The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-24 00:00:00

AUGUST 24, 1852.

FOREIGN.

Railways. ! Nominr I Prices.

Cent. France (0.V.) all
Charl. & Erquel all pd
Demerara all pd
Dijon & Besancon, 2 pd
Dutch Rhenish...B/. pd
East Indian all pd
Do. Do 20/. pd
Gt. Indian Penin. all p
Grnd. June. of Fra. 4 pdl
Louv. a la Sambre 7%
Luxembourg ...141. pd
Do. (Railway) 10/. pd
Do. 1% pd
Do. (Canal) 2 5 pd
Maria Antonia 27A pd
Do. New 8% pd
Namur & Liege all pd
North. of France,l6l.pd
Do. 201.3 p. c. Bds, all p
Orleans & Bor 11/. pdl
Paris & Lyons 10/. pd
Do. Bonds ... 12 pd.
Paris & Orleans all pd
Paris & Rouen ...all pd
Paris & Stras. all pd I
Rouen & pd
Sambre & Meuse all pdl
St. Andrew's & Qeebec
(A) 4l. pd
Tours & Nantes 17/. pd
West Flanders all pd
West. of France 6/. pdj

Agua Fria all pd
Anglo-Californian, all p
Asturian 151. p
Australasian 2/. pd
Australian 51. pd
Austr. Freehold all pd
Ave Maria all pd
Brit. Austr. Gold all pd
British Iron 131. 15s. p
Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24%
Do. Coca. & Cui. all p
Do. St. Joh. del It. 15/.
Carson's Creek all pd
Cobra Copper _4O/. pd
Colonial Gold 1/ pd
Copiapo 14/ pd
Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p
General all pd
Gold Mountain all pd
Grd. Duch. Baden, all p
Great Polgooth all pd
Lake Bathurst all pd
Liberty ~ all pd
Lon. & Cal. Gld Quartz
Crushing Com all pd
Mariquita.... all pd
Mexi. & S. Amer. 91. p
New Granada all pd
Nouveau Monde, all pd
Port Philip ll. pd
Quartz Rock all pd
Santiago de Cuba 10%
South Australian, 1 pd
Tin Croft 7l. pd
United Mexican all pd
West Mariposa all pd
Yuba I paid

JOINT.
Australasia all pd
Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd
Colonial 251. pd
Com. of London 20/. pd
Lon. & County 20/. pd
London Jt. Stk. 101. pd
Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd
Nat. Prov. Eng. 351. pd
Do. New lOl. pd
Nat. of Ireland 22 p
Orient. Bk. Corp all pd
Prov. of Ireland 25/ pd.
Do. New all pd
Union of Austral all pd
Do. New 2% pd
Union of London 10/. p
Union of Madrid all pd

MIS
Austral. Roy. Mail, 2 p
Canada 32', pd
Copper Miners of Eng-
land .
Do. Preference, 7 pd
Crystal Palace ... 5 pd
Eastern Stearn...2s. pd
Gen. Stm. Nay. 141. pd
Gen. Screw Steam Ship-
ping Company...so/. p
Irish Beetroot Sag. 2i p
Penin. & Or. St. all pd
Do. Do. ...151. pd
Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd
Universal Emigration
and Colonization, 21. p

7/8 Pi P
17/8 —i dis•
7 7 p

1A- PAP
liAt - PA p

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6 —6%
26% —26;x,
13y, 13%
10% 105/8 p

55 —57
33% —31,4 x.d
26 —26 k
14% 14%
PA 71/3

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DICINES.

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'-STOCK BAN,
56% - 57
59% - 61
14', - 15%
29 -30

18% - 19
31 -33
43 - 44%

18% 20
88 —39
46 y, - 47
16js 17%
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35% - 36%
78 -79%

Business done
to-day.

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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were
taken for export and on speculation. The market was
firm, but closed quietly at previous rates. The sales
comprised 4,000 American, 150 Bahia, at 61d. to W.;
800 Egyptian, at 61d. to 9d.; and 1,000 Surat, at 31d.
to 41d. per lb.—Railway Shares were active at higher
prices.
The treaty of commerce between Belgium and the
Zollverein, which expires on the 31st of next December,
will, it is said, lapse before a new treaty can be entered
into.

The ship Derwent, from Melbourne, yesterday, did
not bring later dates, but had about 11,0001. in gold on
board. The Nelson brings, it is said, about 90,0001.
The Honourable East India Company drew bills in
the fortnight ending yesterday afternoon to the amount
of 131,1171. 19s. 5d., the rates being 2s. on Bengal and
Madras, and 2s. Old. on Bombay.
The proceedings at the quarterly general meeting of
the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, held yesterday,
were not simply of local interest. Many of the subjects
to which the council has of late given its earnest atten-
tion are of general and wide•spread importance. What,
for example, can bo more pressing than Customs re-
form? And the energetic merchants of the thriving out-
port are the very men to agitate for it. The formation
of local boards, with a limited jurisdiction, is justly a
point kept in view, repeated references and appeals to
London being tedious in the extreme. A more difficult
question, with which the council essay to deal, is the
liability of shipowners for acts of smuggling committed
by their crews. We see within the last few days a pal-
pable instance'of the vigilance required by the fact of
seusures being made on board the ships of her Majesty's
squadron, but it is not easy to say whether a nominal
responsibility is salutary, because to a certain extent the
constant attention of the captain and officers, knowing
thointerests of their employers to be at stake, is
better secured, It may be even doubted whether the least
exertion would be made by the former simply to protect
the revenue, which they would probably not consider to
be their business. It is seldom we hear of a vessel being
condemned in consequence of smuggling, but responsi-
bility must rest somewhere, and it is sometimes difficult
to fix it upon the particular delinquents among a class
of mon not covetous of the title of tale-bearers. Upon
cheaper postage with America, lower rates of pilotage
in the Mersey and the Downs, and a better system of
commercial law, such as might be promoted by Tribunals
of Commerce, the Chamber at Liverpool takes just
views, and we hope will be persevering in enforcing
them.
`!'ho following is the report just adopted at the meeting
of the East Indian Railway
" The fifth half-yearly general meeting has been con-
vened, conformably with the provisions of the Act of
Incorporation.

" The directors on this occasion have to state that the
works between How•rah and the Ranegunge Collieries
continuo to progress satisfactorily. To complete and
stock this division of the line some additional capital
will be required. The existing contract with the Hon.
East India Company provides for raising such capital,
and when the proper time arrive the option of sub-
scribing it will be given to the then proprietors of the old
shares.

" The surveys between Pundoah and Rajmahal, alluded
to in the last report, have been carried to such an ex-
tent as to enable Mr. Turnbull, the resident engineer, to
report upon the general features of the line, which are
highly favouroblo to tho CUL/34111CM= of a railway. Mr.
Turnbull's report is now before the authorities for con-
sideration, and any arrangements that may be made,
founded upon that report, will be announced to the pro-
prietors at the earliest opportunity. Mr. Turnbull's
report is open for the inspection of the shareholders."
English Stocks, as is usually the case after a sudden
rise, have been rather more freely placed upon the
market, and consequently are the turn in favour of
buyers, Consols which have been done at par being
now 994 I. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents,
bring 104 to Bank Stock is firm at 2271. Exche-
quer-bills of March are 445. premium.
In the Foreign Market there is less buoyancy. Pe-
ruvian Aotive Bonds have been at a decline to par to
1001. Grenada Deferred are duller at Ili to Z. Por-
tuguese Four per Cents. have been heavy at 37, and
Spanish Deferred buoyant at 221 Dutch Stock is
still in request. Mexican are nominally firm.
Railway Shares are rather cheaper than yesterday
with fair transactions.

Gold Mines are steady, but quieter.
Joint-Stock Banks maintain full rates.
QUARTER TO THREE.
Console 99/
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Ditto "Account. Sept. 8 991 -4
BRITISH FUN DS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock ............................ 2271,2
8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ••••••••' ..100%3A
100 99%
8 per Cent. Consols Arms. ............ 997/8
New 314 per Cent. Angs. ..... ........... 104%3A
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1800... —s
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860... 65/8
India Stock ................................. ..
.................
Do. Bonds, 1000/... 86 88 p
........
South Sea Stock ......................
Ditto Old Annuities ....................
100 0 991/2
Consols for Account ...................... ..93/4
March. J
Exchouner Bills. 13id. une.
1,0001. ...................... 74 p 68 p
500/. ................. 7 p
Small ................................. 77 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN
CentFUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Grenada, 1.4 1 per . ......
Ditto Deferred
Peruvian Bonds, 8149, 6 per Cent. •
llyy
100 "
Do. Deferred 3 Cont. ......... nIAI 0 0
Portuguese Bonds , 5 per Cent ...• 1014
Ditto, 4 per Cent .... .. .
Russian Bonds, 1822, ...
Pitts? 41h per Cwt... Gent., l2l 120
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