The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-27 00:00:00

RailwavF.

Cert. France (0.V.) all
Charl. & Erque!. all pd
Demerara Will pd
Dijon & Besancon, 2 pd
Dutch Rhenish 81. pd
East Indian all pd
Gt. Indian Penin. all p
Grnd. June. of Fra. 4 pd
Louv. a la Sambre 7%
Luxembourg ...141. pd
Do. (Railway) 10/. pd
Do 11A pd
Do. (Canal) 21,E pd
Madras 2s. pd
Maria Antonia 27i pd!
Do. New 8 pd
Namur & Liege all pd
Do. ex int all pd!
North. of France, all pd
Do. 201.3 p. c. Bds, all p
Orleans & Bor 11/.
Paris & Lyons 101. pd
Do. Bonds
Paris & Orleans all pd
Paris & Rouen ...all pd
Paris & Stras. ...all pd
Rouen & pd
Sambre & Meuse all pd
St. Andrew's & QuebeL
(A) 4l. pd
Tours & Nantes .17/. pd
Nest Flanders all pd
West. of France 61. pd

Agua Fria all pd
Anglo-Californian, all p
Asturian 151. p
Australasian 21. pd
Australian Si. pd
Austr. Freehold all pd
Ave Maria all pd
Brit. Austr. Gold all pd
British Iron 131. ss. p
Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 241,E
Do. Coca. & Cui. all p
Do. St. Joh. del R. 151.
Carson's Creek all pd
Cobre Copper ...40/. pd
Colonial Gold 1/ pd
Copiapo 141 pd
Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p
General all pd
Gold Mountain...all pd
G rd. Duch. Baden, all p
Great Polgooth all pd
Lake Bathurst all pd
Liberty all pd
Lon. & Cal. Gld Quartzl
Crushing Com all pdl
Mariquita.... all pd'
Mexi. & S. Amer. 9/. p
New Granada all pd
Nouveau Monde, all pdl
Port Philip all pd
Quartz Rock all pd'
Santiago de Cuba 103%
South Australian, all pd
Tin Croft 7l. pd
United Mexican all pd
West Mariposa all pd
Yuba 1 paid

ZOINT.
Australasia all pd
Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd
Colonial 25/. pd
Com. of London 20/. pd
Lon. & County 201. pd
London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd
Lon. & Westin. 20/. pd
Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd
Do. New lO/. pd
Nat. of Ireland 2214 p
Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd
Prov. of Ireland 25/ pd.
Do. New all pd
Union of Austral all pd
Do. New 21,4 pd
Union of London 10/. p
Union of Madrid all pd

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134 1 L,4 dis.
71A 8 p
11A 13/4 p
13/4 p

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Business done
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MIST
Austral. Roy. Mail, 4.p
Canada 32 1/4 pd
Copper Miners of Eng-
land . . all pd
Do. Preference, 71 pd
Crystal Palace ... 5 pd
Eastern Steam...2s. pd
Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/. pd
Gen. Screw Steam Ship-
ping Company...so/. p
Irish Beetroot Sug. 2i p
Ponin. & Or. St. all pd
Do. Do. ...151. pd
Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd
Universal Emigration
and Colonization. 21. p

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STOCK BANES.
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5914 -61
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43 - 44%

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79

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday wore esti-
mated at 8,000 bales, of which 2,000 were taken on spe-
culation. There was a good demand from speculators ,
and prices of American were extreme as compared with
the rates of Friday last. Egyptian were d. lower, and
other kinds without alteration. The sales comprised
6,500 American, 750 Egyptian at 6d. to 9d., 400 Surat
at 3id. to 4:le. , and 40 Sea Island at ls. 7d. to Is. 9d.
per lb.—ln Railway Shares a fair business was done at
higher prices.
In the produce markets, this week, Coffee has realised
somewhat fuller prices. Sugar has been rather cheaper,
and holders have offered very little at the public sales.
Rice has given way a little. Spices generally have been
firm; in Cotton there bas not been much doing, Tallow
has been quint, and Tea has tended upwards. Jute has
been in fair demand, and Hemp at previous rates.
It must be noted as a gratifying circumstance that
the letters received from the agricultural districts con-
cerning the crops are of a more cheerful tone within the
last few days, and admitting that there has been mis-
chief done, no reasonable fear is entertained that the
harvest will prove below an average for wheat, should
the weather continue to hold up. Of the potato disease,
likewise, we hear very little now, and at the waterside
market to-day it was scarcely spoken of, the quality of
those received being perfectly satisfactory, and the quan-
tity adequate.
There can be no doubt that while Peru possesses
exclusively a valuable commodity which all the world
covets, but which she most grudgingly and unwisely
prevents their obtaining upon anything like reasonable
terms, perpetual dissatisfaction will exist, and reiterated
efforts will be made to discover substitutes or break the
monopoly. We are not of that class, however, that
would advocate injustice on the ground of expediency,
or sanction the invasion of another country's
territory. Rather would we prefer the con-
tinuance of the present narrow-minded policy,
end its injurious results to our agriculturists,
and, as the issue might prove, to the bondholders like-
wise, than a violation of national or private rights.
Precisely, however, on this account would we encourage
the most strenuous exertions, by negotiation, by remon-
strance, or by compromise, to bring about a more equitable
and advantageous state of things. If the Peruvian Go-
vernment thinks in these days of progress and discovery,
of liberal views and enlightened policy, it can shut itself
as 'twere within a Chinese wall, barring out the ap-
proach of friend and foe alike, and remaining insensible
to all overtures, it greatly miscalculates the temper of
the age. What England may and will, we trust, be
too scrupulous to sanction, other countries may be less
chary of attempting. At present the conduct of Peru
resembles that of Holland in her worst days of restric-
tion, when she burnt the costly products of the Eastern
colonies to prevent their superabundance in the Euro-
pean markets. In the same way that this stimulated
the discovery of other islands, the sulphur monopoly of
Naples brought forward new and excellent substitutes,
and a few years longer of a system which keeps guano
at double its proper value, will, in all probability, hasten
the exertions of those who are aware of the importance
of town sewerage. We want of Peru not 150,000 tons
of guano, as at present, but five to six times as much,
and at a moderate price we could turn it all to profitable
account. And where would be the loss to the public in
giving the increased supply ? Is she fearful of its ex-
haustion, when by many we are assured the quantity
obtained will last for hundreds of years, or does she
greedily covet every sixpence she can wring from Eng-
land, which helped her in her sore distress, and has paid
her back for this commodity alone far more than the
sum which Peru originally borrowed? Let the Republic
then be wise in time, and attend to the suggestions of
its best friends. Just now there is a plan put
forth " for the Equitable Settlement of the Guano
Question, in which the interests of the Agriculturists,
the Peruvian Government, and the Bondholders are
duly considered, and this plan, though susceptible of
modification and improvement, no doubt is favourably
viewed in most quarters. The following are the prin-
cipal features :-
Ist. That the Peruvian Government shall lower the
price of Guano from 9/. ss. to 71. 10s. per ton, on con-
dition that the British Government guarantees to the
Peruvian Government and the bondholders, the present
revenue derived from Guano, viz, 637,5001. per annum,
as a minimum to be applied according to the terms of the
present contract, the British Government reserving to
itself the power of redeeming the debt altogether.
2d. That in order to reimburse itself for this guaran-
tee the British Government shall levy a duty of 2/. los.
per ton on all Guano imported into this country, and
that the Peruvian Government should engage, through
Messrs. Gibbs, to supply Guano at 71. 10s. per ton, duty
paid, and engage to ship or supply to this country
less than 255,000 tons per annum, which at 21. toe. pe-
ton would be equivalent to 637,5001., the minimum guar
ranteed.
3d. That the duty of 21. 10s., so far as it is
from Peruvian Guano, shall, in the event of
Peruvian G
657,500/, be handed over, one-half to f i
o-
ts derived
vernment, and oneehalt to the bondholders,
whole until the
whole of the debt is extinguishede.xtin
guished it shall be
1 4th. That when the debt s
competent for either toparty.
termin
parties it shallthisagreemnti conue
is ent,
but fur the convenience of all

for ten years.
sth. That the British Government invite every other
Government whose subjects consume Guano to enter
into a similar arrangement with the Peruvian Govern-
ments—viz, to levy a duty of 21. 10s. on all Guano im-
ported into these several countries, and hand it over to
the Peruvian Government.
6th. Every Government entering into this arrange-
ment, to guarantee to the Peruvian Governmentthe
peaceable possession of the Guano Islands off
Peru, whether in peace or war, 1,0 that no interruption
shall take place in the supply of Guano to the apical-
ture of the world.
7th. The Peruvian Government to bind itself to place
as regards the
Great Britain on the samee
footing,favoured
supply of Guano, as the most nation.
Bth. That all existing engagements, relative to Guano,
entered into by the Peruvian Government with Dritbab