The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-22 00:00:00

Railways. Busine.ss done
tou-ay.
.-....._. Nominal Prices.
Cent. France (0 V.) all 23% - 233/4 x.d x.d
Chart. & Erquel all pd 13 -15 13%
Demerara all pd . • - •••
Dutch Rhenish...B/. pd .33/8 -3% dis.
East Indian 181. pd 3% - 33/8 213/3
Do. Do.. 201. pd ... - -
Gt. Indian Penin. all p 3/4 - 1 p
Do. Do 4% pd 8/8 - 7/8 P
Louv. ala Sambre 71/2 . - .
Luxembourg l3/. pd 4% -4%
Do. (Railway) 10/. pd 3% -3%
Do. ll. pd lA, - %
Do. (Canal) 2g. pd 3% - 1
Maria Antonia 27A pd ... - ...
Do. New 8% pd . ,
Namur & Liege all pd •6% - •6%
North. of France,l6l.pd 24% - 24% 24% N.
Do. 20/. 3 p c. Bds, all p 13% - 13%
Orleans & Bor 111. pd 4% - 454 p 15%
Paris & Lyons ...61. pd 41/2 - 43/4 p
Paris & Orleans all pd 47 -48 x.d x.d
Paris & Rouen ...all pd 31 - 31% 313/4 %
Paris & Stras. ...all pd 23 - 231/2
Rouen & Havre...all pd 113/ - 12% x.d 12% x.d
Sambre & Meuse all pd 4% -4%
St. Andrew's & Quebec
(A) 4/. pd ... -. .
Tours & Nantes 17/. pd 5% -5% die. 111/4
West Flanders...B3/ pd 3 -3%
West. of France 6/. pd ... - ••• , 7%
Grand Junction of France, 4%.
MINES.
Agua Fria all pd 7/s - 1 p
Anglo-Californian, all p 3% - 5/8 p
Asturian 151. p . . - •••
Australasian 2/. pd .1
% -1% p 8% %
Australian 5/. pd %- 1
Austr. Freehold all pd % die - par
Ave Maria all pd 9/8 - 1/1 dis•
Blaenarvon I. &C. all p ... - ..•
Brit. Austr. Gold all pd 14 die - par 5
British Iron 13/. 15s. p . . - •••
Braz. Im. (is. sp) 241/2 - 2
Do. Coca. & Cui. all p ... - •••
Do. St. Joh. del R. 151. ... - ...
Carson's Creek all pd 1/8 -% p 13%
Cobre Copper ...40/. pd ... - ... 06
Copiapo 141 pd ... - ...
Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p % dis - par 5
General all pd . . - ...
Gold Mountain...all pd %.dis. - % p
Great Polgooth all rd 1% -1% p
Mexi. &S. Amer. 9/. p ... -. .
Nouveau Monde all pd %- Ys p
Port Philip ... l/. pd %- % p 1
Santiago de Cuba 10% ... -. .
Tin Croft 7/. pd 93/ - 10% 10
United Mexican all pd 21/8 -2%
West Mariposa all pd %- % dis
Colonial Gold, 138.
JOINT-STOCIC BANKS.
Australasia all pd 39 - 40% x.d 42 x.d
Brit. Ntb. Amer. all pd 49% -50
Colonial 25/. pd 111/2 - 12%
Com. of London 20/. pd 24 - 25%
Lon. & County 20/. pd ... -. .
London Jr. Stk. 10/. pd 18 - 183/4 18%
Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd 28% -29 29%
Nat. Prov. Eng. 351. pd ... - ...
Do. New lO/. pd
Nat. of Ireland 221/ p 1.73/4 -17 18
Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd 34 -35
Prov. of Ireland 25/ pd. 43% -44
Do. New all pd 15% - 16%
Union of Austral all pd 37 -38
Do. New 2% pd 3 -3%
Union of London 10/. p 14% -151/
Union of Madrid all pd ... - ...
MISCELLANEOUS.
Canada 321/2 pd 48 - 49%
Eastern Steam...2s. pd . . - -
Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/. pd 2.8% -28 %
i
Penin. & Or. St. all pd 80 - 793/4 80%
Do. Do. ...15/. pd ..
.- • •
Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd 78 -79 x.d x.d
Universal Emigration
and Colonization, 2/. p ... - ..• '
Irish Beet Sugar, 23/4.

•••
Beet Sugar, 23/4.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at 8,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were
taken for export, and 1,500 on speculation, with a firm
market, American being *d. per lb. higher. The sales
comprised 6,500 American, 350 Pernam and Maranham
at 60. to 7id., 30 Bahia at 60., 300 Egyptian at 61d.
to 8/1. 600 Surat at aid. to 4d., and 120 Sea Islands
at ls. lid. to ls. 9d. per lb.—Railway Shares were flat.
The official average price of Wheat for the six weeks
is 41s. I Id. per quarter.
The Amsterdam Stock Market on the 20th inst. was
tolerably active for Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
but not so firm for the Four per Cents. Russian and
Austrian were withont change. Spanish, Portuguese,
Mexican, and South American were feebler, owing to
the decline in London.
REDUCTION OF DISCOUNTS.

The Directors of the Bank of England, at their meet-
ing this morning, have decided to lower the minimum
rate of discount from 2i to 2 per cent. on bills of ex-
change.

This disproves the assertion that money was dearer.
In Lombard-street 14 and 2 per cent. were the charges
on best pap3r, and loans on Stock were granted at 1 per
cent. before this alteration at the Bank was known.

The English Funds have been firmer, and there is a
little money stock being taken. Consols realise 99i to
for Transfer, and 99i for Account. Exchequer
bills of June are 655. to 68s. premium, and India
Bonds 84s. to 878. premium. Bank Stock is up to 220
and 220 k. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
are iook to f.

Foreign Securities have been again rather weak, but
are better within the last half hour. Mexican 341 to
i, and 28k to j. Buenos Ayres are 78 to 79, and
Braailian Old is 99. Spanish Three per Cents. are 47i,
and the New Deferred Bonds 21i.

Railway Shares, although not particularly active, have
been rather firmer. Ambergate in request owing to the
hope of a lease at 4 per cent. by the North-Western.
French shares are quiet.
Mines generally are steady but dull. South Austra-
lian Copper are firm at 5-16 to 7-16 premium.
The last week's Railway Receipts, ascertained up to
this day, are in round figures as under:-
1852. 1851.
Great Western £18,331 £17,057
North-Western
South-Western 12,031 11,129
Brighton
Midland
North Stafford
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire
York and North Midland
Newcastle and. Berwick ... ..A...R 13,640
1291
u
TE87,0
THREE.

Q

••• 99
... 991 I
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF =Tint FUNDS O'CLOZIC PRICES
Bank Stock 220% 220 220
3 :)er Cent. E-duesd Anne.
3 car Cc It .C3nsols Annultio- 99%%Mia 99%
New 31,4 per Cent. Arm 5......
LGag A -7,5. to expireJan.lßfo
Ditto, 30years, Oct. 10, 1859. 6% 6%
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860. 7 1-16 7 7
Ildia Eondr, 1,0001, .. B7 84 p 86 p
South Sea Stock llO3/ 110%
Ditto Old Annuities
Ditto New Annuities ......
Consols for Account
Exchequer BPI?. 150. March. June.
1,0001. ..
5001.
Small,

Consols ... .:,
Ditto Accounts May 11 ..

ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Rrazilien Boa?, 5 per Cent 99
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent
Ditto, Account
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent . . lO2l
Danish 80nd5,1825, 3 per Cent —
Ditto, 5 per cent .....
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, 11,4 per Cent --

CLOSING
num.
99

Ditto, Deferred lO /2
Do. Ex Dec.;lB.49.Coupons
~;i
Mexican, 5 per Cent , 1846 —
Ditto, Account
Ditto, 3 per Went.-- 2814 N
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Russian Bonds ... ............ .....«
Ditto, 414 per Cent
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Spanish 5 per C:?nt. 1840
Ditto. 3 per Cent
Ditto. New Deferred 2ll/2 2ent.
1%
. Cert.
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Spanish Cn i
Dividends
Dutch 21,4 per Cent. 12 Guild 62 61% 615,i
2
Ditto 4 per Cent. Cortificates
11M,.....

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, APRIL 22.—Wind at noon S.E.—The broad-
side of a vessel was passed on the Bth March, 38 N''so
W., also some white pine timber, apparently only Itew
days in the water, on the 26th March, 49 N
ELSINORE APRIL
16.—The Tanfield;(noe ,
or Tamped) of Sunderland, St. Übes to St.
Pterabargb
which was on shore, has been assisted
instadt
Ycontactto
ap-
parent damage. The Johanna
Christina,off without ahe 48T I,l..ancred
Hull, sunk off Skagon, April
havingt
Konigsburg; crew
saved by the latter and landed hire. 12,
with the Cameron, Grangemouth o
been
The Darcy, from Dean.
SUNDERLAND, APRIL 20
in
the
River,
but expected
rara, is aground on a shoal
off next tide.
OFF PENZANC
Port Philip.
20.—Wind E.S.E. to S.E.—
L 20.—Wind S.S.E., strong
OWN, APR' .
QUEENST Pll Cll N
els, Shanghai; o ye-
-Axrd.
Arrd. Brilliant,
breeze. F nn
oetgomery, ditto; Liffey,
A PeiL
Barbadoes;
paul, ditto; .
Carlotta Ulrica, Alezandrial and
Limerick, for nhent, leaky.—Off port, Dalgowney
20.--Wind S.S E., fretb.—Arrd. Pysche,
PILL, APRIL
• • Gateshead Park, ditto; Glenmore, Buenos
Mauritius;
Stranger, ditto;
Ldl:ni'lltndhore,
Ayres.
YARMOUTH, APRIL 21,--The Supply Vague, of
Shi,,ids, is reports d to be riding off Pulling, with loss
of bowsprit and fore topmast, and leaky, having been in
contact. A steam-tug has proceeded to her assistance.
DEAL. APRIL 21.—Wind S S.W.; noon, E.S.E.; P.M.,
S.E.—Arrd. Bon Accord, Batavia for Rotterdam • Now-
line, Calcutta; an American ship, Calcutta. Arrd. frt m
the River end Old, C2stle Eden, Melbourne; Gloucester,
Adelaide, South Australia; Cbuaan steamer, Cape of
Good Hope; Ellen Rawson, ditto; Echo, Quebec. Sld.
CreogY) UMW.