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London, England, 1851-12-26 00:00:00

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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
There was no Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday,
and the trade are now looking with interest to the annua,
statistics.

There has been a very limited attendance of mer-
chants and others in the City to-day,
There have been moderate sales of produce this week,
and the markets are now closed until the 6th of January
for the Christmas holidays. The Fruit Trade is, at pre-
sent, the most brisk.

The mail with the West India advices has arrived.
The cholera still lingered at Trelawney, and the small-
pox was raging in the Duncan's and Ulster-spring dis-
tricts of the same place.
The following petition was presented to the Honour-
able House of Assembly i❑ Jamaica, from certain mer-
chants, planters, and other inhabitants of the island, and
ordered to lie on the table:—

" That your memorialists would submit that they are
deeply interested in the future well-being and prosperity
of the island.

" That your memorialists would further submit that
the present heavy charges on shipping tend greatly to
injure and depress the best interests of Jamaica.
" That your memorialists also submit that the said
charges are composed of twelve direct items, some of
which are i❑ no ways connected with shipping; whilst
the revenue derived from others is not half appro-
priated to the object for which the same is raised.
" That your memorialists crave leave to submit to
your Honourable House that the imposts on shipping
fall unreasonably on freights, and not on the ship-
owners; that it fetters commerce, and prevents vessels
calling at the ports in Jamaica for a market or a
charter.

" Your memorialists further submit that this system
may close the door to our participation in that extensive
trade which is now arising in the Pacific ; and that any
delay in a consideration of this question may lead to an
irreparable injury.
"That this island presents the nearest, safest, and
most eligible port for the establishment of an entrepot on
this side of the Isthmus ; that a cursory glance over the
map will show how admirably Nature has placed us for
commanding that belt of land which, whilst it encircles
Jamaica on the one aide, affords the only expeditious
outlet to the Pacific on the other.
" Your memorialists, therefore, for all these reasons,
and more, which would appear evident on inquiry,
most respectfully and most urgently pray the considera-
tion of your Honourable House to this vitally important
question, affecting as it does the general interest and
welfare of this island."

The shareholders in the South Australian Company
have just held a meeting to receive a statement of their
affairs, and from this it appears that the total annual
rental has been 2,0001. This was not a dividend meet-
ing, but merely for the purpose of presenting the state-
ment alluded to. The gold discoveries are said not to
have attracted much labour from Adelaide.

The English Funds have been very steady, but, as
usual, immediately after Christmas-day, there is very
little doing. Consols have been 96& to 97i, and are now
97 to The New Three-and. a-Quarter per Cents.
have been 98i to I. Bank Stock is supported at 2151.
Exchequer-bills are up to Ms. and 543. premium.
In Foreign Securities very little has been done.
Mexican Bonds have been 2ii Spanish Five per
Cents. have improved to 21 and 21i. The Threes are
40i to 41, and the New Deferred Stock is 164. Dutch
Four per Cents. bring 893- to 90. Peruvian are about 90.
Railway Shares have been better, and there have
been moderate transactions, though nothing like the
activity of ordinary business periods.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to
this day, aro in round figures as under:-
1851
Great Western 416,496
North-Western
South-Western 9,294
Midland
Great Northern
Caledonian
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Newcastle and Berwick
South Wales 1,534

1850.
£16,427
45,200
9,195
22,116
7,332
7,278
14,428
13,C91
863

QUARTER TO THREE.
Consols for Opening, Jan. 16 ... 97 113- ex div,
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 2151,4
3 per Cont. Reduced 9714%
New 314 per Cent. Anna.
tndia Stock
Do. Bonds, 1000/ 6l p
Consols for Account 96% 67%
EKch,nner Bills 1124 d.
1,0001.... 54 51 p
.001 54 51 p
Small 54 51 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto, Small
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent ...... . 1003
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent —
Ditto 41,4 per Cent. lo2'
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,l840
Ditto Account . ......
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto, New Deferred 1634
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 44 per Cent
Dutch 214 per Cent., 12 Guild
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--( THIS DA V.)
LONDON, DEC. 26.—Wind this day at noon E.N.E.,
light breeze, and fine clear dry weather.
QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 23.—Wind S.; 24, S.S.W.—
Arrd. Wallace, Callao; Lockwoods, St. John's, New
Brunswick; Terie and Ocean's Queen, Galatz; Asparia
and John, Callao; Emma, Theresa, and Queenstown,
Alexandria.
SLIGO, DEC. 23.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Andrew, Ibraila.
DROGHEDA, DEC. 24.—Wind S.—Arrd. Rochdale and
Mystery, Odessa.
DUNDEE, DEC. 23.—Wind Westerly.—Arrd. Earl
Powis, Montreal; Cherub, Susannah, and Eliza, Riga.
SHIELDS, DEC. 24.—Wind S.S.W.—Sailed Harold,
Havannab.
DOVER, DEC. 24.—Wind N.E. to E.; 25, N.—Off
port, Elizabeth, Leghorn; Marie, Jamaica.
YARMOUTH, DEC. 24.—Wind S.; 25, S.E.—Arrd.
Lady 8uh1..., Hondorson, Quoboo.
HULL, DEC. 25.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Andrew,
St. John's, New Brunswick; Margaret, Riga. Sld. Iris,
Clio, and Abraham, Riga.
DEAL, DEC. 24.—Wind N.W. to S.S.W.; 25, N.W.,
foggy.—Arrd. Princess, Casson, Bahia; Julius, New
Orleans; Jessie, Bowden, St. John's; Johanna Brous,
Taganrog; William Thomas, Ostin, Alexandria; Elisa-
beth Thompson, M'Culloch, Patras. Sld. Hyperion,
Bombay; Hamilton, Honduras; Toby, St. Michaels;
John Phillip, New Zealand; Berenice, Geelong; London,
New York; Amaranth, Sydney, New South Wales;
Gratitude, Cape and Madras.
Orr DARTMOUTH, DEC. 24.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd.
Philadelphia, Holman, Philadelphia.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 24 AND 25.—Wind S.E.—Chatham,
Copelin, Bermuda.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 24.—Wind S., strong; 25, variable.
—Arrd. Victoria, Hill, Galway; Everard, Singapore;
Anglo Saxon, M'Curdy, Havannah. Off port, Hard-
wick e, Alexandria.
CLYDE, DEC. 24.—Arrd. Casket, M'Riddle, Dame•
rara; Free Trade, and Janet, Quebec.
YUGHAL, DEC. 24.—Wind S.—Arrd. Shannon,
Blyth, Odessa.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 24.—Wind S.; 25, S. to S.E.—
Arrd. Vigilant, Tugwell, Catania; Laura, I'amhill,
Sydney, New South Wales, and New Zealand; Belle
Kate, Crowther, Magaquadaire; Alice Gill, Wright,
Montreal; Aden, Smith, Canton; Woodstock, Card,
Moulmein; Olive Branch and Eleanor, Callao; Magman,
Steele, Rio "'ache; Olympus, Wilson, New Orleans;
Kitty Cordes, Hannah, Mobile; Sardinia and Philadel-
phia, New York; Staffordshire, Boston; Sapphire, Syd-
ney, New South Wales; Rob Roy and Frances, Cal-
cutta; Caroline, Cape of Good Hope; Decima, Africa;
Fernando Po; Greenwich, Buenos
in
George,B Bold,
dSantos; Cheshire, Barbadoes; Holy-
AB Benjamin
wood, Porto Rico; John Bryant and Belmont, New Or-
leans; Washington, Nicholas Biddle, and Chester,
Mobile; Mary Annab, Baltimore ; Atlantic steamer
A Y, Argo, Connecticut; John Stuart and Isaac Webb,
New York; Daniel Webster, Boston; Pet, Azores;
Maid of Alicante, Terceira; Grecian Queen, Leghorn;
Anger, Bombay; Natal, Cape of Good Hope; harry,
Rio Janeiro; Sachem, New Orleans; Remedio agd Leo-
ranese, Trieste. Off port, Golden Fleece, Bahia; Co-
lumbus, Pernambuco; Parsee, Quebec. The Echo, for
Africa, 1143 returned iuto dock, with 1033 of mizenwast,