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

Paid. Nominal Frites. Business do
to-day.
--
Angio-Mexican(is. 51. p.) 100 • • —• •
Asturian .......... •. • • 15 .. —..
Australian • .
Barossa Range .. —. . . 1 13 0 3% —3%
Blaenarvon Iron and Coal 50 . • - ..
Bolanos Scrip ........ • • .. —• •
British Iron .. • •
Brazilian Imp (is. Si. p ) 24% .. —• •
De. Cocaes and Cuiaba 30 2% 2
Da. St. John del Rey .• 15 14% 14%
Cobre Copper ..... .• . 40 32% 35%
Coplapo ............
General .....
Real Del Monte, Uureg — 34 —is
Do. Black Debentures . ..
Do. Red Debentures
Santiago de Cüba
Tin Croft , 7 10% - 11
United Mexican •• '2B 28% 64 —5 34
MISCELLANEOUS.
/ Canada . .....
Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% 28% 2814 34
Penin. & Oriental Steam. 50 78% —7B x. all; ex. all
Royal ',jail Steam .. • •
fWe cannot be answerable for the errors of the Official Lists, and
will not be influenced by interested correspondents.)

CITY. TWO O'CLOCK.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpo.,l yesterday were esti-
mate.{ at 3,500 bales, comprising about 3,000 American,
300 Egyptian at B.ld. to Sid, 200 Surat at sd. to 6d., and
50 Sea Island at. Is. Op. to Is. 41d. per lb. Prices of
all kinds were about 1-16 d. below the rates of Friday
last.—Railway Shares were firm.
During the present week the holders of produce have
manifel d generally a' disposition to act with reserve,
and to keep back supplies, but neither home buyers nor
shippers h,r.ve been induced thereby to come forward and
purchase at all freely. Coffee is very sluggish, the st cks
being large atid consumptien reduced. sugar, on the
other hand, is used steadily, and the stock of British
Plantation is low. so that tie absence 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 dozen vessels, re-
cently arrived, were discharging their cargoes. About
the same number has since been reported. The com-
parative total direct importation from the commencement
of this and the two previous seasons, is—
To 20th January, 1851, by 53 ships, butts 5,949, car-
revels 8.529, barrels 11,438, boxes 1,311, or about

7,850 tons.
To 20th January, 1850, by 45 ships, butt 5,197, car-
rowels 5,765, barrels 10,466, boxes 2,400, or about

7,200 tons.
To 20:h January, 1849, by 59 ships, butt; 7,532, ear-
roteels 7,004, barrels 8,130, boxes 600, or about
9,000 tons.
To the above importation of thi; season must be added
about 500 tons received from the Continent since the
middle of November, making the total importation about
8,350 ton; to 20:hinst.Eight cargoes have besn reported
at Liverpool since 18th ult. We now rE quire 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 tens 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
1349, the official returns of the first eleven months still
showing a deficit of nearly 1,500 tons.
The actual stock of Currants in London on 31st De-
I cember of the last three years was:—
Dec. 31, 1850, 3,507 butts, 4 559 carroteels, 1,430 cadis,

6,518 barrels, 841 boxes, or 5,000 lons.
Dec. 31, 1849, 3,525 butts, 3,219 carruteels, 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 nu
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 truit, 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 mere healthy position, and
only requires time fur recovery from its present inac-
tive state, which state has, from the, operation of tempo-
rary causes, prevailed in every other branch of the Co-
lonial market since the opening of the year. The de-
mand is at present confined to fruit at our lowest

quotations.
The circumstance of their being no steamer to the
United States to morrow is felt as a great inconvenience
by the mercantile community, after-the long enjoyment
of a weekly communication.
In the Amsterdam Market, on the 22d inst., there was
no particular change in Dutch Stock. The T wo-and-a-
Half per Cents. were 56 15-16. Spanish Bonds were in
request, but not so dear. Mexican were rather in
favour.

At Frankfort, on the 21st inst., Austrian Metallics
were 721, and Spanish Three per Cents. 32 13.16 to B.
The Demerara Four 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 inveqment
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. The quotations remain, however,
about the same as yesterday, Consols being 961 k for
Transfer, and 96i 1 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 98:1 to j, and the Three
per Cents. 97k to k. Bank Stock is steady at 214.1.
Exchequer-bills are 575. to 60s. premium, and India
Bonds of 1,0001. 68s. to 70s. premium.
The transactions in the Foreign Market have been
limited. Spanish Passive Bonds are 31 and the Five
per Cents nominally 17k 1. Mexican Bonds, ex-divi-
dend, are 33k. and Peruvian Four-and-a- Half per Cents.
78 to 1. Russian Four-and-a-Ball per Cents. have
ruled a, 961 4 Belgian Four-and a- Half per Cents. have
been 90k. and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 57k.
The Railway Share Market presents again a very
buoyant appearance, and there have been improved
rates paid for several of the lines. A good dual has
been done in Great Western, South-Western, Scottish
Central, and York and Berwick. Great Northern are
quiet. The foreign lines are steady.
QUARTER TO WIRE'',
Consols ... 96 j
Ditto Account „ 96}
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official Liat.)
clank Stock 214 M
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.... 9714
3 per Cent. Consols Anna .............•• 96.1/2%
New VA per Cant. Alms. 98.3/174
dong Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 18&3 7 13-16 73/
InDdioa.s3otoYcke
... r.s .
.:
............... 0...
....
........
_7_l/2 9-16
Do. Bonds, 1000/... 6B 70 p
Ditto under 1.0001......
Et3c,:neshaelqaufeorr
Bills. Starch.
................196543%
2d.
slarch. June.
80 57 p
60 57 p

• ,060/. ..... .................
'41141 .........

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
M ucan 80n55,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons
Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons
Ditto for the Account
Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent
Ditto for the Account
Russian Bonds, 1922, 5 per Cent —
Ditto 4% per Cent. 96%
Ditto, Small .
,;panish Bonds, 5 per
Ditto Passive Bonds 354
oividenAs on the above payable in London.
Belgian 41,4 per Cent.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild
Ditto 4 nor Cent. Cort•ifieates 90,i4 914 9

LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—( THIS DAY .)
LONDON, JAN. U.—Wind at noon:N.W.,,light airs and
fog.
RAMSGATE, JAN. 23 —Wind W.N.W.—SId. Theme,
Caps Hayti; 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. Sid. John Carn, Melbourne; Helen Stewart,
Bombay; Jordeson, Sierra Leone; Statera, Jamaica;
Nonpareil, Newfoundland.
YARMOUTH, 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 Road,,,
leaky and will be laid on the mud.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 23.—Wind S.W.—Aird. Windsor,
Aricule; Olympus; St. George's, New Brunswick. Sid.
Condor, Adelaide, South Australia; Rubin and Nep-
tuna, Calcutta; Dumbarton Youth, and Dido, Africa;
Alloa Branch, Callao; Camoena, Lima; Helena, Val-
paraiso ; Swan, Valparaiso; Gauntlet, Buenos Ares;
Crusader, Buenos Ayres Ranger, Rio Grande;
Eliz-
bath Taylor, Rio Janeiro; Margaret, Trinidad; Mary
Bibby, Barbadoes; Landdrost Lutkin, St. Vincent; La-
cerina, Surinam; Borneo, Hayti; Lucana, Havanaah;
Enrequita, Ilavannah; Jane Stanley, Maracaibo; R. D.,
New Orleans; Arthur, G. W. Baume, Punizza;
Nelson, Clara Wheeler. Blanche, and John Miller,
Punizzl; Thomas, Mobile; Canada, Savannah; Gondor,
Philadelphia; Liverpool, New York; Guy Mannering,
Now York; America, New York; Daniel Wi bstt:r,
Boston. Sld, Ohio, Virginia. Off port, British Queen,
Africa. The Baltic steamer was not on shore at Pro-
vineetown as reported on the 12th instant.
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN, JAN. 20. —The Mary
schooner, of ii.,llough, Liverpool to Dalheaire, went on
shore yfour miles to the northward; must dis-
charge, not expected oil'Pg. a month.
astued rdissy,