The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-12 00:00:00

SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING,

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated
at 2,000 bales, all to the trade, including '2OO Surat, at =1:1 d.
to 6d. and 100 Sea Islands, at ls. ld. to ls. 41/2d. per lb.
The market was very flat, and prices were about 1-I6d. per
lb. lower.—Railway Shares were very firm.
The Colonial Markets are very quiet. At auction neither
Sugar nor Coffee have been offered.

The Indigo sales are now in progress, and 16,413
chests are declared, including 7,69? of Bengal, Oude, &c.,
1,690 of Madras, 352 of Kurpah, and 476 of Manilla. About
one-third of the Bengal is good and fine, and two-thirds are
mid. and ord. Rurpah chiefly mid. and ord. The sale has
been going rather heavily. Oude at previous rates. Madras
2d. lower on the inferior and 6d. on the better kinds. Kur-
pah about former prices. The attendance of buyers has been
moderate. The wool sales begin to-morrow. From 20,000
to 25,000 bales will be oflered, chiefly colonial.
The Corn Market is dull this morning.
The Trade and Navigation Returns are just out for the
year ending the sth January. No monthly comparison is
furnished. The exports of British and Irish produce and ma-
nufactures were last year valued at 65,756,0321., and in 1‘,...19
at 58,910,8831., showing an excess of 6,845,1491. Some of
the items are subjoined for the year ending Jan. 5 :

1850.

Cotton Manufactures (exclusive
of lace) £18,794,q 64 £20,528,150
Cotton Yarn ... 6,704,089 6,380,948
Hardwares and Cutlery .. 2,201,315 2,639,728
Linen Manufactures (exclusive of
Lace) ... ... 3,209,539 3,594.944
Linen Yarn ... 732,065 887,293
Iron Bar ... ..• ... 2,605,247 2,793,226
Woollen Manufactures 7,342,723 8,581,59
Woollen Yarn ... ..• ... 1,090,223 1,451,093
The net receipts of Customs duties was to the sth Janu-
ary, 18;0, 22,194,0001., and to the same date this year
21,904,566/.
The imports for the year include the following :-
1850. 1851.
Wheat, qrs. ... 3,845,378 3,754,593
Flour, cwts. •.. ... 3,349,839 3,855,059
Coffee, lbs.
... 63,315,787 50,t 09,521
Oxen and Bulls, number 21,884 28,951
Sheep, number 126,248 137,646
Butter, cwts. 281,969 331,135
Wine, galls. ••• —• ... 7,970,067 9,267,573
The tonnage of vessels employed in the foreign trade was
as follows:

1850. 1851.
Inwards ... 6,071,269 tons. 6,113,696 tons.
Outwards ... 5,429,908 „ 5,906,978 „
News has been received from Port Natal to the end of Nov.,
when the last of the emigrants who went out in 1850 had
arrived. Two large buildings, 100 and 80 feet long, had
been prepared for the reception of the emigrants, and
those by the Justina were temporarily lodged there. Those
entitled to land were taken up to their locations by
Mr. Edmund Morewood, and some of them had already re-
turned for their families and baggage. The Phcenix steamer
had made an excursion trip from Capetown to Natal, and the
passengers had, on their return, given the most favourable
accounts of Natal. One gentleman writes to his friends—
" All the passengers are quite unanimous, viz., that the fine-
ness of the soil and of the climate must ensure its going
ahead of the old colony, especially in respect lo agriculture."
The Spanish Bondholders' meeting is now being held.
The Funds are more buoyant, and the settlement of the
account has been going on satisfactorily. Consols have re-
alised 96% % for Transfer, and 96% 34 for Account. Ex-
chequer-bills are 545. to 575. premium. Bank Stock has
been steady at 215, and India Stock at 267. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 983% to 99.
Foreign Securities have been very quiet, except Spanish.
which have been in great favour at an advance to 2014 and
10% for the Five per Cents. The Passive Bonds are sto 14.
Mexican Bonds are 33% to 1/a. Peruvian Stock is worth
8014. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents have been marked
585, to 59.
Railway Shares have been rather fluctuating, as arrange-
ments have to be made for carrying over; but the market is,
on the whole, tolerably buoyant.