The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-16 00:00:00

FREIGHTS.

Very little alteration has taken place in the rates of
freight. Tonnage is not plentiful, but the demand for it
at present is limited.
To LONDON. To LIVERPOOL,
£ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Saltpetre 4 0 Oto4 2 6 Nominal.
Sugar -4 10 0 4 0 otoo 0 0
Rice
Oilxcads -4 10 0 0 0 0-4 5 0
Hides -4 10 o__ 4jo 0-0 o 0
Jute 4 0 0-4 5 0 4 5 0-0 0 0
Raw Silk
Indigo and
Silk Piece 4 10 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0
Goods ~.
' Shell Lac 4 0 0-4 5 0 0 0 0-0 0 0
Lac llye -4 10 0 0 0 0-0 0 0
Rum 5 0
_O7O 0 0 0 0 0-.-0 0 0

To MAURITIUS.

Rico...Co.'s rs. 1 106 to 112 0 per bag, payable there
it 50 cents. _ _

To CII/NA.
Cotton s3 to s3i per bale.
Opium 7 8 per chest.
MONEY MARKET.

CURRENT VALUE OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, BANK
STOCK, &C.

Transfer Five per Ct.... Rs. 7 0 0 to 8 0 0 pm.
New Fives ... ... 2 10 0 to 2 12 0 pm

Swett do. ... 6 as. discount to par.
Co.'s Rs. Four per Cent. 9 8 0 to 10 0 0 dis.
Sicca Rupees do. 11 0 0 to 11 8 0 do.
Bk. Bengal Shra. Co's Rs. 1,950 0 oto 2,000 0 0 pm.
Agra Bank do. ~ 25 per share dig.
Simla Bank ... ... nearly par.
Bonded Warehouse Shares ... Co.'s Rs. 200 each.

Steam Tug Company 400 „
Bengal Coal Company „ 600 ~
India General Steam Company ... „ 210 „.
New Oriental Life Insurance Company „ 500 „

THE CHINA MARKETS.
(From the Overland China Mail.)
CANTON MARKET, Arßu, 21.
IMPORTS.

Cottons.—Raw.—Sales limited, at a decline on Born
bay, and a slight advance on Bengal and Madras, our
quotations being:—Bombay, dolls. .6 8 to 7 1 for corn•
mon to 8 5 to 8 7 for best; Bengal, dolls. 7 9 to 8 2
to 9 1 to 9 3; Madras, dolls. 7 8 to 8 1 to 9 2 to 9 4;
stocks, 10,168, 7,088, and 10,411 bales against 12,965,
2,633, and 2,621 at same period last year.
CottonYarn.—No sales; quotations dolls. 1 to 2 below
last month's.
Long Cloths.—Sales 27,000 pieces grey, and 7,000
pieces white, at, for greys, 7 to 71 catties, dolls. 2 90 to
2 95; 6 to 6i catties, dolls. 2 50 to 2 60; 51 to acat-
ties, dolls. 2 16 to 2 30; and for whites, 68s. to 725.,
dolls. 2 90 to 3; 645. to 665., d0115.,2 50 to 60; 565. to
585., dolls. 1 90 to 2 10.
American Goods.—We quote drills dolls. 2 55 for 30
yards, and dolls. 3 45 to 3 50 for 40 yards; sales 10,000
pieces. Of shootings, 1,000 pieces sold at dolls. 2 65,
but the stock being small, say 5,000, the quotation has
advanced to dolls. 2 70. Of jeans, 4,000 pieces sold at
dolls. 2 95.
Woollens.—Spanish Stripes.—Sales only 168 pieces at
90c. to doll. 1 5.
Long Ells—Wo quote scarlet, dolls. 7 60; purple,
dolls. 6 40; black, dolls. 5 90; light blue, do lls. 7
doll 6;
dark blue, dolls. 5 95; brown, dolls. 7; yellow,s.
6 90; green, dolls. 6 40; ash, dolls. 6 15; blue, dolls. 7:
sales, 2,000 pieces.
Camlets-350 pieces sold at dolls. 19 to 21 50.
Metals—lron-800 piculs sold at dolls. 2 50 to 2 85
for nailrod; dolls. 2 80 to 3 10 for hoop; dolls. 2 5 to
090 fur bar; and dolls. 3t04 30 for rod. Lead—
English, dolls. 6 20 to 6 50; sales 1,500 piculs; Ameri-
can and Spanish, dolls. 660t0 6 70. Tin Plates—dolls.
9 75. Sales, 100 boxes.
Cochineal—MkAican, dolls. 110 to 120; Java, dolls.
80 to 90.
Ginseng-60 piculs sold at dolls. 65 to 85 for crude,
and dolls. 120 to 135 for clarified .
Straits and Indian'Produce.—Rattans—Scarce. Sales
600 piculs at dolls. 3 20 to 3 45 for Banjarmassing, and
dolls. 2 70 to 3 for Straits.
Pepper—Scarce and wanted. 600 piculs sold at dolls.
7 20 to 7 80.

Betelnut—Also scarce, dolls. 4 to 4 50 the quotation.
Sales, 300 piculs.
Sandalwood—Malabar, dolls. 9 10; South Sea, dolls.
5 SO; Sydney, dolls. 2 70 to 2 SO.
Rice-16,000 piculs have been sold at dolls. 1 60 to
165 for white, and dolls. 130 to 1 35 for Arraean. If
the present dry weather continues a fortnight longer the
niltivc crop will prove a perfect failure.
Opium—To-day's quotations are:—Malwa, dolls. 475;
Patna, old, dolls. 490; new, dolls. 480; Benares,
460; Turkey, dolls. 370. The deliveries of Bengal are
estimated at 1,400 chests and of Alalwa 400—leaving a
stock of 900 of the former and 1,100 of the latter.

AMERICAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA_
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 15.
_

By the royal mail steam-ship Afiica, Captain
Eyrie, which arrived shortly after eleven o'clock this
morning, we have advicos from New York to the 4th
inst. She brings 680,000 dollars in specie on freight.
The United States mail steam-ship Washington
arrived at New York on the 4th inst., from South-
ampton, and the Asia, from Liverpool, on the 4th inst.
By the steam-ship North America, arrived at New
York, we have Californian advices to the Ist of May.
She had on freight 800,000 dollars in coin and gold-
dust.

. .
The steam-ships Oregon Republic, and Union, had
arrived at Panama from San Francisco, with a large
amount of gold-dust, much of which was to go direct
to England.
The amount of specie exported from San Fran-
cisco during the four months ending with April was
estimated at 15,637,542 dollars.
The crops promised to be favourable.
The population of California csas computed at
130,000 people.
It was rumoured that a secret expedition was
about to leave San Francisco for the purpose of
Athericanizing Southern California and Northern
Mexico.

The mining intelligence is very satisfactory ;
throughout the whole southern regions the mines
were reaping a rich harvest.

The reported discovery of exceedingly rich beds of
gold in Shasta Valley is confirmed.
At Placerville a company of four persons were
taking out daily 1,000 dollars ; the place had been
previously worked. Extensive veins of gold dust had
also been discovered between the middle and north
fork of the American River. Besides these disco-
veries, now veins were being constantly found, and
from all quarters the accounts are exceedingly satis-
factory as regards the yield.
Specimens of quartz, excelling in value all pre-
viously discovered, had been brought to San Fran-
cit,co, the produce being lower than 33 per cent. of
I gold.
There had been a large accession of ladies at San
Francisco, and their civilizing effect was beginning
to be felt.
The steam-ship Empire City was at New York,
from Chagres, with nearly 2,000,000 dollars on
freight.

The royal mail steam-ship Bolivia arrived at Pa-
nama on the 18th ult., from Valparaiso, with 817,000
dolls. in silver bullion.
An earthquake which nearly swallowed up Valpa-
raiso occurred on the 3d of April; the first shock,
which was the severest one, and which caused the
falling of many buildings and the destruction of much
property, occurred at about six o'clock in the morn-
ing, but occasional shocks of greater or less severity
were felt for the succeeding ten days, doing more or
less damage.
Advice's from the Sandwich Islands to the 29th of
March mention that the difficulties between the lla-
waian Government had been arranged.

Advices from Guadaloupe report that an earth-
quake occurred there on the 17th ult.; many houses
were destroyed and plantations injured throughout
the island.

We have intelligence from Hayti to the 18th ult.
Everything was quiet.
From Kingston, Jamaica, we have advices to tho
27th ult. The House of Assembly was adjourned on
the 23d ult. The weather had been very fine. His
Excellency in his speech condemned some of the acts
of the Legislature.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, JUNE 4.
MONEY-MARKET.

The exchange market is very firm for first-class bills,
but other descriptions aro unsaleable. Sterling, 10i to
; francs, 5 10 to 5 07k; Amsterdam, 414 to 41i; Bre-
men, 79.-} to 79k; Ilamburgh, 36i to 36i.
In the money market there is no change to note, but a
continuance of an abundant supply and low rates. The
banks Lave money for all their wants, and find it diffi-
cult to trace their balances on calls at present rates.
First-class short paper goes at 5 to 6 per cent.; long,
6to 7 per cent. On call the market is sto 6 per cent.,
with occasional loans lower. Tho reports of the ship-
ments of coin by the steamer to-day vary from 1,000,000
dolls. to 1,200,000 dolls. The large arrivals from Cali-
fornia, however, by the North America and Empire City
have destrosed all the effect of these large shipments
on the street. At the lowest estimate the two steamers
have 2,500,000 dolls. on board, which amply supplies the
vacuum made by the heavy shipments. The export of
Washington it is understood supplies the needs for the
continent for the present.

Cotton (from the Shipping List)—The cotton market,
since our notice of it for the Cambria, 24th ult., has been
uniformly dull and declining, except temporarily buoy-
ant under the influence of Canada's favourable advice,
and prices now rule about hall a cent under those at the
above date. The reduction since our last on some grades
is ie., the market having been without animation and
closing heavily, though a fair amount of business has
been done. The receipts at all the shipping ports are
2,192,670 bales, against 1,926,761 to same date last year
—an increase this season of 265,909 bales. The total
foreign exports this year are 442,030 bales more than
last—say 330,656 bales increase to Great Britain, 43,919
increase to France, 48,127 increase to North of Europe,
and 19,328 increase to other foreign ports. The ship-
ments from southern to northern ports are 116,121 bales
less this season than last, and there is a decrease in
stock of 30,644 bales. The sales for the week ending
the 31st ult. were-7,500 bales, and since our last 5,100.
We quote interior, Atlantic ports, nominal; Florida,
nominal; other Gulf ports, not nominal; low to good
ordinary, Atlantic ports, 7i to 84 ; Florida, 7i to
8i ; other Gulf ports, 7k to 5i ; low to good mid-
dling, Atlantic ports, 8i to 91 ; Florida, 8i- to 9i ;
other Gulf ports, 84 to 10; middling fair to lair, At-
lantic ports, 94 to 104; Florida, 91 to 14; other Gulf
ports, 10i to 114; fully fair to good fair, nominal to all
three places. Good and fine, nominal. The arrivals
have been from New Orleans, 698 bales; Florida, 1,688;
Georgia 2,136; South Carolina, 1,017; North Carolina,
169; Philadelphia, 189. Total imports since the Ist
inst., 5,897 bales. Exports from the Ist to the 31st of
May, 1851, 43,219 bales; same time, 1850, 30,601. Ex-
ports from the United States since the Ist of September,
1850, 1,609,460; same time, 1849, 1,137,376.
Flour and Grain—ln consequence of the continued
large receipts and the absence of any speculative feeling
the flour market had a steady downward tendency for
the fortnight past, closing inactive with rather more
firmness, and the quotations are reduced about 121ic.
per barrel. The export demand even at the present low
rates is.almost suspended, and the few shipments making
are many of them from first hands. The stock in store
is variously estimated, and is undoubtedly large for the
season of the year, say 3,000 or 4,000 barrels of all
kinds of Canadian, with about 40,000 barrels in bond.
saLs have lately been at 4 dolls. 12ic. The article
being in few hands, prices have been maintained. For
wheat the demand has been mostly for home use, with
but little change in rates, and a moderato supply.
Iron—The market generally is dull and unsettled.
soldatl9at 3
dolls., 194
d5001015t.05600c0. tonssix moofn Sthcso;tclhspoig eretownsof
English bare,
dolls.; and a cargo of 330 tons of Swedes, just arrived,
on private terms.
Lead—The market remains inactive, and we are about
to note sales of 50 tons of Spanish at 4 dolls. 62ie.
and 125 tons of English, 4 dolls. 650. cash, or equal
thereto.
Tobacco—The market for leaf is, as usual at this
season, dull, and tome holders who have been anxious to
realize have submitted to lower prices; strictly fine old
is scam, and wanted.
Freights to Liverpool—The packets are firm at pre-
vious rates, and some demand an advance. We note en-
gagements of 1,000 bales of square cotton at 7-32; 9,000
bushels of corn, 4td.; and 100 tons of heavy goods, 12s.
sd. To London-1,000 barrels of flour, Is. 9d.; 1,750
2801b5.; 450 resin at 25.; 200 tierces
)
rd at about our quotations; 5,600 bushels wheat at
5 d.; 5
500 boxes of cheese at 305.; and 41 casks and 300
(fila turpentine, 2s. per
barrels of oil foots and oil at 225. 6d.; and to Glasgow
125 bales of cotton at 5-32. To Havre the packet on
the Ist instant was filled up with resin and staves and
cotton at ie. Four American ships engaged deal
freights at the following:—One from St. John's, New
Brunswick, to Liverpool, at 655.; ono from the same port
to London, at 625. 6d.; and two from Bic Island to Lon-
don, at 82s. 6d.

N
Cotton dull. Middling EB7c. t 8 :3. ORLEANS, JUNE 2.
SAN FRANCISCO, MAY 1.
The cessation of shipments from the Atlantic ports
has produced a better feeling in market, but no decided
improvement. Largo stocks are still on hand, and
goods are being forced into market, and sold at auction

does not
below cost and
Money is more plenty for commerciall purposes.
The value of prime gold dust is 17 0 s.
(fled from the Assay-office
'rhoappear
satisfactory benefit
States
Exchange on the Atlantic is 2 per cent. pre-
Exchange exPe
mium; bills on England 48 per dollar. France, Ham-
burgh, Valparaiso, and Mexico hear a proportionate rate.
KINGSTON, ALLY 21.
Sugar-fie range our quotations at 15s. to 188. per
100 pounds.
Freights—Tonnage is still scarce, and a few would
meet with immediate charter.
American gold is wcrth 2 to 2
per cent.
Tobacco—The market i
which sells at 13}d, per
overstocked with Cavendish,
per lb
• We have not heard any-
thing of leaf.

THE Fox CLUE. .. _
there were present throeokEeasr'l 14,
E arlwhenof
Club took place at Brookes'
fifth meeting of the Fox
ethe
onof Saturday, June
Zetland, the Earl of Leitrim, the Earl of Beasborough, Lord
Foley, the Right Hon. Edward Ellice, M.P., the Earl of
Charlemont, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Adair, Lord James
Stuart, M.P., Mr. Langston, M.P., Viscount Duncan, M.P.,
Mr. Stephenson, the Right Hon. Edward Mostyn, DI.P.,Lord
Saye and Sele, Lord Sudeley, Mr. Robarts, the Earl of 11-
chester, Earl Fitzbardinge, Viscount Anson, DIX., Earl of
Leicester, Mr. Rowland Alston, Viscount Cremorne, Colonel
Boyle, M.P., Mr. Augustus Stephenson, Viscount Ebring-
ton, M.P., Mr. J. A. Smith,Sir R. Philips, the
Right Hon. INV. Fitzpatrick, M.P., Sir Montague Cholmeley,
11, P., Mr. Sanford, the Hon. Hamiltcn Duncan.
THE STAIRCASE OF NORTHUMBERLAND HOUSE...—
Our notice of this building has led to some inquiries, in reply
to which we are enabled to state that the architect by
whom the present marble staircase there was designed, was
the late Ur. Thomas Cundy, of Pimlico. The late Mr.
Thomas Grundy, of Westminster, was the =wont—Builder.