The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-24 00:00:00

MINES.

X. WI

Ae errors of the Official Lists,
!d correspondents.]

will not be influenced by

interestel

At Frankfort, on the 21st inst., Austrian Metallics
were 72t, and Spanish Three prr Cents. 32 1346 to 4.
The Demerara Fnur per Cent. guaranteed loan was
taken at the Treasury yesterday, the R ick Assurance
Company having 65.0001 at the price of 105, and a pri-
vate capitalist the other 5,000/. at 106. The investment
is undoubted being guaranteed by England, and the
period of issuing the loan, which is an instalment of
250,0001., is favourable for the colony.
.
The amount of money business doing in the English
Stock Market is inconsiderable, and there is no dispo-
sition to speculate. 'rhe quotations remain, however,
about the same as yesterday, Consols being 961 4 for
rran,fer, and 96} l for Account. The continued ru-
mours of Ministerial difficulties at home, and the
protracted crisis in France, deter the prudent from enter-
ing freely into engagements. The New Three-and-
a-Quarter per Cents. have been 984 to 4, and the Three
per Cent=. 974 to e. Bank Stock is steady at 2141.
Exvhequer-bills are 575. to 60s. premium, and India
Bonds of 1,0002 68s. to 70s. premium.
The transactions in the Foreign Market have been
limited. Spanish Passive Bonds are 34 and the Five
per Cents nominally 174 1. Mexican Bonds, ex-divi-
dend, are 334, and Peruvian Four-and-a. Half per Cents.
78 to 4. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have
ruled at 964 I, Belgian Four-and•a• Half per Cents. have
been 904. and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 574.
The Railway Share Market presents again a very
buoyant appearance, and there have been improved
rates paid for several of the lines. A good deal has
been done in Great Western, South-Western, Scottish
Central, and York and Berwick. Great Northern are
quiet. The foreign lines are steady.

Consols ...
Ditto Account

.QUARTER
..TO THi
iREA
. ... . 96
... ... ... 96i 1

ONE CLOSING
'RICES OF BRITIMEI rUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES.
13,11 S Stock
-A Cent. Reduced - n 4. ......
3:Per Cent. Console Annuitie5...
New 31,4 per Cent. Anne _. ... •••••••• 9834 % : 98%8
ong Anne. to expire Jan.ISSO
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 71,6 7 9-16 7 9.16
Incti., 13onde, 1,000/....
Ditto under 1,0001.... • • •
(mitt ds for Account..-- ...........
Exchequer Bills. I'4l. & 2d
A .4.00 t. June ..............
Small, June 6O 57 p 57 p
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.

thazilitui minas— •• ... ..... -
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839
I.)anisb Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. —
Do., 5 per cant
V•quador Bonds
m ix wan. 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons..
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons . .....
Ditto. Account
Pe -uvian Bonds, 41i/ per Cent
Ditto, Account .........
Ditto Deferred ..........
.... 8 78
RPo:uiangueiii3eonsdpserzCjn..it.s.
..
:I-
Ditto, 4 per Cent.
Ditto, 414 per
Ditto, Small
...............
S .taiiiti --; per Cent. I 8 ...... 9614.
Dittop.iPviadsesnivdes..o.l.l...4t) ...............
the . .a.bo;e ............... Lot., on.
French 3 per Cent .
Exchange ...................
ppo
pee
rrr
Cant.
.e Cant3ptt .. ........... . . . . . . . . . . en— t • 57f. 624 c
Belgian, 25f.
gDiitcantiorili . I (,-nild 57%
Certificates..... 9-0 :91,i 91 959080 Z

102 t,,

3314 xd

78
331/2

LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—
LONDON, JAN. 24.—Wind at noon,
fog.

96%
96%
3%

-( THIS DA/ .3
I:N:Vir., light airs and

RAMSGATE, JAN. 23 —Wind W.N.W.-51d. Thame,
Cape Hay ti; Magnus, Bahia.
DEAL, JAN. 23.—Wind W., moderate.—Arrd. from
the River, May Queen, Sydney, New South Wales;
Samarang, Hong-Kong; John Scott, Barbadoes; Clydes•
dale, Cuba. Sld. John Carn, Melbourne; Helen Stewart,
Bombay; Jordeson, Sierra Leone; Staters, Jamaica;
Nonpareil, Newfoundland.
YAaar,,uni, JAN. 23.—The Eagle, of Dover, is on
shore at Eccles, but expected off. The Rapid, of and
from Shields for Marseilles, is on shore in the Roade,
leaky and will be laid on the mud.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arra. Windsor,
Aricule; Olympus; St. George's, New Brunswick. Sld.
Condor, Adelaide, South Australia; Rubin and Nep-
tuna, Calcutta; Dumbarton Youth, and Dido, Africa;
Alloy Branch, Callao; Catnoena, Lima; Helena, Val-
paraiso ; Swan, Valparaiso; Gauntlet, Buenos Ayres;
Crusader, Buenos Ayres Ranger, Rio Grande; Eliza-
beth Taylor, Rio Janeiro; Margaret, Trinidad; Mary
Bibby, Barbadoes; Landdrost Lutkin, St. Vincent; La-
cerium, Surinam; Borneo, Hayti; Lucana, Havannah;
Enrequita, Havannah; Jane Stanley, Maracaibo; R. D.,
New Orleans; Arthur, G. W. Baume, Punizza; Wil-
liam Nelson, Clara Wheeler, Blanche, and John Miller,
Punizz i; Thomas, Mobile; Cenada, Savannah; Gondor,
Philadelphia; Liverpool, New York; Guy Mannering,
New York; America, New York; Daniel Webster,

Paid. Nominal Prices. Busitn ss done
to-day.
—
Anglo-Mexican(is. Si. p.) 100 .. —..
Asturian ............ • • 15 .. —..
Australian .... —••• • • • 4 2 2
Barossa Range .. ••.• • . 1 13 0 3% —3%
Blaeruirvon Iron and Coal 50 .. —.„
Bolanos Scrip ........ • • -- ..
British Iron.. ...... l3 5 .. —..
Brazilian Imp (is. Si. p.) 24% .. . ..
De. Cocaes and Cuiaba 30 2% 2
De. St. John del Rey.. 15 14% 14%
Cobra Copper ...... ... 40 32% 35%
Copiapo ............ • • 14 5% —5%
General— • • .......... •• 20 13% —l4
Real Del Monte, Unreg. U %
Do. Black Debentures. • • —..
Do. Red Debentures .. .. —• •
Santiago de Cuba ...... 10 9 —7%
Tin Croft ............•., 7 101 i —ll
United Mexican........ ,28 28N 6% - 514
MISCELLANEOUS.
Canada ........ ••• • • • 32% 42% —44
Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% 28%
23? 14
Penin. & Oriental Steam. 50 78% —76 x. all ex. all
Royal Mail Steam .. •• .. 60 73 —72
fWe cannot be answerable for the errors of the Official Lists, and

MONEY Alit) C MAI tt (.) eAL NEWS.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mate.] at 3,500 bales, comprising about 3,000 American,
300 Egyptian at Bed. to Sid, 200 Surat at sd. to 6d., and
50 Sea Island at Is. Oil. to is. 4id. per lb. Prices of
all kinds were about 1-16 d. below the rates of Friday
lest.—Riilway Shares were firm.
During the present week the holders of produce have
manifested generally a disposition to act with reserve,
and to keep back supplies, but neither home buyers nor
shippers have been induced thereby to come forward and
purchase at all freely. Coffee is very sluggish, the stocks
being large and consumption reduced. sugar, on the
other hand, is used steadily, and the stock of British
Plantation is low, so that the absenee of demand is
somewhat unaccountable and not expected to continue.
In Spices, Rice, Tallow, and Spirits, the transactions have
been unimportant. Cotton has been firmer. Tea rules
quiet although the last accounts from China state that
the shipments were 4,000,0001b5. less than in the former
season, and the deliveries are good. The following par-
ticulars of the dried currant trade are furnished by
Messrs. Witherby and Hanson:—
At the date of our last report, a dezan vessels, re-
cently arrived, were discharging their cargoes. About
the same number has since been reported. The com-
parative total dirt ct importation from the commencement
of this and the two previous seasons, is—
To 20th January, 1851, by 53 ships, butts 5,949, car-
roteels 8 529, barrels 11,438, boxes 1,311, or about
7,850 tons.
To 20th January, 1850, by 45 ships, butts 5,197, car-
roteels 5,755, barrels 10,466, boxes 2,400, or about
7,200 tons.
To 20ih January, 1849, by 59 ships, butts 7,532, car-
roteels 7,004, barrels 8,130, boxes 600, ur about
9,000 tons.
To the above importation of this season must be added
about 500 tons received from the Continent since the
middle of November, making the total importation about
8,350 tons to 20th inst. Eight cargoes have been reported
at Liverpool since 18th ult. We now require about
3,000 tons to bring up our London imports to a level
with those of last season, and 4,200 tons to make them
equal to those of the preceding season.
The clearances here for home consumption from 19th
ult. to 18th inst., were 560 tons against 480 tons in
1850, and 500 tons in 1849. At Liverpool, during the
four weeks ending 14th inst., they were 350 tons against
350 tons in 1850. The consumption of the United
Kingdom in 1850 will, we fear, be less than that of
1849, the official returns of the first eleven months still
showing a deficit of nearly 1,500 tons.
The actual stock of Currants is London on 31st De-
cember of the last three years was:—
Dec. 31, 1850, 3,507 butts, 4.559 carroteels, 1,430 oaks,
6,518 barrels, 841 boxes, or 5,000 tons.
Dec. 31, 1849, 3,525 butts, 3,219 carroteels, 7,140 barrels,
2,106 boxes, or 4,600 tons.
Dec. 31, 1848, 4,897 butts, 3,503 carroteels, 3,742 bar-
rels, or 5,200 tons.
Our Christmas report left the market 3s. lower than
at the end of November, depressed by simultaneous ar-
rivals, and by unsuccessful attempts at realizing by pub-
lic sales. In this state it has since continued, with no
indication of revival, aggravated, moreover, by the
offering at auction on the 15th inst., of about 500 tons
of damaged fruit, part of 13 cargoes recently arrived, but
of which only a small portion found purchasers, chiefly
rain-damaged Gulph fruit, at unprecedentedly low
prices, such as to form no criterion of the relative value
of other qualities of fruit. The market is in an unsettled
state, and our quotations are again necessarily nominal
As we prognosticated two months ago, fine Currants are
extremely scarce.
The trade, who seldom resume their purchases of
Currants so soon after Christmas, are evidently inclined
to come forward, holding for the most part but little
stocks. In January, 1850, foreign speculators entered
the market and drove up prices 3s. per cwt., which, not
extending to Liverpool and elsewhere, operated most
prejudicially against London throughout the spring sea-
son. The article is now in a more healthy position, and
only requires time for recovery from its present inac-
tive state, which state has, from the operation of tempo-
rary causes, prevailed in every other branch of the C.-
lonial market since the opening of the year. The de-
mand is at pre sent confined to fruit at our lowest
quotations.
The circumstance of their being no steamer to the
United States to morrow is telt as a great inconvenience
by the mercantile community, atter the long enjoyment
of a weekly communication.
In the Amsterdam Market, on the 22d inst., there was
no particular change in Dutch Stock. The Two-and-a-
Half per Cents. were 56 15-16. Spanish Bonds were in
request, but not so dear. Mexican were rather in
favour.

Boston. Sid, Ohio, Virginia Off port, British Queer'.
Africa. The B. !tic st,asne,r %as n.t 00 snore 114 Fru.
vincEtown as reported on the lth instant.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 23.—Wind varikb.e and light!
A rd. Mercurini, Uall, . Slct. her Majesty's ste
Ardgoerno, Batavia: C. T. Sutson, Pernambuco. Toe
Jaime, Cardiff to Cadiz, struck on the Western Ba'
nmkes water, and is discharging. The Active,
Lifer
pool for Jacmel, has cortmenc.,d discharging.
TORBAY. JAN. 23.—Sid. Quiv.,r, Mogadore ; Xing;
nod
fisher, Mauritius; Prim Velde, Maar,ehaln, Cape of G
Hope ; Manakey, Brazls ; Accidental, Martinique'
Ann legate. Barbadoes. Itsa
QUEENSTOWN, JAN. 22.—Wind W.--Arrd.
Caroline, Callao; Commerce, Callao; Chieftain, COI;
Constellation, Demerara; Harriet, New York;
Liverpool for New York, leaky, &c. ; Atlantic steatee 0
Liverpool for New York, with loss of bowsprit and Die!:
chinery damaged, &c. •, Hannah Thornton, Glasgow.M
Philadelphia, leaky. Off pert, Naome, China, and 851i,e-3.
for the C'yde ; Fanny Chapman, China, and sailed I°'
Liverpool.
HULL, JAN. 23.—Win I W.—Sld. Mary Miller,
Rio
Janeiro.