The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-02 00:00:00

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The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated
at 2,503 bales, comprising 200 Pernam and Maranhan7l2
7:1-,d. to Bd., 100 Bahia at 7, d. to 74d., 150 Egyptian
at
to 200 Surat a' 40, to 5d., and the remainder h
re,
ricer). The market still continued:heavy. —Railway S
were quiet. l
cal.!!!
More business has been done in Sugar this week, a
is an easi r sale for some other articles, in anticipation lh4;
increased consumption. Coffee has been lower. RiLvg„,
The mi.",
been a shade dearer. ‘.'offee is quite neglected.
Wool,_seal
auctions b: in on the 13th of this montb, and the
on the 15th. Tea is quiet. The Assam Company mom;
most encouraging report to its shareholders this year,_usti
pared with former occasions. Its estates have Preds-T,
more, and at a very trifling increase in the outlay. • of
Vserefere, intended to apply the earnings to an extension.
the production for the present. The annual meeting 4
been held this morning, and went off satisfactorily.
report states:— &slog
"Late accounts from Calcutta give us the gm aolbs,,
assurance that the Tea crop will reach nearly 250,0:
..ro,
making an increase of upwards of 30,0001b5. upon thnit;ted
duce of the previous year. Iu the same statement we esti g
that the net price which the produce ef 1849 then re test"'
unsold would realize, would be Is. 6d. per lb. for 895 cu rice
and is. 4d. per lb. for all the remainder; the average netp
actsally obtained for the whole crop of 1849 has been Lid
per lb., the gross average being Is. 10d., whilst the
average obtained for the produce of 1848 was Is. 834‘1*,,,,.itt
net produce of the Tea of 1848, which was the first yz of
which we worked to profit, was 12,t551.,' that cf the 'lwo
1849 was 16,6281., and that of the past year (1850) Illitl„ed
taken at about 19,e001. These results have been obtrao
with so small an increase to the annual expenditurehoet not
company, that the outlay for the year in Assam 0
amounted to 100/. more than that of the preceding i"--the
fact sufficiently indicative of how small an increase tge
necessary fixed establishment of the company. would
quired for a greatly extended cultivation, and a cons!clle
large increase ef production. In addition to these result.et.-s.
chief superintendent has cleared, sown, and cultivatee,;:.
wards of 100 acres of jungle lands, thus increasing the
of the old gardens to hat extent. ofr
"By the accounts, you will find, that we have pal lent
whole of the debt to the bankers of 7,0001., which for 500,10
a period stood to our debit in their books, and by eel yea
the estimate with that given you this time last Ye belts'
will observe that we count upon being nearly 12,0001•
on the 30th September, 1851, than in May, 1850, We
mated as our position on the 39th September, 1850. 1931,
The amended articles to the treaty of October, boa
between England and Holland, forming a new treaty hu
signed, and the substance is as follows: 'Wage'
"No duties of tonnage, harbour, lighthouse, PLO"
quarantine, or other similar or corresponding duties, shy
imposed in the ports of either country upon the VThiogi
the other country, from whatever port or place Or% oa
which shall not be equally imposed in the like cello,
national vessels; and in neither country shall ani sok;
charge, or prohibition, be imposed upon, nor any dry Red
bounty, or allowance, be withheld from, any goods inlPetber,
into or exported from such country in vessels of the 0.10
ithheld !I•
which shall not be equally imposed upon or w .000 P
such goods, when so imported or exported ill ll'
vessels. i*
a
Brit
" All vessels which, according to the laws of Great rh
are to be deemed British vessels, and all vessels which,
cording to the laws of the Netherlands, are to be
Netherland vessels, shall, for the purposes of this conVermoi
and of the said treaty of the 27th October, 1837, be d'"-- •
Btitish vessels and Netherland vessels respectively- , wars
If any Act should hereafter be passed by the Leg to''
to'
of either country, by which any of the privileges in reg.,aded:
navigation and commerce which are respectively ett'yies
by the British Act of Parliament of the 12th and 13th of
of
toria, cap. 'A, and by the Netherlands Law of the oboe,.
August, 1850, should be withdrawn, then and in suchaa to
either of the high contracting parties shall be at libel's 0
terminate the present convention, on giving to the other
weeks' notice of its wish to that erect.
The English Funds are still very firm, and there is
derate business doing, in the absence of extensive KO"-
tion, Consols being 96 /6 for Transfer, and 963/4 ,n 9 (of
Account. At present they are 9C3/47/8. Bank Stockis
210 to 211. Exchequer-bills are 50s. to 535. Prera.
India Stock is at 261.
rr
Foreign Securities are quiet. Spanish Five per ijem. LA.
alise 19A1.2. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 33 to
Brazilian Small Bonds hive been 89. Mexican Stet
35% to 3534 Dutch Two-and- a- Half per Cents. are 5L1.61
Railway Shares are looking up, and the traffic is eltr-
to improve.
The last week's Railway Receipts, ascertained up t°
day, are in round figures as under
1851. 1850.
Great Western £16,647 Zlo
•••
North-Western
South-Western
Brighton I 5971
Midland
South-Eastern
North Stafford
ts
Caledonian
Q CIA :lER TO TH
00i38013 961
Ditto Aecoun', May 13 ... 964. 97t.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLv,'
(From the Official List.)
iarik Stock 2lO 211 474
8 per Cent. Reduced 96 96% 9111'
3 per Cent. Commis Anna
New 31A per Cent. Arms. 97%,% 18
Long Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 7% 7rr
Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 7 1-16
India Stock 261
Do. Bonds, 10001 5O 54 p
Ditto under 1.0001
South Sea Stock 10776
Ditto Old Annuities 95% IL
Coa,.ols for Account 9C%- 97 967'
Exchequer I%cl. 24.
March. Jul*
1,000/. ..
Bo 53 ?
Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOO
Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent.
Ditto, Small B9
Grenada, 1% per Cent. ... 17%
Mexican 80n515,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons -s-s
Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons
Ditto for the Account 35%1e
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto 4 Der Cent.
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent —
Ditto 414 per Cent 997e%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Account
Spanish Bonds,3 per Cent,l840
Dividen4e on the above payable in Louden
French Rentes, 5 per Cent.
Exchange 2sf.
Dutch 2lsa per Cent., 12 Guild
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( THIS DA
LONDON, MAY 2.—Wind at noon N.W., fresh breeze,
fine, clear weather.
h tlee
SWINNEMUNDE, APRIL 27.—H.P.M. steamer NiN, -e
for Stettin, is on shore on the Marunhaken.
„Lad.
LEMVIG, APRIL 20 The Deveron, of Macduff, New—t bo
to Danzic, is on shore near here, and it is feared cannot
got off; crew saved.
QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 30.—Wind N.W.--Sid. Irologinno
too,
iv..
Kaul, New York; Hebe, ditto; Senr Dos Marion
Cuminha.
SUNDERLAND, APRIL 30.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. 0
Montreal; Tagus, Quebec.
BREMEN, APRIL 26.—Captain Le Boutellier, of the hot
Bride, arrived here from Bahia, contradicts the report of •
having been on shore, as stated from Amsterdam. mill,
LIVERPOOL, MAY I.—Wind NW. to N.N.W.-7-to
Adiuo, Trinidad; El 'orado, Mobile. Sld. Oregon,
Island; breadalbane, Boston ; Constitution, Adelaide,
Aus' ralia ; America, Africa; Ariel, Trade Town; 8r314,7,0r
Bahia; Patenham, Barbadoes; Albus, Baltimore. Vila6'"'eM
ton, New York; Britannia, St. John's, New BruneWl
Char'es Spencer, Quebec. Put back, Ada from Newf,lo3
land, with trifling damage from contact with the Ariel'
Africa. Off port, Birkenhead, Orion, Montezuma. Aar •
LOVER, DIAY I.—The George gblliof, of and front
derland for St. Valary, foundered last night after beinghich
contact with the Gem, Madeira to St. Petersburg''
' _,W;pa
has tut in here with the crew of the former on boar"
with damage.
nof,
WATERFORD, APRIL SO..- The St. George, of Glee,g-f
Liverpool to Barbadoes, was in contact, ,on the 28th 1114 t,
with the Garrick. from New York; was towed in last so
with less of foremast, bowsprit, bulwarks, &c.
DROGHEDA, APRIL 80.—The Pbcebus, from Naples
grounded on the bar, will discharge and be surveyed. pe-
DEAL.—SId. Tangore, Cape and Calcutta;
merara ; Alice, Barbadoes; Carlo Mauran, Boston; Wm'
Botsford, Quebec.
Are
FALMOUTH, MAY I.—Wind N.W., fresh.—Arrd.
Porto Rico; Othello, Xariffa.
rtt
WATERFORD, APRIL 30 —Wind N. to N. ti.VP A riw
St. George, from Liverpool, towed in with loss of boWel)
&c., and foremast, from contact with the Garrick.]