The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-27 00:00:00

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Bdf. & Bitch., all p Lon.&N.W • • ••••
Bir.& Oxf.,gua.all,Gt. Wean. 30 —3l
Do. without, all p' Do.
Bir.Wolv. & Dud.,
guar all pd' Do.
Do. without, all p Do.
Buckinghash. all p Lon. &N.W 18 —lB% 18x,
Clydsdale Jc., all p'Caledonian 45 -- 47
E. Lin., gua. 6 per
G 1 coeunctes t . &
Forest... 22% pd Gt. Westrn. 3% —4% P
Hartlepl. Dk. & c Yk.Kew.l ~
all pd Gt. Northn. 35 -- 35 % 35 y 8
Railw. ...all pd &Berw. J ...
Hull & Selby, all p Yk. &N.M. 109 111
Do. Halves., all p Do.
Do. Quarts., all p Do.
Leeds &Brdf.,allp Midland
Lon. & Grenw., all S. Eastern 12% 12%
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Wear Val. 6 p c., all Stckt& Dar • • - • .
Do. do. ... all pd Do.
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WiltrA S'oru., all p Gt. \Vestal. 98 —99

FOREIGN.

Railways. Nominal Prices. Business done
to-day.
--
Cent. France (0.V.) all 22% —23 x.d x.d
Chart. & Erquel. all pd 13 —l5
Demerara all pd ... •••
Dutch Rhenish... Bl. pd 31A 314 dis. 4%
East Indian 18/. pd 3% —3% p
Do. Do 201. pd ... •••
Gt. Indian Penin. all p 7/8 -lii p
Do. Do. 4% pd 5/8 7/a P
Louv. ala Sambre 7% . •••
Luxembourg l3/. pd 4%8 - 5'A
Do. (Railway) 101. pd 33/ 4 35/8 Ys
Do. U. pd j— :K3
Do. (Canal) _2/. pd 3/1 1 7/8 %.
Maria Antonia 27N pd ... •••
Do. New 8% pd
Namur & Liege all pd 63/8 65/s 6%
North. of France,l6/.pd 23y8 - 24/ 235/8 3/8
Do. 20/. 3p. c. Bds, all p 13;8 1338
Orleans & Bor 11/. pd 33/ 4 p WA %Ys
Paris & Lyons ...61. pd 4% —4% p 93A 5/8
Paris & Orleans all pd 46 —4B x.d 44 x.d
Paris & Rouen ...all pd 30% 311/,
Paris & Stras. ...all pd 22% 223/8 21,/2 3/4
Rouen & Havre...all pd 11% 11% x.d 10Y8 11 x.d
Sambre &Meuse all pd 43/ 5
St. Andrew's & Quebec
(A) 4/. pd .
Tours & Nantes 17/. pd 6 .53/4 dis. 10% 7A
West Flanders...B% pd 3 3y, 3 %
West. of France 61. pd 1% 13/8 p 7 '/8 67/k,
i
Grand Junction of France, 4% %.
MINES.
Agus Fria . all pd 7A - 1 p 1%
Anglo-Californian, all p 3/8 5/8 p 7/8
Aiturian 151. p . . —. .
Australasian 9/. pd .1. -iy, p
Australian Si. pd % 1
Austr. Freehold all pd % dis par %
Ave Maria all pd % Y 4 , dis.
Blaenarvon I. &C. all p ... ...
Brit. Austr. Gold all pd 1/4 die par Ye
British Iron 131. 15s. p . . ...
Braz. Im. (is. sp) 241/5 .1
IA 2
Do. Coca. & Cui. all p ... ...
Do. St. Joh. del R. 151. ... ...
Carson's Creek all pd % % p
Cobre Copper ...10/. pd ... ... 31
Copiapo 14/ pd ... ...
Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p % dis % p 51%
General all pd • . ...
Gold Monntain all pd 'Adis. lii P
Great Polgooth all pd 1 11/4 p
Mexi. &S. Amer.' 91. p ... —. .
Nouveau Monde all pd % Y 8 p DA
Port Philip .._. ll. pd 14 3/8 p Iy,
Santiago de Cuba 103/4 61/ —7% 71/ 5/8
Tin Croft 7L pd 93/ - 10%
United Mexican all pd 2% 238
West Mariposa all pd, 3/8 1/8 dis 5/8
Colonial Gold, 138.
JOINT-STOCK SANDS..
Australasia all pd 39 40% x.d' x.d
Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd 49V, —5O
Colonial 95/. pd 11% 121,4
Com. of London 20/. pd 24 25%
Lou. & County 20/. pd ... •••
London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd 18 —.183/4
Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd 283/4 —29
Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd ... •••
. Do. New lO/. pd ... •••
Nat. of Ireland 22% p 173/ —l7
Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd 34 —35
Prov. of Ireland 251 pd. 431/ —44
Do. New all pd 157/8 161/
Union of Austral all pd 37 —3B
Do. New 2l/ pd 3 —3%
Union of London 10/. p 143/ 16%
Union of Madrid all pd ... ...
MISCELLANEOUS.
Canada 321/ pd 48 49%
Eastern. Steam...2s. pd • .
Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/. pd 281/2 2874
Penin. & Or. St. all pd 80 79%
Do. Do. ...1.51. pd . — . 33
Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pdi 78 5 x.d x.d
1 Universal Emigration
and Colonization, 2/. p ... ...

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 1,100 American were
taken for export and 500 for speculation. The market
was firm, American and Egyptian being a shade higher.
The sales comprised 5,500 American, 200 Pernam and
Maranham at Sid. to 6yd. ; 100 Bahia, bid. to 6P.; 400
Egyptian, at 6d. to 74d.; 700 Surat, at 3d. to 4d., and
40 Sea Island, at is. Lid. to Is. 4d. per lb.—Railway
Shares were at rather lower prices.
The reports from the Stock Markets of the Continent
still notice rather a heavy tone, and at Paris, the ac-
count being Bullish, causes a depression. A new loan
was also again rumoured.

The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders
have received a letter from their agent, Mr. Lord, dated
" La Guayra, 26th March," of which the following is
an extract:—" I have now the pleasure to enclose copy
of another note from the Finance Minister
?sated the 27th inst., transcribing copy of one under the
same date, addressed to the Provisional Agency, the
original whereof I forward with the present, it having
been sent to me for that purpose. This will, I trust,
enable the agency to make distribution of the two divi-
dends on receipt of the remittances alluded to, the
amount of which the Minister has not stated,
It was not until the 18th instant that the Committee
to whom the agreement (of 12th September, 1851, on the
arrears of interest) was referred, presented their report
to the Chamber, and on the 20th it was taken into con-
sideration, the Minister of Finance being present by in-
vitation. The report (a copy whereof I beg to enclose
for the information of the committee) is unfavour-
able to the agreement, and recommends its rejec-
tion. However, in the debate upon it that
ensued, in which the Minister took a prominent
and decided part in defence of this act of the Execu-
tive, it was finally determined not to abide by the
recommendation with which the report concludes, but
to refer the whole to another committee of seven mem-
bers, to be selected from those who voted for the agree-
ment, for them to draw up a fresh report,
and with it to present a project of decree in appro-
bation of the agreement. My advices from Caracas
lead me to expect that this report will to-day be pro
sented to the Chamber, and with every probability of a
satisfactory result, so far as this branch of the Legislature
is concerned. In the Senate the agreement has its op-
ponents, but they, I trust, will also be overcome, and by
the arguments that will appear in the counter-report of
the second Committee of the Lower Chamber, backed as
they will be, according to present appearances, by the
might and influence of the Executive.
The following is a translation of the Finance Mi-
nister's letter to Baron de Goldsmid, and the other
Members of the Provisional Committee for the Vene-
zuelan Bondholders in London, dated Caracas, 27th
March, 1852:
" The Government, in compliance with its engage-
ment towards the holders of their bonds in London, has
already taken the necessary measures to place in
that city an amount in cash that shall cover the
balance wanting to complete the last dividend,
and punctaally meet that which falls due
in April, and anxious that not a moment
should be lost in placing the respective claimants in pos-
session of these funds, has resolved that instructions be
given to you desiring that so soon as the amount that
has been drawn in bills reaches your hands, the
same may be paid to the parties interested, that is to say,
to the holders of its bonds.-4 am, &c.,
(Signed) `1 PEDRO C. GELLISSEAU."
In addition to the above, the Committee beg to state
that no remittances have been received by the present
The large majority in favour of the Militia Bill,
would, it was expected, have improved the tone of the
Coned Market, but very little effect has been produced,
and the quotations have been 994 4 for Transfer, and
991 for Account. Exchequer-bills, dated March,
have been 71s. to 73e, and East India Bonds 84s. pre-
mium. Bank Stock has been firm at 2204, and India
Stock at 266. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
have realized 1004 to I.
Foreign Stocks are weak, principally from the limited
business doing. Mexican Bonds are a little better.
being 344 to a for the Old, and 274 4 for the Now
Spanish Five per Cents. are about 21 to 4, and the
Three per Cents. 21 to 4. The Committee's Certificate
has been at 24. Peruvian Deferred Stock has been
marked 634, and Grenada Deferred 94 to 104. Bra-
zilian Old Bonds are worth 99A 4. Dutch Four per
Cents, are 924 to 93. Venezuela are flatter.
Railway Shares have all been materially depreciated,
and the French Shares especially. North-Westerns are
down 1 to 14 per cent., and Brazilian, South- Western,
Midland, Caledonian, Great Western, and South-
Eastern aro cheaper in the same proportion. Northern
of France have dropped about to 4, Rouen and Havre
4, and Western of France 4, and others are heavy.
Gold Mine shares are all but generally at former
prices, unless sales are forced, which there does not ap-
pear to be a disposition to do. The new companies not
yet officially quoted mostly bear premiums varying from
1.16 to 4, including Lewis Hill Range, &o.
South Australian Copper are 4 4 premium. The
advices of Jan. 10 from Adelaide are much more favour.
able as regards the supply of labour.
QUARTER TO THREE.
... 9944
... 9944
ONE
PRICES OF BRIMS?" FUNDS O22O%'CLK.
OC
Bank Stock
3 er Cent. Reduced Anne.
oar Cent. Consols Annuities.. 991/29i
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726
New 3IA per Cent. Aim 5.~....
Long Anna. to expire Jan.lB6o 6%
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10. 1859 6 9-16
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860. 7
India Stock 266 266
India Bonds, 1,0001. ..........

Consols ... .. "'
Ditto Account. May 11 ••

CLOSIN
PRICES
220 1/,
98s/8
99 3/8
99
100%
6 9-16
63/4

Ditto under .. 84 p
South Sea Stock
Ditto New Annuities ........ 98 Y,
0 mews for Account ............... 99% Ns%
exchequer Bills. I%+l. March.
1,0001. ..... ..«........ 71 73 p
5001.
Small„

84 p

98%
99
June.

67 64 p
67 64 p
CLOSING
PRICES.
99%

ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK•
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ... 99 %YL
Ditto, Small —
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. —
Ditto, Account ..... .... ......
Equador Bonds —
Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent. —
Do. Ex Dec., 1849 Coupons --

77%
45/8
2234

34%
27

Ditto, Deferred 974 1014
)11-.xican. 5 oor rew-- , 1816
Ditto, 3 per Cent...—.
Peruvian Bonds, 5 nor Cent— .. -
`Ditto, Deferred, 3 per Cent 6:;1/,
Portnpmep_o e.; ucr Cents -----.—
Russian Bonds - —
..11tt(i. 41-4 !)er flout _ . ~. ..,, - 103%
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
SPanfolb - i,,,r.),:yt. 1840 —
Ditto. 3 per Cent
Ditto. New Deferred 2l 'A 21 ;i3
Spanish Com. Cert. Coup. not funded 2% 2% per cent.
Venezuela Bonds, 31A per Cent 4B 471/2 49 149
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 214 per Cent. 12 Guild —
Ditto 4 per "ant. Certificates

901/,

103 zY6
971 A

03%

LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, APRIL 27.--Wind at noon Northerly, light
breeze and dull cloudy weather.
DEAL, APRIL 26.—Wind N.E. by E.—Arrd. from
the River and sld. Ayrshire, Port Philip; Aurora,
Hong-Kong; Mora, Barbadoes; Paces, Havannab;
Witch of the Wave, Boston.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 26.—Wind E.S.E.—SId. ere-
denta, Valparaiso; Uranica, Antigua ; St. Paul, Ha-
vannah; Robert Stephenson, Vera Cruz; Garland,
Port Philip ; Rio Grande, Philadelphia ; Harmony,
New York. Off port Burrell, Charleston.
SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 26. Wind S.W.—Arrd.
Abeons, airbadoes.
FALMOUTH, APRIL 26.—Wind N.N.E., moderate.—
Arrd. Henrietta and Rebecca, Aux Cayes, Shl. Henry
Shelton, Rio Janeiro.
NEWHAVEN, APRIL 26.—The Kite, Dieppe to Sue-
derlaud, has been assisted in, with loss of foremast,
bow stove, &c., having been in contact with the Vergil,
of Sunderland. _

HULL, APRIL 26.—Wind N.E. to E,N.E.—SId.
Rolla, and Meteor, Quebec.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
HAY WAEXETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 03 Od to 41 Os 03;
Clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 1143 to 119 s per
load. Trade steady. Prices on the advance.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 5s Od to 41 4s 01;
Clover ditto, 31 15a to 4/ 6s; and Straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 1 is per
load. A moderate supply, and a steady demand.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 3/ Os to 4/ 2s 03:
Clover ditto, 3/ 163 to 4/ 12s-' and Straw, 1/ 5s to 119 s per
load. Supply good, and trade firm.
cazon.Lm.
SUGAR.—The market is very firm, and at the public
sales this morning prices are up about 6d per cwt. The
quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the
East and West India Docks was 754 hhds 11 tierces
146 barrels; there were taken for home consumption
1,308 hhds 32 tierces 598 barrels. no stock in the
same places is 6,421 hhds 640 tierces 1,697 barrels.
Refined is still advancing, low to fine grocery lumps being
45s 6d to 49s per cwt.
COFFEE.—The market is brisk and firm. Sound
Native Ceylon has realised 41s per cwt.
RUM.—Tho quantity landed ly.st week at the East
and West India Docks was 185 puns 30 hhds. There
were taken for home consumption 211 puns 12 hhds, and
exported 123 puns 113 hhds. The stock in the sane
places is 11,485 puns 899 :lids.
SALTPETRE.-1.166 bugs Calcutta at auction partly
found buyers at 27s for 91 per cent refraction, and 26s 6d
for 12 to 121 per cent.
SPICES.-63 cases Cassia Lignea realised 118 s to 120 s
per e evt; 10 cases Mace sold is 61 to is 93 per lb, and
229 hags African sold at 253 per cwt.
COFFEE —Price's are firm, with a fair demand.
TaLLow.—P.Y.C. is 36s per cwt on the spot, and
Town 38s, being firm, though quiet.
TEA.—`There has been a more active market, and the
common sorts bring full prices. Good ord sound Congou
is at 81i per lb.

THE ART UNION -(THIS DAY.)
The annual general meeting of the subscribers to the
Art Union was held this morning, in the Lyceum
Theatre, for the purpose of receiving the report of the
Council, and distributing the prizes.
The meeting was very fully attended, the dress and
upper circles of the theatre being chiefly occupied by
ladies.

Previous to the opening of the proceedings the lottery
tickets, nurnbercd from 1 to 12,289, were deposited in
the wheels.

Lord Monteagle was advertised to preside, but owing
to the Noblo Lord being summoned on a Parliamentary
Committee, he was unable to attend, and in his absence
the Right ion. Lord Londesborough was called to
the chair.

The Noble CHAIRMAN having briefly expressed bis
regret that Lord Monteagle, who was so much more
competent to fill the chair, was not able to be present,
proceeded to call upon Mr. Godwin, the honorary secre-
tary, to read the annual report of the council.
The SECRETARY then read the report.
Sir CHARLES LEMON moved the adoption of the report,
and declared that its contents bad given him unfeigned
satisfaction.—(Hear, hear.) He congratulated the meet-
ing upon the manner in which the business of the society
was managed. As to the society itself, he could liken
it to nothing but the militia—it was, in fact, the militia
of Science—(A laugh)—and he was rejoiced to find that
through its exertions art was daily becoming more than
ever appreciated.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir GA.RDNER WILKINSON seconded the motion in a
few words.

Tho Noble CHAIRMAN in putting the question that
the report be adopted, took the opportunity of ex-
pressing his pleasure at the success which had attended
this society. It proved that the country was alive to the
importance of art. The Queen and the aristocracy
might smile upon art, but the prosperity of the artist
depended upon the country, and he was glad to know
that the possessors of some of the choicest gems pro-
duced by British artists were chiefly merchants or mem-
bers of the liberal professions.—(Hear, hear.) This
fact, he thought, spoke volumes in favour of this so-
ciety, and again he congratulated the meeting upon its
prosperity.—(Hear, hear.)
The motion for the adoption of the report was then put
and unanimously carried.
On the motion of Professor ITESKIN, seconded by Mr.
ARNOLD, thanks were voted to the Council for their
past services.
Sergeant THODIPSON moved a vote of thanks to the
Honorary Secretaries, which was seconded by Captain
VERNON, and carried unanimously.
Mr. GOODWIN briefly acknowledged the compliment,
and mentioned that the association had in contempla-
tion a scheme for encouraging art by devoting a portion
of their funds to the employment of sculptors. He
moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Charles Ilathews for his
kindness in lending the use of the theatre for the meet-
ing, and wittily remarked that the letter in which Mr.
Mathews communicated his willingness to lend his
theatre formed an additional act of grace to his Chain of
Events.—(" Hear," and laughter.)
The motion was unanimously agreed to, and the pre-
liminary business terminated.
The drawing was then proceeded with when our re-
port left.

THE City STAL PALACE.
(THIS DAY.)
A public meeting was held this afternoon at Exeter
Hall, in favour of retaining the Crystal Palace.
The Earl of Shaftesbury presided in the chair.
There was a very a large attendance, but the hall was
by no means well filled.
The Duchess of Sutherland and her eldest son, the
Marquis of Stafford, and two other members of her
family occupied seats in one of the reserved galleries.
On the platform we observed the Earl of Harrowby,
the Duke of Argyll, Mr. J. Hume, M.P., Mr. Aglionby,
M.P., Sir George Sartorious, Mr. Oliveira, Sir Joseph
Paxton, Culonel Sykes, Mr. D'Eyncourt, M.P., Mr. W.
Williams, M.P., Dr. Cumming, and others.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, on rising to address the
meeting, was received with loud cheers. He commenced
by reading a letter from a working man in Dorset to
himself, approving of the meeting as a step in the right
direction, and enclosing a bank-note for 201. in aid of
the movement.—(Cheers.) They were now assembled
to consider whether the magnificent edifice that had
served a great purpose should be determined to be
useless, and should finally be destroyed. There were
few who would question the magnificence or beauty of
the building, or that it would be beneficial and human-
ising in continuing those effects which had happily been
produced on the mind of the vast masses of the people,
by contemplating those prodigious works of art which
were collected together by the natives of every land.--
(Cheers.) There were few who would not desire that
those great benefits should be perpetuated.—(Cheers.)
The questiont
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extended nowonlyby a tno
be a
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be
not
adequate funds.—(Hear.) He confessed that at first whetherhe
had great misgivings as to the purpose for which the
building was originally turned, but they had since been
removed and converted into something like confidence
by the circular of the sub-committee. That committee pro-
posed that the building should be vested by an Act of Par-
liament in trustees, who should have the power of leasing
it under certain conditions, so as to give a guarantee
that it should not bo appropriated to any other purpose
unworthy
Committee,ibition He thought
both as to its beautio"e
fti”l,,h
isite or of the object of the Great
E thet pthuerparseeca of theommendabtiaoinldsinogf
and
the mode in which it should be maintained and governed,
were perfectly safe. At any rate, however, he con-
tended
amnbdeeedthee scheme was worthy of experiment.—(Hear.)
a. great, free, and enlightened people, and
though it
might fail, there would be some compensating
results, because the fact of wealth and station engaging
on the side of the people would allay much discontent
and tend to unite those classes who had hitherto looked
upon each other with no kindly sympathy. After dis-
posing of the various objections which had been urged
to the retention of the Palace, the Noble Earl went Qn to
observe that a general half-holiday to the working
classes on Saturday for health and recreation wcull
greatlyTh tende Earl a tof theAn
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asserting that the frequent contemplation of works of
art, &c., was eminently conducive to the instruction and
amusement of the people, and that the meeting consi-
dered the successful operation of the Great Exhibition
as a sufficient reason for maintaining the Crystal Pa-
lace.—(Hear, hear.) He was of opinion that one of
the best suggestions of the committee was, that it
should be maintained in its present site, for nothing
was more delightful, in connexion with the Exhibition,
than witnessing enormous streams of the working
people, who were perhaps confined during the greater
portion of the week—confined in dark lanes and murky
aA n and
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purchase and fcr cArryiug