The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-08 00:00:00

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Paid. I Nominal Prices. I Business done
to-day.
Australian 4 1%
Barossa Range .... 113 0 •
3% —3%
Blaenarvon Iron and Coal all
Bolanos Scrip .........
British Iron.. • • • .... 13 5 .••
. .•
Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) 2434 .„
Do. Cocaes and Cuiaba all 22% —32
Do. at. John del Rey.. 15 16% le%
Cobre Copper ...... .• • 40 SS -
Copiapo ..... • • .... •• • 14 1% 734
General.
Mexican & American 9 R— 4%
Real Del Monte, thdreg.
Do. Black Debentures. ••
Do. Red Dobenture3
Bantiago de Cuba ...... I 10 , •
6%
Tin Croft • • ' 7 — e
United Mexican. .......2$ 21% 4% -8% 4
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia ............ all 33 —32 x d
British North A.merioa.. 50 42% 43%
Colonial .... • • ..... 25 9% —l2
Commercial of London.. 20 25 25%
London Joint Stock .... 111 18% 17%
Landon and Westminster 20 27% —24
National Provincial Eng. 35
Do. ti err 10
National of Ireland 22% 18% - 20%
Provincial of Ireland.... 25 42 43% 4334
Do. New .. ........ all 15% —l5
Union of Australia ...• all 35 33%
Union of London 10 12% 13%
Union of Madrid all • •
MISCELLANEOUS.
Canada . . 3234 42% —46
lien. Steam Navigation . 14 2634 —2s
Penin. & Oriental Steam. all GSA —ss 66
Ditto ditto 5 11 1134
Royal Mail Steam ...... 60 75 —7B

Ditto ditto
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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were ti-
mated at 4,000 bales, all to the trade. The market
closed with downward tendency, and prices of all kinds
were about *d. per lb. lower.—Railway Shares were dull,
at lower prices.

The six weeks' average price of Wheat is 88s. 9d
per quarter, and the week's sales of home-grown are
66,686 quarters.

In completion of the Trade and Navigation Returns,
which we analysed on Tuesday, we may give the state-
ment of tonnage inwards, during the month to the sth
of April, engaged in the foreign trade, distinguishing
the several countries to which the ships belonged:—

1850.

United Kingdom and its de-
pendencies ... ••• tons 231,755
Russia 897
Sweden ... ... ... „ 2,265
Norway ... ... ..• „ 14 811
ll•-nmark ... .. •.. „ 12 802
Prussia ... ... ... „ 4,006
Other German States... „ 18,190
Holland ... ..• ... „ 13,434
Belgium ••• ••• ••• „ 3,678
France ... ... ... „ 13.413 ....

Spain
Purtugul .. ... ...
Italian States ... ...
Other European States
United States of America „

• •• ••• ••• 1,

2,006 .....-
1,105
3,687
160
30,519

8,459
1,951
414
18 295
8 64u
87,826

Total ... tons 352 7112 517.2E1
The West India letters and papers do not add much
to what appears in another column of The Sin.
Tbe Jamaica advises stet, :—" It is a great mis-
fortune to the col,,ny that it bas been visited by
cholera, and has lost so large a number of its in-
habitants. This visitation has produced a two-fold
effect. It has led to a very heavy outlay of money,
and increased the public) debt, it is expected, to the
extent of 50.0001., and taken off a large number of the
inhabitants. It has also alarmed or paralysed the la-
bouring population, and driven them away from the es-
tates in certain districts. Some time must necessarily
elap►e ',Wore the alarm which the disease created will
entirely subside and the people return to their usual
occupations. Of course till this is done, delay,
inconvenience, and loss must be experienced
and sustained by the sugar-growers, and all who
depend upon the labour of these persons to take in their
crops. And we have no doubt that in some districts,
and for some time to come, the planters will be forced
to limit or to restrict their cultivation. In this way,
and not by any attempt at immigration, will
the demand for labour be diminished. Of
course, if any addition can be made to the
labouring strength of the colony, irrespective of the
immigration now carried on by the Home Government,
without incurring expense, or if any means can be de-
vised for inducing the people in the island to labour on
the estates for money wages, they ought to be made and
devised. There is not much to hope for, however, in
these respects, or by these means, and every reason to
expect that the want of labour now complained of will
be experienced for some time to come, though perhaps
not to the same extent."
A marked improvement is observable in the general
tone of the English Funds, and although business has
not much increased, the quotations have risen per
cent. This is partly due to the circumstance that no
advance has been made in the rate of discount at
the Bank of England, and the fine weather
also operates beneficially. Consols have been

quoted 96i and 97, and have suddenly jumped up to
97 from the cause just stated. The New Three-and-a.
Quarter per Cents. from 97i have risen to 97i and
9S Bank Stock is about 210 to 211. Exchrqut,r-billa
have realised only 495. to 50i., and East India Builds
50s. to 535.. but both will doubtless rally with the funds.

In the Foreign Market more attention is paid to
Mexican Bonds, which have touched 35i to 36. Buenos
Ayres Stock is at 36. Spanish Five per Cents, have
been 191 and the Three per Cents. 39k. Venezuela
Bonds are 33i to f. Portugutse Four per Cents. are
32 to 34.

Railway Shares have been very quiet, but since the
rally in the Funds they are looking up.
The last week's Railway Receipts ascertained up to
Ibis day, in round figures aro as under:—

1851. 1850.
Great Western
.£lB 595 ... .C 16.025
North-Western .... 49,214 ... 44,895
South-Western 10,514 ... 9 677
Brighten
Midland
South-Eastern
North Stafford 5,246 .. 4,399
Caledonian ........... .
6.089 ... 5 937
HALF•PAST TWO O'CLOCK.
The committee of Mexican Bondholders have just re-
ceived information from Mr. Falconnet that he was in
possesaion of an original bill assigning the 2 500,000
dolls. to the bondholders, and that he had given notice to
Messrs. &rings' agents in Mexico accordiegly. Mr.
ralcJunet had concluded an arrangement, al.o, with
Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh to pay the balance
due by them in three instalments, vii, in January
and July, 1852, and January, 1853, with
6 per cent. interest from January, 1851. Bills
to be accepted and security given for the payment. Mr.
Falconnet was exerting himself to obtain payment of
the tobacco duties due.

Mr. Pay no, the new Mexican Minister, has written
to the Committee advising his arrival at Southampton.
The Great Western brings 42,282 dollars for the di-
vidends.

The National Provincial Bank of England has held
its meeting, and declared a dividend at the rate of six
per cent. per annum.