The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-04 00:00:00

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' MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, Trk 0 O'CLOCK.
The Sales of Cotton at Liverpr,ollesterday were esti-
, mated at 4,000 bAep, of which 500 ..lanAican were
taken for export. The market was steady, but quiet at
previous rates.-Railway Shares were all lower, and the
maw ket closed heavily.
The Colonial Prod( co 114 rkets have °penal heavily
this week, but for( ign Sugar continues firm.
The Board of Trade returns for the month, and four
months ended the sth ,of May, have been completed.
The month's imports exhibit the folloWing results:-
. .
Coffee, lbs.
.., 300,416
Rum proof, gallons 469,853 ... 332,606
Sugar, cwts 777,445
... 603,178
Tea, lbs.
Oxen, number 1,069 ... 766
Calves, ditto
Sheep, ditto 1.982 ... 1,521
Wheat, quarters 365.452 ... 337,755
Flour, cwts 108,252 ... 416,505
Potatoes, ditto 231 293 ... 50,094
Bacon, ditto .
Beef, salted, ditto
Pork, salted, ditto . ......
Cheese, ditto i 30,513 ... 23,223
Tallow, ditto
Wine, gallons
Wool, lbs.
The exports of the month comprise the following :-
1850. 1851.
Cotton manufactures £1,685 451 ... £1,709.210
Ditto yarn
Earthenware'!•• ................ 83,325 ... 106,716
fltrdwans and Cutlery
Lulu: manufactures
Ditto yarn
Inn, bar .
_. 272.944 ... 286,318
Ditto, wrought
Tin plates
Silk manufactures 35,955 ... 42,685
Woollen ditto
.
Ditt,.) yarn
... 127,790
The total of txporta from the United Kingdom was as
under:-

1850. 1851.
Month to Ally 5 £5.412 846 ... £5,380 994
85i $ Four months
The tonnbg‘ of ships aroployEd in the foreign trade
of the United Kingdyni, cud entered inwards, was to
i 124 the following t x.ent :

185. 1851.
Month to May 5 Tons 4980 552 ... 480,453
Four months ,Tons 1,409,451 ... 1,690,24 f
The month, therefore, shows a decrease of entries in-
ward, and this arises principally on British and colonial
vessels. In the clearances outwards, however, there is
an increase from 420,965 to 431,431 tons of British ships
engaged in foreign trade.
The quantity of the following articles exported to
foreign parts during the quarter to April 5, was as
under:—

1850. 1851.
Bricks, number ••• ••• 3,201,442 37,000
Hops, lbs. ... ... 40 726 167,086
Paper, lbs.
... 1,513,550 1,896 824
Soap. lbs. .. 2,474,014 2,650,950
Spirits, gallons 40,134 54,858
Beer, barrels: •••• 45,359 50,428
The monthly report of the produce markets, furnished
by H. W. Jewesbury and Co., states:—" The slight im-
provement in the foreign and colonial produce markets
which we noticed in our last, was but of very short du-
ration, and has been succeeded by a return to the pre-
vious dull and inactive state, which is at present the pre-
ps% railing feature for nearly all descriptions of produce.
The arrivals have been large, and importers have sup-
plied the markets freely, evincing a desire to realize by
Cs. accepting lower rates for most of the leading articles.
dil. Notwithstanding the general fl4tnEss of the markets,
business must be now considered in a healthy couchti, re;
dealers confine their purchases to supply actual demand;
the deliveries for consumption continue large. and stocks
are lbw. The it,quir) for dy Cb and dyeing materials is
but limited, and prices have a downward tendency. The
advicea from the Continent report the markets as rather
firmer, but transactions are restric:ed to requirements
for consumption."
The committee of Mexican Bondholders inform us
that their communication through the Unite d Stat•s
Embassy did not leave until the a.I of May by the Cam-
bria, which arrived at Boston on the 13th, so that the
letter could nut have reached Boston until the 15th, when
the President and 'the greater part of his Cabinet were
attending the opening of the Eris. Railroad, which fully
accounts for the circumstance of no answer having been
received by the last packet.
The Msxican mail is considered to be due to-morrow.
Tte quotations for bills of exchange were firm yes-
terday on Paris and Holland, but rather lower on Ger-
many and Italy.
The Funds are rather flitter, but this is principally
from want of business. Consuls have been quoted 978
to 98 for Money and Account. The New Thre e- and-a -
Quarter per Cents. are 984 to and the Three per
Cents. 971 to Bank Stock is well supported at
2114. Excliequer-bills have been steadier at 425. to 445.
premium.
The Lisbon mail brings favourable intelligence, and
the Four per Cent. Bonds are 33 to Spanish Five per
emits, have bc-en 20k. Mezie.n Stock is worth 341
only, Pei uvian Four-isEd- a-Hall per Cents. have IlbelLi
to 85} seed 86k. Cziilian Tf.rec per Cents. are at 65.
Rues an Few-and-a-Half per Cents. are at 102 to
Dutch Four per Cents. are 598 to 4.
Railway bh.eres are very he,,vy, but there is not much
dotter,e'. To6North- Western weekly traffic is said to be
very large, no less than 54,0001, according to report.