1%. Port Philip, 1%.
JOINT bTOCIL 214a.mass,
Axitralasia ...• .... all 38 39%
British North America.. 50 4734 —49
Colonial .... •• • • ...... 25 11% 1236 12
Commercial of London.. 20 24 •-• 25%
London Joint Stock .... 10 18% 173£
Landon and Westminster 20 29% —3O
National Provincial Eng. 35 —• •
De. New ............10 .•
National of Ireland •• 2234 173( —l7
Oriental Bank Corporat. all 32 3334
Provincial of Ireland •• • • 25 423 4334
Do. New . .. all 155 1636
Union of Australia • • all 3b 36.4
Do. New 934 3 334
Union of London ...... 10 14% —153 y
Union of Madrid all •• • •
MISCEILLANEOI7IIII.
Canada •• ••• • • • 3236 48 4934
Eastern Steam ••..• • .. 25. . • —• • dis.
Gen. Steam Navigation 14 2734 —211 U
Fenin. & Oriental Steam. all 74 —BO
Ditto ditto 10 .. —• •
Royal Mail Steam •• .. 60 50 81% 8134

$0 —Bl% 181%
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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated
at 5,000 bales, all to the trade. The market closed heavily
without alteration in prices. The sales comprised about
4,500 American, 400 Perham and Maranham at 5%d. to
7%d., 20 Bahia at 61,4 d. to Bd., 400 Surat at 2%d. to 4d.,
and 30 Sea Island• at Is. ld. to is. 3d per lo.—Railway
Shares were dull at lower prices.
Further letters and papers have been received from Port
Philip direct to the beginning of November, and these sup-
ply intermediate information of great interest respecting the
gold diggings. From Geelong it is stated :—" The im-
portance of the gold question hardly needs a preface to in-
troduce it. Gold henceforth must be ranked as one of the
moat important items of Geelong exports. Lie discovery of
prolific and extensive yields of the precious metal is fraught
with the deepest importance, to all classes of the community,
and has introduced a new source of riches, which is daily
pouring. upon us in unexpected and unexampled profusion.
The close contiguity of Geelong to this source of wealth
naturally indicates the point which must become the entre-
pot of commerce hi this valuable commodity.
" Gold has greatly fluctuated in price during the past
week. The lowest price given was 21. 17s. 3d., but the last
two days has witnessed a marked improvement; large
quantities have been purchased at 21. 195., and some good
clean samples at 60s. The ruling price may be quoted now
at 21. 195.. at which figure any quantity will meet with ready
purchasers.
44 The yield of the Ballarat gold field is still prolific, and
arrivals of the precious metal continue without abatement.
From the new diggings on Clark's station, satisfactory re-
ports reached us yesterday, but as the workings are con-
fined to surface washings, it would be premature to pro-
nounce confidently until further proofs be forthcoming.
The Marabool diggings are much spoken of, but in the
absence of decisive information, a curt notice of them will
suffice."

The Goulburn Herald says—
"lt is impossible for those who are acquainted with the
actual condition of the districte where gold has not been
found, to pictuie the far-spreading distress which is gradually
developing itself. Labour is withdrawing from the rural
parts, and that which remains has consequently a double
claim for increased wages. The towns and villages are be-
coming gradually and perceptibly. depopulated; trade is
rapidly waning; and poverty is creeping in where
it was never known before. Nothing can stop this
retrogression except the local discovery of gold.
That ; such is practicable is beyond a doubt.
'There is not a district in this 'vast colony but exhibits all the•
indications of its abundant presence : the history of the last
few months exhibits ample proofs of its equable distribution
—from Moreton Bay to the Snowy Mountains ; from the
Lower Shoal-haven to the banks of the Yarra, and stretching
westward to the meadow lands of Ballarat and the Grampians

" Science and industry are alone required to universalize
the advantages of the gold discovery ; and by universalizing
them they will acquire an additional value, inasmuch as by
the process by which all districts are made partakers of the
benefits, new fields of wealth will be opened up and unknown
riches developed."
Of the Mount Alexander discoveries, it is said :
" A Mr. Leete called at our office on Monday night, and
kindly communicated that he bad just arrived in town from
Mount Alexander, bringing with him 250 ounces of gold,
which he and four others had obtained in the short space of
one week. He had 6114 ounces with him, which, on in-
spection, we found to be precisely similar to that obtained
at Ballarat, with this slight difference, that none of the par-
ticles were smaller than the head of a pin, and gradually
ascending to nuggets of about the size of a Turkey bean.
Mr. Crate was in the office at the time, and pronounced the
sample to be equal in quality to the Ballarat, being obviously
also an alluvial deposit, and not mixed with quartz, as has
been generally supposed was the character of the gold ob-
tained at this place. Mr. Leete states that the gold is found
in the bed of an almost dry creek at the bottom of the
Mount Macedon Ranges, which extends for several miles in

the direction of Barker's Creek.
";There are about two hundred:miners:now employed at these
diggings, and he met about two hundred more proceeding
thither, on his road to Melbourne. Spades are selling at
205., and picks at 30s. each ; Mr. Leete would therefore re-
commend intending miners to take these and all other ne-
cessary supplies with them. Their hole has only yet been
excavated to the depth of three feet, and the further they
go down, the richer seems to be the auriferous deposit."
The Committee of Mexiaan Bondholders have received ad-
vices from Mexico, dated the 6th ult. The Bill for farming
out six items of the Customs' revenues, in two of which
the bondholders are interested, has been sent to Congress.
It is proposed that the revenues should be offered by public
auction, at an upset price of 7,000,000 dollars annual rent,
and adjudged to the highest bidder for three, five, or seven
years • the contract being determinable at each of these
periods at the option of the Government. In the state of
Messrs. Manning and Macintosh's affairs nothing new had
occurred. The defeat of Carbajal on the 21st of February,
was confirmed, The steamer brings 154,518 dollars 29c.
to Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co., on account of their ad-
vance, for the January dividend.
The following is an additional communication from the
Committee of Spanish American Bondholders concerning the
Venezuelan debt. The second West Indian mail of this
morning brought the committee another letter from Mr.
Lord, dated "La Guayra, March 9th, 1852," saying :
" With reftrence to my last of 26th ult., I now beg leave to
wait upon the committee with the enclosed copy of a dispatch
of the Finance Minister, dated yesterday, that 'had Just
reached me. In substance it is very satisfactory, announc-
ing as it does that remittance has been made to London to
complete the October dividend paid, to cover also that be
coming due on the Ist proximo."
Of the Finance Minister's dispatch, mentioned above,
following is a translation :

" Caracas, March 8, 1852.

QUARTER TO THREE.
Ditto Account, Aptri.ll.
..
Console ...
' ... 981 99
PRICES OF BRITISH FITRD (33.3. cLOSIYO
n3pBoo.yrveaeresn:O.
expire
j.
in:
i1ti86509 66141
Bank Stock ........ 8
B 3 per Per (-;eenntt:ooltdeotileeein'Anilu"n;e. 21614
PRICES.
216 x CI
Ling Xpi nB—
N."D.vrt301;41,1 98 x d
99
9914%% 994 x d
t
India Bond", 1,000.- /... 6% x d
raDdiiitt.tc7:ndker-1,0004.:........ .......
81 P 6% x d
%stholetaorStOCk
Account 264
109',4
9834%
India Stock for Account ........•••••• 264
...
................................. 081
99
Exchequer BilLs, I%d. March.
1,0001. ..
5001.
Small, March 69 71 p
ONE
D.S.:
...............
Brazilian rR
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent
DittolCE I: Bonds,Oll.eFttescEhpliGei drNisC)Fen"L
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Grenada Bonds, I% per Cent —
Do. Ex Dec., 1849 Coupons — 2334
Ditto, Deferred
Mexican, 5 per Cent , 1816
Ditto Account 341% 34 % 34
Ditto, 3 per Cent.......
Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent 103% 106 107 x d
Ditto, Deferred, 3 per Cent 66 651,8
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent.
Ditto, Account — 3714
lintsran Bondsl I
Ditto, 4,4 per Cent
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 — --
Ditto, 3 per Cent 463/
Pitth NOW PONEintmerivl9l g A ;4 IA

81 p
MLA
99
264
June.
66 p
67 p

craoani
PRICES
991;t, a d
100

t, The Government being anxious to fulfil with due punc-
tuality its engagements with all its creditors, has given
orders that there shall be remitted to Loudon the necessary
funds to cover the deficit of the dividends, which it was not
possible to remit entirely in the mouth of October last, as
also the whole of what is becoming due this next April.
Indeed, his Excellency's resolution has already been com-
plied with, and I have the honour of communicating it, that
you may bring it to the knowledge of the committee of the
Venezuelan Bondholders.-1 am, &c.,
(Signed) " PIDRO C. GELLINEAIL
" To H. J. Lord, Esq."
The committee for promoting Tribunals of Commerce ex-
pect a large public meeting to-morrow. Sir James Duke
takes the chair, and many influential parties, including
barristers acquainted with English and French mercantile
law, will be in attendance.
The Bolivar and Blackfriars which arrived from Sydney
last evening, bring together about 80,0001. sterling.
The English Stocks are active and firm. Console are fully
% higher, being 9834 to '7B for Money and Account. The
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, opened at 9914 to
and the Three per Cents. are 98 to Bank Stock is
marked 216. Exchequer-bills are steady at 695. to 715., and
India Bonds are at 795. premium. South Sea Stock is quoted
1091 A.
Foreign Stocks are rather heavy. Grenada Deferred
Bonds are dull at 10. Mexican Bonds are depressed at 34
to for the Five per Cents., and at 28 to :"3,; for the Three
per Cents. Peruvian Active Bonds are lower, being 1051/2
to 106, and the Deferred are 66. Sardinian Bonds are higher,
being 94 and 95. Spanish Three per Cents, are quiet at
463 , and the New Deferred are firm at 21 to 1%. Vene-
zuela
-r--
news Active Bonds are 48 to 49. Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents. are 603 A, and the Four per Cents. 92%.
Gold Mine Shares are very dull and at lower prices. Aus-
tralian Consols Gold and Copper Mines shares have been
demand at IA, to % for the coming out,
owing to the faNrou
urtehc eAi vuesdt r
a llastia Australian
evening.
Copper Mining Shares are in great
hable neSos
favour. A considerable number have changed hands
1% to X prem. at %,
Railway Shares are generally lower, and th
little business doing. ere is very