The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-29 00:00:00

FOREIGN.

Railways. Nominal Prices. Businees
to-day done
Cent. France (0.V.) all 22% 2314 x.d ~ x.d
Charl. & Erquel. all pd 13 —l5
Demerara all pd . .
Dutch Rhenish... Bl. pd .3
ys 3 % dis.
East Indian 18/. pd 3% —3% P
Do. Do 20/. pd ...
Gt. Indian Penin. all p 7/8 11/2 P ~
Do. Do. 4% pd 5/8 'Ts P
Louv. ala Sambre 7% ... —. .
Luxembourg _l3/. pd 43/4 5 47/8
Do. (Railway) 10/. pd 33 4
Do. l/. pd % % yi
Do. (Canal) 2t. pd % 7/g 3,4
Maria Antonia 27i pd ... ...
Do. New 81/2 pd . . —. .
Namur & Liege all pd .6333 65/g 61/2
North. of France,l6l.pd 241/2 243/ 24% 1/2
Do. 20/. 3p. c. Bds, all p 13% 13/
Orleans & Bor 11/. pd 4% —4% p
Paris & Lyons ...61. pd 4yg 4ys p
Paris & Orleans all pd 46 —4B x.d x.d
Paris & Rouen ...all pd 31 —32 311/2
Paris & Stras. ...all pd 223/ —23
Rouen & Havre.*.all pd 113/8 11% x.d x.d
Sambre & Meuse all pd 4% 5 4% 5
St. Andrew's & Qaebec
(A)
Tours & Nantes 17/. pd .5% 51/2 dis. 11114
West Flanders...B% pd 3 31/A
West. of France 6/. pd 113 a —1% p , 7%
MINES.
Agua Fria all pd Ye Ye P
Anglo-Californian, all p IA 14 p
Asturian 15/. p ...
Australasian 2/. pd 1 I'4 p
Australian 5/. pd 1/2 1
Austr. Freehold all pd % dis par
Ave Maria all pd % 1/4 dis.
Blaenarvon I. &C. all p ... ...
Brit. Austr. Gold all pd % dis par
British Iron 13/. 15s. p . . ...
Braz. Im. (is. sp) 241/2 111.2 2
Do. Coca. & Cu,. all p ... ...
Do. St. Joh. del R. 151. .., ...
Carson's Creek all pd par 1/2 p 1%
Cobre Copper ...40/. pd ... ... 35 34%
Copiapo 141 pd ... ...
Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p par 1/2 p 5
General all pd . . ...
Gold Mountain all pd 1/2.dis. 1/2 p
Great Polgooth all pd %—1 % p
Maxi. &S. Amer. 9/. p .. —. .
Nouveau Monde all pd % 9/8 p 1%
Port Philip ._ ~.11. pd % % p
Santiago de Cuba 10% 6% 71/2 73'3 1/2
Tin Croft 7/. pd 10 —ll 10% 1/2

Ague Fria all pd
Anglo-Californian, all p
Asturian 151. p
Australasian 2/. pd.
Australian 51. pd
Austr. Freehold all pd
Ave Maria all pd
Blaenarvon I. & C. all p'
Brit. Austr. Gold all pd
British Iron 13/. 15s. p
Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24%
Do. Coco. & Cup. all p
Do. St. Joh. del R. 151.
Carson's Creek all pd
Cobre Copper ...401. pd
Copiapo 14/ pd
Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p
General all pd
Gold Mountain all pd
Great Polgooth all pd
Maxi. & S. Amer. 91. p
Nouveau Monde all pd % Sys P
Port Philip . .1/. pd 14 3yB p
Santiago de Cuba 103/4 61/2 71/2
Tin Croft 7l. pd 10 —ll
United Mexican all pd 23 23/8
West Mariposa all pd ys 1/2 dis
Colonial Gold, 1%
London and Californian Gold Quartz Crushing, IN.
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Australasia all pd 39 401/2 x.d
Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd 491/2 —5O 53
Colonial 251. pd 111/2 121/2
Com. of London 201. pd 24 251/2
Lon. & County 20/. pd .
London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd
Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd
Nat. Prov. Eng. 351. pd
Do. New lO/. pd
Nat. of Ireland 221/2 p
Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd
Prov. of Ireland 251 pd.
Do. New all pd
Union of Austral all pd
Do. New 2l/2 pd
Union of London 101. p
Union of Madrid all pd

18 -18%
28% - 29

29%

1734 -
34 -35
43% -44
15% - 16%
40 -41
3 - 31,4
1434 -15%

MISCELLANEOU
Canada 32% pd 48 49%
Eastern Steam...2s. pd ...
Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/. pd 281/
Penin. & Or. St. all pd 80
Do. Do. _l5l. pd ...
Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd 78
Universal Emigration
and Colonization, 2/. p ...

28 vs
79%

79 x.d

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at 12,000 bales, of which 1,000 Ammiean were
taken for export, and 2,000 American and 500 Surat on
speculation. The market closed with animation, and
prices of American were tight, and Egyptian *d to id.
per lb. higher. The sales comprised 10,000 American,
600 Egyptian, at bid. to 7*(1.; 800 Surat, at 3:id. to 41d.;
and 400 Sea Island, at Is. id. to ls. 7d. per lb.—Railway
Shares continued flat, and prices were again lower.
The six weeks' average price of Wheat, is 415.6 d. per
quarter.
An excellent clue to the foreign commerce of the
United Kingdom is afforded by the official returns as to
the number of vessels that have been engaged in it,
From this it appears that the total inwards was 4,938,386
tons British, and 2,933,708 tons foreign, including re-
peated voyages. If we refer to the different countries.
we find the United States having a larger tonnage of
native vessels then any other country, Denmark ranking
next, France third, then Norway and Prussie, We see
at once, therefore, whence the strongest competition
comes; but there is good ground for hoping that, under
the amended Navigation Act, British capitalists will not,
as for years past, find an advantage in becoming share-
holders in American and other shipping companies. We
ought, with cheap labour and materials, certainly to
compete with Transatlantic builders, and to be able now
also to victual our crews as reasonably. It is well
known that for years past the New York liners have
been pert-owned by English merchants, notwithstand-
ing the protection which the navigation laws were sup-
posed to give. The truth is that they diverted the na-
tural current and destroyed the energy which open
competition induces. The number of ships entered out-
worna last year is thus stated:—

Russia—Steam .....
„ Sailing
Sweden—Steam
„ Sailing
Norway—Sailing
Denmark—Steam
„ Sailing
Prussia—Steam
PP Sailing ......
Germany—Steam
„ Sailing
Holland—Steam ......
~ Sailing ..........
Belgium—Steam
~ Sailing
Channel Islands—Steam
Sailing
France— Steam
~ Sailing
Portugal, &c.—Steam
Of Sailing
Spain, &c.—Steam

British Tons.
11,104
270,823
5,390
37,390
6,976
17,052
78,971

Foreign Tons.

119,001

66,269
236,075
3,459
399,993
1,645
209,814
56,153
152,395
31,981
57,108
25,418
20,123
64

149
250,154

62,190
581
83,651

_ -
ff Sailing
Gibraltar—Steam

11,641

--------------
Sailing
Italian States—Steam
Sailing
Malta—Sailing
lonian Llands—Sailing
Greece—Sailing
Turkey--Steam
„ Sailing
Wallachia, &c.—Sailing
Syria—Steam
„ Sailing
Africa—Steam
~ Sailing
Aaia—Steam
„ Sailing
America, viz :
British Northern Colonies—

148,446
53,273
7,679
21,445

87,832
8,789

Steam...

~ ~ Sailing '
British West Indies—Steam
Sailing
Foreign West Indies—Steam
$f , , Sailing 1
United States—Steam
~ Sailing
Mexico—Sailing
Central and Southern States—

Steam ...

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