The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-04 00:00:00

Agua Fria
Anglo Californian
asturian ......
Australian
Australian Freehold ....
Ave Maria ....
Blaenarvon Iron & Coal
British Australian Gold
British Iron • • •• • • • •
Brazilian Imp. (is. 5/. p.)
Do. Cocaes and Cuiabr.
Do. St. John del Bey..
Cobre Copper .•.. • • •• •
Copiapo .. •••• • • • • •
Eng. & Australian Copper
•
Gold Mountain ••••• • •
Great Polgooth .. • •• • •
Mexican& S. American
Nouveau Monde • •
e•antiago de Cuba .... ••
United Mexican.. • ..• • •
West Mariposa .. • • ....

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Australasia • • • • • •
British North America..
Colonial .... • • .. • • ....
Commercial of London..
London Joint Stock ....
London and Westminster
National Provincial Eng.

STOMIE
all 38 39%
50 47% 49
25 11% 123*,
20 24 —25
10 18% 17%
20 29% 30
35 ..

National of Ireland
Oriental Bank Corporat.
Provincial of Ireland•• • •
Do. New •• ••
Union of Australia .. • •
Do. New ....
Union of London . •
Union of Madrid

17% 17
30 311,E x.d
42% 43
15% 1634
85 —36%
8 —3%
14% 15%

Canada M='l
itaateni Steam ..
Gen. Steam Navigation .
Ponin. & Oriental Steam.
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48 49%
27% 98%
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22 25

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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at 10,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were
taken for export, and 1,000 American and 1,000
Surat on speculation. The market closed firmly,
and the prices of American advanced 0. and other sorts
1-16 d. per lb. on the rates of Friday last. The sales
comprised 7,500 American, 250 Pernam and Maranham,
at Sid. to 61d.; 150 Bahia, at 54.1, to 6d.; 200 Egyptian,
at 6d. to 70.; and 1,500 Surat, at 3d. to 4d. per lb.—
Railway Shares were dull at lower prices.
The six weeks' average price of Wheat is 41s. 4d.
per quarter.
Concerning the London silk trade, Mr. H. W. Eaton
advises that, "on comparing the various accounts
from China, it is now ascertained that the ship-
ments for the season, up to the 21st of December, had
reached 12,734 bales ; of these 10,200 bales have al-
ready arrived, leaving only about 2,500 bales on the
way, a much smaller quantity than is usual at this pe-
riod of the year. There is no new feature to notice as
regards Bengals. In the Italian market there has been
a slightly renewed inquiry for exportation, which has
led to some few sales, at a slight reduction on the prices
of January."
The Amsterdam Stock Market, on the 23 instant,
was feeble for Dutch Stock, but Spanish and Mexican
were good.
The English Stock Market has been duller, but Con-
sols remain much the same, being 97i1 1. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 991 to k, and
Three per Cents. 98k to ;1.. Bank Stock is up to 2lBi
and 2191. Exchequer-bills bring 635. to 655., and India
Bonds 725. to 755. premium, being full quotations. There
has been very little speculation, the operators being de-
terred by the opposition offered to the new Ministry.
The Foreign Market is again very lively. Mexican
have touched 33k to t. Peruvian Old Bends are worth
only 1031 to 4d, the Deferred being steady at 551.
Grenada deferred are lower again upon the realization
of profits. They have been 91, though now 10k. Equa-
dor Bonds are 54 to 1, and Brazilian New 971. Vene-
zuela Stock is at 39 to 401 for the Active, and at 171 to
18i for the Deferred. Sardinian Bonds keep
at 891 to 90. Spanish are very high. The Five
per Cents. 25f to 1, the Three per Cents. 42 to 1, the
New Deferred 18k to 19k, and the Certificates 311 1.
French Five per Cents. have risen to 104, with the ex-
change at 25 35. Dutch Bonds are quiet.
The speculators for a fall in Railway Shares are de-
cidedly not in the ascendant just now, but Messrs.
Tripp and Co., in their monthly letter, give them
a parting kick that seems well deserved. They
remark :—" We are alive to the attempts made by the
' Bear' party to create a feeling of disappointment at
the result of last year's traffic. But as we and their
readers do not forget the unscrupulous statements which
they published in 1849, when, according to their esti-
mates every railway was insolvent, we are not astonished
either at the folly or ignorance of those who would
again, for their own private purposes, mislead the pub-
lic. It is idle to measure railway prosperity in the
same way that an accountant's clerk would arrive at
the total of a sum in addition. It must be borne
in mind that railway traffic, to a certain point, is all
expenditure, beyond which it gradually diminishes till
each accession of traffic conducted at a fair tariff is, on
the other hand, nearly all profit. The great expendi-
ture of railways, all who have studied the subject ate
aware, has reached its height. Each successive half-
year will add to profits; the abundance of money
will necessarily produce a beneficial result in
every respect; the people will have more means to travel.
Railway companies, with capital everywhere tendered
them, will effect, no doubt, an important saving in their
debenture interest, and though political causes may pro-
duce temporary and even violent fluctuations, yet one
thing is certain, that railway property is steadily and
permanently improving iu value."
The last week's Railway Receipts, ascertained up to
this day, are in round figures as under:—

_
1852. 1851.
Great Western £14,390 .£14,181
North-Western
South-Western 8,819 8,707
Brighton
Midland
South Eastern 9,625 9,085
North Stafford 4,428 4,412
Caledonian
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire
York and North Midland
Newcastle and Berwick
Railway Shares opened pretty well, but ~have gone
back a little since, except the French lilies, which are
very buoyant.

Gold Mine Shares meet with more support. An
advance of 5/. to 71. per share has occurred in Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's shares on the report
that the contract for the India mail service is renewed
to it.