The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-02 00:00:00

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Paid. Nominal Prices. Business
to-day.
Asturian .......... •• • • 15 ..
Australian . 4 1% 211,
Barossa Range •1 13 0 3%
Blaenarvon Iron and Coal all ..
13olanos Scrip ......
British 1r0n..... • • ... 13 5 ..
Brazilian Imp. (is. 5/. p.) 2436
Du. Cocaes and Culaba all ..
Do. St. John del Rey• • 15 18 19% xd
Cobre Copper .• • 40 33 35%
Copiapo •• • 14 636 —7L
Genera 1.............. • • all 13% —l4
Mexican& S. American 9 436
Real Del Monte, Unreg. %
Do. Black Debentures.
Do. Red Debentures .. • •
Santiago do Cuba ...... 10 2% —3%
Tin Croft 7 I b 8
United Mexican .... ••28 2 8% 3% —2%
JOINT STOCK MAIMS
Australasia •• • • all 36 3536 38%
British North America.. 50 45 —46
Colonial ........ • • .... 25 10% —l2
Commercial of London.. 20 25 —26
London Joint Stock .... 10 18% 17%
London and Westminster 20 2736 —29
National Provincial Eng. 35
Do. New ........ •• .. 10 ..
National of Ireland •• 223( 18% 20%
Provincial of Ireland.... 25 42 —44
Do. New .. ••••••... all 15% 1636 35%
Union of Australia •••• all 35 36%
Do. New ...... 236 3 —3%
Union of London •• •• •• 10 13% 14% 1436
Union of Madrid •• - all
MISCELLANEOUS.
Canada •• 3236 48 —49
Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 2636 —2B
Penin. & Oriental Steam. all 68 —69
Ditto ditto 5 11 936 9%
Royal Mail Steam ...... 60 78 —BO

Settling days in the month of September. Ticket days for regis-
tered shares, ibth and 29th. Account days. 16th and 30th.
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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS,

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool ye.iterday wer© esti-
mated at 7,000 baler, of which 1,500 American were
taken for export, and 1,000 on speculation, The sales
include 5,500 American, 200 Pernam and Maranham at
.54d. to 64d., 100 Bahia at sid. to 6d., 250 Egyptian at
Gd. to Bd., and 800 Surat at 3d. to 4d. per lb. The
market closed very firmly.—The market for Railway
Shares was better, and stock scarce.

The annual sales of Furs are on, and the demand is in
general good, except for Raccoon and Musquash.
The following aro the calls fulling due at various
periods:—.

Callod.
Due date. s. d.
Aberdeen No. 2 Preference (51.)... Feb. 4, 1852 1 5 0,
Ditto ditto ditto Aug. 4, 1852 1 5 0
Bristol and Exeter Preference 201. Dec. 15, 1852 2 0 0
Chester and Holyhead Pref. No. 2
9/. 12s. 6d. ... . April 1, 1852 115 8
Ditto ditto 2/. 17s. 6d. April 1, 1852 011 1
Great Western New 4 per Nov. 10,1851 10 per cent
Ditto Jan. 10, 1852 20
cent. stock,
Ditto Apr. 10, 1852 10 „
3,500,000/.
Ditto July 10, 1852 10 /9
Lancashire and Yorkshire Fifths .. Sept. 30, 1851 110 0
Ditto ditto ditto Mar. 31,1 852 1 0 0
Ditto ditto ditto ... Sept. 30, 1852 110 0
Ditto ditto ditto ... Mar.3l, 1853 1 0 e
Ditto ditto ditto ... Sept. 30, 1853 110 0
Ditto ditto ditto ... Mar. 31, 1854 1 0 0
Ditto ditto ditto ... Sept. 30, 1854 1 0 0
Leeds Northern Preference Fifths,
23 issue ... ... Oct. 5, 1851
Ditto ditto ditto ... Jan. 6, 1852
Midland 50/ ... . Oct. 1, 1851
Newport, Abergavenny, and Here-
ford ... .. Sept. 15, 1851
Northern and Eastern 501. ... Jan. 12, 1852
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton (New 15/. Pref.) ... Nov. 14, 1851
Ditto ditto ditto ... Feb. 14, 1852
Shrewsbury and Hereford ... Sept. 1, 1851
Waterford and Kilkenny (New
Si. Pref.) ••• Sept. 1, 1851
Ditto ditto ditto ... Jan. 1, 1852
West Cornwall ... ... Oct. 1, 1851
York, Newcastle, and Berwick
G. N. E. Preference .. ••• July 1, 1852 1 0 0
Ditto ditto ditto ... Jan. 1, 1853 110 0
Ditto ditto ditto ... Jan. 1, 1854 110 0
Between Jan. 1,)
Ditto diito ditto 1854, and May -3 13 4
1, 1856
It is a subject of frequent remark that the copper
mines of the United States yield such enormous blocks
of ore as are never seen in this country. A great many
mines still remain to be explored or properly worked.
There aro celebrated mines, it appears, in the Apache
country, near the head waters of the Gila. At one time
es many as 500 men were engaged in them, and they
are said to have yielded abundantly, and to have made
the fortune of the Spanish proprietors, who then aban-
doned: them owing to the hostilities of the Indians.
The ore is a red oxide of copper, with native copper
disseminated through it, occurring in nests and seams
through a decomposed feldspathic porphyry, which
rock or gangue is, from its softness, easily worked with
the picks, and needs no blasting, thus essentially re-
ducing the cost of mining. From the purity and easy
redution of the ore, the expense of preducing the metal
by the smelting operation was small, and easily effected,
iu a very rude furnace, the cinders of which contain a
great deal of reduced copper. At the time the mine was
worked the state of Chihuahua was coining a great
deal of copper currency, for which they paid a high
price, and for which purposa the copper from this ore,
from its purity, was admirably suited, and supplied the
mint. At the high price of provisions and labour, the
mines, rich as they seem to be, would not yield much
profit. When some of the fertile villages in the
neighbourhood are cultivated, labour and provisions will
be cheaper. Within half a mile of the presidio are
several large hills of magnetic iron ore, similar to the
Pilot Knob and Snow Mountain of Missouri. This
ore could be, at a small cost, converted into bar iron,
heated in a Catlin forge, the hills abounding in timber
fit for fuel. About four miles south-west of the mine of
copper formerly were worked some gold mines, which
are said to have yielded well, but which were never
extensively worked, on account of the Indians. Some
of the old shafts have been recently opened by some
Americans, who aro said to be making an ounce per
diem. The gold occurs in scales and plates, in a quartz
vein which very much resembles the auriferous quartz of
Georgia. Parallel with the gold vein is a vein of sul-
phuret of lead (Galena), which, on reducing to lead, was
found to contain sixteen ounces to the cwt., which is con-
sidered a rich ore.
The following, relative to the state of the Cotton mar-
ket at Now Orleans, on the 9th tilt., is from the Circular
of Messrs. Schroeder and Mummy, published by Mr.
James Irvine, of Liverpool:-
" Since the date of our last Circular of 12th July we
have had a succession of unfavourable steamers from
Europe, and our market in consequence has been in a
very unsettled state; prices have been extremely irre-
gular, and though continually tending downwards, the
decline is not so heavy as under other circumstances
would have been the case. The stock for sale is now
reduced to an unusually small compass, being estimated
at the highest about 8,000 hales, the greatest, part of
which is held under limits; and again, a large proportion
of that offered for sale consisting of the better grades,
for which there is little or no demand. The tenour of
the advises from the country have rendered factors also
much less pressing in sales.
" The transactions sum up 28,500 bales, of which
10,500 bales during the first, 8,500 bales during the se-
cond, 5,500 bales during the third, and 4,000 bales this
week, taken mostly for Great Britain, with a fair pro-
portion for the continent of Europe and the North.
" The first bale of new crop made its appearance on
the 25th ult., and since then several bales have been
received; some of the same classing good middling have
been sold at 10 cents.
" The prospects for the growing crop on the bottom
lands are still all that can be desired, and the yield pro-
mises to be very large. On the Uplands, however, the
excessive drought of the last two months has exercised
a very prejudicial influence; the plant is reported to be
small and in bloom to the top, and is now in many parts
shedding its fruit.
" It is yet too early to form any opinion of the extent
of the crop, but it appears that the prospects on the hill
lands at present are by no means better than they were
last year, whilst the bottom lands, from not having suf-
fered from overflows this season, may yield considerably
over last year's production; this, however, will depend
very much on the weather hereafter.
" The following quotations must be considered merely
nominal, and applying to Mississippi Cottons, the greater
portion of transactions having consisted of Tennessee
and North Alabama lists:-Ordinary to good ordinary,
sd. to std.; middling, 6id. to 7d.; good middling, 'ld.
to Bd.; middling fair, Sid. to 84d.; fair, 9d.
" Sales during the last four weeks 28 500 bales. Re-
ceipts at this port since Ist Sept. 943,950 bales, against
789,302 bales last year. Increase of receipts at all the
ports up to latest dates, 274,257 bales."
Considerable interest is telt in the City at the intelli-
gence from Sydney of alleged gold discoveries at Ba-
thurst, and a confirmation is deemed very necessary
before much importance can be attached to the news.
It will be remembered we had similar stories from Port
Philip, though not so well authenticated, a long time
since.

14x.n

1 0 0
1 0 0
3 6 8

A letter from Mr. Weisweiller states—
"I have seen the Minister of Finance and some of
the members of the Commission for the Public Debt,
and lam glad to be able to inform you that the Go-
vernment agree to have the Coupons of the New Bonds
payable in London and in Paris, in sterling money and
in francs, as heretofore.
"The measures for the conversion will be taken as
soon as possible, and it is to take place in London, Paris,
and Amsterdam.

" For this purpose Senor Ronorgo, who is actually
here, is to return to Parts and London in the course of
the present month, in order to come to an understanding
with the committees and the financial agents abroad, for
a reciprocal satisfactory arrangement of the whole
concern."

The exchange at Haraburgh on L,Andc,n !ast week
was 13.4 and gold was at C 2621-. Grain was fiat, but
coffee very thin.

At Amsterdam, on the 31st ultimo, Dutch Two-and-
a-111.1f per Cants. wore 584; and Austrian and Spanish
Bomb advanced.

The Fumis have further advanced, and are much
beiter in tone, although the tranpactions are but mode-
rate. Consols have been 96 to 96. ii for Money and Time,
and are now 961 The New Three-and-a-Qualter
per Cents. have been 9Si to 9SI, and the Three per
Cents. 96 Bank Stock has been quoted 215- to
Exchequer-bills are lower, and it would appear that an
exehauge has been made from unfunded to funded secu-
rities.

Foreign Stocks have been dull. Spanish Five per
Cents. have realised 2011,1, and are rather looking up.
Sardinian Scrip has been as low as 14 discount. Mexi-
can Bonds have improved to 2S and 281,