The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-30 00:00:00

FOREIGN.

Railways. Nominal Prices. Business done
to-day.
Cent. France (0.V.) all 223,1 23% 23%
Char!. & Erquel. all pd 13 —l5
Demerara all pd . . •••
Dutch Rhenish...B/. pd 3/s 31,E die.
East Indian 18/. pd 3% 35/3 P
Do. Do. 2O/. pd
Gt. Indian Penin. all p "A 3 p
Do. Do. _4% pd % P
Louv. ala Sambre 7% . . •••
Luxembourg l3l. pd .43/4 5
Do. (Railway) 10/. pd 3% 4 37/8 3/,
Do. l/. pd
Do. (Canal) 2t. pd 3/8
Maria Antonia 27A pd
Do. New 8% pd . .
Namur & Liege all pd .63/8 61/
North. of France,l6/.pd 24% 24% 244 %a Vs
Do. 20/. 3p. c. Bds, ally 131 131/ 131/1
Orleans & Bor 111. pd 4 —4% p 1534
Paris & Lyons ...61. pd 434 —4% p
Paris & Orleans all pd 46 —4B
Paris & Rouen ...all pd 31 311
Paris St Stras. ...all pd 21% 225/8 22
Rouen & Havre...all pd 111,E 11% 11 %
Sambye & Meuse all pd 5 —5% 51/
St. Andrew's & Quebec
(A) 4/. pd .
Touro & Nantes 171. pd 6 53/4 dis. 11%
West Flanders...B3/4 pd 3 —3%
Went. of France 6/. pd 1% —1% p
MINES.
Agna Fria all pd 3/4 1 p 13/4
Anglo-Californian, all p % 1/2 P
Asturian 151. p . .
Australasian 2/. pd .1
—1% p
Australian 51. pd % 1
Austr. Freehold all pd 1/4 dis par
Ave Maria all pd ys dis.
Biaeuarvon I. & C. all p
'drit.
Austr. Gold all pd % dis par
British Iron 13/. 15s. p . .
Braz. Im. (is. 5p)24 3 11/2 2
Do. Coca. & Cui. all p
Do. St. Job. del R. 151.
Carson's Creek all pd par % p
Cobre Copper ...40/. pd 35
Copiapo 14/ pd
Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p par 34 p 5
General all pd
Gold Mountain all pd %dis. —1/ p
Great .Polgonth all pd 13 p
Mexi. & S. Amer. 9/. p
Nouveau Monde all pd % 3/8 p
Port Philip ... .l/. pd % % p
Santiago de Cuba 103/4 61/2 _ 714
Tin Croft 7l. pd 10 —ll
United Mexican all pet —2%
West Mariposa—all pd ys % dis
Colonial Gold, 1%
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Australasia all pd 39 401/ x.d; 45
Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd 51 —53
Colonial .... • ~,,251. pd 11% —121 A
Com. of London 20/. pd 25 --- 26
Lou. & County 201. pd • •
London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd 18 183/4
Lon. & Westin. 201. pd 283/ —291 A
Nat. Prov. Eng. 351. pd . 42% •
Do. New
of Ireland 2234 p 1.73/4 —l7
Ordent. Bk. Corp. all pd 34 —35
INov. of Ireland 25/ pd. 431/ —44
Do. New all pd 15% 1634
Union of Austral all pd 40 —4l
Do. New 2% pd 3 31/2
Union of London 101. p 14% 15%
Union of Madrid all pd
nasCELLANEOTTS.
Canada 3234 pd 48 49%
Eastern Steam...2s. pd . .
Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/. pd 287/8
& Or. St. all pd 80 793/4
Do. Do. ...15/. pd
Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd 78 - 79 x.d
Universal Emigration
and Colonization, 2/. p

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated
tif 9,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken fbr ex-
port, and 1,000 American and 500 Surat on speculation.
The market was firm, but closed tamely, Egyptian: %d. to
/id. per lb. higher. The sales comprised 5,-00 American,
2uo Pernam and Marauham, at 64d. to 61/2d. ; 300 Bahia,
at filltd. to 61/2d.; 1,600 Egyptian, at 5%d. to 814c1. ; and
1,200 Surat, at 31% d. to 41/td. per lb.—The Share Market
was better, and closed strong at higher prices.
In the Produce Markets this week there has been much
more elasticity fur the principal staples. Coffee has
taken a decided start, after being so long neg-
lected ; Sugar is dearer, and in Spices a fair trade has been
done. Tea of the more useful quality has been in request,
and Rice is nominally firmer. For Cotton, Silk, Cochineal,
and Indigo buyers are readily found.
The London and California Gold Quartz Crushing Com-
pany have obtained their day of settling on the Stock-
Exchange, which is Monday next. They are at 3 pre-
mium.

The Bankers' 'Magazine for the ensuing month, enters
at considerable length into the state and prospects of
the money market, and comes to a conclusion that will be
pretty generally acquiesced in—viz., that the present cir-
cumstances are wholly different from any that have preceded
them, and that the Bank of England, even in the event of
a deficient harvest, would not have its bullion seriously af-
fected, seeing how much larger the sum at its command is,
compared with former years. It is worthy of note, likewise,
that the rate of discount now is lower than was ever before
known at the Bank of England ; and, from to-morrow, the
London and Westminster Bank will reduce its allowance to
depositors to 1 per coat., a proof that the difficulty of finding
employment for money increases. If no check occurs, and
French politics progress smoothly, we may certainly expect
all securities, that yield a axed rate of interest, to advance
materially ; and besides stocks and shares, house property is
said to be rising. The appreciation, however, is nothing to
what we may have, if California and Australia continue,
their abundant supplies of gold. The editor of the Maga-
zine furnishes the following interesting statement of the
rate of interest charged by the Bank of England, from 1694
to 1852, with the amount of bullion held by the Bank when
the several changes in the rate took place :
Per ct.

Bullion.

Aug. 8, 1694 on foreign bills ...
Aug. 30, 1694 ... ditto ... 4/
Oct. 24, 1694 ... inland bills 6
Jan. 16, 1695 ... foreign bills ... ... 6
Do.
... (customers of bsnk ) do. 3
Do. inland bills ... ... 4
May 19, 1695 ... foreign bills ... •••
Do. foreign bills not paya-
ble at bank... ...
Feb. 28, 1704 ... foreign bills ••• 5
June 22, 1710 ... foreign and inland d 0... 4
July 26, 1716 ... on bills and notes ... 5
April 30, 1719 bills ..
Oct. 27, 1720 ditto ... ... 4
Aug. 23, 1722 ... inland bills ... 5
Do. foreign bills ...
...4
Oct. 18, 1742 ... ditto •• • • •• . ... 5
Dec. 12, 1744 .. ditto (15 days to run) 4
Do ... inland bills ... 5
May 1, 1746 foreign bills ... 5
Do. bills and notes (95 days
to run) ... 4

do. ...
Dec. 13, 1825 ...
July 5;1827 ... do. ~-.--• -- 4
.
db. ..- -- . ... 4i
July 21, 1836 .. 5
•••
Sept. 1, 18 .
a do.
Feb. 13, 193 - -. do.
.., ..,
.. 5
may 16, 183° -. do.
... • 5
June 20,1839 .....
June 20, 1822 ... do. ...
do. .. .3. 6
Aug. 0 on 65 day bills .
... 5
Jan. 21' 184 - 95 do
15 1849 •.. on „
..t 5
Oct. ,
June ,
i , 1842 ... do. ... ...
... 4
API. I 5 1844 ... bills ••• •-• ... 2i
seo.' - - ~, notes
...
... 3
... 31 13,700,000
13, 1545 -- minimum rate 2/1, 15,900,000
16, 1845 ... do: ... ...
...
Oct. 3 14,100,000
1845 . do. ... ...
Nov. 6, - ...
1, 1839
3 16,000,000
Jan. 14, 1847 -- do. ... , - ..., 3i 13,900,000
Jan. 21, 1847.... do. ...
...
... 4 13,440,000
April 8, 1847 ... do. ...
... .. 5 9,800,000
5, 1847 ... do. ~,.
...
...
Aug. 5i 9,252,000
Sept. 23, 1817 ... do. ... ...
... 6 8,780,000
Oct. 25, 1847 ... do. ... ... ... 8 8,312,000
Nov. 22. 1847 ... do. ...
,-- .. 7 10,000,000
17, 1846 ... do. ... ...
Dec. 2,. 1847 ... do. ...
..
...
6 , 11,000,000
bAinagri
Dec. 23, 1547 ... do. ... ..
... 5 12,236,000
Jan. 27, 1848 -do.-
ddoo.. ......
...,
..
Nov. 2, 1848 .. do. ...
...
... 8 i35,g1.07c;
June 16, 1848 ... do. .. . ... 'l',- 124,9' ^^00,900--
N0v.,22, 1849 ... do. ... ... ... 2i 16,300,000
... _ ... 2it 17,500,000
2 19,50%000
Dec. 26, 1850 ... do. • ... ... ... .3. 14,900,000
The silver received by the last West India mail steamer
has been sold at 4s. 1176 d, per ounce, being a further reduc-
tion of %d.
The Amsterdam Stock Market, on the 28th instant, was
Ajappril22l, 1885521 .."
firmer, and at the commencement had a tendency to ad-
vance. An animated business was done in Spanish, Mexi-
can, Austrian, and Portuguese Securities.. Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents. have been 60 15-16 to 61.
As the Budget comes on to-night business in all depart-
ments is dull here.. To-morrow, being the Ist of May, is a
holiday 'at the Bank and Stock Exchange.
The Funds are very weak again, and there is an entire is
disposition to do business. Consols realize 9914 Al for
Transfer, and 99% % for Account. The New Three-and-
a-Quarter per Cents. have been 100% to 10014, and the
Three per Cents. 99% to %. Bank Stock is supported at
21914 to 2201/2, and South Sea Stock is worth 110%.
Exchequer-bills are 685.. to 70s. premium.
Foreign Stocks have been quiet, and the settlement of the
account has chiefly occupied attention. Mexican Bonds
have been at 3414 %,:but are now 341/4 %,.npon a report
that the next mail will bring 60,000 to 70,000 dollars for
the dividends. The Three per Cents. are 27% to 28.
Grenada Deferred Stock is worth 9%, and Buenos Ayres 783/4 A.
Peruvian Bonds. have been at 60 to 61% for the Deferred.
Portuguese Four per Cents. have been heavy at 371/2 to 38.
Spanish New Deferred are 21%... Belgian Four-and-a-Half
per Cents. are 971 A, and Dutch Four per Cents, 931 A to 1/2.
Railway Shares have been tolerably firm, but not
quite so buoyant. Lancashire and Yorkshire are dearer, and
also Oxford and Wolverhampton; Edinburgh and Glasgow
are very firm. French Shares are steady, but inactive.
Gold Mines have been very dull. South Australian Co p.
per about % % premium.

X 11,000,000
2400,000
10,400,000
5,500,000
5,250,000
10.400,000
5,500,000
4,500,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
4,250,000
4,500,000
7,000,000
15,200,000