The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-29 00:00:00

Nominal Prices.
I to.

Asturian
Australian
Barossa Range ......
Blaenarvon Iron and Coale
Bolanos Scrip
British Iron
Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.)
Do. Comes and Culaba
Do. St. John del Rey..
Cobre Copper ......
Copiapo ..... •
General... .

IN -2%
3% -8%

.. - _

.. - ..

32% - 32
16X -17 X 17%
-
341 X - 39 36%
7X
13% - 14
- %

Mexican & S. American

Real Del Monte, I;ar eg.
4 13%
Do. Black DebentHres.
Do. Red Debentarc9 .. 1

Santiago de Cuba

. .
Tin Croft • • • .....
United Mesican.......
JOIN'
• • -

734
4% b
—3%
ac, mums
33 —32 4
42% 43%
10% 12
25 25%
18% 17%
27% 28 4

Australasia
British North America..
Colonial ..............
Commercial of London..
London Joint Stack ....
London and Westminster
National Provincial Eng.
National of Ireland
Provincial of Ireland....
Union of Australia
Union of London
Union of Madrid ......•
•

18% - 20% 19 U
42 -44
15% - 15
35 - 33%
3 - 336
12% -13 i
-•- ••

Canada .
Gen. Steam Navigation .
3( Penis. & Oriental Steam
Ditto ditto
Royal Mail Steam
rWe cannot be answer;
25 will not be influenced by
2

..
:SCELLANZOTTS.
323 4
22;4 46
14 6% —2B
a 5
111 l 67% 70 703 69%
—ll%
60 75 —7B
able for t 0 errors of the Oflicistl Lists, arid
interested correspondents.]

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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
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[s7i mated at 7,000 bales, including 1,200 American, and
150 Brasil, for export ; and 500 American and 500
Surat on speculation. The market was tight, and the
only advance to notice was in 4id. to sd. cottons, which
are about id. per lb. up.---The Share Market opened
heavily, but improved during the day, and closed with a
bet ter demand.
The quantity of Wheat sold in the markets which
govern the duties was, last week, 85,134 quarters. The
six weeks' average price was 38s. Bd. per quarter.
The Amsterdam Bourse on the 27th instant was rather
feeble for Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cents. 571, but
other securities were firm. Spanish Bonds were in re-
quest.
The week's Railway Receipts are favourable for some
of the principal lines, and contrast satisfactorily with
those published on this day se'nnight. The greatest in-
crease is upon the North-Western and the Great-
Western. The Midland still flags, and the Lancashire
and Yorkshire, after last week's great increase, are much
lower, but possibly the working classes are reserving them-
selves for their visit to the Great Exhibition, and for the
White= holidays. On the whole we are at a loss to
perceive any cause for despondency on the part of hol-
ders of railway property. Although a larger mileage is
open, the earnings per mile are greater, and it is fair to
conclude, as the result of past experience and the ex-
pressed wishes of the proprietary, that the working ex-
penses have been judiciously curtailed. These improved
receipts have been obtsined without the aid of the Ex-
o hibition, for hitherto it cannot be asserted that country
visitors have much availed themselves of railways to
reach the metropolis, and even the Continental
traffic on the lines which diverge to our out-
ports is scarcely so large as was anticipated,
partly, as we hear, because of the number of foreigners
ate. who prefer coming direct to London by boat. That
4i,. when once the tide sets in, and visitors swarm into the
metropolis, as they may be expected to do, by excursion
and cheap trains, the aggregate weekly receipts and
profits will not be greatly swollen, few disinterested
persons can bring themselves to believe, and the next
four or five weeks will, perhaps, be merely the precursor
of what will occur during the autumn. Apart however,
from these extraneous circumstances, the intrinsic value
of railways must be greater than it was a year ago. The
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calls are trivial, the loans are circumscribed, new lines
are being abandoned or only in part carried out, and
there is no longer a system of paying dividends out of
capital.
The last week's Railway Receipts, ascertained up to
this day, are in round figures as under:-
1851.
Great Western...
North-Western 50,203
South-Western 12,723
Brighten
Midland
South-Eastern
North Stafford 5,036
Caledonian ...........
Lancashire and Yorkshire
York and Berwick ...... 14,818
Midland Great Western of
Ireland
Bristol and Exeter
Edinburgh and Glasgow 3,965 ... 3,895
York and North Midland 6,966 ... 7,516
The English Stock Market is very well supported, but
there is a much quieter state of things. Consols have
been 971 j for Tr,ansfer and 97;1 to 98 for Account, being
a alight improvement on yesterday's closing values. At
present Consols are sellers at 97k. The New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 98 to 4, and the
Three per Cents. 97 to i. Bank Stock has been at
2101 to 2114. Exchequer-bills are firm at 445. pre-
mium, and India Bonds at 525. premium.
Foreign Securities have been fluctuating. Mexican
Bonds have been 341 to 35i for next account, and 34i
for this time. They are now about 34i for money,
and 344 for next time. Peruvian Four-and a-Half per
Cents. have been quoted 824 to 834. Buenos Ayres
Stock has been at 584 Portuguese Four per Cents.
have been at 324, anti Spanish Five per Cents. at
204 toy.
The ktailway Share Market has been 11. to 21. better
for the lea shares, and has recovered generally to
about Tuesday's range. Foreign Shares also firmer.

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%

1850.
•.• £l7 206
... 47,617
... 11,774
„. 12,117
24,604
... 13,787
.. 4,928
... 6,330
19,128
.. 15,050